DOWNINGTOWN WEST HIGH SCHOOL SWIM TEAM

Boys Head Coach:  Shane Austin

Girls Head Coach:  Stacy Tukloff Vansant

General Information

          To be eligible for tryouts, swimmers must complete the form on DASD's Family ID website (including the submission of a physical) - and DASD must approve that information - prior to tryouts.  No exceptions.  Click here for DASD's Family ID website.

 What To Expect At The Tryouts 

     Test #1

• Must complete 500 Freestyle without stopping and use flip turns at each wall.
• Failure to perform flip turns will result in disqualification from joining the team.
• This 500 Freestyle will be timed. Times will be used only if cuts must be made.
• Must be under 10:00 minutes.
• Heat 1 will be all club swimmers (multiple in each lane).
• Heats after that will be non-club (single lanes).

​     ​Test #2

• You must complete 10 x 50 Freestyle on 1:00. 
• You must perform flip turns for all 50s.
• Failure to miss 1 or more intervals will result in disqualification for joining the team.

     Test #3

• 4 x 50s IM order off the blocks for time.
• 50 Butterfly, 50 Backstroke, 50 Breaststroke, 50 Freestyle.
• Observation of stroke mechanics.
• Must do legal strokes and turns.

           Successful completion of the above tryouts does not guarantee that an athlete will make the team.  Coaches will look at the 500 Freestyle time, the times of the four racing swims, where the athletes fall in relation to each other, and how many athletes are trying out.  Failure to complete all of the above tryout requirements will result in not making the team.

          The coaches will notify the athletes on an individual basis after the tryouts as to whether they made the team.