Swim Team

Eligibility

• The Competitive Swim Team welcomes all Colony Pool Club members who are 18 years old and under (as of June first) and who have passed the deep water test.
• The Developmental Swim Team bridges the gap between our Learn-To-Swim classes and the Competitive Swim Team. Swimmers who join this program generally haven’t passed The Deep Water Test, but are otherwise Intermediate level swimmers.
• No previous swim team experience is necessary for either swim team program.

Financial Commitment

• Fees are per swimmer for both the Swim Team & Developmental Swim Team.
• Swimmers must purchase their own goggles and swimsuit.
• Swimmers will receive a swim cap and t-shirt.
• Swimmers are encouraged, but not required, to wear the team suit.
• Colony Pool Swim Gear can be purchased through our merchandise store.

Parental Commitment

• Attending a mandatory parent meeting before the season starts.
• Getting swimmers to practices and home meets on time and keeping up with swim team notices.
• Helping with the year-end team party.
• Potentially assisting at meets with activities such as Score Keeping, Ribbon Writing, timing, and announcing.

SWIMMER’S COMMITMENT

• Daily practice, Monday through Thursday.
• 8 League sponsored meets.
• Meets begin in early July and generally occur twice a week.
• Swimmers should attend practice the day of an evening meet.
• Only swimmers who qualify at the Divisionals meet will participate in the Meet of Champions.

General Meet Format:

• Swimmers must arrive one hour before the meet starts.
• The team gets 3 lanes for each event (1,3,5 or 2,4,6), which are assigned at the pre-meet meeting.
• Heat assignments are given when there is a large number of swimmers for an event (heat 1 is competition, all others are exhibition only).
• A swimmer may be in up to 3 events in a meet.
• Swimmers do laps to warm up.
• Meets can take up to three hours to complete.

General Event Schedule:

• Individual Medley (25 yards each stroke)
  • 12 & under, and 13 & over girls/boys.
• Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, & Butterfly
  • 8 and under girls/boys (25 yards)
  • 9 – 10 girls/boys (25 yards)
  • 11 – 12, 13-14, and 15-18 girls/boys (50 yards)
• Relays
  • 12 & under Medley girls/boys (4 swimmers, 25 yards each stroke).
  • 13 & over co-ed Medley (4 swimmers, 50 yards each stroke).
  • 8 & under, 12 & under, and 13 & over co-ed Freestyle (4 swimmers, 25 yards each).

2025 Meet Schedule

Check back soon for the 2025 schedule!