This newsletter contains:

• Holiday Hours + New Office Address
• VIRTUAL DISTANCE CHALLENGE is Back!
• Senior Quad Challenge/Roster
• MAAPP Updates + Upcoming USA Swimming Networks
• Junior Officials
• Committee Calendar + Athlete Engagement
• Reminders: College Commitments, Champ Meet Changes, Coach Certification & Registration 
• "JPY" & Jack Yetter Scholarship Fund

Email amie.adams@ilswim.org if anyone on your staff is not receiving these emails from Illinois Swimming. 

Please be advised that the office will be closed December 21st - January 2nd in observance of the holidays. Email responses will be delayed through this time. Please plan accordingly. 

The Office has MOVED! The new Illinois Swimming address is: 

1603 Orrington Ave Suite 600, Evanston, IL 60201

How It Works: From December 20th, 2024, through January 7th, 2025, any swimmer who swims the 1000 Free, 1650 Free and/or 400 IM in a sanctioned or unsanctioned setting their representative may send in their times to be ranked in the Virtual Distance Challenge. Times from USA Swimming Sanctioned competitions & non sanctioned team competitions will both be accepted during this time period.

Awards: Top Finishers will receive a Virtual Winter IM/Distance Champions T-Shirt.

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION & SUBMISSION PROCESS

Questions: Please refer all questions the Performance Committee Virtual@ilswim.org

A NEW OFFERING: Similar to Junior Coaches, there is the opportunity to become a Junior Official. The Junior Stroke & Turn Official certification is only available to 16 and 17 year olds.

Any teams with interest will need to select the Jr. Official membership option to allow those to register as a Jr. Official and complete the Training outlined HERE.

More information will be sent to the membership and athletes in January. As a coach, please take a minute to familiarize yourself with this new opportunity. 

A calendar of committee meetings can be viewed HERE. 

Agendas and zoom links will be available prior to the meeting. 

Everyone is welcome to attend committee meetings. Non-committee members in attendance will be without a voice or vote, unless recognized by the committee chair. Any questions should be directed to the chair, before or after the meeting. 

Our Senior Athlete Reps are hard at work to increase athlete engagement!

If you have an athlete interested in a committee or becoming more involved in Illinois Swimming, encourage them to submit an application to get on the list. 

The linked document outlines a summary of the changes to our Championship Meets starting in Spring 2025. Please be sure to communicate these changes with your programs.

* All of the PDF's of the updated Time Standards are available on the Time Standards page of the website along with the Standards File for importing into meets.

Please ensure you and your coaches are up to date for membership.

Click HERE for a helpful list of certifications that need to be sent to Pam and those that automatically match to your membership record. 

Click HERE for Membership Registration Info, Reminders & Instructions sent by Pam 8/21. Any questions re: Member Registration, contact Pam at Pam.Lowenthal@ilswim.org