Ryan Gundling and Amy Robbins took top honors at the fourth annual Shenandoah Valley Sprint Tri for the Y sponsored by the Waynesboro Family YMCA on Sunday.

Waynesboro YMCA alum Holly Rilinger appeared as a special guest on “Katie” to share fitness tips with host Katie Couric. Rilinger is a former star basketball player at the Y who went on to a stellar career at James Madison University and a pro career that included a stint in the WNBA.

Celicity McLain is learning how to play the guitar by practicing on “Ode to Joy” at the Valley Music Academy through a program sponsored by the Waynesboro YMCA and the Waynesboro Rotary Club. The guitars are provided courtesy of the Fender Foundation, which has supplied instruments for children enrolled in the YMCA’s childcare program to use in classes at the Valley Music Academy in Waynesboro.

The Waynesboro Y Swim Team (SMAC) competed in Senior Champs Swim Meet in Richmond, VA February 28 - March 3. Senior Champs is the end of short course season (25 yard pools) championship meet for the fastest swimmers in Virginia and is open to all Virginia swimmers who have met a very fast qualifying time. SMAC won the girls title for the second year in a row and won the combined boys and girls title for the 1st time. Six SMAC Records were broken during the meet and several new YMCA National qualifying times were achieved. Congratulations to SMAC on the outstanding performance.

Waynesboro Family Y/SMAC swimmer Jessie Arnold finished an impressive 11th in the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championship. Arnold, 15, a rising sophomore at Spotswood High School, finished the 5K course in Welland, Ontario, in 1:00:39.9, 34.3 seconds off the winning time of Michelle Weber of Russia. Arnold was one of two swimmers representing Team USA in the 14- to 16-year-old girls division.

Kayley Argenbright was teaching proper shooting technique to youngsters at the Waynesboro Family YMCA Basketball Camp. "It was neat seeing how quickly they seemed to get it," said Argenbright, a 2012 Wilson Memorial High School graduate who will continue her basketball career next fall at Eastern Mennonite University

The Waynesboro Family YMCA will be introducing Latin dance classes on May 3. Enrique Herrera from Argentina, will be instructing the classes. There will be an information session on May 1, 2013 starting at 7pm at the Waynesboro Library.

A pool might not be the first place you think to workout at the Waynesboro Family YMCA - but maybe it should be. If you are looking to shape up and slim down, swimming laps, water aerobics or just bringing the whole family to splash around for a few hours will burn calories, boosts metabolism, and firms every muscle in your body (without putting stress on your joints).

The Waynesboro Family YMCA offers a wide variety of fitness classes for members. We would like to introduce our newest addition to our fitness schedule starting in February 2013: Body Groove. Body Groove is a fitness class which helps you be active and exercise your way to weight loss or maintaining a strong lean body.