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UMLY's 12-Hour Relay was a success! UMLY has raised $31,082.40 for the community - quite a feat!!! A huge thank you to all of the swimmers, parents, and coaches who supported this fantastic event for the Y's annual campaign. Your dedication and hard work have truly made a difference. It was a day of fun, laughter, and good vibes. The swimmers got a chance to be with their friends and enjoy some snacks, games, and arts and crafts as they helped raise money for our community. Way to go, UMLY!!!
Best of luck to our swimmers at the YMCA National Short Course Swimming Championship this week! We have a record number of 54 swimmers representing our team. Go UMLY!!!
What an incredible weekend at the 2025 YMCA State Championship in West Virginia! Our swimmers had an absolute blast and the success of UMLY was on full display. UMLY broke records, achieved personal bests, made national cuts, and celebrated team and age group overall winners! Huge congratulations to the UMLY Boys State team for placing 1st overall and to the UMLY Girls State Team for placing 3rd overall. UMLY proudly took second place overall at the 2025 YMCA PA State Championship! Thank you to everyone who volunteered and to the...
As part of UMLY's Coaches Appreciation Month, the YMCA PA State Championship families contributed towards gift bags for our coaches. The families wanted to give our coaches a special thank you for all of their efforts on behalf of our swimmers during this long weekend. The gift bags were filled with some tokens of appreciation, including motivational paperweights. Also, thank you to parent Bonita Patel for organizing these gifts.
During the month of March, our coaches are working extra hard and many long hours due to the number of meets that our team attends....the East District Championship meet, the YMCA State Championship meet, the Junior Championship meet, the Senior Championship meet, the Silver Championship Meet, and the YMCA National Championship meet! That a lot of meets (and long weekends) in one month. Therefore, UMLY has designed March as Coaches Appreciation month. Our team is very fortunate to have such caring and hardworking coaches. Please take the time to thank...
UMLY hosted an amazing 2025 Michelle Deasey Meet for our 10 & Under swimmers! We witnessed some incredible performances in the pool, including fast swimmers, happy kids, and new best times. A huge thank you to all of the parents and volunteers who helped to make this meet a success. Also, a special shout out to our Senior Group for running a fantastic meet and to our 10 & Under swimmers who rocked the pool! Let's keep the momentum going into Districts!!!
Yesterday was UMLY's Senior Signing Day - for our athletes who have committed to swim in college. Congratulations to the following athletes - we are so proud of you!!! They are listed from left to right: Paige Fisher - Colgate University Finn Lukens - Bucknell University Blaise Sadowski - St. Bonaventure University Eddie Stoltz - University of Minnesota Hadar Miller - Boston University Caelan Ladd - Ursinus College Isabella Wareikis - Trinity College
UMLY's 15 & Over swimmers proudly displayed their awards during the Jefferson League Championship today. They also had some fast times today too. Way to go, UMLY!
UMLY represented this past weekend at the Tri State Cup! The Middle Atlantic team is comprised of 13 & under swimmers who either are automatic qualifiers (that is, who meet the Middle Atlantic automatic time standard in 3 events) or consideration qualifiers (that is, who meet the Middle Atlantic consideration time standard in at least 3 events and are chosen by the coaching staff). Ultimately, the Middle Atlantic team is comprised of 10 females and 10 males in each age group. Congratulations to these UMLY swimmers!
Age Group 1 Blue got together off-deck to celebrate the holidays. In addition to having fun among themselves with food, laughter, and a white elephant game, they also attempted to spread holiday cheer throughout the community by creating holiday cards that Coach Jamie will deliver to local senior citizens. Many thanks to the Age Group 1 Blue Parent Reps Siobhan Hummel and Jenn Crossan for putting together this event for our athletes and Happy Holidays to all of our UMLY families!
