Fun, Family, Friends, and Friendly Competition

 

Your Huntington Swim Team is for all interested children 5-18yrs of age.  Previous experience is not necessary. Swimmers only need to be able to swim a length of the pool (2 lengths for those 9 and over). 

 

 

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Special Thanks to Greg Gillis for creating our 2007 Swim Team Slideshow.   Click to download. 

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What you can expect:

•  Highly experienced coaches, most of which are familiar faces at our pool.  Our coaches create a fun atmosphere in which every swimmer improves.

•  A flexible practice schedule.  We realize swimmers also participate in other sports and camps as well as family vacations!  Practice is available M-F for ages 9-18 and M/T/TH/F for our 8 and under swimmers.  Participate at whatever level is appropriate.

•  Great Competition!  We have 4 home meets and 4 away meets held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings.  Also we compete in two invitational meets and two championship meets, all held in Naperville!  Again, we are flexible.  Participate at whichever level you chose. 

• Fun Social Events: A team outing to a water park, family pizza party, spirit days, fun Fridays, and an ice cream social.

• Ribbons to celebrate your swimmer’s races and fun prizes for improved times.

•  Parental Involvement is needed and is half of the fun.  We do ask parents to work 6 jobs per family per season.  At the same time, when you are with your neighbors and friends and your kids are having a blast on a warm summer night, it hardly feels like work.

• Reasonably priced.  Our fee is $135.00 per swimmer for HSTC Members.

 

 

New Swimmers Only Practice:  May 27th

5&6             4:00pm-4:45pm

7-8              4:45pm-5:30pm

9 and older  5:30pm-6:15pm

 

Practice Schedule School days: May 28th-29th

5&6             4:00pm-4:30pm

7-8              4:30pm-5:00pm

9-11             5:00pm-5:30pm

11 and older 5:30pm-6:15pm

 

Practice Schedule Summer: Beginning May 30th or when Dist 203 gets out

5-6                 10am-10:45am (no Wednesday practice for 6& under)

7-8                 9am-10am

9-11               8am-9:15am

12 and older   6:45-8:15 am

 

 

Barracuda Swim Team 2008 Events:

Saturday meets start at 8:30am (swimmer check-in at 7:45)

Tuesday/Thursday meets start at 5:30pm (swimmer check-in 4:45pm)

Day, Date	Arrive/Start	Event and blog link for lineups, results, planned absences and details.	Location (map link)
Sat, June 7 6/8 Rain date	8:30/9am?	Time Trials         Pancake Breakfast 7:30 -9am	Huntington Pool
Tue, June 10	4:45/5:30pm	Swim Meet at Tall Grass	3224 Deering Bay 60564
Thr, June 12	4:45/5:30pm	Swim Meet at Neuqua Valley	NVHS 2360 95th St
Thr, June 17	4:45/5:30pm	Swim Meet at Naper Carriage Hill	400 Leamington Ct
Thr, June 19	??	Cypress Cove Outing.  Take a break from the heat at this cool water park.  Details and permission slips will be provided once practices begin	Cypress Cove in Woodridge
Thr, June 19	4:45/5:30pm	Naper Carriage Hill HS Invite	400 Leamington Ct
Sat, June 21	7:45/8:30am	Swim Meet vs. Maplebrook I	Huntington Pool
Tue, June 24	4:45/5:30pm	Swim Meet vs. Centennial Beach	Huntington Pool
Thr, June 26	4:45/5:30pm	Saybrook Boys Invite	10 E 12th Ave.
Tue, July 1	4:45/5:30pm	Swim Meet vs. River Run	Huntington Pool
Tue, July 8	4:45/5:30pm	Swim Meet at Steeple Run	6S 50 Steeple Run Dr
Thr, July 10	4:45/5:30pm	Huntington Estates Girls Invitational	1315 Hobson Road
Sat, July 12	7:45/8:30am	Swim Meet vs Cress Creek	Huntington Pool
July 14 - 17	5:30 PM	Dual Meet Rain Dates	As needed
July 17th?		Sucker Awards /Pizza and Pasta night.  Come and party at the pool.  Dinner will be served and Sucker Awards will be presented to the swimmers.  Games and prizes follow dinner.	Huntington Pool
July 16	10;50-11:30	Barracuda practice @Classic Pool	NCHS Pool
Fri, July 18	6:00-9:00 PM	Classic Meet Set-Up
Sat, July 19	Arrive 12:30 Starts 2 pm?	Classic Meets	NCHS Pool
July 23?		Ice Cream Social (7/27) and Awards Registration Due at Pool.  Click here for sign-up form.
		Barracuda's Practice in City's Pool	NVHS 2360 95th St
Fri, July 25	3:00 PM	City Meet Set-Up	NVHS 2360 95th St
Fri, July 25	6:30 PM	City Meet Starts-15/18’s	NVHS 2360 95th St
Sat, July 26	8:00 AM	City Meet Starts-14 & U (19)	NVHS 2360 95th St
Sun, July 27		Ice Cream Social/Awards Ceremony.  Celebrate the end of the season with a delicious ice cream sundae and a fantastic awards ceremony!  Details to follow.

