HOLIDAY BREAK SWIM TEAM NEWS- 12/19/2022- 1/2/2022
PAY Holiday News 12.19.2022-1.2.2023
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Here is what you need to know for this last week of 2022! There is a lot of news so please scroll down to the end.
COACHES NOTES
SCHEDULE CHANGES: The holiday break practice schedule was emailed out on 12/22. As a review:
PRACTICES THIS WEEK: National/PreNational/Senior Swimmers: YOU SHOULD ATTEND DOUBLE PRACTICES AT LEAST 2, IDEALLY 3 TIMES THIS WEEK.
Senior Prep Swimmers: YOU SHOULD DOUBLE AT LEAST 1, IDEALLY 2 TIMES THIS WEEK
Monday 12/26:
National/PreNational/Senior - 7:00-9:00am
National/PreNational/Senior - 3:15-5:15pm
Novice 1 - 4:15-5:15pm
Junior 1 - 5:15-7:00pm (dryland 4:30-5:00pm)
Junior 2 - 5:15-6:45pm (dryland 4:30-5:00pm)
Senior Prep - 6:45-8:45pm (dryland 6:00-6:30pm)
Tuesday 12/27:
Senior Prep 7:00-9:00am (Nat/PreNat/Senior swimmers may attend if they notify Coach Dave ahead of time)
National/PreNational/Senior - 4:15-6:15pm (dryland 3:30-4:00pm)
Senior Prep - 4:15-6:15pm
ALL COACHES/SWIM TEAM/GROUPS HOLIDAY POOL PARTY (GAMES, RELAYS, FOOD, ETC) - 6:15-8:45pm BRING A BOX OR BAG OR PLATE OF SNACKS, SWEETS OR FRUIT TO SHARE- TABLES WILL BE SET UP on the pool deck for the food.
Wednesday 12/28:
National/PreNational/Senior - 7:00-9:00am
National/PreNational/Senior - 4:15-6:15pm
Novice 1 - 4:45-5:45pm
Novice 2 - 5:45-6:45pm
Senior Prep - 6:45-8:45pm (dryland 6:00-6:30pm) **Select Junior 1 swimmers may ask for approval from Coach Dave to attend this Senior Prep practice. It is dependent on your swimmer’s age/level/readiness for the Senior Prep group. Please ask me in advance before showing up to this practice.**
Thursday 12/29:
Senior Prep 7:00-9:00am (Nat/PreNat/Senior swimmers may attend if they notify Coach Dave ahead of time)
National/PreNational/Senior - 4:15-6:15pm (dryland 6:30-7:00pm)
Senior Prep - 6:15-7:45pm
Junior 1 - 7:15-8:45pm (dryland 6:30-7:00pm)
Junior 2 - 7:45-8:45pm (dryland 7:00-7:30pm)
Friday 12/30:
National/PreNational/Senior - 7:00-9:00am
National/PreNational/Senior - 3:15-5:15pm (SENIOR SWIMMERS ENCOURAGED TO STAY AND WORK WITH JUNIOR 1/NOVICE 1 SWIMMERS)
Senior Prep - 3:15-5:15pm (SENIOR PREP SWIMMERS ENCOURAGED TO STAY AND WORK WITH JUNIOR 1/NOVICE 1 SWIMMERS)
Junior 1 - 5:15-6:45pm
Novice 1 - 5:15-6:00pm
Novice 2 - 6:00-6:45pm
Junior 2 - 6:45-7:45pm
Saturday 12/31 (NEW YEARS EVE):
National/PreNational/Senior - 8:00-11:00am **Senior Prep swimmers may ask for approval from Coach Dave to attend this New Years Eve practice It is dependent on your swimmer’s age/level or readiness for the Senior group. Please ask me in advance before showing up to this practice.**
Meet Results from F&M and Swarthmore Meets:
LAC Holiday Cup @ F&M
PAY Finished 11th overall out of 30+ teams (14th for girls, 11th for boys)
Finalists & Points Scorers included: Cecilia Bryant, Madelyn Deeney, Michelle Figueroa, Vivien Hummel, Meredith Hummel, Chase Hungarter, Ellen Le, Brynn Lewis, Maris Sadowski, Macey Speakman, Derek Wan, Ryan Whitlock, Andy Yu
RAYS Winter Classic @ Swarthmore
PAY Finished 2nd overall out of 12 teams (3rd for girls, 2nd for boys)
Finalists & Point Scorers included: Austin Adair, Carys Adair, Elizaveta Akimova, Ella Bice, Tara Bice, Jalen Bowman, Anderson Chan, Carys Collin, Nick Darragh, Gwen Devenney, Claire Estes, Karina Figueroa, Weston Gale, Emily Gaskins, Clayton Heinzmann, Jane Hollis, Meredith Hummel, Walker Hungarter, Stacey Jiang, Harrison Kachline, Abby Kalbach, Grace Kalbach, Whitney Kane, Adithi Kashyap, Akshaya Katam, Aarav Khandelwal, Rauole Khaye, Kyle Kruppa, Paige Lindenmuth, Matteo Maiale, Miranda Marino, Samira McAllister, Christopher Merrell, Max Miller, Caroline Moore, Ronan Munley, Sofia Munley, Claire Obara, Lucille Obenski, Riya Patel, Sahil Patel, Paul Price, Grady Reiman, Wesley Sadowski, Logan Seiss, Colette Shao, Lane Shearer, Mara Shearer, Howard Shui, Molly Thiel, Lorenzo Torres-Bonilla, Sam Vallino, Austin Wimmer
8 NEW Winterfest Qualifiers: Austin Adair (11-12 Boys 50 Fly); Elizaveta Akimova (9-10 Girls 50 Breast, 50 Back, 100 Breast, 100 IM); Ella Bice (15-21 Girls 50 Free, 100 Free); Jalen Bowman (13-14 Boys 50 Free, 100 Breast); Paige Lindenmuth (13-14 Girls 50 Free, 100 Breast); Weston Gale (13-14 Boys 100 Back, 100 Breast); Stacey Jiang (11-12 Girls 50 Free); Grady Reiman (15-21 Boys 100 Breast, 200 Breast)
1 NEW YMCA SC National Qualifier: Maris Sadowski (50 Free and 100 Back)
Swimmers of the Meet - LAC Holiday Cup @ F&M
Girls: Maris Sadowski
Maris’ first ever YMCA National short course cuts (in a short course format) came on the last night of finals at F&M. Hitting that first cut so often helps so many things fall into place, and we couldn’t be more proud of her accomplishment.
