Champaign County YMCA Heat Swim Team
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| Abbreviation | CCYMCA HEAT |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Heat Swim Team |
| Formation | 2007 |
| Purpose | Competitive Swim Team |
| Headquarters | Champaign, Illinois |
Region served | Illinois |
Membership | 100+ |
Head Coach | Will Barker |
| Affiliations | USA Swimming, YMCA |
| Website | Heat Swim Team |
The Champaign County YMCA Heat Swim Team (HEAT) is a competitive age group swim program that serves all ages and abilities in Champaign County and the surrounding areas. Participants attend weekly practices in Champaign and are placed into groups determined by their skill level. The team is competitive at a national level for the YMCA and USA Swimming.
Focus[edit]
HEAT focuses on forming good swimmers in and out of the pool. Coaches strive to make each swimmer reach their peak ability.
Mission statement[edit]
"To provide a competitive swim team where participants can select from several levels of competitive intensity. This program shall be safe, educational, and enjoyable while providing for the participant's personal improvement. The team will also develop within its swimmers high levels of self-discipline and fitness, and foster the character development values of honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility for the program, coaches, parents, other teams, and each other."
Affiliations[edit]
The Heat is a charter club of USA Swimming/Illinois Swimming and a YMCA affiliated team. Swimmers are eligible to attend both USA Swimming meets and YMCA meets. The Heat is a program of the Champaign County YMCA.[1]
As a USA Swimming team, all swimmers and coaches must hold a current membership. Coaches must also be certified in First Aid, CPR, and Coaches Safety Training.[2]
As a YMCA team, all swimmers and coaches must be members of the YMCA.[1]
Establishment[edit]
Heat was established in 2007 after combining the Champaign County Aquachiefs and Storm Aquatics.
Competitive Success[edit]
In the Spring of 2008, HEAT sent 11 swimmers to compete at Y-Nationals in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.[3] HEAT had 4 participants at Y-Nationals in the spring of 2009.[4]
Practice Groups[edit]
Groups range in age, ability, and commitment. Group 1 is the most introductory group and grow all the way up to Group 5, the championship group. Separate practice times and workouts are made for each individual group.[5]
Group 1 is designed for beginning swimmers that can complete at least 25 yards of freestyle and 15 yards of backstroke. Practices consist of individual instruction and focus on body awareness, stroke technique, streamline, and some terminology.[5]
Group 2 is generally for athletes ages 7–11. They should be able to complete a 100-yard freestyle, 50-yard backstroke, 25-yard breaststroke, and 25-yard butterfly. The group will focus on improving technique, circle swimming, bilateral breathing, underwater fly kicks off walls, breaststroke pull outs, and introduction to starts and turns.[5]
Group 3 swimmers should be able to complete a 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard backstroke, 50-yard breaststroke, and 50-yard backstroke. This group will introduce the pace clock and sendoffs. Swimmers will focus on refining stroke technique, starts, and turns.[5]
Group 4 is the championship preparation team. Swimmers should be able to complete a 400-yard freestyle, 300-yard backstroke, 200-yard breaststroke, and 100-yard fly with little rest and confidence. The goals of this group are to continue refining stroke technique, increasing speed and endurance training, and mental training growth.[5]
Group 5 is the championship group with focus on national competition. Swimmers should have made an Age Group championship or Senior State Championship time standard. Swimmers must commit to practicing 5 times a week. The group goals include exploring advanced stroke technique, commitment to exceptional work ethic, participation in meets, performing higher levels of speed and endurance sets.[5]
Coaches[edit]
The Heat has a head coach and many assistant coaches that help run practices and meets.
Head coach[edit]
Will Barker has been coaching for the last 20 years and holds an ASCA level 4 certification. He was the head coach of Storm Aquatics for 14 years, and is currently head coach for Champaign Country Club and Champaign Central High School Girls team.[1][6] Will swam competitively for 8 years and played water polo at University of Miami. Will has also coached for the Champaign Aquachiefs, the Champaign Park District, and was the age group coach for Hurricane Aquatics in Miami, Florida. He was an assistant Zone coach in 1993 and 2005 and Head Zone Coach in 2009. In 2006, he was selected for the USAS Coach Mentor program and was spent three days with Richard Quick.[1] Will has coached many outstanding athletes, including Tyler McGill.
