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Jim Skirboll

Hey Racer Xers, did you catch the incredible swims at the Mini & Distance Meet over the weekend? We smashed it with a total of 65 personal best times! Let's give a big shoutout to our Mini Meet high point winners: Abbie Lange for the 7-year-old category, Grayson Hoorne for the 6 and under category, and Cooper Hoorne for the 8-year-old category. Can you believe we finished second overall with 624.5 points, with only four swimmers? Congratulations to Abbie Lange, Savannah Rossman, Cooper, and Grayson Horne! And how about Jayden...

Jim Skirboll

RACER X AQUATICS Learn to Swim Lessons Deer Lakes High School Pool If you want to learn more about our Learn-to-Swim program, please read the information below before registering your child. Any questions you may have regarding this program, email Jim Skirboll at [email protected] WHAT IS LEARN TO SWIM? Racer X Aquatics – offers small-group lessons for children ages 4-12 (6th grade) throughout the year at Deer Lakes High School. Our lesson program develops a beginning swimmer’s skill through our 6-level program. With the completion of all levels, a swimmer...

Jim Skirboll

The 61st Christmas swim meet was a resounding success, with the team securing an impressive 5th place overall finish. The event saw a total of 13 first place finishes, 129 personal best times, and 78 swimmers making it to the finals. Congrats Elyse Brenenborg AMS Records 500 Free 1000 Free 1650 Free 9 Racer X Records Elyse Brenenborg 500 Free 1000 Free 1650 Free 50 Back Ava Jochims 1000 Free Caden Zhao 100 Breast 200 Breast Abbie Lange 50 Breast 100 IM High Point Winner Ava Jochims Open Thanks to...

Jim Skirboll

Wow! Great Meet! Great Job, Swimmers! A Lot of BELL ringing! 267 Best Times 4 Seneca Valley Pool Records Set Congrats! Ava Jochims 200 IM 2:06.68 500 Free 5:01.89 Zach Zornan Ferguson 50 Free 20.84 100 Free 46.22 8 For 8 These Swimmers Swam 8 Possible Events And Best Times In All eight events! Congrats! Sia Asher Racheal Bummer Reese Bummer Harlan Cooper Rylan Endress Sami Ezzelarab Aiden Jamison Ellie Lange Lana Wilson Luke Wilson Alan Wang First Place Relays 11-12 200 Free, Medley Relays Girls And Boys 10 And...

Jim Skirboll

No Practice Tuesday AM Fox Chapel Yacht Club 2023 HD Age Group Open 131 BEST TIMES QUACK QUACK! A lot of Rubber Duckies Heat Winners!! GO, Racer X!! 2 NEW RACER X RECORDS Congrats Alexia Rossman! Eight and Under 100M Fly 2:20.78 200M IM 4:37.18

Jim Skirboll

Congrats, Racer X swimmers on a great meet at Silver Champs! 31 lifetime best times! 38 finalists! Chopping wood winners — Cameron and Matt! Matt achieved "A" times in the 100 free and 200 free! Matt dropped 18 seconds over the weekend! Cameron dropped 16 seconds over the weekend! Qualifying for AMS short course championships next weekend. — Ashley Brenenborg — Addie Namey — Avi Sasso — Matt Uzelac — Lana Wilson — Cameron Winkco Congrats, swimmers! WORK WORKS!

Jim Skirboll

Racer X is looking for assistant coaches. I’ll send the call out to Racer X members first. Let me know if you know anyone. Thank you, Coach Jim

Jim Skirboll

Olympic Training Center 2023! What a great experience! Great team trip! Great work! We had fourteen swimmers with ages ranging from 12 to 16 with the help of Margo Jochims and me, the coach. We left Pittsburgh early Friday morning to arrive at the Olympic Training Center. We stayed in a dorm setting. The swimmers loved it. Me, not so much. We had a total of eight Long Course swim practices. Climbing the Rope above the 50 meter pool. That's a total of 50,750 meters! The swimmers did a great...

Jim Skirboll

All groups should be on the pool deck 15 minutes before their schedule practice time. Gold group is to jump rope and do the bands before we get in the water. If you cannot get on the deck 15 minutes before practice please contact me thru texting. 412 287 8818 RIP Coach Bill Wadley “NO ONE’S BETTER THAN ME; THEY ARE JUST MORE ADVANCED THAN ME.” - BILL WADLEY