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If you would like to place an order for a team suit please fill out the order form. You may turn in a check payable to YSST and the order form to Jon Jolley or Diane Vezmar. All orders need to be turned in by 6:30 pm on Friday, June 6th. The female and male suits are the same endurance style suit with the YSST logo as ordered for the Short Course Season. Please note that all suits will have the YSST logo and are therefore non-returnable. If you are...
The Gold Group had its first long course timed 400 Free on Thursday, 5/14/09. Click here to view the results.
USA Swimming is running a bi-weeky report on the mental aspects of swimming, the ABC's. Article one is "A is for Anxiety" , article two is "B is for buliding your mindset" , and article three is "C is for Confidence." It is good short reading for all YSST members going into every swim meet and practice!
The City of Hickory's Public Art Commission's "Art on the Bench" Phase II project will unveil 20 new benches this weekend. Chris Peterson submitted a plan and designed a bench promoting YSST which was selected for the project. The benches will be displayed this Saturday (5/2/09) from 10 am - 3 pm on the lawn of the Hickory Museum of Art. The goal of the program is to integrate public art into the public space and to help create a visual sense of the community. Special thanks to Chris!!
North Carolina Swimming compiles a top ten list for the season for all ages and events. For the 2008-2009 Short Course season, YSST had 39 swims make the list with eight number one rankings. Congratulations to Emma Weisgerber, Cory Spencer, Nicholas Lee, Katherine Glenn, Sava Turcanu, and Graham Williams for making the list. Click here to view the report.
Congratulations to Danny Aberle, Katherine Glenn, Sava Turcanu, and Graham Williams for a great meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the 2009 YMCA Short Course National Championships. As a group, they achieved 15 new lifetime best times. 8 team records were broken at the meet: Sava Turcanu - 13-14 500 Free, 13-14 and Senior 200 Fly Katherine Glenn - Senior 1000 and 1650 Free Graham Williams - Senior 500, 1000, and 1650 Free There were 1,675 athletes representing 231 teams from across the country at the meet. YSST had 5...
