Swim Team

Orca YMCA Swim Team offers a fun arena for intermediate to advanced swimmers to train and compete year-round. The Orca YMCA Swim Team (OYST) competes in PSSA swimming leagues. Parent participation at meets and fundraisers is required. There are one to two meets a month, held on weekends. Novice A+B swimmers practice 2 1/2 hours per week and Juniors practice 4 1/2 hours per week. Participants must be at the Flying Fish level or higher.

Briggs Community YMCA Masters Swim
18 years and older - The program (BYMS) is registered with United States Masters Swimming (USMS). Individual participation in the USMS program is optional, and fees are paid by individual participant. Swimmers are challenged to become competitive in butterfly, backstroke, breastroke, and freestyle. This program incorporates training for triathletes wanting to improve the swim portion of their sport and provides challenging workouts for the skilled swimmer. Coach Mel Smith brings over 20 years of coaching experience at various levels of competitive swimming and continues to compete at the Masters level.

Briggs Community Branch
M/W/F 6:45 a.m. – 8:00 am

Olympia Downtown YMCA Masters Swim
18 years and older - The objectives of this program is fitness, FUN, and organized workouts. Swimmers are challenged to become competitive in butterfly, backstroke, breastroke, and freestyle. This program incorporates training for triathletes wanting to improve the swim portion of their sport and provides challenging workouts for the skilled swimmer. Coach Laurel Smith’s focus and expertise is stroke technique at all levels.

Olympia Downtown Branch
T/Th 5:45 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Saturdays 7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.