PAY Swim Team News 10/4/2023
PAY Swim Team News - 10/4/2023
Hope you all are having an amazing week! There is a lot of exciting news so please scroll down to the end.
PRACTICE SCHEDULES:
Attached is a link to our schedule for the fall season:
2023-2024-pay-practice-schedule---fall---updated-10-4_091342.pdf (Link to GoMotion/TeamUnify).
WEEK 5 SPECIFIC UPDATES:
AM PRACTICES
NO THURS AM PRACTICE THIS WEEK.
WEEKEND PRACTICES
ALL WEEKEND PRACTICES WILL TAKE PLACE AS NORMALLY SCHEDULED DESPITE THE USA MEET AT YORK
Novice 1 practices this Friday from 6:15-7:15pm.
Novice 2 practices this Saturday from 2:30-3:15pm.
Saturday’s 10:30am practice this week will be for any National/PreNational/Senior & Senior Prep 1 swimmers not competing at our USA meet at York
IMPORTANT NOTE: UNLESS YOU HAVE RECEIVED EXPLICIT PERMISSION AND APPROVAL FOR YOUR SWIMMER TO PRACTICE WITH A DIFFERENT GROUP ON A PARTICULAR DAY, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM BRINGING YOUR SWIMMER TO PRACTICES ASIDE FROM THEIR ASSIGNED GROUP.
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)
COACH NOTES:
Bill Schmidt Invitational @ York YMCA
Best of luck to our 73 swimmers that are signed up to compete at our first meet of the season at the York YMCA. This will be a great opportunity for our USA swimmers to start the season strong
Team Dual Meets
ALL TEAM MEMBERS should be showing up for as many of our team dual meets as possible. Volunteer Job Signup Tabs under each Event will be available soon.
FALL DUAL MEET SIGNUP LINKS BELOW
DOUBLE DUAL @ WCAY (AWAY) - Sat 10/14 (and the volunteer Job Signup link is up for this meet under the Event)
GIRLS DUAL vs. UPY (HOME) - Sat 11/5
BOYS DUAL vs. UPY (HOME) - Sat 11/5
GIRLS DUAL vs. UMLY (HOME) - Sat 11/11
BOYS DUAL vs. UMLY (HOME) - Sat 11/11
November Invitational Meets
PAY Turkey Trot Invitational - Open to ALL 12 and Under Swimmers - Sun 11/12
This is our annual team hosted invitational for the 12 and Under age groups. ALL 12 AND UNDER TEAM MEMBERS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO COMPETE. ALL 13 AND OVER TEAM MEMBERS AND ALL PARENTS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO VOLUNTEER. I ASK THAT ALL NATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS PLAN ON VOLUNTEERING. This meet is our team's biggest fundraiser across the entire calendar year, so your family's contributions to it are valuable!! Thank you!
The York YMCA’s “Tournament of Champions” - Sat/Sun 11/18-11/19
We have an invitational meet at the York YMCA in the month of November known as the Tournament of Champions. Like our October meet at West Chester, it is open to ALL TEAM MEMBERS as a Closed YMCA Invitational. The meet also has USA approval, meaning that those swimmers that are USA registered will have their times submitted to the USA SWIM database for future qualifying meets and USA swimming milestone recognitions. We annually send a large contingent to this meet, and this is a point in the season where kids are hitting a groove and taking things to a new level in their best events. It sets the tone for our bigger Prelim/Final meets that we have in the months of December and January.
YY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPS SIGNUP LINK
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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.
TURKEY TROT TSHIRT DESIGN CONTEST-.Thank you to everyone who submitted a t-shirt design and to all of you who took the time to vote in our Turkey Trot T-Shirt design contest The winner will be announced very soon as will details for pre-orders.
PAY TEAM TSHIRTS will be distributed during practices next week so our swimmers and coaches will be decked out in our new PAY team shirts in time for the West Chester Y dual meet. Stay tuned for the distribution dates!
***SPIRIT WEAR APPAREL ORDERS- The deadline to order PAY Spiritwear apparel has been extended to MONDAY Oct 9th. Please see the attached bulletin for a QR code for more info and for ordering.
TYR PORTAL - If you need a team swim suit apparel or equipment, please visit our TYR team portal.
This week- make sure you are registered by FRIDAY 10/6 to be entered to win 1 of 10 TYR tech suits and 1 of 10 pairs of TYR shoes!! To register on your team store, visit TEAMS.TYR.COM , click on create account, and use the access code "16659". Once registered you will receive your team's discount as well as additional promotions etc!
In addition to the raffle being done this week, there is a discount code for an additional 20% off your cart (expires 10/10) This brings your PAY total to almost 40% off non custom items! GREAT time to stock up on tech suits, check out our new shoes, or look for jackets, hoodies, and parkas headed into cooler months. Use code FALL20 As always please email jeiden@tyr.com with any questions or portal issues.
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
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 soon.
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. The current available list of clinics/classes are listed on PennDel’s site HERE. ***USA Officials- you will need to complete your annual online Safe Sport training.
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. See the updated list of training options on PennDel Leagues website HERE ***Certifications usually involve just one 3-3.25 hour Zoom with an open book exam and then shadowing at our meets. Our Swim Team will cover the cost of the class.
Scoreboard Operators (Daktronics operator at our scoring table) can be trained in 15 minutes by fellow PAY parents or Coach Dave- we always need volunteers for this job- a 2 person job to keep it interesting! Please reply if interested!
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 AND We have 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.
***SUPER SENIORS Last week we inadvertently listed a partial list of our Super Seniors. We are thrilled and excited to have TWELVE Super Seniors on our PAY team this season. These 12 twelve graders will be role models for our younger PAY teammates as they navigate swimming on two teams while studying and planning life after high school. PAY will share their good news and future plans with the team as the months go by. Thank you for being part of our PAY team, Seniors: Ella Bice, Carys Collin, Lexie Elsner, Jiya Dugad, Mika Munion, Macey Speakman, Patrick Baganski, Gabe Carroll, Matthew Ferenz, Kyle Kruppa, Aidan Maiale, and Logan Seiss
BIRTHDAY ROUND-UP Happiest of Days to our teammates who have or had birthdays this month!
Logan Springuel turned 11 on 10/4!
Nate Deeney turns 15 on 10/5!
Grace Kalbach turns 14 on 10/8!
Benjamin Welsh turns 10 on 10/8!
Karina Figueroa turns 16 on 10/9!
Paul Price turns 14 on 10/9!
Collette Shao turns 11 on 10/12!
William Vaughen turns 17 on 10/17!
Jack Herpel turns 15 on 10/23!
Tessa Shaker turns 12 on 10/25!
Macey Speakman turns 17 on 10/25!
Sabrina Sandorff turns 17 on 10/26!
Madison Olenoski turns 15 on 10/29!
Haley Trainor turns 8 on 10/30!
***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!
“Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded there.” -Wayne D. Dyer
