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Cecil County YMCA Dolphins Swim Team  

Thursday February 16, 2012

A block of twelve (12) of non-smoking, two (2) dbl.-bedded rooms, equipped with microwaves and
refrigerators, has been reserved for Regionals for any-length stays between March 15-19, 2012.  The
rooms are at the Comfort Inn At Carowinds (SC416); 3725 Avenue Of The Carolinas, Fort Mill,
SC  29708 (Phone: 803-548-5200) the hotel offers a free continental breakfast daily.  Additionally, a
5:30 AM breakfast start - for those early morning swimmers/parents - has been negotiated for Friday,
Saturday and Sunday mornings, as well.  Please call the hotel directly and mention that you are a member
of the “Cecil County YMCA Swimteam” to reserve your room(s) and to get the group rate of
$ 75.00+taxes/night.  The room block will be held for CECY families until Friday March 2, 2012.   
If these rooms sell out before the 3/2/2012 deadline, please contact Coach Paul ASAP so that he may
try to arrange availability of additional rooms.

Saturday January 21, 2012 at 10:15 AM

The 12&Unders swim meet with SPY at CECY for today is a "GO";
hope to see ya'll at the pool around 11:45 AM for our 12 noon Warmups.

                                                                                          - Coach Paul -

Tuesday January 3, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!

Hotel for C&P Championships and Districts

Blocks of fifteen (15) non-smoking, two (2) dbl.-bedded rooms, equipped with microwaves
and refrigerators, have been reserved for C&P Championships (Feb. 24-26, 2012) and Districts
(March 9-11, 2012), respectively.  The rooms are at the Comfort Suites Laurel Lakes (MD058),
14402 Laurel Place, Laurel, MD  20707 (Phone: 301-206-2600); the hotel has an in-door pool and
offers a free continental breakfast daily.  Additionally, a 5:30 AM breakfast start - for those early
morning swimmers/parents - has been negotiated for Saturday and Sunday mornings.  Please call
the hotel directly and mention that you are a member of the “Cecil County YMCA Swimteam”
to reserve your room(s) and to get the group rate of $ 89.00+taxes/night for up to 4 individuals/room. 
The room blocks will be held for CECY families until Friday Feb. 10, 2012 and Friday
February 24, 2012 for the respective swim meets.  If these rooms sell out before the cutoff
deadlines, please contact Coach Paul ASAP so that he may try to arrange availability of additional
rooms.

Sunday December 25, 2011

MERRY CHISTMAS TO ALL !!!!

A block of eight (8) of non-smoking, two (2) dbl.-bedded rooms, equipped with
microwaves and refrigerators, has been reserved for Winterfest on Jan. 13-15, 2012. 
The rooms are at the Clarion Inn (MD169), 8601 Baltimore Ave., College Park,
MD  20740 (Phone: 301-474-2800); the hotel has an in-door pool and offers a free
continental breakfast daily.  Additionally, a 5:30 AM breakfast start - for those
early morning swimmers/parents - has been negotiated for Saturday and Sunday
mornings, as well.  Please call the hotel directly and mention that you are a member
of the “Cecil County YMCA Swimteam” to reserve your room(s) and to get the
group rate of $ 89.00+taxes/night for up to 4 individuals/room.  The room block
will be held for CECY families until Friday Jan. 6, 2012.    If these rooms sell out
before the 1/6/2012 deadline, please contact Coach Paul ASAP so that he may try
to arrange availability of additional rooms.

Friday November 4, 2011

Warm up time for the Opening Gun Invitational (10 & Unders Only) is as follows:
         Saturday 11/5/2011:  7:15 - 7:30 AM  sharing Lane 3 with SFY;
                                            8:00 AM Meet Start.

Warm up times for the KAY DragonFest Invitaional (11+ Only) are as follows:
         Saturday 11/5/2011:  6:30 - 6:55 PM in Lane 5;
                                            7:00 PM Meet Start;
         Sunday   11/6/2011:  1:40 - 2:00 PM in Lanes 2 & 3;
                                            2:00 PM Meet Start.  

Swim SMART, Swim FAST !!! 

Tuesday October 11, 2011  4:50 PM

Sorry for the late notice but we were just notified by YMCA Management, the pool will be closed tonight due to a comtamination "accident" in the pool.  So, practices are cancelled for tonight.  See ya'll tomorrow at the usual times.

Monday October 3, 2011

Practice schedules as of today are as follows:

   Developmental:  Swimming
                                  Group I: M-F:   5:30 PM - 6:30 PM;
                                 Group II: M-F:   6:30 PM - 7:30 PM;

   Beginner:         Swimming
                                Group I:  M-F:   5:30 PM - 6:30 PM;
                                Group II: M-F:   6:30 PM - 7:30 PM;

   Intermediate:  Stretches/Dryland & Swimming
                                               M-F:  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM;

   Adv. Intermed.:  Stretches/Dryland & Swimming
                                 M, Tu, W & F:  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM; and,
                                                Sat.:  2:30 PM - 4:30 PM;

   Senior:             Stretches/Dryland & Swimming
                                      Tu, W & F:  7:00 PM - 9:00 PM;
                                              Thur.:  5:30 PM - 7:30 PM;
                                                Sat.:  12:30 PM - 2:30 PM; and,
                                               Sun.:  6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.

