Tag: Swimming

Swim Club Has Something for Everyone!

Claire Guidas Don’t know how to swim? Can swim one length of the pool but want to learn some better techniques to start lap swimming? Able to swim laps but want to swim with others to socialize and/or get in better shape? We have an option that’s just right for you! SaddleBrooke Swim Club offers…

Free Fall ‘Let’s Swim’ Clinic! October 11-27

Lyn Moreno The SaddleBrooke Swim Club is offering a free “Let’s Swim” clinic from Oct. 11 through Oct. 27. There are six sessions, which are on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. at the DesertView pool. Do you want to swim laps for exercise but feel unsure of your ability? Have you thought…

Stay Cool in the Pool!

Claire Guidas When it’s too hot outside, come have some fun in the pool and make new friends! From May 2 through Aug. 31, the Swim Club will offer coached practices on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Two practices will be available on those days from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 to 10 a.m. While…

Come Drop In and Swim This Summer!

Claire Guidas When it’s too hot outside, come have some fun in the pool and make new friends! From May 2 through Aug. 31, the Swim Club will offer coached practices on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Two practices will be available on those days from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 to 10 a.m. While…

Free Swim Club Workouts this Summer!

Claire Guidas Beat the heat—come have some fun in the pool and make new friends! From May 2 through Aug. 31, the Swim Club will offer coached practices on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Two practices will be available on those days from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 to 10 a.m. While both practices will…

SaddleBrooke Swimmers Set Two National Records!

Lyn Moreno Four SaddleBrooke residents brought home individual and/or relay gold medals from the U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championship meet held April 27-30 in Irvine, Calif. Swimming together must be good for married couple Jack and Jill Fritz, as they each won one or more individual events, while Doug Springer built on his long…

From Guppies to Swimmers!

Terese Butler On April 10 of this year, a number of SaddleBrooke residents were met at the DesertView pool by the SaddleBrooke Swim Club’s Adult-Learn-To-Swim (ALTS) instructors to begin their journeys to becoming confident swimmers. Some entered the pool with excitement and some with trepidation, but all were there with the desire to learn to swim!…

Feel Free to Come Try Swim Club Workouts This Summer!

Claire Guidas From May 2 through Aug. 31, the Swim Club will offer coached practices on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Two practices will be available on those days from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and from 8:30 to 10 a.m. While both practices will offer a combination of technique and fitness work, the 7 a.m. session…

Swim Club Athletes Enjoyed the Spring State Meet in Phoenix!

Claire Guidas In mid-March, close to 30 Swim Club members traveled to the two-day short course yards State Championship Meet held at the Phoenix Swim Club pool in Paradise Valley, Ariz., where nearly 200 swimmers competed. Both seasoned swimmers as well as new Swim Club members enjoyed the friendly atmosphere, even though the wind kicked…

Second Annual Glen Peterson Aquatic Festival Event

Claire Guidas On March 4 a second annual fun festival was held at the DesertView pool by the Swim Club in commemoration of Glen Peterson. Glen was the Swim Club’s first president, starting in 2005, and swam up to the day of his passing on Oct. 23, 2021. At the festival event, approximately 30 swimmers…