B.R.Ryall News

 Family Fun Night

Let's kick-off the season with a little fun gathering for new team families and veteran families as well. Come enjoy a great time with old and new swim team friends. We will have access to the climbi...

 2010/2011 Meets

Hello Swimmers and Families, Below is the tentative meet schedule for the upcoming short course season. Please be sure to sign up for the meets prior to the entry deadlines. If you have any...

 Want to be on deck near your kids this season?

And satisfy your volunteer committment with the team ...... then become an official. Don't know the rules or how to swim? No worries. T hey don't make you swim:-) In fact, they teach you eve...

 SHORT COURSE

Greetings Swimmers and Families, I hope you have all had a chance to sit back and enjoy the summer because the short course season is just around the corner. With the new season there are a few cha...

 Age Group LC State Champs

Congratulations to our swimmers that swam at the Age Group State Championships this past weekend! Tyler Mandrell : 200 Free - 13th place - 2:41.50; 50 Backstroke - 6th place - 38.54; 100 Backstroke - ...

 Y Nationals - Friday - Updated

**UPDATED - Read about Meg Beese Below** Today is the last and final day of Y Nationals. It was another great day of swimming. The 200 Free relay - Mary Claire Webb, Rachael Loek, Rachel Slowinski a...

 Y Nationals - Thursday

Thursday marks the 3rd day of competition. Once again, the National Team swam well ... just about every swim was a best time. Allison Pavlik began our day swimming the 100 Free with a time of 1:02.0...

 Y Nationals - Monday and Tuesday

Greetings from Maryland! The first leg of our trip to Maryland started a bit rough. College Park was hit by a storm which took out power for almost 1 and ½ days. Within 10 minutes upo...

 Y Nationals - Wednesday

Today was another good day in Maryland. We started off with the 100 Fly. Allison Pavlik started us off by swimming the 100 Fly with a time of 1:12.04 (119th) and Susan Peinsipp swam the 100 Fly i...

 Congratulations to our BR Ryall Regional Champs!

Congratulations to our Swimmers who won Regional Events this past weekend!! Christopher Stiegal - Boys Open 1000 Free and Boys Open 1650 Free Tomas Eismann - Boys 12-under 100 Breaststroke Olivia Picc...

 FINAL WEEK OF LONG COURSE!

Practice will be wrapping up in the final week of July! Black, blue, white and yellow will swim their final practice on Thursday, July 29th . Good luck to all swimmers at Regionals, State Champs, ...

 2010-11 Short Course Registration

Short course registration will open for the fall/winter season on August 4th! We look forward to a great winter as our long course season comes to a close.

 Thank You Parents, Family and Friends

Thank you to all the parents, family and friends that volunteered their time and made our Weather-or-Not swim meet a success for our swimmers and the visiting teams.

 Weather or Not Meet

Thanks to everyone for signing up for our volunteer slots! Your help will be greatly appreciated this weekend. The winner of the free weekend parking slot is the Slowinski family. We look forward...

 TOPS RESULTS

Thank you to all families that were able to attend the Fathers Day Classic. The results are now up on the event page. Also, the coaches would like to thank all of the parents who volunteered during ...

 TOPS MEET

Parents and Swimmers, Good luck this weekend and thank you to all of the volunteers. The psych sheet is now posted under the meet info. Keep in mind that the times have not been updated on there b...

 Arlington Warm Up Change

Swimmers going to the Arlington Meet. Due to the amount of entries, they will be having split warm ups. We lucked out and were given the later warm up time. Also, they have pushed the start of th...

 My Cat Needs a Home

Hi Everyone, My Cat, Erma, needs a home. I can no longer have her in my house due to allergies. She is small, affectionate, and incredibly palyful. If you are interested, able to care for her, or ...

 PAC MEET UPDATE

Due to the size of the PAC meet this weekend they have made a few changes. 1. The 200 and 400 meter events on Friday will be limited to the fastest 5 heats. A psych sheet is under the meet informat...

