PAY Swim Team News- Week of 1/30- 2/5/2023

PAY Weekly News for 1.30.2023-2.5.2023

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

SCHEDULE CHANGES: Unless otherwise communicated on a weekly basis via email, the following is the new schedule for the next few weeks.

Mondays:

Nat/Senior - 4:15-6:15pm (dryland 6:30-7:00pm)

Novice 1 - 5:30-6:15pm 

Junior 1 - 6:15-7:15pm 

Junior 2 - 6:15-7:15pm 

Senior Prep - 7:15-8:45pm (dryland 6:30-7:00pm)

 

Tuesdays:

Nat/Senior AM - 5:30-7:00am

Nat/Senior - 4:15-6:15pm 

Junior 1 - 4:45-6:15pm (dryland 6:30-7:00pm)

Senior Prep - 6:15-8:00pm 

Junior 2 - 7:45-8:45pm (dryland 7:00-7:30pm)

 

Wednesdays:

Nat/Senior - 4:15-6:15pm (dryland 6:30-7:00pm)

Junior 1 - 4:45-6:15pm

Novice 1 - 6:15-7:00pm 

Novice 2 - 6:15-7:00pm 

Senior Prep - 7:00-8:45pm (dryland 6:15-6:45pm)

 

Thursdays - LAST PHOENIXVILLE HS HOME MEET OF THE SEASON VS. POTTSGROVE

ALTERED TIMES DUE TO MEET:

Nat/Senior AM - 5:30-7:00am

Nat/Senior - 5:30-7:30pm

Senior Prep - 5:30-7:15pm

Junior 1 - 7:15-8:45pm (dryland 6:30-7:00pm)

Junior 2 - 7:30-8:45pm (dryland 7:00-7:30pm)

   

Fridays:

Nat/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 

 

Saturdays: 

Nat/Senior - 10:30-1:00pm

Senior Prep - 10:30-1:00pm 

Junior 1 - 1:00-2:30pm

 

Sundays:  NOTE: SUNDAY PRACTICES WILL TAKE PLACE IN HERITAGE POOL

Novice 1 - 9:00-10:00am

Novice 2 - 10:00-11:00am

Junior 2 - 11:00am-12:00pm

PennDel South Distance Champs Recap

CONGRATULATIONS to Michelle Figueroa for setting a new club record in the 11-12 Girls 1000 Free with a time of 11:48.04!!

With this being a championship meet oriented towards distance events, I felt it important to recognize our swimmers who competed in the below set of events for the first time:

First Time 1000 Free Swimmers: Carys Adair, Anderson Chan, Megan Curran, Nathan Deeney, Ella Dittmar, Clayton Heinzmann, Raoule Khaye, Mila Mazzoni, Logan Seiss, Andy Yu, Nicholas Zinn

First Time 1650 Free Swimmers: Adithi Kashyap, Logan Seiss

First Time 400 IM Swimmers: Paige Lindenmuth, Sahil Patel

First Time 200 Fly Swimmers: Brynn Lewis, Anderson Chan

First Time 200 Back Swimmer: Michelle Lawrence

First Time 200 Breast Swimmer: Ella Bice

Washington Champs Recap

It was an amazingly successful Washington Champs weekend at West Chester Y for PAY!

Both our girls and boys teams finished 2nd in the team scoring at the meet, to our friends at Reading Y. We tip our caps to their team, as they always provide worthy competition, spirit, and sportsmanship. We also are thankful to our friends at West Chester Y for hosting all of us this whole weekend. They are gracious hosts in every way. Attached is the photo of our boys holding the 8U Age Group Winner for our league- our boys tied with Reading Y.

Friendship, camaraderie, and fellowship are what set YMCA club swimming apart from USA only club swimming. From my observations this weekend, that was very much on display from so many participants in the meet. As important as the USA swimming component piece of our team is, the spirit of a YMCA meet like this one (or Winterfest, or Winter Classic, or soon…Y Districts/States) is hard to replicate.

A hearty congratulations to Maris Sadowski, Macey Speakman, Jane Hummel, and Maddy Deeney for earning the YMCA National cut in the Girls 200 Medley Relay, going 1:50.61!! Attached is a photo of this amazing relay team!

Swimmers that achieved 100% lifetime bests: Kealey Adair, Carys Adair, Cody Bice, Katelyn Burks, Gabe Carroll, Violet Chan, Mahi Chawla, Keshav Choudhary, Nick Darragh, Nathan Deeney, Marisa DiPaolo, Victoria Dutka, Michelle Figueroa, Weston Gale, Emily Gaskins, Laila Gordon, Ashton Heinzmann, Meredith Hummel, Stacey Jiang, Abby Kalbach, Aarav Khandelwal, Raoule Khaye, Kyle Kruppa, Kylie McGuire, Caroline Moore, Mika Munion, Sofia Munley, Victoria Nguyen, James Olenoski, Sahil Patel, Natalie Paytas, Paul Price, Sabrina Sandorff, Cassidy Selcher, Scarlett Sulpizio, Molly Thiel, Teddy Thiel, Ryan Wang, Ryan Whitlock

THANK YOUs: Thank you to all the individuals who volunteered at the Champs Meets the past two weekends!!!  We can’t attend or host meets without parents volunteering to help out so we appreciate everyone! 

 

NEW SCOREBOARD YMCA GIVING CAMPAIGN The YMCA’s corporate campaign to raise $50,000 for the purchase and installation of a new Daktronics scoreboard along with six new associated touchpads, console, wiring, etc is going very well! 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 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.)  So far, 20 PAY Swim Team families have personally raised almost $12,000 to help the YMCA with this purchase and we think as a whole our swim team can raise a little more over the next few months with a little help from you!   No amount is too small! Every donation helps. Here are further details:

1. 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.
    

2. 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.
    

3. 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!

 

2/3-2/5 John DeBarbadillo Invitational at the York YMCA - USA Invitational Meet - For those attending, the meet information and event is posted on TeamUnify.  Final details will be emailed to you by tomorrow..

2/24-2/25 Charlie Hartley Memorial Championships at Ridley High School 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- 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 with a game card. We are working on the details but cost may be around $25/swimmer.  There will be a signup closer to the event.

3/5 Michelle Deasey Mini (10 and Under) Championship Meet at the Upper Main Line YMCA - Save the date for our 10 and Under championship meets being hosted by UMLY on Sunday 3/5!

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!

3/16-3/19 Junior Championships (formerly known as JOs)- Qualifying times needed.

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.

Sunday April 23- RESCHEDULED MASTERS MEET- SAVE THE DATE- We’ll need many families and teens to help us host this tremendous swim meet for the US Masters Swimmers ages 19-89+ who come from many surrounding states to compete for world records in our meters pool! Please help us help them! Volunteer Signups will be posted soon. 

Wednesday May 10- End of Winter Season Swim Team Awards Dinner 6pm at River Crest Golf Club- Stay tuned for details and a signup.

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.

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

Sree Mettupalli turned 13 on 1/31!

“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!