PAY has been busy with long course meets and training the past few weeks! We were privileged to take part in full weekend LC invitationals the past two weekends: Cure for Cam Invite at Upper Main Line Y on June 20th-22nd (13 & Over age group picture attached) Chargers Midseason Invite at Mercersburg Academy on June 27th-29th (team records turned in by 12 year old swimmer Ryan Whitlock, and new YMCA LC National cuts by 16 year old swimmer Nathan Deeney) Our long course practices at Upper Merion Township Community...

PAY was thrilled was host our first short course meet of the summer season with Boyertown and York! Swimmers of the Meet for each age group: 8 & Under: Pin-Hsuan Wei 9-10's: Piper Plaskas 11-12's: Bryce Williams 13-14's: Kenzie Thompson 15 & Over's: Rhys Lennon

On Wednesday May 7th: we celebrated the 2024-2025 winter season at Rivercrest Golf Club with our annual banquet & awards ceremony. Pictures of each age group from the celebration (8&U's; 9-10's; 11-12's; 13-14's; 15 & Overs) are attached! These team members and volunteers were presented with the following awards: 8 & Under Girls Most Improved - Arabella Escoto Coaches - Brielle Paraschak 8 & Under Boys Most Improved - Amay Chauhan Coaches - August Smith 9-10 Girls Most Improved - Sanjh Sood Coaches - Margaret Wu 9-10 Boys Most Improved...

Last week, PAY took the largest team we have had in several years to Greensboro, NC! The following swimmers had a mix of individual and/or relay events! Girls Team: Cece Bryant Maddy Deeney Laney Dittmar Brynn Lewis Claire Mages Kaitlyn McGuire Lucille Obenski Olivia Sellers Boys Team: Nick Darragh Nathan Deeney Henry Dennin Jack Herpel Walker Hungarter Raoule Khaye Of these swimmers, we had several podium finishes, including: Brynn Lewis 15th in 200 Free 14th in 50 Free 22nd in 100 Free Claire Mages 12th in 200 Free 12th in...

Last weekend, PAY sent over 30 swimmers to the PA YMCA State Championships held at West Virginia University! Audrey Abazi, Carys Adair, Tara Bice, Cece Bryant, Collin Byrne, Ivy Carey, Nicholas Ciminera, Michelle Figueroa, Emily Gaskins, Kira Haebler, Clayton Heinzmann, Chase Hungarter, Max Kan, Ashley Kane, Ella Kozak, Ellen Le, Mila Mazzoni, Kylie McGuire, Shreya Modi, James Olenoski, Michael Ren, Lane Shearer, Mara Shearer, Micah Smith, Sanjh Sood, Sam Verderame, Ryan Whitlock, Miranda Yuan, Liv Zhang, Nicholas Zinn Highlights: Both our girls teams and boys teams had full meet performances...

2025 YMCA Central Districts Results: We had another phenomenal 2025 YMCA District weekend! Congratulations to our Girls team for finishing 2nd overall out of 23 other YMCA swim teams in the PA YMCA Central District! Congratulations also to our Boys team for finishing 5th overall! Together, we were 4th overall as a combined team! NEW YMCA NATIONAL CUTS: Boys 400 Medley Relay - Nathan Deeney, Jack Herpel, Walker Hungarter, Nick Darragh - 3:36.11 Boys 200 Medley Relay - Nathan Deeney, Jack Herpel, Walker Hungarter, Nick Darragh - 1:39.00 Girls 400...

2025 Spring/Summer PAY Swim Team Open Tryouts & Evaluations CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS DO NOT NEED TO TRYOUT! Evaluations will be performed on the following dates and times; on a first come, first served basis: Monday March 24th, 5:45-7:00pm in Myrin Pool Tuesday March 25th, 5:45-7:00pm in Myrin Pool Thursday March 27th, 5:45-7:00pm in Myrin Pool You may choose a day that works best for your schedule. You may arrive anytime during the 5:45-7:00pm window. We will have multiple coaches on deck, and we will perform evaluations in the order that...

PAY Swim Team News – February 9, 2025 Happy Super Bowl Sunday, PAY Family! GO BIRDS! COACH NOTES: We are wrapping up our “regular season” meets and gearing up for the meat of championship season! Your swimmers will be prepped and tapered for whichever championship meet is their “focus” meet in these next couple of months. It is important that your swimmers communicate what their preferred meet is to the coaching staff. CONGRATULATIONS to ALL PAY swimmers that competed in the month of January at both our full team Washington...

PAY Swim Team News - January 1, 2025 Happy New Year!! I hope the start of 2025 has you all refreshed and ready for the 2nd half of our winter swim season! I am providing some general and specific updates below at this crucial juncture in our season. Please read through everything carefully!! Swimmer Shout Outs: Congratulations to Brynn Lewis for her 39th place finish in the 50 Free at the Winter Junior National Championships in Greensboro, NC last month. To be clear, she was the 39th fastest 18 &...

PAY Swim Team News – December 3, 2024 PRACTICE SCHEDULES: Weekly master practice schedule for the Winter season can be found: HERE COACH NOTES: Thank you to all the volunteers (teen and adult alike) who helped us host two more successful fundraisers in November in the form of our Turkey Trot Invitational and the Daniel Buchanan Swim of Life Swim a Thon! MEET RESULTS: 2024 PAY TURKEY TROT - RECAP: FULL RESULTS 6 new Turkey Trot meet records were set by PAY swimmers at Turkey Trot! Chase Hungarter - 11...