Welcome to the Bay Area Swim Team!   The team has been in existence for 10 years and is committed to having a team for kids to swim, have fun, and race.  We hope you have a great swim team experience!!

Start: Monday October 10th
End: Feb. 5

Practices Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays at the Bayfield Rec Center, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at the Northland College Pool, Younger swimmers (under 11) 5:30-6:15, Older swimmers (11 and over) 6:15-7:30. Note that the coaches may reassign a swimmer to a different pratice group based on ability.
Cost: $153 for one child, $255 for two children  $25 discount if a Rec Center member (at Bayfield) or Ashland resident (at Ashland)
Equipment: Your child will need swimsuit, goggles, and towel. We encourage (but not require) swimmers to buy a team racing suit. These suits are generally $35-50. Goggles can be purchased at the Rec Center or Bretting Center for $9-20.
Schedule:
To Be Posted

*A swimmer must race in at least 2 of these league meets to be eligible to swim in the Divisional and Conference Championships
-Beginning swimmers should have passed Red Cross Level 4 swim lessons or be capable of swimming a competent swim stroke for at least 1 lap in the pool.
-Swimmers are encouraged but not required to attend 2-4 practices per week.
Swimmers are encouraged but not required to attend swim meets.
Swims are required to come to practice swim a fun, positive attitude!

Christine Mohr (Head Coach Bayfield) This will be Christine's third year as head coach of the Bay Area Swim Team. She also coached the youth swim team at the Eau Claire Aquatics Club for 4 years, part of our Central Wisconsin Swim Conference (CWSC). She has been to numerous swim clinics and conferences and is a WIAA swim and dive official. Christine is the Bayfield School PE/Health teacher and is a Red Cross certified Water Safety Instructor.
Tim Faust Coach (Bayfield)- Tim has been a part-time coach for the Bay Area Swim Team for all 10 years.  He has coached our top swimmers who have qualified for the Midwest Regional Swim Championships, many of whom brought back personal bests.
Brian Custer Coach (Ashland)
Gretchen Burke Coach (Ashland)- Gretchen coached the swim team in the past, including head coach in 2006 where 8 swimmers qualified for the Midwest Regionals.
Amy Ammon Coach (Ashland)
Chris Gaber Manager, Suit Orders
Scott Armstrong Bayfield Rec Center Director
Sara Hudson Ashland Parks and Rec
Peggy Burkman Swim Meet Registration
Theresa Paulsen Team Gear, Shirts

How to sign up

• Entry forms will be handed out on the week before the meet.
  
• Fill out the events that you want to swim.  You can swim a maximum of 5 events (maximum of 4 individual events and maximum of 2 relays). 

• Individual events are usually freestyle, breastroke, backstroke and butterfly in various distances (25-50 yards for 8 and under, 50-200 yards for older kids).   Relays (4 swimmers) include all freestyle or one swimmer doing each of the above stroke (medley).

• You may request a relay team but coaches will make final team decisions.  All swimmers that are attending the meet are expected to fill in relay teams as needed to support the team!

• Entry forms must be handed in to coaches by the end of Tuesday’s practice.  If you miss handing in your form, please call or email Peggy Burkman at 373-2615 pburkman@charter.net by 8:00 pm on Tuesday to get your child entered.

How a swim meet works

• Swim meets start with a set schedule of events that cycles various ages, strokes and distances.  Your events will have a number ranging from 1-99.  The meet will start with event #1 and keep going until done with the last event.  There may be no specific times for each event; they will start when they come up in order.  You can roughly tell when you event will start by judging how quickly they are moving through the schedule.  Meets sometimes take all day long, starting at 10-11 am and ending at 3-4 pm, but a swimmer may be done with his/her events and depart early.

• Swimmers should arrive about 1 hour before the start of the first race to do a warmup swim.  Coaches also need to mark the arms of the swimmers with their event and heat numbers.

• Once a swimmer is signed up for an event, changes are generally not allowed. 

Things to bring

• Extra towels, as the swimmers will be in and out of the pool many times.
• Food, although there is usually snack and lunch food served at the meet.
• A cushion to sit on hard bleachers
• A highlighter is useful to mark upcoming events of interest in the program
• Remember to allow extra time in bad weather