The Greater Lowell YMCA Barracuda Swim Team is both a YMCA as well as a USA swim team. We incorporate all YMCA philosophies, while promoting the core values: caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. The Barracuda Swim Team is dedicated to helping swimmers improve their swimming skills, achieve their goals, and demonstrate the core values. We strive to encourage a lifetime involvement in sports and physical activity, as well as teaching the importance of being a team player.

Our team spans ages 5-18 and covers all levels of competitive swimming. The main season runs late September to March. The winter season typically competes in four dual meets (both home and away) against other YMCA’s in our region, and four local USA Swimming meets. In February we host our annual Cookie Classic Invitational Meet. We wrap up our season in March with our Championship Meets (Regionals, Districts, Silvers, and New England’s).

All members of the Barracuda Swim Team are required to be full members of the Greater Lowell YMCA (per league rules). Minimum requirements for the team are at least five years of age and able to swim 25 yards front crawl and 25 yards back crawl (subject to coaches approval). Depending on the level of the swimmer, practices run between 3-6 days a week.

Please contact Head Coach Christina McCann at [email protected] for more information.