PAY Swim Team News- Week of 12-12-2022

Kate Baganski

PAY Weekly News 12.12.2022

Here is what you need to know for this week. There is a lot of news so please scroll down to the end.

COACHES NOTES:

Boyertown Dual Meet Results:

Our girls team won 4 of their 5 age groups!

Our 11-12 girls now stand at 3-0 in their dual season with one dual remaining. We are proud of you girls!

Our boys team won 4 of their 5 age groups as well!

Lifetime Best Times List:

Aarav Sharma	50 Free
Abby Hadfield	100 Breast, 100 IM
Abigail Leary	50 Free, 50 Back
Adith Ganesh	50 Free
Akshaya Katam	100 IM
Anderson Chan	200 Back, 50 Free
Antonia Sun	100 IM
Ashton Heinzmann	50 Flt
Aubrie Wilson	100 Breast, 100 IM
August Smith	25 Free, 25 Breast
Austin Adair	50 Back, 50 Fly
Austin Wimmer	50 Free, 50 Back
Avar Singh	50 Free, 50 Back
Avery Gall	50 Back
Ben Nguyen	100 IM
Ben Welsh	50 Back
Brooks Kachline	50 Back
Carys Adair	50 Back
Cassidy Selcher	100 Breast, 50 Fly
Cearnaigh McAllister	25 Free
Cecilia Bryant	200 Free
Chase Fortescue	50 Back
Chase Hungarter	100 IM
Christopher Merrell	50 Back
Cody Bice	200 Free, 100 Breast
Daksh Narang	50 Back
Dalton Kachline	25 Back
Declan Watson	50 Free
Derek Wan	200 Free
Diya Narang	25 Free, 25 Back
Elizaveta Akimova	200 Free, 100 Breast, 50 Fly
Emery Sutton	100 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 IM
Emily Gaskins	200 Free, 50 Back
Erick Zinn	200 Free, 50 Fly
Gabe Carroll	100 IM
Gavin Sutton	50 Fly, 100 IM
Grace Kalbach	100 Breast, 100 IM
Grady Reiman	100 IM
Gwen Devenney	100 IM
Gwen Simko	50 Free, 50 Back, 100 IM
Henry McDannell	50 Free, 200 Free
Henry Narehood	200 Free, 100 Breast
Hunter Burns	50 Free
Ishaan Sangal	50 Free, 50 Back
Jacob Sutton	50 Free, 100 IM
Jalen Bowman	100 IM
Jason Drover	200 Free, 100 IM
Jayden Pan	25 Fly
Johnny McNally	50 Back
Josh Springuel	100 IM
Julianna Polce	25 Breast
Katelyn Burks	100 Breast, 50 Fly
Kealey Adair	50 Back
Keshav Choudhary	50 Free, 50 Back
Kira Haebler	50 Back
Kyle Kruppa	50 Free
Kylie McGuire	50 Free, 100 IM
Laila Gordon	50 Back
Laney Dittmar	100 IM
Leo Cuevas Riego de Dios	50 Free, 200 Free
Lillian Chain	25 Free
Logan Seiss	200 Back, 400 IM
Lorenzo Torres-Bonilla	50 Fly, 100 IM
Lydia Chen	25 Breast
Macey Speakman	100 IM
Mahi Chawla	100 IM
Mara Shearer	50 Free, 50 Back, 100 IM
Mariela Figueroa	100 IM
Matteo Maiale	50 Back, 50 Free
Max Miller	50 Fly
Meta Zinkeviciute	50 Back, 50 Fly
Michelle Figueroa	100 IM
Michelle Lawrence	100 IM
Mika Munion	100 IM
Mila Mazzoni	200 Free, 200 Back
Miraan Jhaveri	50 Fly
Miranda Yuan	25 Free
Molly Thiel	50 Back
Nicholas Zinn	200 Free, 200 Fly
Nick Darragh	400 IM
Paige Lindenmuth	100 IM
Paul Price	100 Breast, 100 IM
Raoule Khaye	50 Free, 200 Free
Ryan Whitlock	200 Free
Sahasra Mettupalli	50 Free, 50 Fly, 100 IM
Sahil Patel	50 Back, 100 Breast
Sam Vallino	100 IM
Samira McAllister	100 IM
Sammi Smeltzer	200 Free
Sanjh Sood	25 Back
Scarlett Sulpizio	100 Breast, 100 IM
Seamus McAllister	25 Free
Shaurya Agrawal	50 Back
Shome Mazumder	50 Fly
Stacey Jiang	200 Free
Stella Gilmore	50 Back
Tara Bice	50 Back
Teddy Thiel	50 Free, 200 Free
Victoria Leary	50 Free, 50 Back
Vivien Hummel	100 Breast, 100 IM
Wesley Sadowski	50 Back, 100 Breast
Whitney Kane	200 Free
Zoey McLeod	25 Free, 25 Back

