PAY Swim Team News 3/13-3/26/2023

PAY Weekly News for 3.13.2023-3.26.2023

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

COACHES NOTES

Recap of our YMCA Central District Championship Meet:

Overall Team Scores:

Combined: 2nd place to York (out of 25 teams!) with 1889.5 points!

Girls: 2nd overall to York with 1103 points.

Boys: 2nd overall to York with 786.5 points.

 

Age Group Team Scores:

10 and Under girls: 2nd overall with 215 points

11-12 girls : 3rd overall with 237.5 points

13-14 girls: 1st overall with 402.5 points

15-21 girls: 3rd overall with 248 points

 

 

10 and Under boys: 3rd overall with 152 points

 11-12 boys 2nd overall  with 305 points

13-14 boys 3rd overall with 229.5 points

15-21 boys 7th overall with 100 points

 

We received banners for all three of the overall 2nd places finishes, and plaques for these Top 2 age group finishes described above! EVERY age group contributed to bringing these banners home to Phoenixville!! An amazing accomplishment by our team!

 

Our FULL LIST OF 104 District Qualifiers and Competitors!!:

 

Austin Adair, Carys Adair, Elizaveta Akimova, Patrick Baganski, Cody Bice, Ella Bice, Tara Bice, Amari Bowman, Jalen Bowman, Cecilia Bryant, Katelyn Burks, Gabe Carroll, Anderson Chan, Carys Collin, Megan Curran, Nick Darragh, Maddy Deeney, Nathan Deeney, Zachary DeGuire, Gwen Devenney, Laney Dittmar, Ella Dittmar, Claire Estes, Matthew Ferenz, Tyler Ferenz, Karina Figueroa, Michelle Figueroa, Weston Gale, Avery Gall, Emily Gaskins, Abigail Hadfield, Kira Haebler, Clayton Heinzmann, Jane Hollis, Jane Hummel, Meredith Hummel, Vivien Hummel, Chase Hungarter, Walker Hungarter, Miraan Jhaveri, Stacey Jiang, Abby Kalbach, Whitney Kane, Adithi Kashyap, Advik Kashyap, Akshaya Katam, Aarav Khandelwal, Raoule Khaye, Kyle Kruppa, Emma Lasure, Ellen Le, Brynn Lewis, Paige Lindenmuth, Aidan Maiale, Matteo Maiale, Miranda Marino, Mila Mazzoni, Samira McAllister, Kylie McGuire, Johnny McNally, Christopher Merrell, Max Miller, Caroline Moore, Mika Munion, Sofia Munley, Victoria Nguyen, Claire Obara, Lucille Obenski, James Olenoski, Sahil Patel, Kaitlyn Phan, Grady Reiman, Blaise Sadowski, Maris Sadowski, Wesley Sadowski, Sabrina Sandorff, Logan Seiss, Cassidy Selcher, Collette Shao, Lane Shearer, Mara Shearer, Anna Shiskov, Howard Shui, Joel Smith, Micah Smith, Macey Speakman, Scarlett Sulpizio, Gavin Sutton, Jacob Sutton, Teddy Thiel, Molly Thiel, Ellie Thompson, Ryan Tighe, Lorenzo Torres-Bonilla, Sam Vallino, Derek Wan, Ryan Wang, Ryan Whitlock, Aubrie Wilson, Paige Wilson, Austin Wimmer, Andy Yu, Erick Zinn, Nick Zinn 

 

Recap of the Middle Atlantic Junior Championship Meet:

Combined:13th overall (out of nearly 100 teams in all of Middle Atlantic Swimming!!) with 307.5 pts

Girls: 15th overall with 163 points

Boys: 17th overall with 144.5 points

 

Our FULL LIST of 16 Junior Champs Qualifiers and Competitors:

Jalen Bowman, Cecilia Bryant, Nathan Deeney, Gwen Devenney, Michelle Figueroa, Clayton Heinzmann, Meredith Hummel, Vivien Hummel, Walker Hungarter, Whitney Kane, Brynn Lewis, Caroline Moore, Sahil Patel, Sam Vallino, Derek Wan, Andy Yu

 

 

 

******PRACTICE SCHEDULE NOTE: ALL NON YMCA NATIONAL AND ZONE QUALIFIERS WILL BREAK FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER THIS WEEK. OUR SPRING CLINIC/CONDITIONING SESSION WILL START UP ON MONDAY APRIL 10. 

 

Practice Schedule for the week of 3/20-3/26

MONDAY 

3:30-5:30 pm Nat/Pre-Nat/Senior (DRYLAND 5:45-6:15pm)

5:30-6:30 pm Junior 1 

5:30-6:30 pm Junior 2

6:30-7:15 pm Novice 1 

7:15-8:45pm Senior Prep 

 

TUESDAY 

5:30-7:00 am Nat/Pre-Nat/Senior (Senior Prep by approval only) 

3:30-5:30 pm Nat/Pre-Nat/Senior

5:30-7:15 pm Senior Prep (DRYLAND 7:30-8:00pm for NON STATE SWIMMERS)

7:15-8:15 pm Junior 2 (DRYLAND 6:30-7:00pm for ALL)

7:15-8:45 pm Junior 1 (DRYLAND 6:30-7:00pm for ALL)

 

WEDNESDAY - Junior 2 State swimmers may attend practice with Novice 1 tonight!

