Level 2

News from the Pool- Week of September 29

Marisa Cozort

We swim rain or shine!

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, September 30- last day to RSVP for the 10/4 Clinic at Crossgates (all swimmers)

Tuesday, September 30- last day to RSVP for the 11/8-9 PLS Senior P&F meet (qualifiers only)

Tuesday, September 30- last day to RSVP for the 11/15-16 SCSC Age Group Meet (all swimmers)

Tuesday, September 30- last day to RSVP for the 12/4-7 Arizona Meet (qualifiers only)

Friday, October 3- all XG Friday swimmers back to XG for Friday practices

Saturday, October 4- Clinic at Crossgates (all swimmers)

Sat-Sun, October 4-5- Fitter and Faster Camp (registration required)

Sat-Sun, October 11-12- QSS meet (Race Team, Gold, JV, JV+, Prep only)

Tuesday, October 14- last day to RSVP for the Block Party with GSMY at XG (all swimmers)

Tuesday, October 14- last day to RSVP for the 12/6-7 Zone 1 South Age Group Meet (all swimmers)

Sat, October 18- Block Party with GSMY at Crossgates (all swimmers)

Sat-Sun, October 18-19- Moraga Senior meet (Varsity/Senior only)

Tuesday, October 28- last day to RSVP for Clinic at Crossgates (all swimmers)

Tuesday, October 28- Winter Race Team registration opens to current members

Friday, October 31- no practice

 

*see more for next season here: 2025-2026 season events list with links

 

CROSSGATES (XG) PRACTICE SCHEDULE

 

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Sat

MW High School Prep

6-7pm

  

6-7pm 

  

5-6pm at Crossgates

Clinic

TTh High School Prep

  

6-7pm 

  

6-7pm 

5-6pm at Crossgates

Clinic

JV+

4:45-6pm

4:45-6pm 

4:45-6pm 

4:45-6pm 

4-6pm at WGM

Clinic

JV

4:45-6pm

4:45-6pm 

4:45-6pm 

4:45-6pm 

  

Clinic

MW Gold

4-4:45pm 

  

4-4:45pm 

  

4-5pm at Crossgates

Clinic

TTh Gold

  

4-4:45pm 

  

4-4:45pm 

4-5pm at Crossgates

Clinic

MW Race Team

4:00-4:45, 

4:45-5:30, 

5:30-6:15, 

6:15-7pm

  

4:00-4:45, 

4:45-5:30, 

5:30-6:15, 

6:15-7pm

    

Clinic

TTh Race Team

  

4:00-4:45, 

4:45-5:30, 5:30-6:15, 

6:15-7pm

  

4:00-4:45, 

4:45-5:30, 5:30-6:15, 

6:15-7pm

  

Clinic

 

WGMS PRACTICE SCHEDULE

 

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Sat

Senior

4-6:30pm 

5:45-7:15am at WGH

+ 4-6pm 

4-6:30pm 

no AM

+ 4-6pm 

4-6pm 

Clinic

Varsity

4-6:30pm 

4-6pm 

4-6:30pm 

4-6pm 

4-6pm 

Clinic

High School Prep

6-7pm

  

6-7pm 

  

5-6pm

Clinic

JV+

4-5:15pm or 6-7pm 

  

4-5:15pm or 6-7pm

  

4-6pm 

Clinic

JV

4-5:15pm or 6-7pm

  

4-5:15pm or 6-7pm 

  

5-6pm

Clinic

Gold

5:15-6pm 

  

5:15-6pm 

  

4-5pm

Clinic

MW Race Team

4:00-4:45, 

4:45-5:30, 

5:30-6:15, 

6:15-7pm

  

4:00-4:45, 

4:45-5:30, 

5:30-6:15, 

6:15-7pm

    

Clinic

TTh Race Team

  

4:00-4:45, 

4:45-5:30, 

5:30-6:15pm

  

4:00-4:45, 

4:45-5:30, 

5:30-6:15pm

  

Clinic

 

RACING WEEKEND: Milpitas didn’t disappoint this weekend! The weather was great, we had many swimmers trying their first off-site meet with a LOT of swimmers with 100% lifetime bests: Patrick, Ari, Daniel, Kaitlyn, Vincent, Jaxon, Lisa, Stanley, Ava, Nicholas, Pranav, Ivy, Joey, Charlee and Anh. Way to go BAY swimmers!!
 

FITTER AND FASTER CAMP: Fitter & Faster is hosting a 2-day swim camp at Crossgates on October 4 & 5.  This is an outside program which brings National Team members and Olympians to local pools.  Local National Team alum Maxime Rooney will be leading our camp at Crossgates. There are additional fees to sign up for this camp (but every swimmer we had go through the program RAVED about it!)  Last few days to register; learn more and sign up here!

 

FOOD DRIVE: Our team is partnering with Pacific Swimming to collect canned food for our Team Rep, Aly Cutforth, to take to the Athlete Summit on 10/4 in Pleasant Hill. You can drop off your canned food to either pool for collection by Friday, October 3. Pop top cans, dry pasta, oats and nut butters are perfect.

 

SWIM BINGO: Keep checking those boxes! Once they get their first “bingo” (five in a row), they can show their coach (either their shirt or the printout) and pick a prize from the box.  Just one prize for their first bingo. If they earn a “blackout” (complete all 25 squares), then can fill out the form (coming soon) to get some team swag!  Swimmers can write directly on their shirts or use this printable to keep track of their BINGO throughout the season.  We will be ordering the blackout team swag every few months so there is plenty of time for all to earn it!

 

SAFESPORT COURSES: The USA Swimming Safe Sport Club Recognition program allows a USA Swimming member club to demonstrate its commitment to creating a healthy and positive environment free from abuse for all its members through the development and implementation of club governance measures, Safe Sport policies and reporting mechanisms, Safe Sport best practices and training to athletes and parents. This resource is intended to provide guidance on the various remote Safe Sport Club Recognition training options available to athletes and parents while at home. 

 

Training for parents:

Tuesday, October 21 at 5:00 p.m. – REGISTER

Tuesday, November 4 at 5:00 p.m. – REGISTER

Tuesday, December 9 at 5:00 p.m. – REGISTER

 

Training for 13-17 year old athletes:

Thursday, October 23 at 5:00 p.m. – REGISTER

Thursday, November 6 at 5:00 p.m. – REGISTER

Thursday, December 11 at 5:00 p.m. – REGISTER

 

If none of these classes work for you, please visit the following links to take the class when it works for you (athletes and parents.)  Parents and swimmers should take this course every two years. 

 

LINKS:

2025-2026 season events list

I joined the team, now what?

ACH for billing

Signup for SMS notifications

Team store (password: BAY) *

Swim Outlet Store *

Team suit orders *

*these are outside vendors and not affiliated with Swim South Bay