Girls Swimmer of the Meet: Emma Lasure

Emma is a girl who is always intent on putting her best foot forward. She has never shied away from competing in the entire gamut of events, ranging from the 50 Free to the 200 Fly and 400 IM. She found herself exhausted on Saturday swimming the 200 Back/200 Fly double for her individual events. Nevertheless, after a word of motivation from her coaches about how much the team needed her in that spot, she surged to a 1st place finish on the 200 Fly in a photo finish. This result is what put our 15 and Over girls over the top in their component of the meet. Even if it was not her best overall time, this was by far the best Emma has ever closed a 200 Fly. Anyone that has swum this race can attest to it being one that is physically taxing, but extremely rewarding to those that give it a chance! Emma is the person that can give any kids on the team a pep talk about this one, as no one has more experience with the 200 Fly at this point than she does!

Boys Swimmer of the Meet: Jacob Sutton

Jacob is a boy whose family just moved to our area and our team from California over the summer. Anyone that watches him swim can note how silky smooth all of his strokes are. He is also such a low key and unassuming young man. This low key personality transforms the second he hits the water for a race. No one races with more tenacity than he does. I have not seen him get out touched yet at any meet that he has swum for our team. His swims on Saturday were lifetime bests in the 100 IM and 50 Free, where he was pushed to the very end by his competitors. This helped our team leave no doubt in the 11-12 boys age group component of the boys meet.

SCHEDULE CHANGES:

PRACTICES THIS WEEK:

Please see the modified schedule for part of this week due to a high school meet and maintenance taking place on the Heritage pool. If you have any questions with this schedule, just let Coach Dave know. Thanks for your continued patience as our maintenance team works through getting Heritage back up and running.

Wednesday 12/14:

National/PreNational/Senior - 4:15-6:15pm (dryland afterward)

Novice 1 - 6:15-7:00pm

Novice 2 - 6:15-7:00pm

Senior Prep - 7:00-8:45pm

Thursday 12/15: NO AM PRACTICE

National/PreNational/Senior - 3:30-5:00pm

Novice 1 (MAKEUP FROM MONDAY) - 5:00-5:45pm

Senior Prep - 5:45-7:15pm (NO DRYLAND, but stretch on own afterward)

Junior 2 - 7:15-8:15pm (NO DRYLAND)

Junior 1 - 7:15-8:45pm (NO DRYLAND)

Friday 12/16:

National/PreNational/Senior - 4:15-5:15pm (NO DRYLAND)

Junior 1 - 5:15-6:15pm

Junior 2 - 5:15-6:00pm

Novice 1 - 6:15-7:00pm

Novice 2 - 7:00-7:45pm

Saturday 12/17: NO PRACTICES DUE TO MEETS AT F&M AND SWARTHMORE COLLEGES

Sunday 12/18: NO PRACTICES DUE TO MEETS AT F&M AND SWARTHMORE COLLEGES

CONGRATULATIONS:

WAY TO GO, Molly Thiel! PAY Swimmer Thiel runs XC for Holy Family CYO. She had a great XC season and qualified for Regionals in DE and then the XC National Youth Championship in Indiana as part of the Philly CYO team on November 19. She had a great race and finished 18th among all 10yr old girls! Her mom says the coaches have often commented on how well-conditioned she is, something they definitely attribute to PAY Swim! We are proud of you, Molly!

THANK YOUs:

Thank you again to all our PAY volunteers and families for your patience and assistance during the Boyertown YMCA dual meet last Saturday. Our last dual meet is at our home pool on 1/7/2022 versus Reading YMCA and our day will be much shorter!

