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 Andover/North Andover YMCA Synchronized Swim Team (ANA Synchro) is starting the season off strong with a win at the 2019 New England Synchronized Swimming Association (NESSA) North & South Junior & Senior Championships and 13-15 Age Group Invitational. The team came home from the competition with the NESSA JR/SR […]
During her tenure as Assistant Head Coach for the Andover/North Andover YMCA Synchronized Swim Team (ANA Synchro), Reem Abdalazem has taken the team to new heights. Abdalazem, who is leaving the program in January to take a position as the Assistant National Team Coach for USA Synchro, helped secure ANA […]
Competition season is underway!  But this year, synchronized swimming athletes across the country are practicing more than just figures and routines. They are also practicing skills for Grade Level testing because all 13-15 Age Group and Junior/Senior athletes wishing to compete at the US National Championships in Arizona this April […]
Mary Killman (right) with ANA Synchro Head Coach Leah Pinette 2012 Olympian; four-time USA Synchro Athlete of the Year; three-time U.S. Collegiate National Champion; four-time U.S. National Champion. These are just some of the accolades and achievements earned by Mary Killman, currently a senior at Lindenwood University and captain of […]
Becky Dyroen-Lancer Olympic Gold Medal….World Champion ….International Swimming Hall of Fame Honoree…. These are just some of the amazing accomplishments of Becky Dyroen-Lancer, one of synchronized swimming’s most decorated athletes.  We could easily fill up an entire year’s worth of blog posts conveying all that Becky knows and wants […]
High school Junior Gates Bryan is one of approximately 1,100 American teenagers studying abroad this year with American Field Service(AFS-USA). But Gates, a long-time member (since 5th grade!) of ANA Synchro, didn’t want to just study abroad, she wanted to swim synchro too! So, with the help ANA Synchro Head […]
ANA Synchro is competing a “Tech Duet” this season! What is a Technical Duet? Read on as ANA Synchro’s Head Coach explains:  ANA Synchro’s Tech Duet Head Coach Leah Pinette: A short definition for a Tech Duet is “advanced figures placed in a shorter routine.” Technical routines are considered […]
In an earlier blog article, Coach Leah described synchronized swimming figures for us – what they are, their overriding purpose, how they’re scored, and how she manages practicing them with her team. In this follow-up article, Coach Leah reveals her number one suggestion for improving figures:  ANA Synchro Head […]