Saturday Sept 17, 2011

Hope everyone had a GREAT, SAFE summer ! 

CECY's Fall/Winter Swimteam starts practices on Monday Sept. 19, 2011 at
5:30 PM for past and new team members.  After a general overview of the program and introduction of coaching staff, all group practices will immediately begin.  Hope to see you there !

CECY's Dolphin Swimteam would like to invite you to join us for our Spring Conditioning and Summer Swimteam programs which will run M-F's from 5:30-7:30 PM from April 25-May 20, 2011 and May 23-July 31, 2011, respectively.  You may pre-register or just show-up on the first night - with your swimsuit, towel, goggles and (optional) cap.  On the first day of each program, after a short introductory briefing, new swimmers to the team will be evaluated (in the water) and placed in their appropriate group.  Hope to see you there !

Monday Feb. 28, 2011

As of today, practices are officially ended for the Fall/Winter swim season for all swimmers, except those who have entered and/or are qualified to swim in one of the following post-season Championship swim meets:
           2011 Towson 8&Under Mini Championships (Sunday March 6th);
           2011 District Championships (Fri.- Sun. March 11-13th); and
           2011 Regional Championships (Fri.-Sun. March 18-20th).  

It was a fantastic season.  Thank you to those swimmers and their families for supporting our swimteam; and, we hope to see you again in the near future.   Our end-of-year swimteam banquet will be held soon and we hope to see all swimmers and their families  there (more information will follow shortly via email).  Also, our Spring Conditioning and Summer Swimteam programs will run April 25-May 20, 2011 and May 23-July 31, 2011, respectively; we'd love to see you this Spring and/or Summer, as well.

For those swimmers enetered or qualified for one of the Championship meets mentioned above, practice days/times will continue as usual, except there will be no 4:00 PM practice on Wednesday for the Senior group.  Starting Monday March 7th, practice days/times for District/Regional-qualified swimmers will change to M-F from 5:30-7:30 PM for as long as you are eligible to continue swimming.

Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011

Tuesday Feb. 1, 2011

As of 4:00 PM today, YMCA management says that the YMCA is/will be open for business as usual; thus, swimteam will be having practices as usual.  If the weather deteriorates significantly between now and the time you leave for practice, please call the YMCA to ensure that the situation has not changed.  Please use your own "best judgement" for your personal situation in venturing out into such conditions.  Your safety is the swimteam staffs' utmost concern and number one priority. 

Saturday Jan. 29, 2011

There will be a Senior practice today from 12:30-2:30 PM for those not attending the SPY meet; and, there will be a Senior practice tomorrow from 6-8 PM, as usual.

 Thursday Jan. 27, 2011

The YMCA is still closed due to the snowstorm; thus, no practices tonight.

The YMCA will be open tomorrow; and, we will be having practices at the normal times.   

                                                                                                                      - Coach Paul -

 Wednesday Jan. 26, 2011

Due to the impending snowstorm, the YMCA is cancelling all evening activities including all swimteam practices.  Please call the YMCA tomorrow to find out the status of practices on Thursday.  Have fun in the snow, but please be careful and safe. 

Sunday Dec. 26, 2010

 Due to the impending snowstorm and the possibility that the YMCA will be closing earlier than usual, the Senior practice for today is hereby cancelled.

See ya'll on Tuesday PM !! 

Friday Dec. 17, 2010

Sorry for the late notice, but there will be NO practices on Saturday 12/18/2010. 
There will be a Senior practice on Sunday PM (6-8 PM).

Also, there will be NO practices due to the up-coming Holidays
and because the YMCA will either close-early or be closed on
the following days:

       Friday 12/24/2010;    
       Saturday 12/25/2010;       
       Friday 12/31/2010; and,
       Saturday 1/1/2011.

On all other days, practices will run as usual, and at the usual times. 

Monday Nov. 22, 2010  

Reminder:  Entries and fees for the CATY Mark Schisler Invitational are due TODAY.  Either enter at the YMCA, or email Coach Bill by 7:30 PM.  This is a great meet, in a fast pool and is relatively close-to-home; it's ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY to get those needed qualifying times for Winterfest, Districts, Regionals or YMCA Nationals.  Hope to see you all there !

Sunday October 31, 2010

Due to Halloween, there will be NO practice on tonight for the Senior Group.  Have a fun and SAFE time "Trick or Treating."

Wednesday October 20, 2010: 

SWIM SUIT UPDATE

The team swim suits arrived in Wilmington this morning, and will be delivered to CECY today in time for pictures; we will distribute them around 5:30 PM. 

If you ordered a team suit but have not paid for it, please call The Swim Shop (1-302-575-1224) and do so before 12 PM, or they will NOT bring it to the YMCA today.