Francis Family YMCA
Swim Team
Season September-Mid March
Everyone’s A Winner
On the Francis Family YMCA Swim
Team, every swimmer is a champion. Swimmers celebrate the goals and mission of the YMCA through team-work and sportsmanship. Emphasis is on enjoying swimming and doing one’s best. Everyone’s a winner on the Francis Family YMCA Swim Team.
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Swim Team
Season September-Mid March
Everyone’s A Winner
On the Francis Family YMCA Swim
Team, every swimmer is a champion. Swimmers celebrate the goals and mission of the YMCA through team-work and sportsmanship. Emphasis is on enjoying swimming and doing one’s best. Everyone’s a winner on the Francis Family YMCA Swim Team.
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Click here. If you have any questions?
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2012 Northwest Ohio YMCA Swim League
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Click Here for Results from SECTIONALS (Defiance and Marion) and for all League Championship Individual and Relay events and information! GO STINGRAYS!
***PLEASE NOTE: Relay swimmers may change at any time per coaches discrection
***PLEASE NOTE: Relay swimmers may change at any time per coaches discrection
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Francis Stingrays are the
2012 Tiffin Invitational Champions!!!
Awesome job all swimmers!
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Toledo Blade 11/10/11
Bedford seeks update for its timing system
Computerized scoreboard needed for its swim team
BY CARL RYAN
BLADE STAFF WRITER
LAMBERTVILLE -- Members of the Stingrays swim team at the Francis Family YMCA glide through the water like the fish they are named for, but as a team, the 100 members are held back.
That's because the 25-yard pool they use at the Y here lacks an electronic timing system. The Y pool also is home to the boys and girls' swim teams at Bedford High School, which are similarly hampered. Instead of a computerized scoreboard that instantly shows the winners and their times, competitive swimming at the Y is done the old-fashioned way: by people with stopwatches.
Getting the final results can take two days, and the measurements are not as precise as those taken electronically. Electronic timers are accurate to a hundredth of a second.
Holly Scheffer, who coaches the Stingrays and co-coaches the Bedford boys, said it's a big problem. Bedford is the only high school in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Southeastern Conference without an electronic timing system, she said.
Because of this deficiency, Bedford is something of a pariah where swim meets are concerned, for both the Stingrays and high school swimmers, said LuAnn Bauer, who coaches the Bedford girls and co-coaches the boys with Ms. Scheffer.
Stingray swimmers Brendan Varnes, left, and Meegan Smith share a laugh in between laps during practice. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT Enlarge | Photo Reprints
"The other teams don't want to come here because we do it by hand," Ms. Bauer said.
This means that the number of home meets is limited and the Y is unable to host large, invitational meets.
Moreover, in relays, the split times, for each leg of the relay, can't be timed because to do so would require extra people with stop watches at either end of the pool and the times themselves would not be 100% accurate, she explained.
This can hold back swimming careers because the split times are used to qualify for state competitions.
Hopes are high, however, that enough money can be raised to afford a proper timing system, which would cost $22,000, according to Tony Hartung, a member of the Stingrays' parents committee.
"This would include the equipment and installation," he said, "and training from the company on how to use it. The timing system would be for the benefit of all three teams."
Stingray swimmer Emma Mulder does the front crawl during practice for the the Stingrays swim team at the Francis Family YMCA in Lambertville. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT Enlarge | Photo Reprints
The system would include touch pads at one end of the pool for the swimmers to make contact with, a scoreboard, and software.
Mr. Hartung said the parents' group is looking for sponsors and has scheduled a Jan. 13 fund-raiser at Forestview Lanes, 2345 W. Dean Road.
The Stingrays have a six-month season and compete with Y teams across northwest Ohio from Sandusky to Bryan to Lima, he said.
Temperance resident Michele Mulder, whose daughters Sarah, 13, and Emma, 9, are Stingrays, described the need for the timing system as "desperate."
She said her girls loved competing elsewhere because when they finish their race they can look up from the water and see their times on the scoreboard along with their name and lane.
"Their grandparents like it too," she said.
