The Andover/North Andover YMCA Synchronized Swim Team (ANA Synchro) is adding to their full time coaching staff. Mikayla Francese will join the team as assistant head coach starting in early August. Francese is herself a former synchronized swimmer and member of the U.S. Olympic Team training squad, having most recently […]
The Y stands for Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility. Earlier blog posts have addressed how ANA Synchro embraces the Youth Development and Social Responsibility pillars of that famous Y philosophy, and in this final post of the three-part series, we turn our attention to the Healthy Living component. We’re not […]
 Smiles are bigger and energy is higher when performing for friends & family at the annual ANA Synchro show! Last month, ANA Synchro hosted its annual show at the Andover/North Andover Y. We are thrilled to announce that this year’s production, Defying Gravity, surpassed last year’s box office record […]
Y’s across the world are developing and delivering their programs according to three common pillars of thought and action: Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility. In an earlier blogpost, Andover/North Andover Executive Director Alex Turek walked us through why our team should care that the Y is so focused […]
Today, every Y across the country, and even the world, is united by three common pillars: Youth Development, Healthy Living, and Social Responsibility. What exactly does this mean for ANA Synchro? What does it mean for any team competing under a Y banner? In this first part of a three-part […]
