2024 Summer Swim Team

City of Opelika 2024 Summer Swim Team

FUN * FAMILY * FAST

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Our Philosophy

Swimming is a life long skill and your first experience on a swim team should be positive, fun, educational, and exciting. While still competitive – the goal of the Summer Swim Team is to grow the swimmer’s joy and love for the sport.

Practice length with depend on age and ability, and will focus on distances swum within the ARPA system (25s – 100s). We’ll have game days, team socials, and other fun experiences all while working hard and making lifelong friends.

IMPORTANT: This program follows ARPA rules and main competition focus will be the ARPA District and State Meets in July. We do host and attend several swim meet in towards the end of May and into June, but to swim at the ARPA District and ARPA State Meet for Opelika Swim Team you must be an Opelika resident, attend school in Opelika, or Opelika needs to be the nearest city with a swim team if your city does not.

Team Requirements

Requirements / Registration / Evaluation
In order to join the summer swim team the swimmer needs to be able to swim 1 lap freestyle (25 yards) unassisted. Swimmers not able to swim the lap freestyle should sign up for Summer Blast Swim Lessons (registration opens May 16th for swim lessons).

Evaluation Dates will be April 27th from 11:30a – 12:30p and 28h from 2:00 – 3:00 pm. Evaluations are for new swimmers only.

Swimmers who have been on swim team previously (including Pups pre team) or attended CAMP OST do not need to participate in the evaluation.

For the evaluation swimmers will be asked to:
- Tread Water for 15-20 Seconds in 6 feet deep water
- Touch the bottom of the pool in 6 feet deep water
- Kick 25 yards of freestyle / backstroke
- Swim 25 yards of freestyle / backstroke
The evaluation only takes 10-15 minutes and will be done in groups.
General Practice Schedule / Attached Calendar
May 7th – May 23rd (Kids still in school).
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 – 7:30p.
There will also be practices offered on some Saturdays.
NO PRACTICE MEMORIAL DAY

May 28th – July 27th (Kids out of School).
See attached Calendar Below. Practice / Meets highlighted in light blue are for summer swim.

FULL MAY – JUNE – JULY SCHEDULE will be ready by APRIL 15th

Summer Meets:
- Thursday June 6: Opelika (OST) Host Auburn (AUB) and Valley (VST)
- Thursday June 13th: OST Intrasquad
- Monday June 17th: OST at Prattville (PSL)
- Thursday June 27th: OST Host Tallassee (TTS), Talladega (TALL), and Prattville (PSL)
- (Friday) / Saturday July 12th and 13th: OST hosts ARPA District Meet (must be eligible per APRA rules)
- Friday / Saturday July 21 and 22: OST hosts APRA State Meet (must qualify)
Swimmers are required to attend 2 meets.
Parent Requierments
Parents are required to help run our home swim meets.

We will have online volunteer sign up. We need parents to Volunteer for 1 meet!

Volunteer Needs:
- Organize / Label Ribbons
- Timers (this is a big one)
- Head Timer
- Paper Runner
- Bull Pen (help get 10 and U organized)
- Hospitality

Click Here to Register: Opens April 1st!