Good Morning Rays Nation, I hope everyone is doing well and staying warm; cold out there today. Lot's of moving parts this time of year so let's jump right into it. Congratulations To all the Rays swimmers that have competed in the past few weekends; at Winter Junior Nationals in Indianapolis, Capital Classic in Cary, NC or Snowflake Invite right here at our home pool at RHAC; you all have done so well. The races, the learning, the teaching and the growth of this team over the past few weekends...

Happy After Thanksgiving Weekend Everyone! I hope your weekend was full of friends, food, family and football! Probably a bit of napping in there as well. If you are traveling back please be safe, be careful and hopefully it is without delay or issue. This is a really, really amazing part of the year. We have lots of Rays events coming up. A very busy, yet incredible, December is ahead of us. Let's dive in. Snowflake Invite is this weekend. If you are competing in that meet there will be...

Good Afternoon Rays Nation, I hope everyone is doing well today. This is an incredible time of year. The Thanksgiving holiday is coming up; a really great reminder to all of us for all we have to be grateful for and things we should appreciate the most. Please note, due to the holiday, the practice schedule will be different this coming week. Practice Schedule for Week of 11/24. Please be sure to take a good look at the link above. I will also create an event on our website as...

The week of November 10 is a big one for the Rays and the community. Harvest Festival is coming this weekend. Starting Friday 11/14 through Sunday 11/16. There will be plenty more information coming about the meet, keep an eye on your inboxes. We are doing a food drive for our community and the local food banks in our area. If you can, we are asking for Rays families to bring any canned/non-perishable goods to the Rock Hill Aquatic Center beginning on Friday November 14th and anytime during the Harvest...

Good Afternoon Rays Nation, Hope you all are doing well today. What a great meet weekend it has been so far at Rock Hill Aquatic Center. For all that competed you have my congratulations on a job well done! Thank you to all the volunteers, officials, coaches, timers and everyone invovled that made the swim meets possible; you all did an incredible job and I really appreciate your time and your efforts. Practice Schedule this Week We will hold normal practices this week; INCLUDING drylands. So if your athlete is...

Hello Rays Nation, The week ahead for the Rays is packed full of exciting events. Let's get into it! Practice Updates We will run practices this week Monday-Friday. Please Note: For Manta, Pre-Senior and Senior Groups; there are NO drylands this week, we will begin those later this month. Your practices will begin when the 'Swim' session on those days. There is NO practice for any Rays on Saturday due to the swim meet at RHAC. We will resume normal practice schedules on Monday 10/27. Halloween 10/31 The spoooookiest day...

Good Evening Rays Nation, We have put together a directory for the Coaching Staff at each of our three sites, with email address for coaches on our staff. Those documents have been posted to both our Coaches Page (link here) and out Practice Schedule Page (link here). This is to better help you contact the coach that is directly working with your athlete at their site and in their group. Additionally we have some useful administrative contact information for you as well. We are always striving to be the best...

Hello Rays Nation, A very exciting week coming up for our community so let's dive right into it. Practice Updates We will run practices Mon-Wed of this week. No practices on Thursday 9/25. We will hold practices on Friday 9/26. There will be no practice on Saturday 9/27. Big Fish Little Fish Our first opportunity to compete, the meet will be held this Saturday at Rock Hill Aquatic Center. If you have signed up to compete there will be much more information coming this week. Please be on the lookout...

Hello Rays Nation, What a great first week of practices; it was so great to see you all on the pool deck again. I know the coaches are excited to be back on the deck as well working with you all. A few big things to remember as we move through this month of September. 1) Please be sure we are checking emails often, things come up, schedules change (though we absolutely do our best to minimize that) and sometimes information needs to be sent out. If you are not...

Hello Rays Nation, A few key points/details as we move into our first day of practices on Monday September 8th (please note, some Mini Rays groups will begin on Tuesday September 9th, please check the schedules carefully). We are less than a week away from the next chapter in our YMCA Of Upper Palmetto Rays swimming journey. Last year brought remarkable achievements both in and out of the pool, with personal growth and community engagement at every level. As we look ahead to 2025-26, we could not be more excited...