Storm Forecast for April 17th, 2025

Swim School Challenge Recap

Thanks to the waves of volunteers that helped make our second Swim School Challenge a big hit.  I’ve heard from directors of the swim schools and families, and its received wonderful feedback.  These types of events make a huge difference for the swim schools, the sport of swimming, and our club specifically.  Thank you!

Capital Campaign

With less than two weeks to go for our Capital Campaign, we’ve snuck past $5,500.  We won’t continue to run this event forever—the plan is to go back to “regular programming” May 1^st.  So if you’re thinking of donating, you’ve got until the end of the month.

If you’re interested and want to give, there is a shortcut right on the homepage.  Click the banner and look for the green “Please Donate” button.  It’s not necessary to go through the “Find Participants,” button, that’s more for Swim-A-Thons and situations where someone donates in the name of someone else.

Thanks to everyone who has pitched in so far.  If you’re willing and able to help, we’d greatly appreciate it.

Practice Changes

If you’ve not subscribed to your group’s calendar to keep current on changes, find details on the group’s page on the website.

Dryland

We think we have a spring solution for dryland for the Tsunami, Hurricane, Senior, and Performance groups – no luck with CYC/TYP.  We’re doing final confirmations, and we believe we’ll have something ready for groups starting next Wednesday—details TBA.

Permanent Virtual Store

We’ve spent the last couple weeks thinking about items that swimmers are needing/losing the most…snorkels, nose clips, team caps, kick boards, all that fun stuff.  We’re also trying to make our shirts available more often for new families and those with fast-growing kids.  The apparel part is LIVE.  It’s got great workout gear in addition to some of the classics.  The site for all the swimmer accessories should be up in the next few days.  We’ll keep stock on hand so that families can order and have same-day pickups.

Blood Drive

This Saturday morning we’re hosting a  Red Cross Blood Drive at the Prairie Athletic Club.  If you’re considering donating, you can sign up here. 

Kalahari Day

On April 26th, we’ve got a two-part day.  Part 1 is open water training.  We’ll get exclusive access to the lazy river to have swimmers train a little bit of aerobic training, spotting, sighting, and pack swimming to prepare for the summer open water meets.  That portion of the day is reserved for swimmers under 9:00 in their 500 freestyle.  Part 2 is open to EVERYONE, with a day of swimmers, siblings, family, and friends at the waterpark.  Signup is open for the open water portion, and tickets are now on sale for the Play Day package, which includes admission, pizza, and a drink.

May 3-4 Weekend - Swimming AND GOLF

The May 3^rd/4^th weekend has a pair of events….

On Saturday, we’ll host the first meet of the season.  It’s pretty standard, except it’s got a really fun 50 freestyle shootout.

On Sunday, we’ll have our annual golf scramble.  I’ve had a few people tell me they’d play if they were better.  Let me assure you, being not-so-good should NOT dissuade you from taking part.  It’s 100% about the finding a few friends and having fun.  The quality of golf is wide-ranging and only your foursome will know the truth about how your round went.  This year, we’re trying out the newly renovated Prairie Pines Golf Course right in SP.  If you’re interested in playing or sponsoring, click here.

Ashwaubenon Day Trip

This meet will be open to Tropical Storm, Cyclone, Hurricane, Tsunami, and Typhoon swimmers age 9-12.  We'll hop on a bus the morning of May 17th and swim the morning session of the Ashwaubenon meet.  Then, we'll grab a bite to eat and head over to Lambeau Field where we'll get a tour of the football field and all the things that come with it.  After that, we'll make the journey back to SP.  

We’ve moved to a bigger bus and will close up signup when 5 more swimmers sign up.