 Upcoming Meets

Attention Swimmers and Parents, There are a few updates for the upcoming meets. The Arlington Alligators are requiring teams to limit each swimmer to 3 events per day. Athletes were originally signed...

 Kane County Cougars Game

The annual swim team outing to the Cougars game will be on Thursday, June 10. For more information, please see the entry under the Events section of our website

 PRACTICE CHANGE

Practice will be from 6:15-8:15 at C.O.D for the National, Pre-National, Senior, Black, and College groups on May 17th and May 19th. All other groups will practice at normal times. Thank you and ...

 Upcoming Kids' Triathlons

Here is some info on upcoming kids' triathlons in our area. Check out the links for more information, MSM Kids Triathlon Sunday, May 30, 2010 @ 7:00 AM local time http://www.active.com/page/Eve...

 Congratulations BR Ryall "Blue Noses" Swimmers!

Congratulations to our BR Ryall Swimmers who recently took part in the YMCA's "Arctic Circle Challenge". The "Blue Noses" Team, comprised of Jenny Lipa, Rachel Slowinski, Chris Stiegal, Amanda Stie...

 Swim Champions' "Fitter & Faster" Tour

The Fitter & Faster tour is returning to the Chicago area. This one-day clinic provides your swimmers with the opportunity to swim with past and present Olympians. Several of our team members partic...

 Arlington Meet Entries

Parents and Swimmers, The entries for the Arlington Alligators Meet are up. We will post the entries for the PAC meet as soon as they give confirmation that they were accepted. -Coach Scott

 Thank You

On behalf of all the coaches, THANK YOU for the thoughtful gifts that were given at the BR Ryall banquet. Our parents and swimmers are by far the most generous! The BR RYALL Coaching Staff

 BR Ryall Swimmers Shine at NASA Showcase Classic

BR Ryall Swimmers Tyler Mandrell, Max St. George, Ashleigh Brill and Bram Williams traveled to the NASA Showcase Class in Coral Springs, FL on April 6-10. There were some outstanding swimmers from al...

 St. Charles Spring Pentathlon

The St. Charles Spring Pentathlon has been pushed back a week. The Pentathlon is now the weekend of May 15th/16th. The entry deadline has also been pushed back to April 23rd.

 YMCA Nationals & NASA Showcase

Good Luck to our National Team girls (Carly Dvorak, Alex Iwanicki, Colleen Joorfetz, Rachael Loek, Sara Pardue, Allison Pavlik, Susan Peinsipp, Mary Claire Webb) and our age group swimmers (Ashleigh B...

 Officials' Clinics

Just a reminder that Registration for the upcoming St. Charles officials clinic is due by tomorrow (3/24). Please see below for details. If you are interested in becoming an official or achieving a n...

 Boys 9th, Girls 2nd YMCA Area Meet

Day 1 of the 2010 IL/MO YMCA Area Meet began with strong swims by the small cadre of boys sent to DeKalb to represent BR Ryall. The boys finished in 9 th overall while the 11-12 boys brought home ...

 Long Course Registration!

The Long Course Season is just around the corner! Registration opens tomorrow, March 24th! Come out to the YMCA from 5-7pm for open registration and to meet the new Ryall head coach, Scott Robson. ...

 BR Ryall Parent T-Shirts

If you are interested in purchasing a special team t-shirt to show your support for your swimmers, please see the attachment for ordering details. T-Shirt Order Form

 BR Ryall Swim Team Banquet

We're pleased to announce the BR Ryall Swim Team Banquet will be held at Arrowhead Golf Club on Sunday, April 25 from 5:30-9:00 pm. For RSPV and menu details, please see the attached documents. We l...

 TOP 10 REASONS TO SWIM BRRY LONG COURSE SEASON

10 You need to give the Nintendo some down time 9 Wait till you see how little the pool feels in the fall 8 You get to be farther away from the coach 7 A 50 is just one length of the p...

