This competitive program offers children and teens an opportunity to work with trained coaches to improve swimming skills, endurance and promote a healthy lifestyle.

This youth team supports more than 60 young athletes. We compete against teams from all over the state of Minnesota and some from Iowa. Swimmers must compete in 3 meets over the season in order to qualify to participate in the sectional meet hosted annually by a team within our section. After which, if they qualify, they may move on to compete at the Minnesota YMCA State Swim Meet hosted at the University of Minnesota.

• Ages: 5 to 18 years
• Requirements: Swimmers must:
  • Become a Worthington YMCA member and hold an annual membership to participate in the program
  • Be able to demonstrate the following skills
    • ​​​​​​​Can swim 25 yards (ages 8 and under) or 50 yards (ages 9 and up) freestyle demonstrating breathing to the side and good body position
    • Can swim 25 yards (ages 8 and under) or 50 yards (ages 9 and up) backstroke demonstrating good body position
    • Can demonstrate the fundamental knowledge of what breaststroke and butterfly should look like
    • Can demonstrate the fundamentals of a forward dive from the edge of the pool
    • Mastery of strokes is NOT required to join!

The swim season begins in October and runs through February. If swimmers make regional time, they would continue practice until March. Practices are split by ages and are held on Monday and Thursday evenings starting at 6:00pm and Tuesdays from 4:00-6:00pm. Meets are held on Saturdays throughout the season.