Schroeder YMCA Swim Team
- The Fifth Annual Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center Golf Outing will be on Monday, June 17 at Fire Ridge Golf Course. view the flyer - and get signed up.
- The OCON Summer Classic meet this weekend at the WSAC. Get all info here. The meet is all Check In - please let your coach know if you will NOT be racing or NOT racing a particular event so that they do not check you in. The North pool will NOT be open during the meet. Warm up times are assigned by team/day - please check to know when.
- 13 Schroeder Swimmers traveled to Cary, NC for the 11th annual Black Heritage Meet this past weekend. Caleb Saffold, Zach Wiesen and Issac & Zena Jiardini, Jamari and Shelby Magee, Lizzie, Michah & Elijah Borg, Jade Knuepple, Kendall Gonzalez, Anthony & Aiden Connors. view Results
- Join the team at the Ball Game! The Lakeshore Chinooks are the local Northwoods League team for Semi-Pro baseball - top college players from around the USA. It’s fun, low key and cooler by the lake in mid July at a really nice field in Grafton. Each ticket gets you in the game and a ball cap and $5.00 goes back to the WSAC. ($15.00 per ticket) Swim Team, Dive Team and Masters all to be included.
- The Central Zone Multicultural Meet and Central Zone Open Water Championships are two new meets that will be contests where athletes will represent “Team Wisconsin” rather than Schroeder or SSTY. If you are interested in either meet, please talk to your group coach for more information and how to sign up with Wisconsin Swimming coordinators.
- Anyone for an exchange student? There’s an Italian boy from Alessandro’s club in northern Italy and another from Egypt. Both seem to be good swimmers. If you are interested in learning more please contact Dave Anderson.
Schroeder North
- The summer training schedule is finalized for athletes at the WSAC. We will offer a hybrid schedule during the week of June 9 - 15 and the fully switch to the summer schedule on June 16 - the reason for this is varying school calendars. On Friday, June 14 the practice time will be at 3:30 as enough high schools are still in session.
- College athletes welcome back! read more and see you soon
- Meet Entries Due - sign up here
- WGLO - June 5th
- Meet Entries posted
- OCON
- Shorewood
- Practice schedule changes for WSAC:
- May 31-June 2:
- No practices for any groups this weekend because of OCON meet. Pool is open on Friday before the warm up period at 3:30 PM. Meet begins at 4:45 PM
- June 7-9
- No practices for any groups this weekend because of the Shorewood Meet
- Monday, June 17 - Group 5 & 6 - 3:30 - 4:45 PM
Schroeder South
1. Sign up for the June 19th Mini Meet @WSAC:
Groups 1 and 2 can now sign up for the Mini Meet at WSAC on Wednesday, June 19th. Warm-up is at 5:00 p.m., and the meet starts at 5:30 p.m.
This is an important meet for our younger swimmers to gain valuable experience in a competition. Please indicate whether you are able to attend or not. As coaches, we need to know whether or not a swimmer can attend the meet. The deadline to declare for the meet is June 12th.
2. Bring Your Friends to Practice on Saturday, June 15th:
For Group 1 and Group 2, we’re bringing back the ever popular bring your friends to practice. We’ll be at Greendale’s pool, Saturday, June 15th, and we’ll have our new member info available. It’s a great way for new swimmers to try a practice and see what we’re about.
Friends must be able to swim 25 yards across the pool. Parents, we ask that the friends come to the practice w/their parent’s name, email and phone number. We hope to encourage more kids to swim and join the team. And we’ll have lots of fun!
3. Parents, We Need Your Help!
We are challenging every family on the team to recruit one swimmer for our special new member summer session. You are the best ambassadors for Schroeder South.
So tell your friends and neighbors we have a special new member summer session from June 15th – August 8th. Potential swimmers must be able swim one length of the pool (25 yards) freestyle and backstroke. Families can arrange for a personal tryout time by calling Coach Dan at 414-979-9163, or they can come to the team tryout on Saturday, June 15th, 10:00 a.m., at Greendale High School pool.
We’ll have a flyer with the details for you so you can pass it on to someone you think may be interested. If you’d like more than one flyer, just let us know. So spread the word!
(Swimmers affiliated with another WI US Swimming Team are not eligible to be contacted/recruited.)
4. Meet Sign-up Reminder:
Just a reminder about the recent email regarding meet sign-up. It’s important that you indicate attend or decline by the due date. Also, if your swimmer can only swim one day of a two day meet, please say so in the notes. Thanks!
