KEEP GROWING YEAR-ROUND: Club Swimming Options for Starz Athletes
Parents,
Every year, as parents like you notice their swimmers’ skill improvement, we’re asked the best way to keep that growth going. The answer? Year-round club swimming.
Our area has several club options, including Fox Valley Swim Team, Delta Aquatics, Fox Valley PD Riptides, Mavericks Swim Club, FMC Aquatics, and more. Age group swimming is available for swimmers 8U through high school, and nearly all clubs offer some kind of developmental step-in program for developing swimmers in which fundamentals are stressed and practice/meet obligations are more modest (Fox, for example, calls this program “Team Development”).
If you feel that your swimmer is no longer getting what he or she needs from once-weekly swim lessons, it might be time to consider club swimming! Here are some important details on the evaluation and/or registration processes for each club’s upcoming fall “short course” (SCY) season. We’ll provide additional information as it’s shared with us. Our belief is that there’s a year-round program in our area that’s right for every swimmer. We don’t care which your swimmer joins; we ultimately want them to swim where there happiest and will grow the most!
There are many Starz parents with club swimmers of all ages (with Fox, Delta, Bullets, and Mavs). Feel free to ask ANY of us about our families’ club swimming experiences! There are also a few non-competitive (no meets) swim teams in our area worth exploring; more on those soon.
Lea
Stillwater Starz Parent Board
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Practicing Primarily at Marmion Academy in Aurora
New swimmers must complete an evaluation prior to team membership/placement. While information on the upcoming short course season isn't yet available online, it should be soon. Check the link above (Aurora site) frequently for updates.
Practicing Primarily at Oswego East HS
Complete the three steps on the page linked above to register for a new swimmer evaluation on July 21 or 22. Pending evaluation results, swimmers will then register for the appropriate group later this summer. Returning swimmers will generally register before new members. Delta also has a robust, affordable lesson program for those not quite ready for swim team membership. A flyer outlining Delta’s fall short course programs appears below.
Practicing at FMC Aquatic Center in Westmont
New FMC swimmers must complete an evaluation prior to registration. FMC is currently at capacity in the older age groups but is evaluating 8U and 9/10 swimmers. Click the link above to schedule and learn what to expect at your swimmer’s evaluation.
Practicing Primarily at Neuqua and Waubonsie Valley HS and Fry YMCA in Naperville/Aurora
Registration for new Fox swimmers opens this Saturday, July 12, at 8:00AM. (Register early, as available spaces fill very quickly!) New swimmer evaluations will then take place the evening of July 23 at Neuqua Valley HS (4:00-6:00PM). See the flyer below for more information or click the link above to review the full registration packet.
Fox Valley Park District Riptides Swim Team
Practicing at Vaughan Athletic Center in Aurora
Information on fall SCY team tryouts will be available soon. Periodically check the link above for updates.
Practicing Primarily at Metea Valley HS and D203 High Schools in Naperville
Evaluations for new swimmers will take place on July 16. Pending evaluation results, new Mavs swimmers will register online for the appropriate practice group. Please click the link above for a more detailed description of the evaluation and registration process.
