Swim Team - (Southwest) - Age Group 1 (Ages 8-14)

IMPORTANT: The September start date has changed to Sept 14.

These classes are for RETURNING swimmers. NEW swim team swimmers should register for Youth Swim Team: Request to Join.

Age Group 1 (Ages 8-14 or Grades 3-8, 60 min practices up to four times weekly): Swimmers focus on stroke, start, and turn efficiency and speed while learning to think about race strategy.

Participants must:

• Be able to swim freestyle (front crawl) and backstroke consistently with good head and body position, correct stroke and kick, and side breathing for freestyle
• Be able to swim 50 yards (1 lap, down and back) butterfly with either the arms OR legs “competition legal”
• Be able to swim 50 yards (1 lap, down and back) breaststroke with either the arms OR legs "competition legal”
• Be able to swim a minimum of 200 yards freestyle (front crawl) without stopping. NOTE: If a participant needs to build endurance, they may be asked to attend the Novice group temporarily.

IMPORTANT: These practice sessions are in partnership with Minneapolis Lake Monsters swim team. All registrations will be placed on a waitlist. New participants will be notified if they are able to be added to the roster. All participants will be required to register annually with USA Swimming and Minnesota Swimming Inc. Additional fees for swim meets. Please visit the Lake Monsters website for more details.

This program is set up using a sliding scale fee which helps Minneapolis Community Ed improve accessibility while responsibly working toward financial sustainability. Class fees are presented as four options that allow families to select the fee that best aligns with their financial situation.