The Willoughby Stingers Swim Team is a competitive summer swim team that competes in the Suburban Swim League (SSL). While it is a competitive team, at its core, it is a recreational team designed to promote the sport of swimming, sportsmanship and fun for swimmers of all levels. Children between the ages of 6 and 18 (as of June 1) are eligible to join. Children 6-8 years of age must be able to swim at least one length of the pool in one of the four competitive strokes (front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly) unassisted and children 9-18 years of age must be able to swim a minimum of two lengths of the pool in the aforementioned competitive strokes unassisted. (Unassisted = no flotation devices) The SSL is comprised of 10 teams from neighboring communities including Chardon, Cleveland Heights, Euclid, Highland Heights, Mentor, Pinegate, South Euclid/Lyndhurst, Wickliffe and Willowick. The league season will run May 30 through July 30. We will be hosting an intra-squad Black & Gold time trial meet June 10. Swim meets will commence the weekend of June 17 and run every weekend through the July 29/30 weekend. Swim meets are usually held on Saturday mornings (8:00 am-12:00 pm) but due to scheduling conflicts may be flexed to either Friday night or Sunday.