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Piranhas YMCA of the Suncoast Swim Team - PYP                            727-787-9622 (PHY)

Palm Harbor YMCA - 1600 16th Street - Palm Harbor FL 34683

Palm Harbor - North Pinellas - Clearwater - Gills/Trinity - Hernando - Ridgecrest

 

PYP is a year round competitive swim program designed to meet the needs of every swimmer!
Whether you're looking for a competitive swim program that emphasizes Stroke and Technique Training,

Strength Training , Cross Training for other sports, Personal Exercise

or simply becoming an active part of your YMCA community, PYP is your fit!

YMCA-FL-USA Swimming Local Competitions - State Championships - Junior Olympics - Senior Championships

Southern Zone Sectionals - YMCA Nationals - Junior Nationals - Senior Nationals - National Championship Series

 

 PYP works to build good people and good swimmers through constant attention to teaching and training.

 We invite you to stop by or call one of our 6 Suncoast YMCA Branch locations for additional information.

Join the fun and success of PYP swimming today!

contact us:  Head Coach Lisa Bitting (bio)     Prog Mgr Nanette Freeman

2010 Registration Forms

click on your local branch for practice and activity schedules....

PYP Branch weekly updates:     Palm Harbor   N.Pinellas     Clearwater     Trinity/Gills     Hernando     Ridgecrest

Calendars:     Feb 2010

 

Coach Lisa Bitting receives another award!

NFHS Florida Boys 2009 Coach of the Year!  Read Letter  

Congratulations on being selected to represent the best of the best from the state of Florida!

St. Pete Times All-Pinellas Boys Swim Coach of the Year 2009!

Coach Lisa has been the recipient of Coach of the Year Awards -Boys/Girls or Both for 15 years.

The greatest of "Piranha Pride" for our PYP Head Coach!

 

SPA Sat/Sun Races Invite - January 16-17, 2010     results   PYPresults

The "Bubble" worked it's magic in St. Petersburg this weekend... a bit of wind, no rain and great racing!

TOP 10 finishes:  Trevor Ackerman - 9th-100 Breast   Andrew Belcik - 1st-100 Back, 2nd-50 Free, 5th-50 Breast, 200 Fly, 10th-1000 Free   Kelsey Buckley - 1st-100 Free, 3rd-100 Back, 400 IM 4th-100 Breast, 6th-1000 Free, 7th-100 Fly   Lexi Clare - 8th-50 Fly   Blake Freeman - 2nd-200 Breast, 1000 Free, 3rd-500 Free, 5th-100 Back, 6th-200 Free   Dillon Freeman - 9th-50 Back   Rachael Freeman - 5th-200 IM, 8th-200 Fly, 9th-200 Free   Sarah Freeman - 1st-50 Back, 3rd-50 Fly, 6th-50 Free   Mark Gettino - 6th-200 Breast, 1000 Free   Madison Hansen - 4th-50 Fly   Colin Hausman - 6th-50 Breast   Gavin Hunt - 2nd-50 Back, 3rd-50 Fly, 9th-100 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Back   Riley Jardine - 9th-50 Fly   Madison Jones - 5th-100 Free, 6th-50 Back, 100 Fly   Brandon Kovac - 7th-50 Breast, 8th-100 Breast   Kendall McIntosh - 8th-50 Free, 9th-100 Breast   Lauren McIntosh - 1st-100 Fly, 3rd-50 Breast, 6th-50 Free, 7th-100 Breast, 8th-100 Back   Alex McKinney - 10th-100 Breast, 50 Fly   Katherine Neri - 6th-50 Breast   Allie O'Connor - 6th-50 Fly   Veronica O'Neal - 1st-50 Breast, 2nd-50 Fly, 3rd-50 Back, 10th-100 Breast   Margo Randelman - 7th-50 Fly   Vance Sanders - 1st-50 Back, 2nd-100 Free   Halee Spencer - 5th-50 Fly, 6th-100 Back, 10th-200 Back   Joey Steele - 3rd-100 Free, 5th-50 Free, 200 Back, 8th-100 Fly, 10th-200 Free   Steven Sutter - 4th-100 Fly, 5th-50 Free, 6th-100 Back   Amanda Tannenbaum - 10th-100 Back   Jordan Thielbar - 9th-100 Fly   Katie Torres - 2nd-200 IM, 3rd-100 Breast, 4th-200 Breast, 6th-100 Fly, 7th-200 Free, 8th-400 IM,   Katie Weeks - 7th-100 Fly, 8th-100 Back, 10th-50 Fly   Jason Williams - 1st-100 Free, 2nd-50 Free, 50 Breast, 200 Free, 6th-100 Fly    Makenna Woods - 2nd-50 Breast

88 Best Swims - 4 Individual Records Set (Kelsey Buckley-1000 Free, Andrew Belcik-200 Fly, 200 Back, Blake Freeman-1000 Free)

Starburst Awards SAT:  Kinsey Aaron, Andrew Belcik, Shaila Ghanekar, Morgan Kiloh, Catarina Sterlacci

Starburst Awards SUN:  Manuel Barragan, Andrew Belcik, Shaila Ghanekar, Vojtech Kordac, Megan Kovac, Katherine Neri, Joey Steele, Makenna Woods

Joining the FL Junior Olympic Team:  Colin Hausman (50 Free, 100 Free)

 

PYP "HoHoHoliday Meet" Y-IMX Challenge Meet Dec 12-13, 2009  results-SAT   PYPSat   results-SUN   PYPSun 

What an beautiful weekend of weather in Palm Harbor - living in Florida truly is a beautiful thing!  The weekend of racing was just as beautiful - we were thrilled to have our YMCA friends from SYS - LWRY - TYS join in the fun.  174 Best Swims - 76 New Swims 

New Records - Peyton Walters (25 Back, 25 Fly, 100 IM, ) Andrew Belcik (200 Back, 200 Fly) Kelsey Buckley (400 IM) Vojtech Kordac (200 Free)

Starburst Sat-Kinsey Aaron, Michel Allisandratos, Megan Barlow, Savannah Darville, Madison Jones, Vojtech Kordac, Elizabeth Pitts, Jack Rasmussen, Cory Wilhelm

Starburst Sun-Kinsey Aaron, Emily Deglin, Morgan Drose, Scott Fahrney, Gavin Hunt, Jack Rasmussen, Parker Walters

 

B Championship Meet FL Swim West - Dec 5-6, 2009   PYPresults   Bresults

70 Best Times - 35 First Time Swims - This meet started out a bit rainy, windy and chilly but ended up being a brilliant weekend of swimming! 

Thank you to all the families that stepped up and volunteered throughout this meet... Special kudos to Dr. Karena Neri for her organizational skills and keeping the "desk" running smoothly at all times-we couldn't have done it without you!  It was fun and interesting co-hosting a meet at another pool, SPA and North Shore Lifeguard Team made the event and the entire weekend of swimming easy and enjoyable. 

Top 8 Swims Individual:  Trevor Ackerman (1st-200 Fly, 2nd-200 Back) Alex Baranski (4th-100 Breast) Manuel Barragan (1st-100 Back, 2nd-200 Back-100 IM-50 Free, 4th-200 IM-200 Free, 5th-100 Free-100 Fly) Lauren Bauer (6th-200 Free) Marko Bratic (1st-50 Back, 2nd-100 Free, 3rd-100 IM, 4th-50 Free) Alison Canjura (1st-100 IM, 2nd-100 Breast, 3rd-100 Fly, 4th-50 Fly, 5th-50 Breast-50 Free, 7th-50 Back) Kristin Canjura (3rd-100 Back, 4th-100 Free-200 IM-400 IM, 5th-200 Back-50 Free) Tyler Dentry (3rd-50 Breast, 8th-25 Free) Michael Dunn (4th-50 Free, 8th-50 Fly) Samantha Dunn (8th-100 Free) Briland Farnell (3rd-100 Breast, 4th-50 Free-100 Free, 5th-200 Free) Jennifer Franklin (1st-200 Breast, 3rd-200 Back, 6th-200 IM, 7th-50 Free-200 Free, 8th-100 Breast) Dillon Freeman (4th-100 IM-200 IM-100 Back, 8th-100 Breast) Christopher Gardner (6th-50 Breast-100 IM-100 Breast, 7th-50 Fly) Madison Hanson (1st-100 Fly-100 Back, 3rd-100 Breast-200 Back-200 Free, 8th-500 Free) Olivia Hom (3rd-50 Back-50 Free) Ashley Kelly (1st-100 Fly) Madison Koplar (3rd-100 IM, 4th-100 Free, 6th-50 Fly) Vojtech Kordac (2nd-25 Free-50 Fly-100 Free, 4th-25 Back) Brandon Kovac (4th-50 Breast-100 Breast, 5th-200 Free-200 IM, 8th-100 IM) Phillip Mackie (6th-50 Free-100 Back, 8th-200 Free) Nils Millergren (2nd-100 Free-100 Breast, 3rd-200 Free, 5th-100 Back) Allie Neri (1st-100 Free-200 Free, 3rd-100 Fly, 4th-100 IM, 7th-100 Back) Katherine Neri (3rd-100 Breast, 4th-50 Breast-200 IM, 5th-50 Fly-100 IM) Thomas O'Conner (4th-100 Breast, 6th-500 Free) Sara Ponder (3rd-200 Free, 4th-100 Back-100 Fly-50 Back, 5th-200 IM) Jason Richards (3rd-100 Breast, 8th-100 Free) Lizzie Russell (6th-200 IM) Sam Sokalzuk (5th-50 Fly-100 Free) Zach Soliman (1st-200 Breast-50 Free, 5th-200 Free-100 Back) Victoria Stapleton (2nd-100 Free, 3rd-100 Fly, 4th-500 Free-200 Free-50 Free) Alexis Sutter (6th-50 Free, 8th-100 Breast) Steven Sutter (1st-50 Fly-200 Free-50 Free-100 Fly, 2nd-50 Breast-100 IM-200 IM) Amanda Tannenbaum (3rd-100 Back, 4th-100 IM, 5th-200 Free, 6th-100 Breast-400 IM, 7th-50 Breast, 8th-50 Back) Jordan Thielbar (1st-200 Free, 5th-100 Fly-50 Free) Katie Weeks (5th-100 Back, 7th-50 Fly-200 IM)

 

The YMCA is deeply saddened by the tragic earthquake in Haiti.  The Haitian people are suffering a crisis of a magnitude no one can comprehend. The evening of the earthquake, Gwenael Apollon, General Secretary of the Haiti YMCA, reported that he, his family, and YMCA staff survived, but that YMCA operations have been severely impacted.   The global YMCA movement is responding in a coordinated effort to address the immediate needs of the children, families and devastated communities in Port au Prince, and surrounding areas through financial support.

If you would like to support the YMCA efforts in Haiti, please click on the YUSA’s web link and online donation center: www.ymca.net/worldservice/donate_to_worldservice.html

When donating online, it is important to specify “Haiti Earthquake Support” in the “Comments/special instructions” box at the bottom of the online donation page to ensure immediate designation of your contribution.

 

Katie Torres named to the 2008-2009 Scholastic All-American Team

The Scholastic All-America program is open to all 10th-12th grade USA Swimming members who earn a 3.5 GPA or better and achieve a Junior National Bonus Time Standard.   We are so proud of you Katie!

 

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Katie Torres signs with Florida State Seminoles  -  St. Pete Times article

 

Scott Fahrney swimming with Clemson Tigers

 

We are extremely "Piranha Proud" of you both and excited for your brilliant academic and swimming futures!   

 

 YMCA Summer National Team     FL SWIM JR OLYMPIC TEAM 

                  

 

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