Gearing up for Fall – Clinics and Group Placement , Session Pricing

Hello Sea Snake Swimmers and Families! 

I hope you have enjoyed sleeping in and spending time with your family and friends. 

Here are some pictures from the end-of-year banquet. Enjoy! (link and access end soon) Thank you Cohens and iRoseFilms and Photography! 

Sea Snakes Awards 2023 by iRoseFilms  

Password: Awards23 

Swim Clinic – Jump Start your Season! 

Attached is a flyer for the Swim Clinic on August 19th. This is a great opportunity to get back in the water after a long break and also get a jump-start on the season by working on some skill and stroke technique. We have gathered a great group of coaches and clinicians ready to work with swimmers on topics such as Distance Swimming, Beginning Race Dives and Turns, Strength Training Season Planning, and technique in each of the four competitive strokes. We hope to see you there – invite your friends! 

The Wellness Center database is undergoing a big system update, so you won’t see any registration information for the clinic or fall swim on the website until it opens on August 15th.  

Fall Session Registration and Group Placement 

Registration for current/prior Sea Snake Participants opens August 15-19th. You will find the calendar and pricing for the first session attached. Below is group placement approval for swimmers who participated in Summer Swim 2023. Calendars and session pricing for each group is also attached. Within your assigned practice group you may register for however many days you family’s schedule, other activities and sports etc, allow. (Ie you can just M/W/F practices, just T/Th practices, or choose both for 5 days of practice. We can not make other combinations such as M/W/Th. There is no penalty for missing practices except you forfeit the instruction from that day.) 

Swim Meets and USA Swimming 

Swimmers in the competitive groups will have the chance to participate in one invitational away meet every 8 weeks. These are optional, but encouraged. It’s nice to have something to look forward too! Locations will be in places such as the Hagerstown YMCA and Mercersburg Academy (most about 45 min or 1.5 hour away). Swimmers will need to opt-in for these meets later in the session and will be charged a meet fee for each meet they are attending (this is in addition to the session practice fee.) 

USA Swimming will be an option for all competitive swimmers. More information on how to register for this will be forthcoming – but it will be a separate registration and fee paid directly to USA Swimming. There will be 1-2 USA Swimming meets a month available for swimmers to opt-in, and again, there will be a meet fee associated with these meets. Locations will be anywhere from 1 hr to 2.5 hours away and generally meets run Friday – Sunday, with options for swimmers to choose which days/events they attend and participate in.  

Regardless of whether you are a USA Swimmer, Invitational Meet Participant, or just conditioning, all swimmers will be coached at the same level as their respective practice group and will be held to the same expectations of personal effort and focus every practice.