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Hi everyone, As we start off our 2025-26 short course season, I want to extend my thanks to the board and committee members who's terms expired at the end of August and welcome the new members who started on Monday! Phil Barnes | General Chair
Registration begins at 1:30 pm. HoD commences at 2 pm. Athletes, Coaches, and Official Officials meetings start at 11:00 a.m. 2025 IASI House of Delegates Sunday, October 5 · 1:30 – 4:00pm Time zone: America/Chicago Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/qeu-ocnf-nrs Or dial: (US) +1 219-321-0052 PIN: 950 979 325# More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/qeu-ocnf-nrs?pin=1317252593561
We are almost at the end of the 2025 Long Course Season with three meets to go for some of our athletes and members - Zones, Juniors, and TYR Summer Champs. We have had a very successful season. After a short break, we start over again with our 2025-26 short course season. As we start that transition, the Board will be meeting to transition membership and look at our long-term goals and programming. We invite all of our members to contribute to this discussion by completing a brief survey -...
To help our official's prepare for the Central Zone Open Water Championships the Central Zone will be hosting an Open Water Officials Clinic. The presenters for this clinic will be Mike Mellock, Andrea Davis Kelley and Mike Repko. Part 1 of the clinic will be May 13, 2025 at 7:00 pm CST, and Part 2 of the clinic will be May 20, 2025 at 7:00pm CST. The links for both evenings are attached below. If you have any questions please contact Tom Lombardo ( [email protected]) or Mike Mellock ( [email protected])....
Over the past 15 years, photographer Chris Pose has become a familiar and welcome face on deck at IASI meets - capturing a generation of our athletes, as well as the coaches, officials, and many volunteers that support our sport. Chris began taking photos at meets when his daughters swam with the YMCA club in Waukee in 2009. When his oldest daughter began swimming at Dowling High School, he captured the action at both girls and boys meets, and in 2012 when the girls were members of CIA, he continued...
At the 2024 IASI Long Course Championships, we celebrate our Iowa Swimming athletes who have set a New Iowa Swimming Short Course Record between 4/1/2023-3/31/2024, our 2024 Senior Athletes of the Year, 2024 IASI and Judy Hoffman Scholarship recipients, and our 2024 Phillips Service Award recipient. Look for the IASI Awards display just inside the entrance to the spectator area in Des Moines. During the Saturday morning session, athletes who have earned an IAIS Award are recognized by the announcer throughout the session. Additionally, watch for all recipients names to...
The Great Lakes LSC Open Water Championships will be held on Thursday, June 27th, 2024 at Lake Andrea, Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin. Multiple LSCs will be participating - IL, IA, MI, and WI, and the meet has been designated as the 2024 IASI Open Water Championships. Registration for the meet will open on June 1st and continue through June 20th. IASI Awards: Iowa athletes will be scored independently from the rest of the meet. Medals will be awarded to the top 3 finishers in each event, and the team winner will...
Congratulations to Hannah Cousins PSC, recipient of the 2024 Judy Hoffman Memorial Scholarship, and to Evan Feilmeyer ACAC and Joe Polyak IFLY, recipients of the 2024 Iowa Swimming Scholarships. To learn more about these talented Iowa athletes, and about the Iowa Swimming and Judy Hoffman Memorial scholarships, please visit the Athlete page of the IASI website: https://www.gomotionapp.com/.../isi-management/athlete-page
Congratulations to Susan Repko, recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Service Award for Iowa Swimming! Susan has been an invaluable member of Iowa Swimming, volunteering her expertise and time in many ways helping our LSC. Susan can often be found on the pool deck working on the weekends somewhere in Iowa. She first began working as an official at Iowa swim meets in 2016 and has continued since then. She works all levels of meets from to entry level meets including dual meets or intrasquad meets to the LSC’s fastest competitions....

