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Haute Alpes,
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Highlights
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 Team NYAC placed 12th which is our best ever team placing at Age Group Nationals. 11 of the 18 swimmers from three different NYAC training groups scored points. On the 3rd night of competition NYAC swimmers won gold in 5 events and captured special recognition from Swimming Canada. And, at this meet alone, NYAC swimmers achieved 20 personal best times, 9 new club records and one provincial record. Read more... |
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| Highlights
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by Andrea Hamilton June 2010 |
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What is the new group that has been added to the NYAC Model and how
does it fit within this model? We created the new group for two reasons: Read the interviews here... |
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| NYAC
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| On Saturday, June 5, the NYAC TriKids decended on Birchmount pool\stadium in the Beaches area of Toronto to participate in their second triathlon event of the season.The East End Kids of Steel Triathlon is one of the largest in the province with over 400 participants. The NYAC TriKids had 14 participants representing our club at this event. All of the kids competed hard in the event and looked like real pros after attending our clinic last week where they learned some basic triathlon skills. Read more ... | ||
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| Head
Coach's Message for Long Course Season May 2010 |
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| With the 2010 Team Champs just over, NYAC is now in full swing for the LC season. Our Team Champs performance was outstanding with great cheering and support from swimmers, coaches and parents. This summer we have exciting opportunities for each level within our club. Below are the three categories that outline the approach to each of these levels: Read more... | ||
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| Intro2
Group
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are four Intro groups in NYAC. Upon successful completion of the Waves
program, the swimmers are then promoted to the Intro level of swimming
which now offers opportunities to participate in competition. From
all four groups the swimmers are aiming for an E cut or above and
ultimately to qualify for Central Regions. The majority of the swimmers
in Intro are within the age range of 8 - 12. When coaching swimmers
within this age range, it is essential that the kids have FUN. Kids
at this age need to enjoy what they are doing and do it out of their
passion and love for the sport. Read more... |
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National
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Group's Championship Meets: Meet
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Swimmers must have a rock solid belief in themselves and their ability to perform. They need to have others believe in them - coaches, parents, teammates, and friends. This becomes contagious and gradually builds enthusiasm, resilience and all of the other psychological and emotional skills needed to move on to become a successful national level swimmer. |
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Conquering
all Opportunities with the right Skills Provincial 1 Group Short Course Report March 2010 |
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One cannot take advantage of any opportunity if the proper skills and knowledge were not acquired beforehand. Our Provincial 1 swimmers have experienced this throughout the past 6 months. Every swim meet is an opportunity. But they have yet to find the right 'equipment' to conquer the meet. Read more... |
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NYAC
Senior
Group 2009 Meet Report Downtown Sprint, Harvest/Autumn, Mega City/Youth Cup and Marilyn Bell Classic December 2009 |
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Senior group kicked off the season with a sprint meet at University
of Toronto hosted by TSC. Witnessing some seriously fast swims from
the UofT varsity squad must have given a boost of confidence to our
swimmers as personal best times were swam by over half of the group
in their first competition and only five weeks into their training
schedule. Read more... |
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Julia Wilkinson Carries Olympic Torch
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| Recently Julia Wilkinson, former NYAC swimmer and member of the 2008 Canadian Olympic team which competed in Beijing, was honored when she carried the Olympic torch into the City of Stratford. Read more... | ||
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Building Stepping Stones National
Development Group December 2009 |
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| There is really the only genuine stepping stone to high achievement. The risk is great, for failure can bring with it many burdensome and highly toxic consequences. You can lose your nerve, your focus, your confidence, and your competitive spirit. However without challenge, the truth is you never really discover or develop the toughness, the determination, the persistence, the resilience to become a truly fierce competitor. Read more... | ||
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| Michelle Williams to Become a Buckeye in 2010 |  by Andrea Hamilton December 2009 |
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| NYAC is pleased to announce that Michelle has accepted an athletic scholarship to join the Ohio State University Women's Swim Team in the Fall of 2010. We are so very proud of her for a number of reasons, but most particularly because she is a home grown talent who has risen up through the ranks of NYAC. Currently Michelle is the longest serving swimmer of the club. Read more... | ||
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"Q
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| I enjoyed training with the best long distance swimmers in Canada. As a long distance swimmer I am often the last one to leave the pool, as the long distance events are often at the end. So, it was fun being with girls who understand how that feels. Read more... | ||
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Tereza Macel Fourth in the Ford Ironman World Championships October 2009 |
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NYAC
triathlon coach, Tereza Macel, placed fourth in the Ford
Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii on Saturday, October
10, 2009. Her splits were 00:53:29 for the 3.8km swim (first place),
05:04:17 for the 180km bike section (second place) and 03:21:11
for the 42km run for a final time of 09:23:43. NYAC
also congratulates triathlete Paul White who qualified for
and successfully completed the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.