3:30-5:30 pm Nat/Pre-Nat/Senior (DRYLAND 5:45-6:15pm for NON STATE SWIMMERS)

5:30-7:00 pm Junior  1 

5:30-6:15 pm Novice 1

6:15-7:00 pm Novice 2

7:00-8:45 pm Senior Prep 

 

THURSDAY- 

I understand completely that we have a long trip to West Virginia. As such, I recommend that everyone attending States get on the road at as early an hour as possible on this day. It will be VERY beneficial for your State swimmer to complete a light swim on this day leading into the weekend. They can look to complete that locally here at PAY at 3:30pm (or earlier if it fits in your schedule), or out in West Virginia upon your arrival to WVU. Even just a light swim at your hotel pool would suffice, but a little bit of water time a day out from the meet definitely has its benefits!

5:30-7:00 am Nat/Pre-Nat/Senior 

3:30-5:30 pm Nat/Pre-Nat/Senior

5:30-7:15 pm Senior Prep (NO DRYLAND)

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

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

 

FRIDAY-SUNDAY- National/Senior practices will take place at their normal times (but without organized dryland). All other group practices are TBD and subject to cancellation due to our State Championship meet weekend.

 

BAKER PARK QUESTIONS: We have been fielding questions regarding the new policy for Baker Park Outdoor Pool memberships. Clarification: if your swimmer is on the PAY Swim Team and if they’ll be outside for swim team training or swim meets, then they do not need a Baker Park Summer Pool membership because they will only be out there for swim practices/meets. (Some practices will be indoor this summer too).  However, if your swimmer or your family plans on hanging out at the outdoor Baker Park pools during the times open to the Y community at large then your swimmer or your family will need to obtain a Baker Park Summer Pool membership.  

 

KINETIC PHYSICAL THERAPY AT OUR YMCA!: I wanted to make sure you all knew of some benefits to being members of our YMCA. Our branch and association partner with Kinetic Physical Therapy to serve the needs of a wide variety of YMCA members, right at our branch in Phoenixville!. Please visit their website and watch their “YMCA partnership video” at the bottom of their homepage at the following link: https://www.kineticptpa.com/  Kinetic also has additional local locations in Collegeville, Chester Springs, Exton, Downingtown, etc.

 

THANK YOUs: Thank you to all the individuals who volunteered at the swim meets last weekend!!!  We can’t attend or host meets without parents volunteering to help out so we appreciate everyone! 

 

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!

3/24-3/26 YMCA STATE Meet at WVU in Morgantown, WV- Eligibility is based on results of the 3 state-wide Districts Meets after scratches and will be finalized SOON!  Coach Dave has reached out to you if your child qualified for this State Meet in a relay or individual event(s). 

3/29-4/1 EASTERN ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPS in Webster, NY - Coach Dave will reach out to you if your child qualified for this meet. 

4/3-4/7 YMCA National Championship Meet in Greensboro, NC - The culmination of our entire winter season for our National level qualifiers! Coach Dave has reached out to you if your child qualified for this meet.  

Saturday, April 22- YMCA Family Fun Day and Pickleball Tournament- The Y is hosting their annual Family Fun Day outside in the parking lot near childcare/Byron Gym full of games, contests, food trucks, adult beverages, craft activities, etc.  FUN FOR ALL!  At the same time the Y is hosting a Pickleball tournament in the Byron gym- open to all but you need to pre-register.  If you have any questions, the front desk can help you.

Sunday April 30-  Swim Team Teen/Adult Volunteers needed-MASTERS MEET- 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-8:30pm at River Crest Golf Club- Stay tuned for details and a RSVP signup.  We will need to finalize our numbers by 4/22/2023.

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

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.

SUPER SENIORS: We have 6 swimmers in the Class of 2023! Can’t wait to hear all their plans as they head into the last few months of the school year! GRADUATING SENIORS- an email was sent to your parents earlier this month about a PCHF Scholarship opportunity and today regarding a separate PAY Scholarship Opportunity.  Deadlines are approaching for the optional scholarship applications.  ALL SENIOR GROUPS- including 12th graders and Coaches- please refer to the email sent today regarding “Notes to the Graduating Seniors”- a chance for you all to send our 6 graduates off with kind notes and happy memories from all of you!  We want all senior group kids participating in this easy Senior Send Off! Thank you in advance.  Notes for our Graduating Seniors are due via email to kbaganski@verizon.net by April 30th.

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

One correction to our last newsletter: Erick Zinn turned 12 on March 8th! 

Rishi Das turned 15 on March 14!

Anderson Chan turned 14 on March 16!

Ella Bice turned 17 on March 19!

Beckett Pucke turned 8 on March 19!

Coach Kate has a birthday on March 21!

Ronan Munley turns 10 on March 21!

Derek Wan turns 13 on March 22!

Kealey Adair turn 13 on March 25!

“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!