BLADE STAFF WRITER
LAMBERTVILLE -- Members of the Stingrays swim team at the Francis Family YMCA glide through the water like the fish they are named for, but as a team, the 100 members are held back.
That's because the 25-yard pool they use at the Y here lacks an electronic timing system. The Y pool also is home to the boys and girls' swim teams at Bedford High School, which are similarly hampered. Instead of a computerized scoreboard that instantly shows the winners and their times, competitive swimming at the Y is done the old-fashioned way: by people with stopwatches.
Getting the final results can take two days, and the measurements are not as precise as those taken electronically. Electronic timers are accurate to a hundredth of a second.
Holly Scheffer, who coaches the Stingrays and co-coaches the Bedford boys, said it's a big problem. Bedford is the only high school in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Southeastern Conference without an electronic timing system, she said.
Because of this deficiency, Bedford is something of a pariah where swim meets are concerned, for both the Stingrays and high school swimmers, said LuAnn Bauer, who coaches the Bedford girls and co-coaches the boys with Ms. Scheffer.
Stingray swimmers Brendan Varnes, left, and Meegan Smith share a laugh in between laps during practice. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT Enlarge | Photo Reprints
"The other teams don't want to come here because we do it by hand," Ms. Bauer said.
This means that the number of home meets is limited and the Y is unable to host large, invitational meets.
Moreover, in relays, the split times, for each leg of the relay, can't be timed because to do so would require extra people with stop watches at either end of the pool and the times themselves would not be 100% accurate, she explained.
This can hold back swimming careers because the split times are used to qualify for state competitions.
Hopes are high, however, that enough money can be raised to afford a proper timing system, which would cost $22,000, according to Tony Hartung, a member of the Stingrays' parents committee.
"This would include the equipment and installation," he said, "and training from the company on how to use it. The timing system would be for the benefit of all three teams."
Stingray swimmer Emma Mulder does the front crawl during practice for the the Stingrays swim team at the Francis Family YMCA in Lambertville. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT Enlarge | Photo Reprints
The system would include touch pads at one end of the pool for the swimmers to make contact with, a scoreboard, and software.
Mr. Hartung said the parents' group is looking for sponsors and has scheduled a Jan. 13 fund-raiser at Forestview Lanes, 2345 W. Dean Road.
The Stingrays have a six-month season and compete with Y teams across northwest Ohio from Sandusky to Bryan to Lima, he said.
Temperance resident Michele Mulder, whose daughters Sarah, 13, and Emma, 9, are Stingrays, described the need for the timing system as "desperate."
She said her girls loved competing elsewhere because when they finish their race they can look up from the water and see their times on the scoreboard along with their name and lane.
"Their grandparents like it too," she said.
Stingray coach Tiffany Quisno instructs her team during practice at the YMCA in Temperance. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT
Stingray swimmers Brendan Varnes, left, and Meegan Smith share a laugh in between laps during practice. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT
Stingray swimmer Emma Mulder does the front crawl during practice for the the Stingrays swim team at the Francis Family YMCA in Lambertville. THE BLADE/AMY E. VOIGT
Please help the team earn (8% return) by ordering through the Swim Outlet. Use the following direct link to ensure the Stingrays receive the return. CLICK HERE
Coaching Staff:
Head Coach Tiffany Quisno
Aquatics Director: Josh Pilarsh
Assistant Coach: Holly Scheffer
Assistant Coach: Brittany Johnston
Assistant Coach: Brittany Knause
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ARchive news:Open house Ice cream social:
Sun. August 28, 2011 4:30pm
Suit sizing, meet the team, meet the coaches and have the opportunity to register your swimmer(s).
Download Registration forms:
Registration form: click here
Auto payment plan form: click here
Swim suit order form: click here
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To learn more about The FFY STINGRAYS, cost, team activites, training groups and New for 2011 USA swimming option.
Learn about the NEW USA SWIMMING Option
Sun. August 28, 2011 6:00pm
(suggested for Red group, additional fee of $57 per swimmer, + meet fee)
New parent orientation informational meeting
Sept. 8, 2011 at 6:30pm
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