SHORT COURSE 2025-2026 COMPETITIVE SWIMMING
Short Course 2025-2026 Swim Season
We are thrilled for our first season in the new Natatorium!! What a historic moment for our swimmers, for our club, and for the Worthington community! It has been a long time coming and the anticipation for the first splash is intense.
The new Nat will feature 10 lanes for practice and 8 lanes for competition. There are so many exciting advantages to the larger pool. Swim meets will feature quicker sessions for our families. We get to offer more practices on week nights and Saturday mornings. Days and times that are often more convenient for families. Fewer Fridays and no more Sundays when attendance always dropped.
Some aspects of what you love about our team will remain the same. It will be the same coaches; the same methodical progression for all swimmers from technical development to training to racing; and the same season layout with quick one-day meets in the Fall, building towards larger invitational meets in the Winter and culminating with Championships in late February/early March. We will also continue to create fun social activities for the swimmers in and out of the pool.
The new facility will also bring exciting changes to our team structure. We are combining our 4 training groups (Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum) into 3 new groups. We have named these groups: Explorers, Adventurers and Racers. Swimmers will move through these groups according to school grades. They will go to the pool with all their peers from school. They will receive age-specific advice from the coaches on all topics associated with the sport (competition, practice, sportsmanship, nutrition, hydration, rest, mental challenges, goal setting,…)
Every training group will be subdivided in smaller groups based current level of skills to ensure that every swimmer is met at their exact level of development in the sport with appropriate drills and challenges.
All families may choose between a regular start (September 8) or a late start (October 27). Late start is designed for swimmers who are participating in a different sport in early Fall. Late start fees are discounted but the regular start is a better deal.
We look forward to what will be a memorable swim season. All the important info including practice days/times, fees and registration info is this booklet. We hope you will join in the fun!
Please call or text with questions. We will also offer plenty of options to meet with families and discuss more specifics in September and October.
GO WORTHINGTON!
Coach Bernard
[email protected]
614-598-7064
PRACTICE DAYS & TIMES
EXPLORERS - Grades 1-3
Fees: 5 payments of $155
Late Start: 4 payments of $155
Non-resident fee: $80 (one-time/season)
Sept-Oct
Monday 6:30-7:30 PM
Wednesday 6:30-7:30 PM
Friday 6:30-7:30 PM
Saturday 9:00-9:45 AM
Nov-Jan
Monday 5:45-6:30 PM
Tuesday 5:30-6:30 PM
Wednesday 5:45-6:30 PM
Thursday 5:30-6:30 PM
ADVENTURERS - Grades 4-6
Fees: 5 payments of $215
Late Start: 4 payments of $215
Non-resident fee: $120 (one-time/season)
Sept-Oct - 4th GRADE 5th GRADE 6th GRADE
Monday 6:30-7:45 PM 6:30-7:45 PM 7:15-8:30 PM
Tuesday 7:15-8:45 PM
Wednesday 6:30-7:45 PM 6:30-7:45 PM 7:15-8:30 PM
Thursday 7:15-8:45 PM
Friday 6:30-7:45 PM 6:30-7:45 PM
Saturday 9:00-10:00 AM 9:00-10:00 AM 10:00-11:15 AM
Nov-Jan - 4th GRADE 5th GRADE 6th GRADE
Monday 6:30-7:30 PM 6:30-7:30 PM 6:30-8:00 PM
Tuesday 6:30-7:30 PM 6:00-7:30 PM 6:30-7:30 PM
Wednesday 6:30-7:30 PM 6:30-7:30 PM 6:30-8:00 PM
Thursday 6:30-7:30 PM 6:00-7:30 PM 6:30-7:30 PM
Saturday 8:30-10:15 AM 9:00-10:15 AM 9:00-10:15 AM
RACERS - Grades 7-8
Fees: 5 payments of $250
Late Start: 4 payments of $250
Non-resident fee: $120 (one-time/season)
Sept-Oct
Monday 7:15-9:00 PM
Tuesday 7:15-9:00 PM
Wednesday 7:15-9:00 PM
Thursday 7:15-9:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM-Noon
Nov-Jan - 7th GRADE 8th GRADE
Monday 7:30-9:00 PM 7:00-9:00 PM
Tuesday 7:00-9:00 PM 7:30-9:00 PM
Wednesday 7:15-9:00 PM 7:00-9:00 PM
Thursday 7:00-9:00 PM 7:30-9:00 PM
Saturday 10:15 AM-Noon 10:15 AM-Noon
High School Pre-Season
HS Pre-Season Fees: 1 payment of $275
Non-resident fee: $25 (one-time/season)
Winter training: Pro-rated based on individual needs.
Same practice schedule as RACERS.
NOTES
- The first payment is due at registration. Monthly payments are on Oct 1 (regular start swimmers only), Nov 1, Dec 1, Jan 1.
- Non-resident Fee is an additional fee charged to non-residents of the Worthington School District once per season on November 1.
- Second child: 10% discount; Third child: 20% discount; Fourth child: 30% discount.
- A USA Swimming membership required. The fee is $82. The club will process the membership for returning swimmers on November 1. New swimmers will need to purchase your membership on the USA Swimming web site at usaswimming.org prior to your first practice.
- Apparel fee (includes 2 silicone caps and 2 t-shirts) is required: $30/swimmer (charged Oct 1).
- Meet entry fees are additional and depend on participation.
- Fees are billed via online Auto-Pay system.
- Practices are cancelled on the following dates (subject to change): Sept 13, Oct 7, Nov 27-28, Dec 24-25, Dec 31, Jan 1, and when hosting a swim meet.
- Refund policy: Full refund prior to September 8. No refund past September 8, except for documented season-ending injury or family relocation.
- Priority of registration is given to returning swimmers who both:
1. Compete in home meets and championship meets; and
2. Whose families fulfill their volunteer requirements (up to 8 meet sessions for the short course season).
