Dear Schroeder Families- You may already be following the news about the current facilities proposal by UW Rec Sports. The Rec Sports plan not only effects the UW Swim & Dive team’s future, but also the greater Wisconsin swimming community. To bring many of you up to speed, Rec Sports will be bringing a referendum to vote in early March. The details of the project can be found at the following link: http://uwmadisonrecsports.wordpress.com . Until a month ago, the Rec Sports Renovation plan included a Swimming & Diving competition...

  Please welcome Sloane Charlotte Newport  6 lbs, 12 oz 19.5 "! Lindsay and Sloane are happy and healthy.

One session to go!  The big news is a new meet, team, state reorod and PR for Hannah Saiz in the 200 fly.  Hannah will be the top seed in the finals at 1:55.95.  Joining her in the finals: Khia and Chandler, Nick, Ellis, and Adam in the 200 Back.  Alex in the 100 Free, Hannah and Adam in the 50 Fly and then SSTY has three 4 x 50 Free relays.

Schroeder finished third in Women's, Men's and Combined Team scoring at the Chesapeake Swim Club Pro-Am - a first for the team to have such balanced results.  Tonight's results we strong again for almost everyone:   200 Back:  Khia bettered her prelim effort with a 2:08, as were the guys: Chandler to 1:56.1, Nick to 1:48.6, Adam, 1:45.5 and Ellis won at 1:42.9 which should be good enough to make the NCAA meet.   100 Free:  Danille got a surprise swim from 2nd alternate but was ready to go and...

SSTY got several swimmers thru including Nick in the im, Gwen and Meghan in the 2 breast, Nick, Adam and Ellis in the back, Jake and Alex in the 50 shoot out, and Alex and Danielle in the 500! Good but long session.

  Schroeder enjoyed a very good finals session on Saturday.  It began with Alex racing in the first round of the Shootout where she swam a strong 23.3 and then Jake raced to a 20.7.  Niether advanced but both swam faster than in prelims.  Nick swam to a 3rd place finish in the 200 IM with a time of 1:50.19.  Next up were Meghan and Gwen in the A final of the 200 Breast.  Both were just of their prelim swims but they both had two great races 2:22 (7th)...

Friday's final session was strong for Schroeder!  Two team records were broken:  Hannah bested her 100 yd fly record with a 53.9 and Gwen recorded a 1:03.0 in the breast.  The men (Adam, Nick, Jake and Chandler) won the 4 x 100 Free Relay with a 3:03 and there were several other significant swims.   Alex improved her prelim time in the 200 and raced to a 1:48 in the final, Danielle swam well in the C and improved to 1:53.1.  Meghan Casey went a little faster in the 100...

Lots of strong swimming this morning in OKC!  In a session that typically sees tired & rough swims after a long day on Thursday - SSTY crushed it for the most part with fast swims.  in the 200 free Alex is 5th and Danielle is in the C with a great 200 at 1:53 and Khia went a best going under 2:00 for the first time.  Gwen leads the way witha new team record in the 100 Breast 1:03.54 and is seeded 3rd, Meghan broke through and was 1:05.5 and...

2014 Club Excellence Program Results The focus of this voluntary program is to identify and reward up to 200 USA Swimming clubs that have attained a high level of athlete performance.   Schroeder YMCA Swim Team finished 38th - it's 8th year in a row at the Silver level, highest place and highest point total ever.   YEAR               POINTS             MEDAL 2014                13,484                Silver ...

Good start after an uneventful travel day here in Oklahoma.  The meet is the biggest it's been ever but Schroeder shined in the relay events and posted some good results. Women's 200 MR finished 2nd and 16th  Khia 29.31, Gwen 28.93, Hannah 25.08, Alex 23.48 = 1:46.80 Kimmy (right off the plane) 30.12, Meg 31.04, Danielle 27.47, Molly 25.68 = 1:54.31 Men's 200 MR finished first Adam 21.61 (unshaved), Chandler 28.68, Nick 21.77, Jake 20.42 (unshaved) = 1:32.48 Women's 4 x 200 F.R. finished 3rd Alex 1:49.45, Hannah 1:51.31, Danielle...