 Age Group Champs Information

Psych sheets are posted. On Saturday, March 13th, Olympic medalist Peter Vanderkaay will be signing autographs from 3:00-5:00pm. Webcasting will be offered once again this year; more information...

 Senior Champs

The psych sheet has been posted for Senior Champs.

 Town & Country Districts - Thanks and Congratulations

Thank you to all the parents, family and friends that volunteered and made Sunday's Town & Country District Meet a success for our swimmers and the visiting teams. Please know that your efforts hel...

 Congratulations Max St. George

Congratulations to Max St. George as he set the 11-12 Boys Illinois Swimming 200 Back State Record.

 Congratulations Ryall Alum Emily Gniatczyk

Congratulations to Ryall Alum Emily Gniatczyk as she was named the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year following a 2nd place 50 Free, and 3rd places in the 100 and 200 Free.

 PreSeason Stroke Clinic Registration Open

We're pleased to announce our 2010 PreSeason Stroke Clinic for swimmers 12 and under. This is a great opportunity for your swimmers to work on stroke mechanics, turns and other technical aspects. ...

 Seniors Commit to College

Congratulations to Seniors Carly Dvorak and Colleen Joorfetz who will be continuing their education and swimming careers at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale in the fall.

 Thank You Barone's

Thank you to Barone's Pizza in Glen Ellyn for hosting the annual 10 and under "make your own pizza" party today!

 Boy's High School Sectionals

Good Luck to Chris Stiegal (Benet Academy) and Robert Kaylor (Glenbard East) at their Sectional Meets Saturday.

 Final Regional Entries Posted

The final, submitted Regional entries have been posted.

 Preliminary Age Group Champ Entries Posted

Preliminary Age Group Championship entries have been posted, including relays.

 Thank You

Thank you to all the parents, family and friends that volunteered and made this weekend a success for our swimmers and the visiting teams. Special thanks to Sinon Galvin and Nancy Livingston who were...

 Results and Entries Posted

Results have been posted for the Valentine Last Chance Meet under both results and hosted meets. Regional entries have been posted as well, they will be submitted Tuesday, please email Coach Jennife...

 Valentine's Last Chance Meet

See the Hosted Meets Tab for up to date information regarding this weekend's meet including Timer/Warm Up assignments and Live Results.

 Volunteer Drawing

The Iwanicki family is the winner of the free parking this weekend. Thanks for volunteering and signing up early!

 Schroeder Results Posted

Schroeder Results have been posted. Outstanding job this past weekend! We picked up 2 new Spring Y National, 1 Summer Y National, several Senior Champ, and Age Group Champ cuts, along with many pers...

 Claire Statton and Jack Frost Results Posted

Results have been posted for both meet. Congratulations to all that swam this past weekend. Special congratulations to Stefan Roeseler and Jane Denenberg as they picked up their 1st Regional cuts. ...

 Eligibility Reports Posted

Eligibility reports have been posted for Senior Champs and Age Group Champs (individual events only).

 Save the Date - Annual BR Ryall Swim Team Banquet

Save the Date ? Annual BR Ryall Swim Team Banquet Please mark you calendars now! The Annual BR Ryall YMCA Swim Team Banquet: When: Sunday , April 25 th Time: 5:30 to ...

 PAC Prelim/Final Meet Results Posted

PAC results have been posted. We had an outstanding weekend of fast swimming! Congratulation go to the team as we brought home the 2nd place Team Trophy. Individual High Point winners were Tyler M...

 Polar Bear Results Posted

The results have been posted for the Polar Bear Meet. We had tremendous swims throughout the weekend with a many meet records, Regional, Age Group Champ and Senior Champ time standards achieved. Nex...

 Board Meeting

The January Board Meeting is Tuesday January 5, 2010 at 7:00pm at the YMCA. All are welcome.