Boys: Derek Wan
Derek’s 50 Free was his first ever “AAAA” time, which means he is among the top 2% NATIONALLY in the 50 Free amongst 11-12 year old boys. He also got stronger as the weekend went on, having his best performances on the last night of finals at F&M.
Swimmers of the Meet - RAYS Winter Classic @ Swarthmore
Girls: Caroline Moore
Caroline dropped the most time of ANY swimmer throughout this entrie weekend. Not only that, but she can call herself a Winterfest qualifier now as a young 13 year old in our Senior Prep group. This time two years ago, Caroline was swimming in our Novice 1 group. She encapsulates perfectly how quickly things can come together for a swimmer if they truly embrace the sport and put their heart and soul into their swimming.
Grace Kalbach - Swarthmore Shout Out
A special shout out goes to Grace Kalbach, who got to swim (and drop time!) in multiple final heats as the first alternate at the ready! We admire your passion and attention to detail Grace!
Boys: Logan Seiss
Logan is a fairly new addition to our team who has done nothing but rack up Winterfest cut after Winterfest cut since joining PAY. He now holds cuts in the 100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM. His strokes are silky smooth, and he is a perfect model for what one can achieve with PAY if given the opportunities to race.
THANK YOUs:
Thank you again to all our PAY volunteers who worked at the F&M or Swarthmore meets. We appreciate you!! We couldn’t attend or host meets without our volunteers.
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 $31,000 in pledges or 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. PAY has raised $5,500 from our famillies so far for the scoreboard. Here are further details:
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The Scoreboard Pledge form is on our team’s Team Unify homepage and attached in this link PHX_Pledgecard (teamunify.com). 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.
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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.
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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!
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- ADULT and TEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED- PAY families- We will be hosting the annual Bill Heebner Winter Freeze US Masters Swimmers meet in the morning and early afternoon at our Myrin pool and we’ll need many teen and adult hands to volunteer to be timers and counters, announcers, awards table, runners and officials. This wonderful annual meet for the US Masters Swimmers who are ages 18-90+! It is a rewarding meet to be a part of so we hope you can help out! Thank you in advance! Job signups are posted HERE and times are approximate until we know the final number of participants.
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 HARVARD versus PENN Swim Meet- Stay tuned for more details for those interested in heading to Philly to cheer on former PAY swimmer ANYA MOSTEK at this Ivy League swim meet!
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.
2/25 Charlie Hartley Memorial Championships at GCIT Hosted by Ridley YMCA - Save the date for our YMCA silver meet for those who do not qualify for YMCA Districts (and those looking to get additional District cuts)
2/26 LCY Last Chance Meet at Lionville YMCA - Save the date for our LAST meet opportunity to go for Y District qualifying times
Sunday March 5- BOWLING PARTY FOR DISTRICTS QUALIFIERS- SAVE THE DATE- will be held at Arnolds Bowling in Oaks PA 2:15pm-5:30pm. Bowling for 1 hour then pizza/drinks/free time in the arcade. We are working on the details but cost may be around $25/swimmer.
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- ALL TEAM/GROUPS HOLIDAY POOL PARTY (GAMES, RELAYS, FOOD, ETC) - 6:15-8:45pm. Your swimmer can stay as little or as long as they like. Swimmers and Coaches- we hope to see you all at our Holiday Party in and on deck at our Myrin Pool! This party is 100% in the pool for swim team swimmers (so have them wear bathing suits) until they want to snack etc. Soft Pretzels and cookies will be provided for the swim team...FEEL FREE TO HAVE YOUR SWIMMER BRING A BOX OR BAG OR PLATE OF SNACKS, SWEETS OR FRUIT TO SHARE- TABLES WILL BE SET UP on the pool deck for the food. Music will be playing and fun will be had by all!!
PAY SWIMMING ANGEL GIVING TREE-Thanks to all who contributed to the YMCA’s Angel Giving Tree this year- over 330 gifts were collected for local families needing some extra love and support this holiday season. Please see the attached photos showing our teens helping the YMCA by wrapping the many, many gifts. Special Thank You to Siobhan Hummel, swim team parent extraordinaire, for being our lead volunteer and liaison with the YMCA this year and to Volunteer Beth Mays-Coleman for helping with much of the wrapping too!
TYR PORTAL - 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:
Antonia Sun turned 8 on 12/20!
Delaney Dittmar turned 14 on 12/21!
Meta Zinkeviciute turned 12 on 12/22!
Scarlett Sulpizio turned 12 on 12/24!
Charles Welsh turned 6 on 12/26!
Andy Yu turns 14 on 12/29!
Daksh Narang turns 12 on 12/30!
Raoule Khaye turns 15 on 12/31!
“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!
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