Youngstown YMCA Neptunes

Welcome to the Youngstown Neptunes Swim Team.  We swim at the Youngstown YMCA Central, 17 N. Champion St., 
Youngstown, OH 44503  PH:  (330) 744-8411

The YNeptune Mailboxes (crates) have been cleaned out.  Please do not use them any longer.  Any remaining items will be available at the banquet.  Thank you. (3/5/10)

CONGRATULATIONS! The Youngstown Y-Neptunes placed third overall at the League Championship Meet. This is the first time since I have been coaching that the Neptunes placed in the top three at Leagues. Twenty-four teams competed on Saturday at Cleveland State University. And what a spectacular showing! The time dropped was phenomenal. The extra efforts were fantastic. The results – awesome! 

Highlights of Leagues include Gina Ungaro earning a meet record in the 9 & 10 girls 50 yard butterfly. Dani Cabrera breaking a minute in the 11 & 12 girls 100 free earning her both a Zone time and a place in the Y-Neptune’s Minute Club. Zach Burrelli achieved a Zone time in the 11 & 12 boys 50 breast. Taylor Tofil destroyed the Zone qualifying time in the 11 & 12 girls 100 IM. Zoe Sommers’ 25.90 YMCA Zone time in the 13 & 14 girls 50 yard free also earned her a trip to Nebraska this summer for USA Zones. The 9 & 10 boys improved on their 200 Medley Relay Zone time by… 7 seconds? Who does that?! I honestly think almost all the afternoon session relays (9 & 10 and 11 & 12 age groups) dropped time – heck, just about everyone who swam earned a personal best time. It was a fun, energized day topped off by that third place finish over-all. Excellent! 

Then to top off the weekend, several Y-Neptune swimmers attended North Canton’s Last Chance Invitational on Sunday, March 7 at the North Canton YMCA. Dani Cabrera earned another Zone time in the 11 & 12 girls 50 butterfly, and Tess Emerson came away with her own Zone time in the 9 & 10 girls 50 yard breaststroke. Congratulations, girls! 

Practices this week for Zone qualifiers will be– 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. for 13 and older on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday and 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday for 12 and under. If you are not able to make the earlier practice, please just come to the later practice sessions. Everyone should try to make every practice between now and our last day of practice, Thursday, March 18. We still have some work to do before Zones. Come ready to work hard this week and then we’ll ease off next week.  

Our Y-Neptune Banquet takes place this Friday, March 12 at the Georgetown. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. The banquet will begin at 5:30 p.m. How we run the banquet will be a bit different this year. From the time the doors open you can participate in the Chinese auction until the banquet starts. We will present all awards first. We will then eat dinner after the awards. After everyone has had their meal – the music and dancing begins with the Chinese Auction items being raffled during dinner and dancing to close out the night. Be sure to bring your Chinese Auction donation to the pool this week and give it to Coach Sue. We would like to have all the items set-out before doors open at the banquet. Be sure to bring extra $$$ and a pen so you can purchase raffle tickets and write your names on the tickets. Items received so far include Vera Bradley items, movie gift certificates, WebKins, and even a huge pasta bowled filled with 40 pasta shaped one dollar bills! Our families are so creative! If you are having trouble getting your donation to the pool this week, call Melanie Emerson at 330-559-3700 and she will help arrange a pick-up or drop-off.  Thanks!! 

Attention Swimmers... 

After some organizing I see money is still owed from Divisionals (envelopes were passed out the third week in January) Presidential (envelopes have been out since the week before the meet) and Leagues (envelopes were passed out last week).

Zone qualifiers--- the pre-order form is available for anyone who wants to pre-order official Zone apparel. They also say items will be available to purchase at Zones. Deadline for orders is this Friday, February 26. Anyone who wants to pre-order should do so on their own. We will not be sending in a team order.

The Boniface Brothers make the Youngstown Vindicator.

Attention all swimmers -

Practice Reminder -

1. Swim practices are now only for League and/or Zone qualifiers. If you did not qualify for Leagues and/or Zones your season is now done and you should not attend practice, but we will see you at the Neptune Banquet on Friday, March 12.

2. We will no longer be having the 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. practices on Monday, Wednesday or Friday. All 8 & Unders should come to the 6:30 p.m. practice time on Monday, Wednesday or Friday now until Leagues.

Banquet Reminder -

1. Be sure to get your banquet information and donate an item for the Chinese Auction that takes place during our banquet. You can bring your items to the pool and give them to Coach Sue. Thanks to all who have donated so far

2. Awards earned at the Presidential Invitational will be distributed at our Banquet along with personal best ribbons earned at that meet and at Leagues.

Miscellaneous Reminders

1. Be sure to clean out your mailboxes!

2. We have a bunch of Lost and Found items in the trophy room in the deep pool area. Please go through these items. Any items remaining at the end of February will be donated to Goodwill.

3. Sign up for the Spring Swim Clinic starting Monday, March 29. Y-Neptune swimmers get a discounted rate and the clinic will be run by the Neptune coaches. Information on the clinic will be out shortly. Call the Y or check the information desk by the front desk lobby.

Check out the nice write-up concerning NEO YMCA swimmer Lauren Heller

Check out this nice write-up concerning our own Gina "the Machine-a" Ungaro

Our Team Photographer, Mary Lou Mikolay has been snapping many photos around the pool.  Please click through on these links to view photos of the Youngstown Neptunes.  Thank you Mary Lou.

The link below will allow you to view all the pictures as they are added.  Just look for the dates on the left. 

http://s617.photobucket.com/albums/tt255/marylou615/

 Please take the time to see these... they are awesome.  Mary Lou you are wonderful to do this for the team!

Mr. Weiss has contributed his photos also.  Please go to:  http://picasaweb.google.com/smweiss5735/Swimming2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCJGD_fv466CAngE&feat=email#

Have a look at his wonderful pictures.  Thank you, Mr. Weiss.

Parents... have you seen those awesome Green shirts with yellow striping around the pool deck?  Well here is the information for you.  Order one today!

Remember we share our YMCA with other members...even during HOME meets. 

Here are a few do's and don'ts to remember:

THANK YOU!