 Schroeder A+ Hotel Block Expiring Soon

BLOCK EXPIRES ON 1/15/2010 Courtyard By Marriott Brown Deer 5200 W. Brown Deer Rd. Brown Deer Wisconsin 53223 414-355-7500 15 Rooms (2/5/10-2/7/10) 2 Queen Beds per room $99 per night plus tax (14....

 Schroeder & Claire Statton Entries Posted

Entries for Claire Statton and Schroeder have been posted. Also, a new YMCA meet has been added to the schedule on Sunday 1/31/10 for those needing a third YMCA meet or swimmers in Yellow, White and ...

 Kankakee Dual Results Posted

Results from the Kankakee dual meet have been posted.

 PAC Meet

Preliminary entries have been posted for the PAC meet. Please review. You have until 12/19/09 to commit to the meet.

 Kankakee Dual Entries Posted

Entries have been posted

 Holiday Break Schedule

The Holiday break schedule has been posted for all groups. Dryland is still TBD

 Former Ryall Head Coach Andy Rose

Earlier this evening we received the information that Andy Rose Head Coach of Palatine Park District and former Head Coach Coach of B. R. Ryall passed away today. As we receive further details we will...

 Westmont Results & Schroeder Eligibility Report Posted

The Westmont results have been posted. An updated Schroeder eligibility report has been posted as well. Congratulations to all that competed this weekend and a special congratulations to those that m...

 Westmont Meet Timers

Timers Needed! BRRY is REQUIRED to provide timers for the upcoming meet at UIC this weekend. We want to be sure that our obligation is covered well before Friday . We need to fill the following...

 Polar Bear Entries Posted

The Polar Bear entries have been posted. Please review and let Coach Jennifer know by 5:00pm Thursday if you see any errors.

 Barone's Night

Please join the B.R. Ryall swim team for a family night at Barone?s Pizza on December 3 rd . All purchases from the evening will give the swim team a 20% donation. You may choose to have a sit down,...

 Schroeder

The Schroeder eligibility report has been updated

 Thanksgiving Classic I & II

Results have been posted and uploaded.

 Girls High School State

Congratulations to all our girls that participated at the High School State Meet tonight. Great job and we look forward to having you back in the pool at the Thanksgiving Classic.

 High School Sectionals & State

Congratulations to all our High School girls on outstanding swims at their Sectional Meet. The following qualified and will be competing at next Friday?s State Meet: Rachael Loek - Downers Grove Sout...

 IHSA Girls Sectionals

Good Luck to all the girls that will be competing Saturday at the Downers Grove North and Neuqua Valley Sectionals. Downers Grove North Sectional: Carly Dvorak, Colleen Joorfetz, Sara Pardue (Addison ...

 Carmel Meet Results Posted

Results from this weekend?s Fall Frenzy have been posted and uploaded. Congratulations to all those that competed in Indy this past weekend. It was a weekend of fast swimming with many personal best...

 YMCA Virtual Meet

Preliminary results can be found at http://www.ymcacompetitiveswim.org/ . Results are preliminary and subject to change. There are still adjustments being made due to follow-up questions to a number...

 Meet Results Uploaded

Meet results through the Virtual Meet have been uploaded into TU and results are available under "My Meet Results".

 Virtual Meet Results Posted

Results have been posted

 CATS Meet Results

Meet results from the CATS meet have been posted.

 YMCA Swimming Top 10 Individual and Top 16 Relays

Congratulations to the following swimmers for their achievements during the 2008-2009 season. Individuals 11 year old boys Max St. George: 50 back 1 st ; 100 back 3 rd ; 200 and 500 free 5 th ; 100 ...

 Coach Kim Delivers a Girl!

Received an email from Coach Kim's husband, George, letting us know that Allison was born yesterday at 1:23pm, weighing 8 lbs, 2 oz and 20.5 inches long. She and the baby are both doing well. Attac...

