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Stingray Swim Team
The YMCA Swim Team is based on the YMCA Principles of competitive swimming and character values. We believe that everybody swims and everybody wins.All fees are season fees & cannot be prorated for late registration or for those not completing the season.
- ALL SWIMMERS MUST BE YMCA MEMBERS
- Booster Fees: There is a $25 Spring/Summer Booster Club fee for each family if registering for our Spring Summer Team, and a $35 Fall/Winter Season Booster Club fee for each family if registering for our Fall Winter Team. These fees should be paid when registering your swimmer(s)
All of the above needs to be completed prior to the swimmer(s) first practice. No swimmers may can be admitted into practice until all of the above has been completed.
Each year we normally offer the following competitive programs:
- Fall Clinics (Normally offered in August & September
- Fall/Winter Swim team normally begins the first Monday in October & continues until the the YMCA District Meet deadline. after that point only District Qualifyers continue practice.
- Spring Clinics (Normally offered in April)
- Spring/Summer Swim team normally begins the first Monday in May.
2025 Blue Practice Session - Spring/Summer Team
Parent Orientation meeting: Monday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m.
Practice will begin the week of May 12, 2025 . Our season concludes after our final meet of the season…Normally the last weekend of July or the first week of August.
All Swim Team Members must be current Greater Scranton YMCA members.
BLUE PRACTICE: This practice focuses on teaching the four competitive strokes, starts & turns & improving technique for those new to competitive swimming or our younger swimmers with 1-2 years of competitive team experience.
- Monday, Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday: 6:30-7:30 pm & Saturdays 7:30 – 8:30 am
WHITE PRACTICE: For the more dedicated swimmer who is proficient in all four competitive strokes, starts & turns. Swimmers should have a minimum of 3-4 years of competitive experience. Our coaches will determine which swimmers are ready for the longer practice sessions.
- Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday: 6:30-8:00 pm & Saturday 7:30-9:00 am
***any week that we have a Summer League swim meet on a Wednesday night, there will not be practice on that Wednesday. If there is a Saturday meet, then there will not be practice on that Saturday.
Fees: The season fees are shown below. The fees can be paid in full OR automatic drafts can be set up as shown below:
- Blue Practice Payment in Full (due when registering): $240
- Blue Practice Automatic Monthly Drafts (3 payments): $80
- White Practice Payment in Full (due when registering): $294
- White Practice Automatic Monthly Drafts (3 payments): $98
- Draft Dates for Automatic Payments from the account of your choice:
- 1st Draft: When Registering
- 2nd Draft: June 1, 2025
- 3rd Draft: July 1, 2025
There is a $25 Summer Booster fee for each family. This should be paid when registering your swimmer(s). This is used to cover coaches travel expenses for any away meets, any equipment (stopwatches, printer ink, etc needed for home meets and also to cover our end of season Swim Team Picnic.
Registration Information
| Open | Close | Register At | Family Member | Member | Non-Member | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/1/25 | 7/13/25 | Online / Front Desk | $ 80.00 | $ 80.00 | - |
Available Sessions
| Date(s) | Spots Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
07/01/25 - 07/31/25
Payment #3
|
7 / 30 Available |
Registration Closed |
2025 White Practice Session - Spring Summer Swim Team
This practice is for the more dedicated swimmer who is proficient in all four competitive strokes, starts and turns. Swimmers should have a minimum of 3 to4 years of competitive experience. Our coaches will determine which swimmers are ready for longer practice sessions.
Our practices will begin on Monday, May2, 2025, and the White Practice will meet on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays 6:30-8:30pm and Saturdays 7:30am-9:00am. We will have a Parent Orientation on Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:30pm in the YMCA Lobby (our Cafe). At this meeting you will meet our coaches and our Competitive Corrdinator.i
Registration Information
| Open | Close | Register At | Family Member | Member | Non-Member | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/1/25 | 7/13/25 | Online / Front Desk | $ 98.00 | $ 98.00 | - |
Available Sessions
| Date(s) | Spots Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
07/01/25 - 07/31/25
|
18 / 30 Available |
Registration Closed |
Summer Booster Club Family Fee
Our Summer Booster Club Family Fee is used to provide extras for our swim team members to help make the swim team summer season rewarding for our swimmers. These funds would be used to purchase any equipment needed to conduct our meet such as stopwatches, printer ink, equipment replacement if needed, etc. These funds are also used to provide any team spirit event for the swimmers as well as our end of summer team picnic.
This fee is per family whether you have one swimmer or four swimmers on our team.
Registration Information
| Open | Close | Register At | Family Member | Member | Non-Member | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2025 | 4/2/25 | 8/8/25 | Online / Front Desk | $ 25.00 | $ 25.00 | $ 25.00 |
Available Sessions
| Date(s) | Spots Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
05/12/25 - 08/02/25
|
33 / 50 Available |
Register Closes 08/09/2025 |
