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Schroeder YMCA Swim Team Families, I am excited to share a personal milestone in my academic journey that directly connects to the key foundation of our program—the well-being and development of our young athletes. As part of my master's program in sports psychology, I conducted and analyzed research for my thesis titled: “Parental Performance Expectations and Their Effects on the Psychological Well-Being and Performance of Youth Athletes”. This study explores how the expectations parents place on their young athletes can influence their mental health,development, emotional resilience, and athletic performance. Research...
Schroeder finished 3rd at Single Age Champs over the weekend at Racine this last weekend! It was the team's highest finish at the meet since its inception in 2017! The boys finished 3rd overall and the girls finised 5th! There was a lot of great racing, smiles and learning throughout the whole weekend! Great work to all those who raced at the meet! Congratulations to our High Point winners: Adino Misany - 1st 10 year old boys Luke Butters - 2nd 10 year old boys Ethan Smith - 3rd 11...
Good results for the five athletes who raced in Austin, texas at the USA Winter Junior Championships - West. The squad was Maggie Dickinson, Aibhy King, Anne Dickinson, Alana Berlin and Ethan Schutten. Ethan earned a second swim enroute to setting new team and state records in the 500 Free. He also raced the 200 and 100 Frees. The girls scored in 3 relays - 9th 200 MR, 10th in the 400 MR, and 15th in the 200 FR Alana shined brightly setting state and team records winning the 100...
USA Swimming today announced the complete list of 2023-24 Scholastic All-America recipients. The list consists of 1,790 athletes in grades 9-12 who maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) and met any of the competition criteria* during the qualifying period of September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2024. *Winter Junior or faster View the full list here. Alana Berlin - 2 Years Sailor Whowell - 1 Year Jack Sullivan - 4 years - of note Jack qualified, applied and was recognized all four years - congrats Legend :) Ethan...
Hello Schroeder Families! The other day Coach Chandler shared a wonderful video about the idea of self talk, and more importantly, how both positive and negative versions affect your brain differently. HERE is the quick video (hopefully the link works). So last night we discussed this idea as a group and how we can use this in learning moments. The scenario was, let's say you are trying out some archery. The first case, you see the target and don’t even attempt a shot. The second case, you shoot twice. One...
Schroeder YMCA Swim Team - Silver again in 2025! USA Swimmming recognizes performacne excellence through its annual Club Excellence Program. Among 2700 teams in USA Swimming, the top 200 teams are recognized in three catagories: Top 20 - Gold 21 to 100 - Silver 101 to 200 - Bronze Schroeder finished the 2024 year in the 43rd spot. Three other teams from Wisconsin Swimming were recognized this year WEST, EBSC, and MAC was Bronze These ranking are based on performaces done by 18 & Under athletes who have made the...
High School Aged Schroeder athletes are making commitments to their future college programs across all three divisions. Below are athletes who have made decisions - Congrats!! Alana Berlin - Swimming - Senior - Stanford Ethan Schutten - Swimming - Senior - Minnesota Brody LePine - Swimming - Senior - Purdue Amy Hu - Swimming - Senior - Johns Hopkins Anne Dickinson - Swimming - Junior - Indiana University Jack Paull- Swimming- Senior- IUPUI Ceci Nicholson- Swimming- Senior- Northern Iowa Eli Wichman- Swimming- Senior- Wash U
As Schroeder coaches, we often ask ourselves: “what makes Schroeder different?” We believe there are numerous reasons, however one of the main reasons we feel that we are different is our Schroeder Way. For those who don’t know, the Schroeder Way is: Be Great Act with Integrity Expect Success Team First The Schroeder Way helps us guide our members into becoming better people and better athletes. Over these last two months, each group at both sites have gone over these aspects of the Schroeder Way through various activities and discussions....
An explanation of fees for girls and boys planning to swim primariliy with their school team. Some Schroeder swimmers choose to particpate with their school team and get the majority of thier training with the high school. Schroeder athletes are in a year round program, able to train with us whenever they choose in the fall for girls and winter for boys for $40 a month. Athletes may race up to 2 times with Schroeder during their high school season. For the girls, August is charged fully. That is based...
