PAY Swim Team News 4/16/2023

Kate Baganski

PAY Weekly News for 3.27.2023-4.16.2023- Spring Break Time!

Here is what else you need to know for the past few weeks. There is a lot of news so please scroll down to the end.

COACHES NOTES

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: NO CHANGES- SAME AS LAST WEEK

Recap of the YMCA SC National Championship:

PAY sent 10 swimmers to the YMCA SC National Championship meet in Greensboro, NC in early April. (Patrick Baganski, Gabe Carroll, Nick Darragh, Maddy Deeney, Jane Hummel, Kyle Kruppa, Brynn Lewis, Blaise Sadowski, Maris Sadowski, and Macey Speakman). This meet comprises YMCA swimming teams and clubs from across the country. This is the highest level of swimming we have within the YMCA. They all swam well and had a great week! We are so proud to have had them represent PAY! Some highlights are below:

Our Boys 200 Free Relay (Baganski,Carroll, B.Sadowski, and Kruppa) placed 35th.

Our Boys 200 Medley Relay (Baganski, B.Sadowski, Carroll, and Darragh) placed 53rd.

Our Boys 400 Medley Relay (Baganski, B.Sadowski, Carroll, and Darragh) placed 50th

Our Girls 200 Free Relay (Speakman, M.Sadowski, Deeney, Lewis) placed 34th

Our Girls 400 Medley Relay (M.Sadowski, Deeney, Hummel, Lewis) place 53rd

Our Girls 200 Medley Relay (M.Sadowski, Speakman, Hummel, Deeney) placed 57th

Recap of the Eastern Zone Age Group Championships:

PAY sent 6 swimmers to the Eastern Zone Age Group Champs meet in Webster, NY at the end of March. (Gwen Devenney, Whitney Kane, Meredith Hummel, Vivien Hummel, Sam Vallino, and Andy Yu). USA Swimming is comprised of 4 different Zones (East, South, Central, West).This meet brings together club teams from the entire Northeast and East Coast of the United States. It is in many ways the highest level of 14 and Under age group swimming in our region. To place this high at this level is an achievement to be very proud of!!

Gwen Devenney finished 29th in the 200 IM, 61st in the 50 Free, 45th in 200 Back, and 26th in the 100 Free for the 13-14 girls.

Meredith Hummel finished 18th in the 100 Breast, 23rd in the 100 Back, 24th in the 50 Free, 12th in the 200 Back, and 30th in the 100 Free for the 13-14 girls.

Vivien Hummel finished 23rd in the 50 Fly, 22nd in the 50 Breast, 14th in the 100 Breast, and 27th in the 50 Free for the 11-12 girls.

Whitney Kane finished 31st in the 200 IM, 20th in 50 Free, and 18th in the 100 Free for the 13-14 girls.

Sam Vallino finished 15th in the 50 Free and 27th in the 100 Free for the 13-14 boys.

Andy Yu finished 23rd in the 100 Back, 74th in the 50 Free, and 16th in the 200 Back for the 13-14 boys.

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 Zone Age Group Championship and the YMCA SC National Championship–and a Very Special Thank You to Beth Mays Coleman who volunteered recently at both the YMCA State Meet in West Virginia and the YMCA National Champ Meet in North Carolina. We are so grateful for Beth and so many others who step forward to volunteer on pool decks all over the country when the Shout Out goes out for volunteers.

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!

May/June Long Course Meet Schedule & Dates

IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE LOOK TO GET SIGNUPS IN FOR THESE MAY/JUNE LONG COURSE MEETS ASAP.

The RAYS and UMLY meets are set to be “closed Y meet” where anyone can participate, while the Chambersburg/Keystone and Bucknell meets are USA sanctioned meets where swimmers MUST be USA registered. If you have questions about long course swimming/competition, please ask! You don’t have to be “elite” to be a part of these types of competitions :)

LINKS TO EACH MEET EVENT ON TEAMUNIFY ARE BELOW

5/12-5/14 CC (Chambersburg Y) CLOSED Long Course Invite @ Keystone Aquatic Center in Carlisle, PA

5/20-5/21 RAYS (Ridley Y) LC Stakes Invite @ GCIT in Sewell, NJ

6/8-6/11 WSY/HAC LC Classic @ Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA (please note there is a hotel block of rooms available noted for the Bucknell meet in Team Unify under this event thanks to Mrs. Bice. First come, first served.)

6/23-6/25 Cure for Cam LC Invite (Prelim/Final for 13 and Overs; Timed Final for 12 and Unders) at UMLY in Berwyn, PA

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 children’s 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. The Y is also hosting a Y Gymnastics Championship if you want to see any of that meet or to support the gymnastics snack bars. If you have any questions, the front desk can help you.

***Sunday April 30- additional Swim Team Teen/Adult Volunteers needed-MASTERS MEET- Additional adults and teens are needed 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! We need timers, counters, officials, etc. Lunch and snacks will be provided for our volunteers. Please signup in Team Unify to help out under the Job Signup for the Masters Meet Event here:Management Console - Phoenixville YMCA swim team - TeamUnify

***Wednesday May 10- End of Winter Season Swim Team Awards Dinner- 6pm-9:00 pm at River Crest Golf Club- RSVP DEADLINE IS THIS SATURDAY 4/22/2023. To RSVP, swimmers commit or decline to the event and other families need to sign up to attend under the Job Signup in Team Unify: Management Console - Phoenixville YMCA swim team - TeamUnify.

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 with our PAY team portal 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.

SENIOR GROUPS: SENIOR GROUPS- including 12th graders and Coaches- please refer to the email regarding “PAY Homework-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. Reminders will be sent prior to then.

BIRTHDAY ROUND-UP Wishing a wonderful day to our teammates and coaches who have April Birthdays!

4/2- Coach Carrie had a birthday!

4/2- Carys Collin turned 17!

4/8- Sofia Munley turned 14!

4/9- Tyler Ferenz turned 16!

4/9- Shome Mazumder turned 11!

4/10- Quinn O’Neil turned 10!

4/10- Natalie Wong turned 9!

4/11- Patrick Baganski turned 17!

4/11- Johnny McNally turned 12!

4/13- Kenzie Thompson turned 12!

4/14- Zoey McLeod turned 8!