Hello Schroeder Families! One of our main goals as a coaching staff is to bring more continuity throughout the program between all our members. We all represent Schroeder in the pool, school, and in life regardless of age or ability. So, we are very excited to be starting a new tradition for our athletes and members! YMCA Nationals Finals watch parties! We are happy to announce that we will be livestreaming Wednesday (4/2 - 4:15pm) and Friday (4/4 - 4:15pm) Finals sessions at WSAC this year. You can sign-up to...

Schroeder's 11-14 year olds closed out the Wisconsin Swimming State season with a 3rd place overall finish! Both Men and Women were 3rd overall in their respective genders. The crew endured long days, lots of racing, and losing an hour of sleep and kept racing like champs! Thank you to all families who helped volunteer at the meet as well! Congratulations to our YMCA Nationals/NCSA qualifiers: Riley Burke - 1000 free (team record as well) Amanda Lotz - 1650 free Emersyn LePine - 100 breast Lauryn Smith - 50 free...

Our younger Schroeder athletes raced at the 10&U WI State Meet in Verona over the weekend, finishing 4th as a team overall. The boys were 2nd and girls 7th. It was a well run meet and a great weekend of racing! Big thanks to our parents for sitting together and staying loud the entire meet! Schroeder had multiple athletes on the podium with individual high point awards: James Wells (8) - 3rd Sophia Burke (10) - 2nd Luke Butters (10) - 1st The 10&U boys relay team of Adino Misany,...

Our older Schroeder athletes teamed up for 3 days of racing and came out on top again! SSTY 2685 WEST 2231.5 VAST 1898 EBSC 1719.5 MAC 1483 Also SSTY Boys win and Girls 2nd to VAST. While we enjoyed many trips to the podium, many individual and relay wins, the relay of Dawson Walters, Eli Wichman, Brody LePine and Ethan Schutten set a new 17-18 WI Record int he 4 x 200 Free Relay. Alana Berlin established a new team record in the 200 Breast!

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...