Flying Fish News - 9/9/2022
On the calendar
  • Friday, September 9: Deadline to sign up for NASA meet.
  • Saturday, September 10: Suit fitting/gear sale at YWCA. See below.
  • Friday, September 30 - Saturday, October 1: NASA meet at Northwestern. See below.
  • Tuesday, October 11 - Thursday, October 13: Intersquads at YWCA. See below.

Reminder: You can always find more info on the swim team page of the YWCA website.
Suit fitting/gear sale September 10
Come to the YWCA on Saturday, September 10 between 9:30 am and 3 pm to try on and order suits and buy practice suits and other gear. Learn more here.
All swimmers must complete new medical form
Even if you've been swimming with us for years, you'll need to complete our updated medical form.

You'll find the printable form here.

Please return completed forms to the front desk, your coach or send via email to Pete. Hard copies of the form also will be available at the YWCA.
New to the team? Make sure you have a USA Swimming membership
In order to practice and compete as a member of the Flying Fish swim team, all participants must be members of USA Swimming. Get instructions for signing up for a USA Swimming membership here.

We understand there have been some challenges with this process, so we are allowing for a grace period (until September 15) to register for new memberships.
Are you getting group emails?
Flying Fish families receive a variety of email communication, including Flying Fish News and other team emails. You also will occasionally receive group emails directly from the group coach.

If you haven't received an email from your group's coach, please reach out:
  • Greenfish - Pete Caragher (pcaragher@ywca-ens.org)
  • Yellowfish - Pete Caragher (pcaragher@ywca-ens.org)
  • Whitefish - Nancy Anderson (nanderson@ywca-ens.org)
  • Bluefish - Anne Wolff (awolff@ywca-ens.org)
  • Bronzefish - Pete Caragher (pcaragher@ywca-ens.org)
  • Copperfish - Gale Vineyard (gvineyard@ywca-ens.org)
  • Redfish - Gale Vineyard (gvineyard@ywca-ens.org)
  • Ironfish - Gale Vineyard (gvineyard@ywca-ens.org)
  • Goldfish - Anne Wolff (awolff@ywca-ens.org)
  • Silverfish - Gale Vineyard (gvineyard@ywca-ens.org)
  • Diamondfish - Terry Silkaitis (tsilkaitis@ywca-ens.org)
  • Platinumfish - Terry Silkaitis (tsilkaitis@ywca-ens.org) and Pete Caragher (pcaragher@ywca-ens.org)
  • Lightningfish/Thunderfish - Terry Silkaitis (tsilkaitis@ywca-ens.org) and Pete Caragher (pcaragher@ywca-ens.org)
Fall meets
We are still working on the fall meet schedule, but the ones below are already set.

NASA Fun in the Wild @ Northwestern University in Evanston
Friday, Sept 30
  • 4:45 pm warm up (11 and over)
Saturday, October 1
  • 7 am warm up (8-under, 9-10 year olds)
  • 10:30 am warm up (11-12s)
  • 1:30 pm warm up (13-over)
Warm up times may be subject to slight changes prior to the meet.

Eligible groups: White, Blue, Iron, Gold, Diamond, high school-age swimmers.
Sign up in Community Pass and let Pete know your intent by September 9.
You'll find our current entry here.


Flying Fish Intersquads @ YWCA Evanston/North Shore
  • Tuesday, October 11 - swimmers age 13 and up
  • Wednesday, October 12 - swimmers age 10 and under
  • Thursday, October 13 - swimmers age 11-12
More info to come regarding warm ups and start times.

Eligible groups: All Flying Fish swimmers except Greenfish.
Sign up in Community Pass now.
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In other YWCA news. . .
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