Swimming

Y Quicksilver Swim Team

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Our Youth Swim Team is designed for kids ages 5 through 18 who are advanced swimmers and wish to pursue competitive swimming in a fun and positive environment. Participants must be able to complete 1 length (25 meters) on the freestyle and backstroke. Coaches will determine with which group the swimmer will train. Swimmer can start anytime during the year. For times and levels of winter swim team, please contact the Aquatic Director. There may be an additional fee for the use of Island Oasis during the summer season.

Visit the Y Quicksilver Website

Practice Times

Swim Team Tryouts

Interested in joining the team? Tryouts are held before the start of each season. Coaches will evaluate the swimmer to determine which group is appropriate. Watch our Facebook page for tryout dates, or call the Y.

Joining the Quicksilver Swim Team

Here is the checklist of what you need in order to complete a swim team registration.

• Register at the YMCA Front Desk. Registration forms are available here and at the Y.
• Payment is required at registration.
• A Y membership is required for the team member.
• All forms needed are available on the swim team website: https://www.teamunify.com/team/mwgiyq/page/home. Go to “Registration/Required Forms” tab.
• The MAAP Policy must be signed and returned before team members can participate. The MAAP policy can be found here.
• A yearly USA Swimming fee is required for each team member. Parents will upload their child’s birth certificate when registering with USA Swimming. The USA Swimming registration site is https://hub.usaswimming.org/landing.
• Good tutorials on how to register for USA Swimming are here: New Parent Tutorial USA Swim; and Existing Parent Tutorial USA Swim.