FIND A TEAM IN YOUR AREA
Get involved in Iowa YMCA Swimming by checking out some of the great teams in your area. Each YMCA team may offer a different program to suit your swimmers' skills and abilities. Click the hyperlink above each team description to visit the team webpage or YMCA chapter webpage.
The Algona Family YMCA Swim Team known as the Wahoo's offer winter competitive swim team programming from November to March. Contact the coaching staff at [email protected]
The Black Hawk County YMCA Pirates swim team program is for all ages (7-21 years) and abilities (must be able to swim 25 yards of freestyle). Our state-certified coaches work to improve swimmers skill level and endurance, and to promote a healthy lifestyle. Our program embraces the YMCA core values and promotes progression at an individual level. If you have questions about the Pirates please contact our Head Coach Sandra Burroughs at [email protected]
Burlington - Burlington Bull Sharks
Everyone's a winner in the YMCA Swim Team. Swimmers celebrate the mission and values of the YMCA through teamwork and sportsmanship. Emphasis is on enjoying swimming and doing one's best. The Bull Sharks are a winter only team. Contact Karen Thie, Aquatic Director at (319) 753.6734 ext. 126
Cedar Rapids Metro Area - MACR Sharks
The MACR Sharks focus on improving the technique and racing skills of all Sharks swimmers. We strive to improve and develop the swimming technique of all participants in an atmosphere of fun. The MACR Sharks are a year round USA/YMCA team offering year round competition and summer/winter league programs. For more information contact Head Coach Donald Pirrie at [email protected]
Charles City - Charles City YMCA
The Charles City YMCA offer competitive swim programs during the winter season. For more information contact Jaime Caffrey, Aquatics Director at (641) 228.2254
Greater Des Moines YMCA Marlins
The DSMY YMCA Team Aquatics with the core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility as their guide, our skilled coaches will work with swimmers/divers to help them achieve their individual goals while keeping swimming/diving a safe, fun and healthy activity.
The Dubuque Dolphin Swim Team is a competitive program that focuses on all the strokes to promote a life long activity that stresses goals and the four core values; caring, respect, honesty, and responsibility, of the Dubuque Community Y. The participants will feel a sense of team belonging which will help them develop good leadership skills, self-esteem, and individual successes. Contact Aquatics Director Crista Ovsak at [email protected] or (563) 556.3371
The Forest City YMCA offers a winter swim team for swimmers ages 5-18. For more information, contact Carla Duffy at 641-585-5220.
Swimmers ages 5yrs. - 21yrs. (must be able to swim the length of the pool unassisted without stopping & cannot have participated on a college team.) and invited to come join the Fort Madison Family YMCA Swim Team. All Swim Team Participants must be YMCA Members. Contact Training Coach, Nathan Wyrick at 319-316-2399 for more information.
Keokuk (Hoerner) YMCA Swim Team
The Hoerner YMCA Swim Team is a seasonal YMCA Competitive Swim Team offering high quality professional coaching and technique for all ages and abilities. The goal of our team is to provide every member an opportunity to improve swimming skills and achieve success at his or her level of ability, from novice to national competitor. Through careful planning and appropriate levels of competition the Hoerner YMCA strives to instill a life-long love for the sport of swimming, maintaining swimmers' interest and future desire to swim at the high school and college level. For more information please contact [email protected] or 319-524-6724
Mahaska County YMCA - Dolphins
The Mahaska County YMCA Dolphins are a winter swim team located in Oskaloosa, IA. For information about the team, please contact Ryan Harkema @ 641-673-8411.
Marshalltown - Blue Waves Swim Team
The Blue Wave Swim Team are a summer and winter competitive swim program which operates out of the Community Y of Marshalltown. The Blue Wave Swim Team accepts new members anytime throughout the season. Contact Aquatics Director: Shelley Lechnir at (641) 752.8658 X 210
Monticello - Monticello Swim Team (MACR Sharks)
Monticello offers both a summer rec swim team and a more competitive, longer season in the winter, from November 1-April 1. The winter program is operated out of the Cedar Rapids YMCA MACR Sharks team but practices are held in Monticello. For more information about either program, contact Lisa Folken at 319.480.6572
The Newton Penguins have competitive swim programs in both the winter and summer seasons. Further information can be obtained by contacting Sue Field at (641) 792.4006
The Flying Sharks swim team is a competitive winter swimming league offered for training, instruction, and competition for youth ages 5-18. The goal of the program is to develop the life-long appreciation for the sport of competitive swimming while modeling and teaching YMCA values which include honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility. Contact Aquatic Director Chelsie Huddleson at [email protected] for more information
The Ottumwa Hurricanes are a winter and summer swim team with a program emphasis of skill development, sportsmanship and the enjoyment of swim competition. Contact Heather Simplot at (602)770.8720 or (641) 226.4519
Sioux City Area (Northwest Iowa) - Le Mars Stingrays
The Le Mars Stingrays operate summer and winter competitive swim programs in the Sioux City Area. Contact Angela Loutsch (Aquatic Director and Coach) at (712) 546.6655
Spencer - Spencer YMCA Tigersharks
The Spencer YMCA Tigersharks Swim Team is a competitive age-group swim team that competes in YMCA competition from November to March. They also have a recreational summer league. Contact Sandy Holck at (712) 262.3782
Spirit Lake - Bedell Family YMCA Barracudas
The Bedell YMCA Barracudas Swim Team is a competitive program that runs from November through Mid-March. The Barracudas also have a recreational summer league. Contact Angie Gillespie at (712) 336-9622
Washington - Washington Water Sharks
The Washington Water Sharks seek to encourage and motivate each swimmer to develop his or her individual skills and to enhance self-esteem. Everyone involved in the coordination of the swim team: the administration, aquatics personnel, swim team parent group and coaches, pledge to make this an experience that will positively shape your child. Further information about the Water Sharks can be obtained by contacting Brenda Adrian at [email protected]