NPDSC Conference Schedule:

2008 NPDSC Officials Clinics.  Clinics will be held at NVHS 2360 95th St  in the Large Forum Room. 

• Saturday, May 10 from 8:00am - 10:00am.

• Tuesday, May 13 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm

• Saturday, May 17 from 8:00pm - 10:00am

?NPDSC Computer/Scoring meeting  Wed, May 14th?  large forum room at NVHS 2360 95th St  7:00pm - 9:30pm.  All Team Manager and Meet Manager software users from each swim club must attend this meeting.

 

 

Related Links
Coaches Update	SwimTeam Blog    2007 Coaches Bio's
Barracuda Job List - View your assignments here	Meet Worker Schedule 2007 (on our blog)
2007 Swim Team Information Packet Swim Team Parent Board, and Registration Form	SwimTeam Blog
Information on the Naperville Park District Swim Conference	Naperville Park Dist Swim Conference Blog
Naperville Park District Swim Conference Pool Locations and Directions	napervillepdsc.tripod.com/PoolLocations.htm or         Swim Meet Locations
Barracuda Team Apparel  Swim Suit 2008: TYR Elixir in blue	Available at  Kiefer Swim Shop  630-579-9020  Get directions
Post your planned swim meet absences here	SwimTeam.HuntingtonPool.com

 

 

Swim Team FAQ: 
How old does my child have to be to join, and how much does it cost?
A child has to be 5 by June 1st of the year they join and the cost is about $135 per swimmer as long as they have paid for an active membership for the season. More details posted above

Do you have to attend practice everyday, so you can’t sign up for other summer sports and camps?
No. Our coaches are flexible and understand the wide interests of our swimmers.

Do you have to swim in all the meets?
No. There is a meet blog available for you to sign out of the meets you wish not to attend. http://SwimTeam.HuntingtonPool.com

Do parents have to work all the meets?
Each family is asked to work a certain number of jobs, in the past it has been six. If parents would like to become a swim official, their training session counts toward their total number of jobs. If both parents take a different job in the same meet it counts as 2 jobs.

How long is the season?
The last regular season meet is mid July. The championship meets are the last 2 weekends of July.  Swimmers participate in just one championship meet. Again, you can select which dual meets you want to attend.

Do I have to be a good swimmer?
Our team is made up of swimmers of all different levels. We have great coaches who are committed to helping everyone improve. We have a great coaching staff and we have a blast!  Our head coach is Katie McWilliams. Katie is a lifetime swimmer, who most recently swam for the University of Virginia, which is where she received her masters in education. All of our age group coaches are returning from last summer.  They are also probably familiar faces. Many of them are our pool’s lifeguards and are either current or past members of our team. We have a great group of swimmers and a season of fun events.

We would love to see you this summer!!! 

 

Questions??  Call Lisa Hansen 630-369-5467 or Chris Gillis 637-4674, email: swimteam@huntingtonPool.org