 Private Lessons

Private Lessons will now be available with Coach Jim for swimmers in yellow through blue groups. Half-hour lessons will be held at COD Monday, Wednesday, & select Fridays from 6:30-7:30pm, by appoint...

 Carmel Meet Team Dinner

We are planning our third annual team dinner in Indianapolis this year for families attending the Carmel meet. The dinner will be on Saturday , November 7 th around 7:00 p.m. If your family would...

 Tri Meet Results Posted

The results from the TOPS/JETS/BRRY Tri Meet have been posted

 USA Swimming Scholastic All American

Congratulations to Nick Iwanicki as he was named one of USA Swimming's Scholastic All Americans for the 2008-2009 Season. Be sure to follow Nick's swimming as he competes for the University of Denve...

 Carmel Meet and Hotel

Reminder: Friday October 2nd is the registration deadline for the Carmel Meet. Hotel: There are still a few rooms available at the team hotel; if you haven't done so please reserve your room ASAP. ...

 Lifetime Fitness Tri

Congratulations to those members of the team that competed in the Lifetime Fitness Kids Triathlon Sunday September 20th.

 Swimsuit Update

USA Swimming has adopted the following date change to the FINA swimwear rules. New swimwear rules will go into effect October 1, 2009 rather than the FINA effective date of Jan 1, 2010 . Thus, ef...

 USA Swimming Top 20

Congratulations to Max St. George and the relay of Nick Iwanicki, Kevin Mihic, Thomas Delves and Brian Sivak for their Top 20 rankings for the 2008-2009 season. Max was 8th in the 11 year old boys 50...

 Newspaper Article 2009 Y LCM Nationals

Article about B. R. Ryall YMCA at 2009 YMCA Long Course Nationals that appeared in mysuburbanlife 08/19/09. www.teamunify.com/isybrst/__doc__/pressylcmynats2009.pdf

 Ryall Swimmers Shine at Zones

Congrats to all of our swimmers that participated in Central Zone Championship Meet in Noblesville, IN August 7-10, 2009. Ryall Participants where: JP McAveeney, Olivia Picchione, Sienna Picchione, Ra...

 2009 YMCA Summer Nationals

The B. R. Ryall YMCA swim team placed 5th overall at the 2009 YMCA Long Course Nationals. Our girls and boys placed ninth. We had a great meet with a lot of best times. Highlights on the girls side...

 US Open Steve Dukleth

Ryall alum Steve Dukleth who trained with the national team this summer swam his first event today at the US Open. Steve swam the 200 fly and went a life time best time of 2:04.20. Steve placed 39th. ...

 Ryall Athletes in the News

Congratulations to our recently graduated seniors. Read the article about their futures in the fall and highlights of their careers at Ryall and academically.

 Volunteer Position Descriptions

Volunteer Positions and Descriptions Announcer One per session . Opens warm-ups, listing warm-up assignments and lane designations. During the meet announces all events, calls ?8 and Underư to the bul...

 Safety Action Plans

With the first outdoor practices taking place tonight the Safety Action Plans have been posted under Team Information.

 Emily Gniatczyk going to UIC

Emily Gniatczyk has verbally committed to the University of Illinois at Chicago. In the fall she will be swimming and attending UIC. Congrats Emily!

 Ryall swimmers inducted into National Honor Society

Last week Sammy Hill, Corinne Horner and Susan Peinsipp were inducted into the Glenbard East National Honor Society. Congrats!!!

 Y Nats 2009 SCY come to a close

This year at the 2009 SCY Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale we placed 14th on the girls side, 12th boys, and 13th combined. Our kids swam great and we had a lot of personal best times. Highlights: Womens 10...

 19 Competing at Y Nationals

The first day of competitiion at Y Nationals begins tomorrow, Monday 4/6, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. You can follow all the action at www.swimnetwork.com . Monday will find the following swimmers comp...