Cecil and Bean’s Soup and Kitchen Donations- Dear PAY Parents- Thank You all for the items you have brought in to give to people less fortunate than us. Thanks to everyone we will be helping over hundreds of people in the Norristown area. - Nick Zinn (and the Soup Kitchen is sending a handwritten thank you letter directly to Coach Dave for our team to read)

NEW SCOREBOARD YMCA GIVING CAMPAIGN Just in time for end-of-year donations, the YMCA’s corporate campaign is underway to raise $50,000 for the purchase and installation of a new Daktronics scoreboard along with six new associated touchpads, console, wiring, etc.! With a little more help, we are definitely going to have a new scoreboard up and running by our next season. Hurray! As of today, the YMCA has received $22,000 in donations from corporations or families for this Scoreboard Initiative and they have a few more corporate “asks” in their sights. Lisa McGregor, Senior Team Leader, and Hattie Franz, Director of Development, are the contacts for obtaining corporate sponsors or private donations to complete this giving challenge. This campaign will begin this month and continue through until “Scoreboard” funds are achieved. (Any funds collected beyond the cost of the scoreboard will be earmarked for future swim team or Myrin pool equipment needs.) Our PAY Swim Team has a goal of $10,000 to help the YMCA with this purchase and with company matches we think we can reach that goal over the next few months. Here are further details:

The Scoreboard Pledge form is attached. Checks, cash, or credit card is an option for donations. This form and donations should be brought to the Phoenixville YMCA front desk ATTN: Lisa McGregor so that the donations can be brought to the safe each day and saved in the restricted account. Questions? Lisa’s email is: lmcgregor@philaymca.org .For any person, family or entity that donates $1500 or above, the YMCA places a silver triangle listing your name on their donor wall (currently in the lobby). The donor triangles remain on the wall for 12 months.
Corporate Sponsorships- for $5000 or more, there are a few spots on the scoreboard where the corporate sponsor can be advertised. First come, first served due to limited advertising space on the scoreboard.
Company Matching Gifts- The EIN # associated with this Scoreboard Initiative is EIN#23-1243965 and if there is a space for a comment you can type in Phoenixville YMCA Scoreboard. You can email Hattie Franz to get confirmation that the company match donation came through. Her email is Heather Franz at Heather.Franz@philaymca.org.

UPCOMING MEETS or DEADLINES

Please remind your swimmer that it is every swimmer’s responsibility to clean up after themselves and leave the area we occupy at meets in better condition that we found it AND if your swimmer has to cancel attending the night before or morning of a swim meet, please email coaches (david.rue@philaymca.org and Kathryn.deeney@philaymca.org ) and Kate Baganski (kbaganski@verizon.net ) to ensure the lineups are edited prior to the meet starting. Thank you!

12/15-12/18 LAC Holiday Classic - USA Invitational Meet - This is a Prelim/Final USA invitational that is hosted at F&M. A meet email to attending families will be forthcoming very soon!

12/16-12/18 RAYS Winter Classic YMCA Invitational Meet - NEW MEET INFORMATION DETAILS ARE LINKED HERE!!! This is a Prelim/Final YMCA invitational that is hosted at Swarthmore College. A meet email to attending families will be forthcoming very soon!

1/7/2023- HOME Dual Meet vs. RY (Reading YMCA) for all our boy and girl swimmers- Deadline to signup your swimmer to Attend/Decline is 12/31/22. Coaches choose the events. You just need login to Team Unify and Commit/Decline your RSVP. Please Sign Up to Volunteer at this home meet on the Job Signup under the specific Team Unify Event (girls meet and/or boys meet). PAY Class of 2023 Seniors will be recognized during this last home meet of our winter season.

1/8/2023- SAVE THE DATE- Teens and our swim families- We will be hosting the annual Bill Heebner Winter Freeze US Masters Swimmers meet in the morning and early afternoon and we’ll need many teen and adult hands to volunteer to facilitate this wonderful annual meet. Thank you in advance! Job signups will be posted by the end of this month.

1/13-1/15 SPY Winterfest - YMCA Invitational Meet (qualifying times required) - This is a Prelim/Final YMCA invitational that is hosted at the University of Maryland. The meet has qualifying times associated with it. THE MEET INFORMATION IS NOW PUBLISHED HERE. Please note there are a multitude of more affordable hotels within 30 minutes of the University of Maryland but call to make an initial reservation now as there are many sports events occurring that weekend at the campus.

14-1/15 GPAC New Years Meet - USA Invitational Meet - This is a USA invitational that is available for all USA registered swimmers that do not qualify for Winterfest. Although the deadline is now passed, we can do our best to get your swimmer into this meet. If swimmers qualify for Winterfest this weekend, we can shift them from one meet to the other.

1/21-1/22 PennDel South Distance Championships - YMCA Invitational - This is our league’s distance based championship for the southern portion of the league that will be hosted at the Boyertown YMCA. Events like the 1000, 1650, and 200’s of stroke are offered for our older swimmers. 100’s and 200’s are offered for our younger swimmers. The event is posted on TeamUnify, and more information will be forthcoming.