Paul trains with the NYAC Tri-swimming program. |
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| Julia Just Off World Record | ||
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| Julia
Wilkinson came within 0.48 of the world record winning the 100m IM
at the 2009 British SC Grand Prix in Leeds UK. However, her time of
59:28 set a new Canadian record. ‘’I’m happy but not
satisfied,’’ said Wilkinson. ‘’I was gunning for
the world record and just missed it by less than a half second. My
turns were a lot better in the final and my breaststroke to freestyle
transition was very strong. I probably needed just a bit more training.’’
Wilkinson
underwent shoulder surgery last fall and only returned to training
this spring. Michelle Williams placed 2nd in the B final and set a
new NYAC record for the 100m Fly with a time of 1:00.49. This improves
the previous record of 1:02.31 held by Mich MacPherson since 1982.
See meet results here... See Swimming Canada meet reports here... |
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NYAC
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| Congratulations to Tereza Macel for winning the Ford Ironman at Lake Placid on Sunday, July 26, 2009. Tereza is one of the coaches of NYAC's Triathlon Swimming Program and she is also the daughter of Olga Macel, NYAC's Office Manager. Tereza lead the race from start to finish. She was even the leader out of the water, beating all of the male athletes in the process. Her bike split was a 5:13 and she completed the marathon in 3:20. In the end, she captured gold with a finish time of 9:29.36 and an eleven minute lead on her closest competitor. Read more... | ||
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Meet
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2009 Canadian Age Group Championships July 2009 |
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15 to 20, 2009, Swimming Canada hosted the Canadian Age Group Championships
at Park Jean Drapeau in Montreal. The meet was host to clubs from
all over Canada and also included three international teams.
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National
Development Group
Long Course Season a Great Stimulus for Future Achievements July 2009 |
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| This past long course season the National Development Group moved from a state of vast potential to a new role of dynamic competitors and consistent winners. These accolades are not easily achieved and more importantly are daunting to maintain and sustain. The achievements were many, and below is a list of some of the season's highlights. Read more... | ||
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NYAC
Salutes our Senior National Competitors July 2009 |
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NYAC
salutes Julia Wilkinson, Michelle Williams, Caitlin
Hodge and Kyungsoo Yoon! These fine NYAC athletes just
finished competing at Swimming Canada's flagship event of the summer:
the World Championships Trials and Senior Nationals. Read more... |
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Thanks
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July 2009 |
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| First of all a big congratulations to our athletes who represented NYAC at the 2009 Junior Provincial Long Course Championships in London! Well done! It was an exciting four days of swimming and a pleasure to see so many of you have personal bests, medal finishes and achievements as relay teams. Congratulations to all of our coaches for preparing our swimmers so well and for their dedication throughout the year. Read more... | ||
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Our
Swim Season
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our swim season comes to an end, many parents and swimmers will happily
move to summer activities, fun in the sun, holidays and become familiar
again with fresh, not chlorinated air! We thank-you for your support
as members, and wish you a well deserved break! Read more... |
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NYAC swimmers are getting ready to compete at the Charlotte UltraSwim
meet in North Carolina later this month. Michelle Williams, Kyle Resnick and Kyunsoo Yoon, will be competing in Charlotte, Thursday, May 14-17, 2009. They will gain valuable international racing experience when they compete against teams from across the US, which will include past Olympians and current world record holders. NYAC wishes all three swimmers the best of luck! You can keep an eye on how they are swimming fast, by clicking on the link below for live results: charlotteultraswim.com |
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Our
Pools Have Been Saved April 2009 |
 Photo: Enzo Lomonaco |
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exciting news we have today! All four of NYAC's TDSB pools at risk of closing have been saved! I would like to thank all of the following people and organizations for their outstanding efforts, time and dedication! Read more... |
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A
Big Thank-You to the Province of Ontario April 2009 |
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Latest
Development to Keep Our Pools Open Final "Save
Our Pools" Rally Watch your email inbox for more information from your pool rep! Afternoon and evening practices are shortened and/or cancelled for Wednesday April 22nd. |
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Welcome
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Welcome back NYAC and welcome to Long Course Season! We are entering an exciting time of year as a lot is happening within the club and within our region. On April 16th, the City of Toronto will be hearing deputations on behalf of the community of Toronto regarding TDSB pool closures. We will be speaking on your behalf to ask the City of Toronto and the TDSB to work together as well as with the Province of Ontario to keep our pools open! Many of you have written letters and sent emails to city councilors, MPPs, Ministers and the Mayor. Thank-you for your time and heartfelt words! |
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To express your concern about imminent swimming pool closures, please attend the meeting of the City of Toronto Community Development and Recreation Committee. When: April
15, 2009 - 9:00am - Toronto City Hall
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2009 Spring National Championships Meet Report March 2009 |
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was proud to co-host the 2009 Spring National Championships with the
Toronto Swim Club at the Univeristy of Toronto pool. Most exciting
was watching the women's 200m breaststroke where Annamay Pierse broke
a world record on the last night. NYAC swimmer Michele Williams made her first top 8 swim in the 100m freestyle swimming with a best time of 54:86. This time also earned her a spot on Team Ontario for the Canada Games to be held in PEI this summer. We all are greatful to our volunteer NYAC parents who helped to make this event a big success. NYAC should be proud of a job very well done. |
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March:
Time to March 2009 |
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month, in harmony with the CS4L
Parents Guide and Swimming Canada, Swim Ontario has deemed March
a "Refocus and Revitalization Period". In swim parent language
this means that there is not a single sanctioned swim meet for our
swimmers outside of Spring Nationals. During this time of reflection,
let's remember why our kids swim; to have fun, to make and develop
friendships, do something they are good at, to feel good about themselves,
to feel accepted, and to improve and learn new skills. Read more... |
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Optimism
Short Course Season Wrap-Up March 2009 |
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The real goal for a coach is to build in each swimmer a ship that will sail sturdily through the most troubled waters and will emerge from the darkest clouds ready to continue the voyage. The National Development group strengthened their ships and surpassed their defined goals to create a genuine feeling of optimism for their future goals. The picture of an exhausted swimmer, arm raised in victory, with a knowing smile across their face repeated itself many times at the Provincials and the Central Region Champs. Read more... |
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| About Swim Suits | ||
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Canada has a just released a position statement on Swim Suits for
competitive swimmers. They make specific reference to both the competitive
Age Group and Elite Swimmers. NYAC's Head Coach, Murray Drudge supports this philosophy and suggests that technology racing suits should be reserved for national level swimmers. Prior to achieving at this level, he believes that swimmers need to focus on fundamentals. Read Swimming Canada's position statement here ... |
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2009 Junior SC Provincial Championships Meet Report March 2009 |
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| Exciting
racing and swimmer breakthroughs highlighted this year's Junior SC
Provincial Championships. How good it is to see our up and coming
stars of the future win medals, earn points and break club records.
We even had some meet records set that pave the way for future results.
The 13-14 girls and boys age groups were the big point winners scoring
608 individual points. Relays were outstanding with the boys 12-13
winning all four relays. Read more... |
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Western
Canadian Championships
Meet Report February 2009 |
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| The NYAC swim team was made up of some veterans in addition to some young swimmers that will benefit tremendously from having attended this level of competition. This is a first step for those who are chasing Senior National times. Read more... | ||
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Message from the President January 2009 |
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Happy New Year NYAC! Welcome back and it's good to write to all of you again! NYAC has lots to celebrate with many of its athletes having a fantastic team travel meet at the Baltimore Christmas Classic held at the Annapolis Naval Academy in December. As Coach John Calnan states in his article on our website, it was full of "magical moments". Read more... |
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| NYAC congratulates Michelle Williams on her selection to swim for Team Canada at the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Guam. 26 Canadian athletes and 11 officials and coaches are in Guam to represent Canada at the championships on January 8 to 12, 2009. Read more... | ||
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Magical
Moments for the National Development Group at Youth Cup and Baltimore
Xmas Classic
December 2008 |
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| In life there are many very small signs on the road that tend to go unnoticed in our hectic daily lives. It's not that we have our eyes shut and miss the obvious. It is more a matter of not using our analytical eyes and pausing to take in the details. The National Development Group has been working extremely hard everyday in practice since September and this total dedication and commitment paid immense dividends Read more... | ||
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President's
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December 2008 |
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| Congratulations NYAC! The 26th Youth Cup and 10th Mega City Meets have finished and you are to be thanked! As the host club for Youth Cup, we have provided over 1000 age group swimmers to compete with clubs from across Canada and as far as the Cayman Islands. Mega City also saw new and returning swimmers produce personal bests and provincial times! Congratulations athletes and thank-you to all the volunteers for giving us your time! Read more... | ||
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President's
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November 2008 |
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swim program is well under way with all swimmers racing in at least
one meet so far! Congratulations to the NYAC swimmers who participated
in Brantford this past weekend earning the Small Teams High Point
Award. Also, a special congratulations to all of our new competitive
swimmers who dove off the blocks for their very first time in their
first race! BRAVO! Read more... |
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| President's
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| Welcome back to all of our returning families and a big hello to our new members! It was so nice to see you at our BBQ on September 15th! We hope you enjoyed yourselves and had time to catch up with friends and your coach. I would like to thank the Lui Family for organizing such a fantastic event and to the NYAC Board of Directors for their help. Read more... | ||
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| The 2008 long course season finished with some standout performances for NYAC swimmers. NYAC is proud to have Julia Wilkinson represent this club with her four Gold medals and Canadian record for the 50 Back (28.53) at the 2008 Nationals in Winnipeg, and her seventh place finish in the 200 IM at the Beijing Olympics. Read more... | ||
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| Greetings
to all new and returning families to NYAC’s 2008-2009 swim season.
I’m very excited to welcome you all as our club continues to
grow in all levels of swimming. As the Head Age Group Coach, I have
the privilege to work with all the coaches from Wave, Intro, Age,
Youth and Provincial levels in standardizing a progressive program
across all groups that swim at 7 different pools within North York.
A lot of work has been done last year to create a unified and consistent
program structure that our swimmers have benefited in. They were able
to experience different styles of coaching and develop a variety of
skills taught by different coaches. The unity of the groups generates
cohesiveness that translates to a sense of belonging in our big NYAC
family.
This year, we
will continue in standardizing our programs at different levels
and locations. My goal is to develop a structure where all our swimmers
will fit appropriately within a hierarchy that they can work towards
becoming provincial contenders. I wish you all
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NYAC's new season kicked off with a welcoming BBQ on Monday, September 15, 2008. New members had a chance to meet their coaches and mingle with the old crowd. See some pictures here... | |
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Latest News... 2008
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