PAY Swim Team News- Week of 1/2/2023- 1/8/2023
PAY Weekly News for 1.2.2023-1.8.2023
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here is what you need to know for this first week of 2023! There is a lot of news so please scroll down to the end.
COACHES NOTES
SCHEDULE CHANGES: This week’s altered practice schedule was emailed out on January 1, 2023. As a review:
PRACTICES THIS WEEK:
The tentative schedule for this week (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) is below! PLEASE NOTE: Practices are held at PAY unless specifically denoted as "**AT POTTSTOWN Y**" POTTSTOWN YMCA POOL ADDRESS: 724 N Adams St, Pottstown, PA 19464
Monday 1/2
National/PreNational/Senior AM - 7:00-9:00am
Senior Prep AM ONLY - 7:00-9:00am
National/PreNational/Senior PM - 4:30-6:30pm (**at POTTSTOWN Y**)
Novice 1 - 7:00-7:45pm
Junior 1 - 7:00-8:45pm
Junior 2 - 7:45-8:45pm
Tuesday 1/3
NO AM PRACTICE
National/PreNational/Senior - 6:45-9:00pm (**at POTTSTOWN Y**)
Senior Prep - 6:45-9:00pm (**at POTTSTOWN Y**)
Junior 1 - 7:00-8:45pm (dryland 6:15-6:45pm)
Junior 2 - 7:00-8:15pm (dryland 6:15-6:45pm)
Wednesday 1/4
National/PreNational/Senior - 4:15-6:15pm (dryland 6:30-7:00pm)
Senior Prep - 4:15-6:15pm (dryland 6:30-7:00pm)
Novice 1 - 6:15-7:00pm
Novice 2 - 6:15-7:00pm
Junior 1 - 7:00-8:45pm
Thursday 1/5
National/PreNational/Senior & Senior Prep - OPTIONAL AM from 6:00-7:00am (LAST AM PRACTICE BEFORE WINTERFEST)
National/PreNational/Senior - 6:45-9:00pm (**at POTTSTOWN Y**)
Senior Prep - 6:45-9:00pm (**at POTTSTOWN Y**)
Junior 1 - 7:00-8:45pm (dryland 6:15-6:45pm)
Junior 2 - 7:00-8:15pm (dryland 6:15-6:45pm)
Friday 1/6
National/PreNational/Senior - 4:15-6:00pm (dryland 6:15-6:45pm)
Senior Prep - 4:15-6:00pm (dryland 6:15-6:45pm)
Junior 1 - 6:00-7:00pm
Junior 2 - 6:00-7:00pm
Novice 1 - 7:00-7:45pm
Novice 2 - 7:00-7:45pm
Saturday 1/7 Home Dual Meet vs. RY - NO PRACTICES (NAT/SENIOR (OPTIONAL FOR SENIOR PREP) WILL HAVE 1 HOUR WAKEUP SWIM BEFORE THE BOYS DUAL MEET.)
Sunday 1/8 NO PRACTICES – US MASTERS SWIM MEET BEING HELD AT PAY- PAY Swim Team Volunteers Hosting the Meet.
THANK YOUs:
Thank you to all the families who donated food to the Holiday Party. The swimmers had fun and enjoyed the snacks! We’ll use the leftover chip bags and cookies at our snack bar this weekend during the dual meets. (So our donation request list for the snack bar will be smaller this week.)
NEW SCOREBOARD YMCA GIVING CAMPAIGN 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! (Any funds collected beyond the cost of the scoreboard will be earmarked for future swim team or Myrin pool equipment needs.) 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. If you have a question about company matches or have companies or organizations interested in a sponsorship, please contact Hattie Franz the Y’s Philanthropy Director at heather.franz@philaymca.org.
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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 has passed. Please email Coach Dave IMMEDIATELY if you have to change your swimmer’s status. Coaches choose the events which will be published on Team Unify by Saturday Morning. 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. Let’s cheer them on for their last home dual meet of their PAY career.
1/8/2023- A Few More ADULT and TEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED- (pizza and snacks will be provide to volunteers)- 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 still need 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. TAKE NOTE OF THE PARKING PASSES YOU WILL NEED TO PURCHASE for each session as detailed HERE and the PARKING MAP posted HERE, These attachments are also found in Team Unify under the Event..
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.
TYR PORTAL - If you need any swim apparel or equipment, 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:
August Smith turned 6 on 1/1/2023!
Kira Haebler turned 12 on 1/2/2023!
Maddy Deeney turns 16 on 1/3/2023!
Ellie Thompson turned 14 on 1/2/2023!
Matteo Maiale turns 13 on 1/5/2023!
Michelle Figueroa turns 13 on 1/6/2023!
“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!
