Our Fall Winter 2023-2024 season will begin practices on Monday, October 2nd, 2024.  While we hope everyone will register & start for the beginning of practice, we do still welcome new/returning swimmers to join us until December 30,2023.

Our season will continue until after the final competition of the season that swimming can attempt to qualify for YMCA Districts.  After that time, only our District Qualifiers will continue attending

practices.

We will have a Parent orientation meeting at the YMCA on Monday, September 18th at 6pm.  Both our Head Coach, Joe Yasinskas and our Competitive Coordinator, Diana Dempsey will be at the meeting to present our progam and answer questions you may have

Our Blue Practices will be Monday through Thursdays 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, and Saturdays 7:00 am – 8:00 am.

Our White Practices will be Monday through Thursdays 6:30-8:00 pm, and Saturdays 7:00 am – 8:30 am.

PLEASE NOTE:  There is no Saturday practices on days that we have a GSY Swim Meet.

ALSO:

• ALL SWIMMERS MUST BE YMCA MEMBERS
• BOOSTER CLUB FAMILY FEE:  There is a $35 FAll/Winter Booster fee for each FAMILY.  This should be paid when registering your swimmer(s)
• TEAM FEES:   Either the 1st payment or Payment in full must be made prior to the swimmer’s first practice.  The payment plan is ONLY available for automatic drafts out of the account of your choice and needs to be set up when registering for our swim team UNLESS you are paying in full in advance.
• All of the above needs to be completed prior to the swimmer(s) first practice.  No swimmers can be admitted into practice until all of the above has been completed.

The fee is for High School Swimmers who will also be swimming for their High School during our YMCA Fall/Winter Swim Team season.  We realize that while our high school swimmers wish to stay with us, that during their high school swim season, realistically they will be unable to attend most of our practices due to high school team practices, meets & of course, homework…

So, we have created this high school fee to allow them to practice full time with us until the middle of November when mandatory high school practices begin & then again after their high school season had concluded.  During their high school season, they WILL still be able to attend 1-2 practices per week when able, plus they will be able to attend all of our YMCA meets as their schedules permit.

We do wish to remind our swimmers that in order to be able to attend our YMCA League Championships, they do need to represent our YMCA in a minimum of two YMCA Penn Del League meets during this season.  In order to compete at YMCA Districts, States or Nationals, they do need to:

• Be a full priviledge Member of our YMCA for at least 90 days prior to the meet they are attending
• Make the Qualifying time in the events they wish to swim for the meet they wish to attend.
• Represent our YMCA in a minimum of three (3) YMCA closed meets during this season.      (a closed meet means that only YMCA’s are participating in the meet.  If they attend 3 league meets they are good.  If they attend 2 league meets & an invitational that ONLY YMCA’s are invited to attend, then they are good.  If they swim in 2 league dual meets plus our league championship they are good…)

The funds from this fee are used to help provide “extras” for our swimmers such as ribbons, team spirit events, holiday parties, coaches travel expenses, end of season banquet and awards & equipment needed for the team.

This course is designed to certify officials for the YMCA of the USA’s Competitive Swimming Program in the areas of Stroke & Turn Judge, Relay Take-off Judge, Place Judge and Timer.  The course focuses on the specific duties and responsibilities of the above officials prior to, during and after a meet.  The course also familiarizes the participants with the facilities requirements for the meet, matters relating to eligibility to participate in and entry into the meet, and the roles of the Chief Judge, Starter and Referee.  Following the course, the participants must complete an exam and attain a score of 80% or higher.

PREREQUISITES:  New candidates for certification as YMCA Level I Official must be at least 21 years old and be associated with a local YMCA sponsored swim team.

USA-S Certified Officials who meet age and participation requirements for Level II may go directly into Level II without first becoming a Level I Certified Official.

Candidates for re-certification must have worked at least 12 sessions as a YMCA certified official over the prior three-year certification period and present a completed Record of Meet Experience form evidencing such sessions worked.  For dual YMCA/USA-S certified officials, up to six of the required sessions may be from USA-S meets.

This course is designed to certify participants
for the YMCA of the USA’s Level II Competitive Swimming
Official, primarily in the areas of Referee, Starter and
Chief Judge. The course focuses on the rules and regulations and other current topics of interest.
Following the formal presentation, the participants must
complete an on-line exam, and attain a score of 80% or higher.

Prerequisites: Candidates for certification in this program must have
been a YMCA Level I certified official for at least one year &
must have worked at least 8 sessions as a
YMCA Certified Official and present a completed Record of Meet Experience
form evidencing such sessions worked.

This course is designed to certify administrative (dry deck) swim officials for the YMCA of the USA’s Competitive Swimming Program.  The course focuses on the specific duties and responsibilities of the Administrative Swim Official prior to, during and after a meet.  The course also briefly reviews for the participants the facilities and staffing requirements for a meet, including matters relating to eligibility to participate in and entry into the meet.  Following the course, the participants must complete an on-line test and attain a score of 80% or higher

PREREQUISITES:  New candidates for certification as a YMCA Administrative Swim Official must be at least 21 years old and be associated with a local YMCA sponsored swim team.

USA-S Certified Administrative Swim Officials who meet the age and association requirements may take an abbreviated course and test to become a YMCA Certified Administrative Swim Official