5. Practice:
Please check the on-line practice schedule daily.
Link: Schroeder South Practice Schedule
6. Swim Meet Information (Including Spring/Summer Meets):
To help with your planning for the upcoming Long Course (spring/summer) season, we’ve listed below the meets we are planning to attend for each group.
We want to remind families that the staff does expect swimmers to compete in all of the meets for their group. We are a competitive swim team, and swim meet participation is a part of being on the team.
We hope that by having the schedule in advance, families can plan accordingly and attend all of the meets scheduled for their swimmer’s group.
We do realize conflicts can and will happen. When they come up, we ask the parent to decline the meet online and add a note explaining the conflict. This is a great help to the coaching staff as we do the meet entry for each meet.
If you have any questions at all regarding the meets, please contact your swimmer’s coach.
2013 Long Course Meet Schedule
- Meets marked with an * are held in a 50 Meter pool. Group 1 & 2 swimmers will be allowed to compete in these meets with coach approval when the coach feels the swimmer is ready to compete in a 50 Meter pool. Questions about this should be directed to the swimmer’s coach.
- SSTY Mini Meets are meets exclusively for Schroeder swimmers designed to give the swimmers/parents swim meet experience in a low key situation. It is hoped all Group 1 & 2 swimmers will take advantage of these meets. The meets will only last about 1 and 1/2 hours.
- The 6/7/13 Elmbrook 8 & Under Meet is only for swimmers 8 and younger. It is a very fun meet for these swimmers. Three age groups are offered:
6 & Under, 7 year olds, and 8 year olds, so all swimmers compete against swimmers of the same age.
- The Birdbath Invitational on July 12-14 is in an outdoor park pool and has
been a traditional, fun meet for all Schroeder families. Some families drive
back and forth, some stay overnight and some even camp out at the park. We highly recommend this meet as a great meet for the whole family to attend.
- Wisconsin Silver Championships on July 19-21. This meet is for swimmers of every group who have less than 6 Wisconsin State Championship qualifying times. It is also an opportunity for those with 6 or more state qualifying times to try to qualify for events that they do not have and that might be better state events for them. These are usually longer events that are not offered much throughout the season.
Finally, it is the championship meet of the season for non-state swimmers, as well as the final opportunity for the non-state swimmers to qualify for the state championships. All non-state swimmers and swimmers with less than 6 state times are expected to attend this final meet.
DATE MEET/LOCATION GROUPS
Jun 7: Elmbrook 8 & Under Meet @ Brookfield East HS (all 8 & Unders)
Jun 7-9: * Shorewood Meet @ WSAC (Groups 3, 4, 6; Approved swimmers
Groups 1, 1DC, 2, 2DC)
Jun 19: SSTY Mini Meet @WSAC (Groups 1 & 2, 1 & 2DC)
Jun 25-29: * USA World Championship Trials @ Indianapolis, IN (Group 6
qualifiers)
Jun 28-30: * Western Great Lakes Open @ WSAC (Group 3 & 6 qualifiers)
Jul 12-14: * Birdbath Invite @ Erb Park, Appleton (Groups 3, 4, 6; Approved
swimmers Groups 1, 1DC, 2, 2DC)
July 17-20: * Speedo Sectional Championship @ University of Minnesota
(Group 3 & 6 qualifiers)
Jul 19-21: Wisconsin Silver Championships @ Waukesha South HS
(see above)
Jul 26-28: * 12 & Under Wisconsin State Championships @ WSAC
(all qualifiers)
Jul 30-Aug 3: * US Open Championships @ Irvine, CA (qualifiers only)
Aug 1-4: * 13 & Over Wisconsin State Championships @ WSAC
(all qualifiers)
Aug 2-4: * Zone C Championships @ Topeka, KS
(12 & Under qualifiers only)
Aug 5-9: * US Junior National Championships @ Irvine, CA (qualifiers only)
7. Mail Checks to Matt Miller:
Please mail all checks to Matt Miller rather than give them to coaches at practice. You can mail them to Matt at the following address:
WSAC, 9240 North Green Bay Road, Brown Deer, WI 53209.
8. SSTY SOUTH OFFICE HOURS:
Coaches Dan, Ann, and Bob can usually be reached Monday and Wednesday mornings from 9:00 a.m. - noon. You can call us at the SSTY South office (414-897-8932) or email us at: