Life Time Oregon Swim Team

Our team is a year-round competitive USA Swimming team offering high quality, professional coaching and technique instruction for all ages and abilities. The goal of our team is to promote a lifetime of wellness through the sport of swimming in a safe and inclusive environment. 

Life Time Oregon Swim Team Weekly Update: 7.3.24

Danny Weinberg

 

Hello Swim Team!

My apologies for having our weekly update out a little later this week. 

Summer Swim Meet #1: Beach Ball Bash Meet Recap

What a fantastic day for our swim team at our first summer swim meet, The Beach Ball Bash! With 34 enthusiastic swimmers diving in, it was a beautiful evening filled with energy and excitement. We are so proud of the effort every swimmer put in!

A special congratulations to those who competed in their very first meet: Ben Choi, Andrew Hitt, Luke Kellis, Evan Kim, Ally Liu, Madison Mason, Vincent Schremer, Kiana Shakeri, Rhosyn Thomas, Coralie Thomas, Joseph Wang, Madilynn Wiggins, and Amelia Wynhof.

Hats off to our top 3 biggest time drops (This only includes developmental meet results and does not take USA meets into account):

  • Callie Kang: A dazzling 4.5-second improvement in the 25 Free (18.8%)

  • Sophia Lontai: An impressive 8.8-second improvement in the 50 Free (18.0%)

  • Ezra Choi: A fantastic 4.8-second improvement in the 25 Back (16.6%)

A huge thank you to all the parents who volunteered with timing and prizes. Your support made 

We hope every swimmer had a great time and is looking forward to our next meet on July 12th. Competing can be stressful, but we hope each swimmer had a positive and uplifting experience.

Complete results can be found in the following locations:

  • Swimmingly Fan App

  • Swimming Clubhouse Website

  • Team Unify Website (Summer Swim Team Members Only)

  • OnDeck App (Summer Swim Team Members Only)

Quick Items/ Reminders:

 

  • No Practice on July 4th!  We’ll be having a special “firecracker” practice on on July 3rd.  We hope to see you all there.  USA swimmers will still have practice from 8:30-9:45/10:00 on Friday, July 5th.  

 

  • Practice Attendance: With the summer season underway, swimmers on the summer swim team or the USA team can attend as many practices as they like. We encourage you to try and get your swimmer to practice 5-10 minutes before the scheduled start time. While it can be challenging for those early times, arriving early allows us to have a brief meeting and review skills to prepare the swimmers for practice. Here is our SUMMER PRACTICE SCHEDULE.

 

  • Tuesday AM Practices- USA Team: Since, we will have a swim coach on deck at this time we are allowing USA swimmers  to come and complete a make-up practice at this time from 10:00–11:00 AM.  These swimmers will mostly be on their own but will be provided a lane and workout in the indoor lap pool.  We recommend that USA team members try to attend evening practices, but this is an option to get another practice if some evening times are not possible.  USA swimmers must email Coach Danny prior to the practice if they are planning to attend Tuesday and Thursday morning sessions.  

 

  • Drop-Off Procedures: According to Life Time management and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), all children under 14 must have adult supervision on the pool deck unless they are participating in swim practice. Swimmers 13 and under must be supervised by an adult outside of practice times if they stay on the deck. Swimmers who are 13&U are not permitted to play in the leisure pools before or after practice if they are not being supervised by an adult.  

 

  • USA Team: Please order a snorkel and fins if you haven't yet. These are available under the "Team Apparel and Equipment" tab on our website. Please make sure to mark your snorkel with a piece of duct tape or your name. Also make sure you start bringing a water bottle to practice!

Summer Swim Meet Schedule:

We are tentatively planning the following dates for our summer swim team meets, all of which will take place at Life Time Beaverton:

  • Summer Swim Meet #2: Super Swimmers Splash Off- Friday, July 12th- 4:30-6:30 PM (Indoor Pool)- This meet is currently open for sign-up on Swimmingly.  

  • Summer Swim Meet #3: Friday, July 26th- 4:30-6:30 PM

  • Summer Swim Meet #4: Friday, August 9th- 4:30-6:30 PM

All swimmers on our summer swim team and our USA team are encouraged to participate in these competitions, which promise to be a ton of fun! 

Sign-Up for Swimmingly + Summer Swim Meet #2:

All swimmers need to either create an account with Swimmingly (new participants) or register for the summer season (returning participants). Swimmingly helps us set up and track the summer swim meets we host at Life Time. Swimmers will not be able to participate in summer swim meets if they do not register for the summer season or create an account!  There is no additional cost to create an account. Please follow the instructions below to complete this process:

Returning Parents with an active Swimmingly account: Step-by-step instructions to register and sign-up your swimmer(s) using the Club Registration Code.

New Parents without an active Swimmingly account: Step-by-step instructions to register and sign-up your swimmer(s) using the Club Registration Code.

All registered swimmers should have received an email from Swimmingly prompting them to sign-up for Summer Swim Meet #2: Super Swimmers Splash Off.  When you sign-up for swimmers for our summer swim meets you do have the option to pick specific events for your swimmer.  You also can simply declare that you will be attending and the coaching staff will pick appropriate races.  

For this meet we are offering two relays and the following individual events: We encourage all swimmers to pick three individual races: 25 Butterfly, 50 Butterfly, 25 Backstroke, 50 Backstroke, 25 Fun (Noodle Race), 25 Breaststroke, 50 Breaststroke, 25 Freestyle, 50 Freestyle.  

  • All swimmers will be also assigned 1-2 relays.  There will be one freestyle relay and one “surprise” that will be announced at the meet. 

  • There is a 5 event individual limit.  That being said, swimmers do not need to sign-up up for 5 individual events.  

  • USA swimmers should not enter the 25 freestyle and 25 backstroke but are welcome to enter all other races.  

  • Swimmers should not enter two races of the same stroke.  For example, swimmers should pick either 25 Freestyle or 50 Freestyle.  

Summer Swim Team Caps:

All summer swim team participants will receive one official Life Time Summer Swim team cap. We have already handed out a few, so if you haven't received one yet, please find Coach Danny before or after practice.

Summer Swim Team T-Shirts:

Our t-shirts are in and we will start to distribute them at practice this week!

Summer USA Meets (USA Team):

Please let us know if you have any questions!

See you at the pool!

Life Time Coaching Staff