Gators Swim Team

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2004 ND LONG COURSE CHAMPIONS

2004-2005 ND SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONS

YMCA Gator Swim Team

2004 ND LONG COURSE CHAMPIONS AND 2004-2005 SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONS.

The FMY Gator Swim Team are the 2004 North Dakota Long Course Champions and also the 2004-2005 Short Course State Champions. With Head Coach Jeff Steele being named Coach of the Year the past 3 seasons. Come out and join the FMY Gators.

If you have advanced beyond level 4 of the Red Cross or YMCA swimming lessons program, you have acquired the skills necessary to join the Gator Swim Team! To join the Gators, you need not be a superstar, just come to one of the regularly scheduled practices during the first week of any month and you can sign up then. If you have any questions, you can contact head coach Jeff Steele by email at steele@fmymca.org, or call him at 293-9622.

The Gators offer three training groups designed to fit each athletes needs and ablities. The practice schedule is designed to offer a training session for each group during each practice time. This allows you the flexablity to choose the practice times that best fit your family's schedule. The groups are listed below with price per month for each group. We do offer a ONE Month trail period at a cost of $48.00, then after the first month your swimmer will be assigned to one of the training groups.

Bronze Team (ages 6-11) Monthly fee= $40
Swimmers that are new to competitive swimming and are working toward stroke proficiency. The new swimmer has passed level 3 Red Cross lessons and can swim 25 yards of front crawl or backstroke. The Developmental team member will practice 3-4 times per week for one hour per day. Practice times will be offered 5 days per week for this group with an afternoon or evening time available each day. The swimmer can choose which days to attend and whether they what to swim in the afternoon or the evening. The meet schedule includes local developmental meets and local invitionals. Which meets the swimmer competes in are up to each family and competition is not a requirement of membership. The emphasis at the developmental is on an introduction to the sport of competitive swimming. The ultimate goal is for swimmers to learn the four competitive strokes and the basics of competitive swimming (streamlining, turns, starts, circle swimming, and reading a pace clock).

Silver Team (ages 9 and over) Monthly fee= $45
Swimmers that have graduated from the developmental team or are proficient in all four competitive strokes. The level two swimmer would have passed level six of American Red Cross lessons. Practices are held 5 days, with afternoon or evening times available, per week and the swimmer attends 3-5 sessions per week. The training sessions are 1 ½ hour in length. The level two swimmer can complete the following training sets: 6 x 50 freestyle, 6x50 backstroke, 6x50 breaststroke, 6x50 kick, and 3x 100 IM. The emphasis at Level two is on stroke skill development and the introduction to specific training methods. The goal is to have FUN while learning and developing in the sport of swimming. The level two swimmer has competitive opportunities at local developmental meets, local invitionals, some away invitionals, and, if qualified, the ND State USA-S championship meet. The meets you compete in is up to each individual family and is not a requirement of membership.

Gold Team (ages 11 and over) Monthly fee= $50
Swimmers that are 11 or over that have graduated from level two or have had some previous experience in competitive swimming (high school, other club teams), or swimmers under the age of 13 that have competed on a swim team, all abilities and levels. The Level three swimmer can complete the following training sets: 10x100yd. free @ 1:50, 8x100yd. IM @ 2:00, and 6x100yd. kick @ 2:15. The level three team will meet 5-10 times per week with training sessions of 1 ½ to 2 hours in length and the swimmers attend 5-8 sessions per week. The emphasis at the Senior level is quality of training and development. We specialize our training using aerobic endurance, aerobic power, sprint, and stroke drills. The continued development of proper stroke technique, starts, and turns is also a priority at level three. The ultimate goal being to maximizize swimming performance. Competitive opportunities for the level three swimmer include state meets, regional meets, sectional meets, away invitionals, and national meets.

Last Updated Oct 42004
By DR