1/28-1/29 PennDel Washington Division Championships - YMCA Invitational - This is our league’s division champs meet that will be hosted at the West Chester YMCA. This is a time of year where our high school swimmers have a lot on their plate, and they can coordinate with me on a plan for this weekend. However, I do feel it is important that our whole team supports our league champs meet with as close to 100% attendance as possible. The event is posted on TeamUnify, and more information will be forthcoming.

2/3-2/5 John DeBarbadillo Invitational at the York YMCA - USA Invitational Meet - This is a USA sanctioned invitational that is hosted at the York YMCA in February. This serves as an important meet opportunity for those that are looking at a Last Chance for District or JO cuts. The 1650 on Friday evening is also an opportunity that I want many of our swimmers to take advantage of. The meet information and event is posted on TeamUnify.

3/10-3/12 YMCA DISTRICTS Meet at the York YMCA in York, PA - Save the date for our culminating championship meet of the winter season for many of our swimmers!

3/24-3/26 YMCA STATES Meet at WVU in Morgantown, WV- Heads up! Thanks to volunteer Siobhan Hummel there are 4 hotel links reserving about 50 rooms for this weekend for those that think they’ll be attending this meet. The links can be found on our Team Unify website under the YMCA States Event or click HERE. Please check with Coach Dave before reserving a hotel room if you have doubts about whether or not your swimmer may qualify for this meet.

FACEBOOK-Come follow “PAY Swimming” on Facebook to celebrate the achievements of all of our kids. Even better, text or email your child’s photo and “brags” from our swim meets to swim mom Donna Hungarter to share on the PAY Swimming page at (484) 686-3156 or dmhungarter@gmail.com. ***Please be reminded that cell phones are prohibited in locker rooms as are photos taken from behind the starting blocks.

HOLIDAY SWIM PARTY for our PAY TEAM- Tuesday, December 27th night on the Myrin Pool Deck- Stay tuned for more info soon!

PAY SWIMMING ANGEL GIVING TREE-Thanks to all who are shopping for the Giving Tree! Don’t forget the following: -Please bring your gifts (*UNWRAPPED*) to the Y front desk by Friday, 12/16 and Please tape your tag to your gift. Note: donations of wrapping paper or gift bags/bows are also welcome. -Senior/Pre-Nat/Nat swimmers will be wrapping all the gifts the following Monday night, 12/19! Please make sure these swimmers RSVP by Friday in the Team Unify “Wrapping” 12/19/2022 Event so we have a headcount for food.

TUTTLE SPIRITWEAR ORDERS HAVE ARRIVED- Kelly Miller will be handing out the Tuttle spiritwear items this Friday at the YMCA 5pm-7pm in hallway at the top of the ramp. If you need to pick up your items from her front porch another time then please email her directly at kelly211miller@gmail.com

TECH SUIT FITTINGS AND TYR PORTAL - Just in time for Winterfest and the approaching championship season, our team TYR Rep will be at PAY on Monday, 12/19 for tech suit fittings or questions. Please RSVP this week by committing to the event so that we can give him a headcount. All TYR tech suits purchased through our portal are 30% off through the end of the year! As a reminder, all Nationals swimmers must wear TYR suits in order to qualify for the Nats Package.

Please visit teams.tyr.com, create an account and use the access code "PAYSUM25". You will then get access to your custom team portal with TYR. By shopping through the custom portal, you will receive 25% off anything you order including parkas, suits and equipment. PLUS, your purchase helps to support the team as TYR provides benefits back to us, based upon our total sales. Please email our TYR rep Joe Eiden with any questions at jeiden@tyr.com or cell 714-615-3757.

BARELY WORN TECH SUIT FOR SALE: One of our PAY teen girls wore this size 22 Tyr Avictor to a meet and found the hip flex too large for her: https://www.tyr.com/tyr-womens-avictor-2-0-open-back-hip-flex-swimsuit.html The suit cost $499 but the family would like to sell it for $275. Please reply if your daughter is interested or has questions.

BIRTHDAY ROUND-UP Wishing a wonderful day to our teammates who are aging up:

Joshua Springuel turned 8 on December 12!

Ruohan Yan turns 9 on December 15!

James Olenoski turns 11 on December 16!

Maris Sadowski turns 18 on December 17!

Delaney Dittmar turns 15 on December 21!

“Never regret a day in your life: The good days bring happiness, the bad days bring experience, and the best days bring memories.” – Unknown

Have a Wonderful Week!