| Welcome to the Barracudas Swim Team The Green YMCA Barracudas Swim Team is a year round program offering 2 separate registration seasons. Swimmers can register for the Spring/Summer team, for the Fall/Winter team, or for both. During the summer registration, we offer a discounted ‘full-year’ program registration option. This is only an option during our spring registration, and you must be a YMCA member to take advantage of our full year discount pricing options and payment plan.
Please use the TEAM INFO Dropdown and select a topic from the menu. Fall Team Info & Registration
Practices begin Monday, Sept. 8, 2025
WHERE Do We Practice? All Fall/Winter practices are held at the Green YMCA. This season we will begin our season with a staggered starting date. This will allow us a week with our more seasoned swimmers to work out any potential kinks in the new Covid-19 precautions before we begin with our younger or inexperienced swimmers. PRACTICES BEGIN ON MONDAY, September 8, 2025 Practice GROUPS Swimmers will be notified of their practice groups by September 2. If your swimmer is placed into a group that practices at a time they cannot attend, all registration fees will be returned.
WHEN are our MEETS? The Green YMCA Barracudas are part of the Northeast OH YMCA Swim League (NEOY league). The league is in the Great Lakes YMCA Zone, and within the National YMCA Swimming & Diving organization.
During a regular season, we hold bi-weekly dual meets on Saturdays. We generally host 3 home meets per season.
More information will be provided as soon as the schedule is out.
See more Barracudas information by clicking on the Team Info tab above.
GO GYB!!!!
Summer Team Info & Registration Click on Team Info tab & select 'Team Fees' & 'Practice Times' for more info. CLICK HERE for Spring / Summer Registration WHERE Do We Practice? For the Month of May, the entire team practices at the Green YMCA. Once school is out, most of the team will continue to practice at the Green Y, but our optional Long Course program begins in June at Akron U. WHEN are our MEETS? In the summer, all team members participate in the Mid-Ohio Swim League (MOSL) meets. During the regular season, we have weekly dual meets held on Wednesdays if they are away meets, or Fridays if it’s a home meet. Our first dual meet is the first week of June, and we typically have 1 meet per week. MOSL Championships will be held on the third Wednesday in July at Freelander Pool in Wooster . Looking for SOMETHING EXTRA?? In addition to our regular league meets, the GYB Barracudas USA Swim team members also participate in USA Swimming sanctioned meets throughout NE Ohio, and compete in local, regional and sectional championships. If you are interested in joining USA Swimming, select the USA Swimming option during registration. What is Long Course? Long Course practices are for our more competitive swimmers and are held in a 50 meter pool (the YMCA pool is 25yds). It offers a more challenging training program for our members who are competing at the top levels, or any experienced swimmer looking to improve their endurance and strength. Long course is recommended for all high school and middle school swimmers who have been competing for more than one year, but space is limited , so register early to reserve your spot. All long course swimmers are expected to participate in 2 long course USA Swiming meets. Swimmers not practicing at Akron U will continue to train at the Green Y in the evenings throughout June and July.
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