PAY Swim Team News 9-10-2023
PAY Swim Team News - 9/10/2023
Welcome to our Fall/Winter PAY Swim Season! There is a lot of exciting news so please scroll down to the end.
COACH NOTES:
It has been a pleasure to see everyone back at practice in this first week!!
We have so much to look forward to for this season. We have a full roster at all levels and I have every intention of our team making noise in both performance and spirit in our PennDel swim league, PA YMCA, and Middle Atlantic Swimming!
PLEASE NOTE: Medals/awards from our summer meets and personalized swim caps for our returning swimmers who ordered them are sorted into family folders at the Y. Additional personalized swim caps will automatically be ordered for those who did not receive ones yet.
SWIM PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
Attached is a link to our schedule for the fall season:
2023-2024-pay-practice-schedule---fall---9-2-23-update-1-_098373.pdf (gomotionapp.com).
WEEK 2 SPECIFIC UPDATES:
NO AM PRACTICES OR DRYLAND YET. THESE WILL START UP IN WEEK 3!
Novice 2 practices this Friday from 6:15-7:15pm.
Novice 1 practices this Saturday from 2:30-3:15pm.
Saturday’s 10:30am practice this week will be Nat/PreNat/Senior ONLY
All schedules, group descriptions, equipment needed, etc. are found under the PAY 23-24 tab on our website: Phoenixville YMCA swim team Home (gomotionapp.com)
OCTOBER MEET SIGNUPS:
I have submitted preliminary/”round 1” entry files for our invitational meets at York and West Chester for the month of October. If your swimmer is not currently signed up for these meets, I can still look to take additional signups. Please know though that the longer you wait, the harder it may be for me to get your swimmer into these meets. We have very sizable contingents competing at both meets, and I am very happy to see it!
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OTHER NEWS:
Parent Swim Team Questions- if you are new and have questions about swim team, email Kate Baganski (kbaganski@verizon.net) and she or someone else will get back to you and/or meet you to go over your questions. ***Below are dates for New Parent Q&A Drop In Sessions- or for returning parents with lingering questions- in the room past Childwatch inside at our Y (down the long hallway to the left of the lobby). And veteran parents- if you’re at the Y, please stop to say hi! Tuesday 9/12 from 7-8pm and Wed. 9/13 from 6:30-7:30pm
***SWIMMER’s T-SHIRT SIZES: This week we need all parents or swimmers to go into their Team Unify account to add or edit their t-shirt size for each swimmer (under your Account and then Member data in Team Unify). We will be ordering the swim team t-shirts using the data collected in the database soon and if the t-shirt size is blank, then we will be guessing their size. Please note that shirts sometimes shrink and many swimmers like larger sizes to cover their bathing suits. You need to choose Youth sizes or Adult sizes in the dropdown menu. Youth XL and Adult XS are not options from the vendor so please list Youth L or Adult S instead if that is your swimmer size. Thanks!
TEAM TYR BATHING SUITS: Thursday, September 21st (early evening, Time TBA) Joe Eiden, our TYR Rep, will be at the Y for a second try on session. He will have all team suits available for try on plus TYR gear for sale (goggles, fins, paddles, mesh bags, practice suits, etc etc).
Please note, custom team suits are not a mandatory purchase but ANY purchase made via our TYR team portal, helps support our team & gets you a discount, so please consider using TYR and be sure to log in through our TYR team portal before you do your shopping. Any questions about suits or apparel, please email our volunteer Apparel Moms: Kelly Miller kelly211miller@gmail.com or Claudia Zinn at claudiavian7@yahoo.com
TYR PORTAL - If you need a team swim suit apparel or equipment, please visit our TYR team portal.
As a reminder here are the steps to log into the portal and order for the season. The portal is also linked on our team website: https://www.gomotionapp.com/team/mapay/page/documents/apparel
25% off all TYR items (training suits, goggles, equipment, tech suits, gym apparel)
10% off made to order Custom Logo Items (team suit, parkas, bags, hoodies, t-shirts, and more)
1. Go to TEAMS.TYR.COM
2. Click Create an Account.
3. Use Access Code 16659
4. Email jeiden@TYR.com with any questions or portal issues.
USED EQUIPMENT or OUTGROWN APPAREL and SUITS: If your family has used equipment or outgrown bathing suits or apparel to donate to our PAY team, please let Kelly Miller or Claudia Zinn or Kate B know because we will be having a Previously Used Sale later this month.
OFFICIALS (YMCA or USA trained): New this year, our winter league is asking for our officials to complete this simple form for the league to have a list of all certified officials to improve communications prior to meets and to help with requests if teams are in a pinch prior to a meet. If you are already a certified YMCA or USA official, please complete this PennDel League google form: Penn Del Officials Registration Form (google.com)
Also, please remember that if you are a certified Referee, AO, or Meet Manager you need to sign up for an annual PennDel league clinic. USA Officials- you will need to complete your annual online Safe Sport training.The current available list of clinics/classes are listed on PennDel’s site HERE. If you prefer Zoom training with fellow PAY folks for your PennDel/YMCA clinic/re-certification then please email Kate Baganski so we can coordinate Zoom training for our PAY officials soon.
Are you a parent interested in becoming a NEW OFFICIAL? Please email Kate Baganski, if interested, so we can coordinate a list and a date(s) for a Zoom training class. Do you want to learn how to be a Stroke and Turn Official or, if you are already one, would you like to learn how to be a Starter? Or are you more a numbers person and would like to learn how to be a Scorer, Administrative Official or ScoreBoard operator? ***Certifications usually involve just one 3-3.5 hour Zoom with an open book exam and then shadowing at our meets. Our Swim Team will cover the cost of the class.
KINETIC PHYSICAL THERAPY AT OUR YMCA for swimmers or family members:. Our branch and association partner, Kinetic Physical Therapy, serves 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.
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
***New- Parent Rachel Carroll has set up a private “PAY Swim Parents” Facebook page that will be a parent-share page for quick questions, etc. Search for PAY Swim Parents then you’ll be instructed to type in your child’s swim practice group and someone will approve your request if your swimmer is on our PAY team this year. This private site will be monitored for content and is not meant for photos. We will still have our public PAY Swimming FB page, noted above, for sharing photos through parent Donna Hungarter.
BIRTHDAY ROUND-UP Happiest of Days to our teammates who have or had birthdays in September!
Henry McDannell turned 15 on September 4th!
Lexi Elsner turned 18 on September 6th!
Laila Gordon turned 13 on September 7th!
Ryan Tighe turned 14 on September 8th!
Sanjh Sood turned 9 on September 10th!
Hannah Wallace turns 10 on September 12th!
Jaarun Jairaith turns 8 on September 13th!
Sam Vallino turns 15 on September 13th!
Peter Verderame turns 10 on September 14th!
Audrey Abazi turns 8 on September 18th!
Katelyn Burks turns 10 on September 18th!
Grace Hutto turns 17 on September 20th!
Diya Narang turns 9 on September 25!
Caroline McMullan turns 17 on September 27th!
Collin Byrne turns 13 on September 28th!
Ben Nguyen turns 12 on September 28th!
***Please remember: if your USA swimmer turns 18 years old during this swim year, they will need to complete USA Swimming’s Athlete Protection Training after their birthday and prior to competing in any subsequent USA meets. See Coach Dave for details.
Have a Wonderful Week!
