Good evening!

We hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Here we are - week nine - the final week of the 2025 summer swim season! This week is the final week of practice, plus it is a jam-packed week of fun with spirit week, our banquet, and the City Swim Meet!

PREP TEAM

Congrats to our youngest team members on a fantastic summer season! Prep practices came to a close on Friday, ending “Spirit Week” for our prep swimmers, which included fun crafts, activities, and games during our last week of prep practice. We hope you will join us at the banquet this Thursday. Please see below (and attached) for more information.

SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK

This week we’re proud to recognize Theo Marcuccilli, Grant Kellam, Austin Wiley, and Sophia Nimmo for their hard work, dedication, and positive attitudes! They have all shown great improvement in practice and meets. Whether it’s mastering a new stroke technique, beating a personal best, or supporting teammates, these swimmers exemplify the true spirit of our team. Keep up the good work! #GoSYC

SWIM-A-THON

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 SYC Swim Team Swim-a-Thon. We had a great turn out of swimmers (from both Big and Prep teams) who participated in the fun! Our individual winners who raised the most money in their age groups were: Theo Marcuccilli (8 and under), Emmett Hyndman (9-10), Ella Gildea (11-12), Peter Moore (13-14), and Justin Moore (15 and up). Of all the practice groups, White group raised the most money, and they were rewarded by getting to throw pies in the faces of our good-spirited coaches! In total, we raised $3,425 to put toward new equipment for next season! Thank you to all of our participants, our coaches, and our families!

BANQUET

We hope you will be joining us for our banquet this Thursday, July 31st from 6:00-8:00pm at the Sycamore Hills Swim & Racquet Club (Adult Pool). All SYC swimmers and their families (both Big team and Prep team) are encouraged to attend! Since there are not enough chairs at the Adult Pool for everyone, please bring chairs for your family if you are able. Awards will be given to each swimmer and a fun time is sure to be had by all. This year, dinner will be catered by Ziano’s (please bring your own drink), and the Kona Ice truck will be in the circle drive at the end of the banquet. All swimmers will receive a free Kona Ice provided by the SYC Swim Team.

SPIRIT WEEK

We will have activities/crafts every day and dress-up themes for each day this week.

Monday - Patriotic

Tuesday - Pajamas

Wednesday - Dress like your coach

Thursday - Neon and Tie-Dye

Friday - Let’s Glow Crazy for City + TOWEL EXCHANGE - participate in this fun SYC tradition! Each swimmer must bring a new towel to participate in the exchange.

*Parents, please join us at the end of your swimmer’s practice to decorate your vehicles for city! We will have some window markers available, but feel free to bring your own!

CITY SWIM MEET

City Swim Meet Apparel:

If you ordered city swim meet apparel from the league’s link, we hope to have your orders at Sycamore on Tuesday. If they are not done in time, the orders will be available for pick up at the meet.

Entrance Fees:

The 2025 Fort Wayne City Swim Meet will be held at Helen P. Brown Natatorium. Entrance fees are $5 per session for adults. Children 18 and under are free. NO CASH will be accepted this year, card only.

Results and Live Stream:

Meet Mobile will be available. These are considered unofficial results and are provided as a courtesy only. The live stream will also be available.Heat Sheets will not be available for purchase. Heat sheets and results will be hung in spectator areas.

Deck Workers (Volunteers), Officials, and Coaches:

We will be “going green” this meet. We will have a very limited supply of disposable water bottles. Please bring your own reusable water bottle to refill. There are two water bottle filling stations on the deck.

City Swim Meet Schedule:

*Warm-up time assignments for each session will be given at the coach’s meeting on Monday night. Please stay tuned for arrival time information.

Preliminaries: Friday - Ages 8 and under

• 4:40pm meet start time
• Doors open at 3:00pm for spectators
• Coaches and swimmers allowed on deck at 3:15pm

Preliminaries: Saturday - Ages 11 & 12 and 15 and over

• 8:20am meet start time
• Doors open at 6:45am for spectators
• Coaches and swimmers allowed on deck at 7:00am

Preliminaries: Saturday afternoon - Ages 9 & 10 and 13 & 14

• The start time is 1 hour and 10 minutes after warm-ups start (dependent on morning session end time).

Sunday Finals: will not start before 1:00pm

• Doors will open at 10:30 am
• Parade will begin at 11:20am
• Swimmers and coaches will be allowed on deck following the parade.

POST-CITY MEET POOL PARTY

All swimmers and their families are welcome to join us at our post-city meet pool party to celebrate the end of a fantastic season! After finals end on Sunday, we will gather at the SYC family pool from 6:00-9:00pm. Please join us for pizza and fun! The concession stand will be open. Swimmers will also be able to pick up their city meet ribbons during this time.

VOLUNTEERS

City Swim Meet volunteer jobs are posted and we still have several slots available. These assignments MUST be filled, as they are assigned to each team by the league. We appreciate your willingness to help out. Please visit our website to sign up: https://sycaquatics.swimtopia.com/swim_meets

COMMUNICATION

Please follow us on Instagram and Facebook! All delays and cancellations will be communicated in a timely manner through SwimTopia. Please download the SwimTopia app and "allow notifications,” as any time sensitive alerts will be sent this way.

GO SYC!!!

SYC Aquatics Board Members