 College News

Congratulation to Bridget Hannon; she will be attending and swimming for Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana this Fall.

 Ryall wins Y Districts

Congrats to all of our swimmers. This year BRRY won the 2009 mens and womens Town and Country Y Districts. We had a lot of great swims and a lot of athletes qualify for next weekends Y State meet. On ...

 Congrats Ryall High School Boys

Congrats to our Ryall high school boys at the 2009 state meet. Sean Brown (Wheaton Warrenville South) 500 free 11th 4:38.57. Thomas Delves (Marmion Academy) 200 medely relay 2nd, 200 free relay 3rd, 4...

 Boys High School Sectionals

Congratulations to all our high school boys that competed in their Sectional meets Saturday. The following have qualified individually for the State meet Friday: Kevin Mihic (200 free and 200 IM), Se...

 Boys High School Sectionals

Good Luck to our High School boys competing in their Sectional Meets this weekend. Justin and Sean Brown - Wheaton COOP, Matt Dukleth and Chris Stiegal - Benet Academy, Thomas Delves - Marmion Academy...

 Ryall swimmers selected as Illinois State Scholars for 2009

Congrats to the following Ryall swimmers that where Illinois State Scholars for 2009: Gen Spittler, Brian Sivak, and Ellie Roeing. Illinois State Scholar winners rank in the top 10 percent of high sch...

 College News

Congrats to Gen Spittler. Gen will be attending and swimming for St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana.

 College Update

Congratulations to Brian Sivak who will be attending and swimming for the Wisconsin Badgers in Fall '09!

 Training Trip

This year was a great training trip at Indiana University. We trained hard and had a lot of fun. Check out our group picture.

 Check out Pictures from last year

Check out these great pics from this last year! l

 Ryall Swimmers Sign Letters of Intent.

The following national team swimmers signed Letters of Intent during the early signing period. Thomas Delves - Miami Ohio Nick Iwanicki - University of Denver Kevin Mihic - LSU Madeline Scarboro...

 USA Swimming Top 10

Congratulations to the 15-18 200M Medley Relay team of Sarah Galvin, Katie Johnson, Kelsey Mallon and Emily Gniatczyk on their 7th place rank in the nation for the LCM 2007-2008 season.

 B.R. Ryall Swimmers YMCA NATIONAL TOP 16 Times During 2007-2008 SCY

Triblocal Article 10/21/08 B.R. Ryall Swimmers YMCA NATIONAL TOP 16 Times During 2007-2008 Short Course Season special3 10/21/08 10:17 AM 3 hits Congratulations to the following age 10 and und...

 USA Swimming names Scholastic All-America Team

Congratulations to Sarah Galvin and Katie Johnson on being selected for USA Swimming?s Scholastic All-America Team for 2007-08! Criteria for selection to the Scholastic All-America Team include the ...

 Illinois Swimming LCM Top Ten Lists

Congratulations to the following swimmers for making the Illinois Swimming 2007-08 LCM Top Ten List: 10 and under Boys : Max St. George - 50 free (9), 100 free (7), 400 free (2), 50 back (3), 100 b...

 YMCA National Top 16

Congratulations to the following swimmers that made the YMCA National Top 16 rankings for 2007-2008 SCY: 9-10: Max St. George - 500 free (1), 50 back (1), 200 back (1), 100 IM (1), 100 back (2), 20...

 C.O.D. Policy on Locker Room Usage

From COD Regarding Locker Room Usage: "We are cognizant that there are very young swimmers utilizing our locker rooms and that mom?s may be bringing in boys and dad?s may be bringing in girls; however...

 Tribune Long Course Nationals Article

On September 04, 2008 the Triblocal published an article about our accomplishments at long course nationals. Here is the Link.

 New Swim Team Families

We know you have lots of questions about practices, swim apparel, coaches, meets, and many more things! Please contact Eden Mandrell to have your questions answered! Eden is our team New Family Liai...