ORONO – Coastal Maine Aquatics was crowned the top team in this weekend’s Maine Swimming Inc. Winter Combined Championships, while Molly Foley of the Piscataquis Region YMCA scored the most points in the girls ages 10-and-under group. CMA, which is based in Cape Elizabeth, scored… Read More
ORONO – Hard work and long hours in the pool during the last few months paid off for both Molly Foley and Ian Carbone on Thursday night. They swam different races and finished in different places, but the two age-group standouts both got fine results… Read More
MAINE STATE YMCA MEET (More results will be published in Thursday’s paper) googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
ORONO – Although Liam Reading set a state record and won the 50-yard backstroke Saturday afternoon, another win Saturday meant just as much for the 10-year-old Bangor resident in the opening day of the 44th Annual John W. Coombs Memorial Maine YMCA Swim League State Championships. Read More
Approximately 1,200 competitors from 16 YMCA teams will dive into this weekend’s 53rd annual Maine YMCA State Swimming Championships at Wallace Pool on the University of Maine campus in Orono. Local YMCA teams include the Barracudas of the Bangor Y, the Canoe City Swim Club… Read More
YMCA STATE MEET At Wallace Pool, Orono googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
YMCA STATE MEET At Wallace Pool, Orono googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++) { if (isMobileDevice()) { if (slot_sizes[i][0]… Read More
ORONO – Maine’s YMCA club swimmers will gather this weekend for the 52nd annual John W. Coombs Maine YMCA State Swimming Championships at the University of Maine’s Wallace Pool. The meet will not be canceled or postponed due to weather. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
Local YMCA and YWCA swimmers wrapped up their winter seasons last week at their respective national championships. Several area swimmers affiliated with YMCA club teams headed to the YMCA national championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Hurricane Swim Club, which is based at the Bangor-Brewer… Read More
Last weekend, Maine’s top YMCA swimmers had a chance to shine. This weekend, those swimmers will have to contend with some of the top club teams in the state as age-group swimmers gather in Brunswick for the 2003 Winter Combined Championships. Swimming starts Thursday with… Read More
The Mount Desert Island YMCA Sharks scored 1,150 points to win the boys’ portion of the YMCA state championship meet Saturday and Sunday at Wallace Pool in Orono. Long Reach Swim Club, which represents the Bath Area YMCA, won the overall title with 2,079 points… Read More
ORONO – After seven years of swimming for the Bangor YMCA team (known as BGRY), it was kind of strange for Eric Palmer to see the CCSC of Canoe City Swim Club next to his name in the program for this weekend’s 38th John W. Coombs Memorial YMCA… Read More
Kate Kovenock of Orono turned in a top finish as Maine’s fastest YMCA swimmers are competing at their national championships this week in Florida, while the Bangor YWCA Hurricane Swim Club returned home Monday night from a fine effort at the YWCA Nationals in North Carolina. Read More
ORONO – Check out Lennie DeMuro whistling and waving like a madman Sunday on the Wallace Pool deck at the University of Maine. DeMuro is fiftysomething and he’s hopping around like a teen-ager trying to be heard above the din created by 200 or so… Read More