Heat Records[edit]
All Records are shown with Yard times, revised April 2017.[7]
Boys Records[edit]
| Event | Time | Record Holder | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Freestyle | 14.05 | Andrew Lin | 11/2/2012 |
| 50 Freestyle | 20.69 | Payton Woods | 3/20/2016 |
| 100 Freestyle | 46.17 | Payton Woods | 2/20/2016 |
| 200 Freestyle | 1:44:33 | Payton Woods | 2/28/2016 |
| 500 Freestyle | 4:50.65 | Luke Starks | 2/18/2017 |
| 1000 Freestyle | 10:45.97 | Alex Shilts | 11/6/2015 |
| 1650 Freestyle | 18:02.00 | Andrew Lin | 1/13/2017 |
| 25 Backstroke | 16.25 | Andrew Lin | 11/2/2012 |
| 50 Backstroke | 25.00 | Blake Lehman | 2/9/2011 |
| 100 Backstroke | 53.20 | Luke Thompson | 2/18/2017 |
| 200 Backstroke | 1:58.64 | Andrew Lin | 3/9/2017 |
| 25 Breaststroke | 19.03 | Michael Bernhardt | 3/1/2008 |
| 50 Breaststroke | 28.94 | Hunter Jones | 3/1/2015 |
| 100 Breaststroke | 58.44 | Michael Lacine | 2/27/2009 |
| 200 Breaststroke | 2:13.03 | Evan Miller | 3/6/2014 |
| 25 Butterfly | 14.55 | Andrew Lin | 11/2/2012 |
| 50 Butterfly | 23.73 | Payton Woods | 3/15/2016 |
| 100 Butterfly | 49.32 | Samuel Stewart | 2/25/2011 |
| 200 Butterfly | 1:52.15 | Samuel Stewart | 3/3/2011 |
| 100 Individual Medley | 57.13 | Andrew Lin | 3/22/2016 |
| 200 Individual Medley | 1:55.19 | Michael Lacine | 2/16/2008 |
| 400 Individual Medley | 4:23.63 | Andrew Lin | 2/3/2017 |
Girls Records[edit]
| Event | Time | Record Holder | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Freestyle | 14.45 | Ema Rajic | 3/7/2009 |
| 50 Freestyle | 23.17 | Ema Rajic | 3/14/2017 |
| 100 Freestyle | 50.55 | Ema Rajic | 3/14/2017 |
| 200 Freestyle | 1:49.43 | Ema Rajic | 2/5/2017 |
| 500 Freestyle | 5:12.40 | Elizabeth Boyce | 11/2/2007 |
| 1000 Freestyle | 10.45.44 | Mildred Nelson | 3/4/2010 |
| 1650 Freestyle | 18:21.45 | Elizabeth Boyce | 1/23/2009 |
| 25 Backstroke | 18.35 | Ema Rajic | 1/23/2009 |
| 50 Backstroke | 26.39 L | Elizabeth Boyce | 1/22/2010 |
| 100 Backstroke | 55.24 | Elizabeth Boyce | 1/22/2010 |
| 200 Backstroke | 2:02.09 | Elizabeth Boyce | 1/22/2010 |
| 25 Breaststroke | 19.27 | Babette Bradley | 3/19/2016 |
| 50 Breaststroke | 27.89 | Ema Rajic | 3/14/2017 |
| 100 Breaststroke | 1:00.77 | Ema Rajic | 11/19/2016 |
| 200 Breaststroke | 2:14.12 | Ema Rajic | 2/5/2017 |
| 25 Butterfly | 15.52 | Elizabeth Gile | 3/6/2010 |
| 50 Butterfly | 25.39 | Ema Rajic | 3/14/2017 |
| 100 Butterfly | 54.48 | Ema Rajic | 3/14/2017 |
| 200 Butterfly | 2:07.44 | Audrey Rodawig | 3/3/2011 |
| 100 Individual Medley | 1:02.24 | Jennifer Hill | 12/5/2010 |
| 200 Individual Medley | 2:00.23 | Ema Rajic | 11/12/2016 |
| 400 Individual Medley | 4:14.15 | Ema Rajic | 2/3/2017 |
Facilities[edit]
HEAT uses several pools around the Champaign-Urbana area.
- Centennial High School offers a six-lane, 25 yard pool. It is located at 913 Crescent Drive, Champaign.
- Urbana Indoor Aquatic Center offers an eight-lane, 25 yard x 25 meter pool. It is located at 102 E. Michigan, Urbana.
- Stephens Family YMCA offers an eight-lane, 25 yard pool. It is located at 2501 Fields South Drive, Champaign.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Champaign County YMCA Heat (HEAT) swim team home page". Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2009-10-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help), Heat Swim Team, September 2009, 10/28/2009 - ↑ Page Name of Article, USA Swimming, 10/28/2009
- ↑ [1], 2008 National Results, 2008, 10/28/2009
- ↑ [2], 2009 National Results, 2009, 10/28/2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2009-10-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link), Heat Handbook 2009, September 2009, 10/28/2009 - ↑ [3], Central Girls Swimming, 2009, 10/28/2009
- ↑ "Heat Top 10 best times as of Apr 2017".
External links[edit]
- Champaign County YMCA
- Illinois Swimming
- USA Swimming
- CCYMCA HEAT Swim Team
- Champaign County Aquatic Information & Development Corporation
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