Appropriation for the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center On Wednesday, July 5, 2023, Governor Evers signed the 2023-2025 State of Wisconsin budget which included a grant for the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in the amount of $920,000. (2) WALTER SCHROEDER AQUATIC CENTER IN THE VILLAGE OF BROWN DEER. From the appropriation under s. 20.505 (1) (fp), the department of administration shall award a grant to the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in the village of Brown Deer. The grant is to fund the three most important capital needs of the Walter Schroeder...

We are recognizing our graduating Seniors and wishing them the best in their start at college!

Over the weekend, Schroeder raced at the Western Great Lakes Open held by the Lake Country Phoenix. This competition brings in some of the best teams from Wisconsin and the Midwest. Schroeder took first place overall backed by the tremendous team spirit and energy displayed throughout the meet. Congratulations to our first time / additonal qualifiers: Lucy Art - Junior Nationals Brody LePine - Junior Nationals Jack Sullivan - Junior Nationals Sam Lorenz - US Open & Olympic Trials Well done everyone! We are Schroeder!

Alyssa Graves - 2:11.3 (OSU) B Final 200 Fly (~55th in world) Isaac Flieg - 15:24 (TST) 16th place 1500 (~75th in world) Jack Lustig - 1:59.9 C Final 200 Fly (~103rd in world), 25.2 50 Fly, 54.6 100 Fly Alana Berlin - 27.9 D final 50 Fly, 1:04.0 100 Fly, 29.3 50 Back D Final Sam Lorenz - 26.2 D final 50 Back (scratched finals), 56.0 100 Back D Final Jack Lustig will be a Junior at McKendree U and is the D2 Champ and record holder in the...

Schroeder has been recognized by the America Swimming Coaches Assn as one of the USA's Top Age Group programs. based on Top 20 Individual USA National Rankings for 9/10 and 11/12 year old athletes.

Over the weekend, Schroeder was well represented on Team Wisconsin at Open Water Zone Championships at Lake Andrea in Pleasant Prairie! The water was a brisk 67 degrees and saw many great performances from the Midwest Zone! The distances raced were: 1.25k, 2.5k, and 5k! Congratulations to all those who represented Team Wisconsin: Avery Bradley Miles Burke Riley Burke Adino Misany Moses Ramirez Paige Seehawer Owen Smith Lilly Zippel Full results can be found HERE We are Schroeder!

Longtime masters swimmer and swim enthusiast Geoff Mykleby passed recently. Link to his Obituary Link to a remembrance by Adam Mainia

Schroeder was well represented at the Wisconsin Swimming Awards Banquet this last weekend! Congratulations to our nominees: Logan Christain Maggie Dickinson Isaac Fleig Brody LePine Joy Liu Sam Lorenz Jack Lustig Ziyad Saleem Amara Smith Thomson Yatso Maggie Dickinson was a double winner for the night taking home the 11-12 Short Course and Long Course female athlete of the year! Great work! We are Schroeder!

This Spring, YMCA member-athletes competed at the three National YMCA meets. 22 divers traveled to Fort Lauderdale’s International Swimming Hall of Fame pools, 31 boys and girls traveled to the Greensboro Aquatic Center and 44 adults raced at the Fort Lauderdale complex as well. There is a serious competitive piece to these youth programs but our coaches keep foremost that these are some of the YMCA’s best programs to develop strong character skills in youth and set them up for success in college and for life. For our adults, the...

Schroeder YMCA brought a great crew of 50 Masters athletes to compete at YMCA Masters Nationals in beautiful Fort Lauderdale! The meet was held at the newly rennovated Hall of Fame pool! This year was extra special because we raced for Schroeder legend and amazing human being, Geoff Mykelby! Geoff is a staple of Schroeder, Masters Swimming and the overall swimming community. As a team, Schroeder placed 4th overall. The women's team placed 5th and the men took home 3rd. See you all there next year!! We are Schroeder!