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Longmont Recreation Services offers CARA Swim Teams for youth ages 6 to 18 years at three different sites throughout the year: Centennial Tsunamis CARA, Longmont Recreation Center Piranhas CARA, and Summer only for the Sunset Pool Swordfish. CARA swimming is a recreational swim team for youths ages 6-18 who are not USA swimmers.
Please register for the age group that your child will be on the first day of practice.
Swimmers will compete according to their age on January 1, 2012.
Pre-Requisite for 6-10 and 11-14 age groups: Ability to swim one length of pool front crawl with rotary breathing and back crawl without stopping or using assistance.
Pre-Requisite for 11- 18 group: Knowledge of all 4 competitive strokes and swim 400 yards freestyle with rotary breathing.
All participants will be evaluated on the first day of practice. See related programs of interest.
Longmont Recreation Services' Centennial Pool's CARA swim team, the Tsunamis, is a year-round CARA swim team. Centennial CARA Tsunamis practices are held year-round on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
2012 Winter/Spring Schedule :
Practice Days: Tuesday and Thursday evenings, January 3 through April 24 (15.5 weeks) No practice March 27 through 29.
Practice Location: Centennial Pool, 1201 Alpine St, Longmont, CO 80504
Meets:
TBA
Parent meeting for Centennial CARA Team: first 15 minutes of
practice on Tuesday, January 3.
| Age Group | Time | Code | Fee |
| 6-8 years | 5:30-6:15pm | 6203.101 | $93 res/$116.25 non-res |
| 9-10 years | 6:15-7:00pm | 6203.102 | $93 res/$116.25 non-res |
| 11-14 years | 5:30-6:30pm | 6203.103 | $98 res/$122.50 non-res |
| 11-18 years | 6:30-7:45pm | 6203.104 | $100.75 res/$126 non-res |
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Recreation Services' Longmont Recreation Center's CARA swim team, the Piranhas, is a year-round CARA swim team. Longmont Recreation Center CARA Piranhas practice on Monday and Wednesday late afternoons.
2012 Winter/Spring Practice:
Practice Days: Mondays & Wednesday evenings,
Practice Location: Longmont Recreation Center, 310 Quail Rd, Longmont, CO 80501
Meets: TBA
Parent meeting: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 5pm
| Age Group | Time | Code | Fee |
| 6-12 years | 4:25-5:10pm | 6203.170 | $96 res/ $120 non-res |
| 8-18 years | 4:25-5:25pm | 6203.171 | $101 res/ $126.50 non-res |
| 6-12 years | 5:15-6:00pm | 6203.172 | $96 res/ $120 non-res |
| 8-18 years | 5:30-6:45pm | 6203.173 | $104 res/ $130 non-res |
Longmont Recreation Services' Sunset CARA swim team, the Swordfish, is a summer-only CARA swim team. Sunset CARA Swordfish practice weekday mornings at Sunset Pool.
2012 Summer practice: Will be in the Summer Brochure, April 2012.
Practice Days: Monday through Friday
Practice Location: Sunset Pool, 1900 Longs Peak Ave, Longmont, CO 80501
Meets: TBA
Pre-Summer CARA Prep
Age is determined by your child’s age on the first day of
class. Just keep swimming! Don’t take the month of May
off! This is a great chance to stay in the water working
on technique and endurance to be ready for summer swim
teams and/or triathlons!
Date/Days: May 1-17, Tuesday & Thursdays
Age Group/ Time/ Code/ Fee
6-8 yrs/ 5:30-6:15pm/ 6203.201/ $24 res/ $30 non
9-10 yrs/ 6:15-7pm / 6203.202/ $24 res/ $30 non
11-14 yrs/ 5:30-6:30pm/ 6203.203/ $27 res/ $33.75 non
11-18 yrs/ 6:30-7:30pm/ 6203.204/ $27 res/ $33.75 non
Location: Centennial Pool, 1201 Alpine St
Beginning BLAST
Pre-requisite: must be able to float independently on front and back, glide 15 ft on front and back, swim 15 ft front crawl stroke with face in the water and be comfortable in deep water. Technique-based lessons focused on developing basics of four competitive swim strokes. Students will learn freestyle with side breathing, backstroke, and breaststroke kick.
Ages: 5 years and older
Days:Centennial Pool - M/W - 4:15pm, Sat - 9:15am, and Sun - 3:35pm
Dates: Winter/Spring 2012- Look at our Brochure for exact dates of the sessions
Location: Centennial Pool
Basic Code: 6214.
Blast 1 (Accelerated Swim Lessons)
Blast is designed for 6-12 year olds that have swim team in mind, but need more swimming skill development. By emphasizing swim team strokes, Masters Coach Robert will accelerate the pace and get your child ready in an abbreviated time. Pre-requisite: Must be able to swim 25 yards freestyle/front crawl non-stop with face in the water, breathing to the side. Students must be comfortable in deep water.
Ages: 6 years and older
Days: M/W, 5:00pm; Sunday, 12:30pm
Basic code: 6214.
Blast 2
Pre-requisite: Must have coach's permission; contact Coach Roberts by e-mail for details. Further improve competitive strokes, add butterfly, starts, and turns, and learn to use a pace clock.
Days: M/W - 5:30pm, Sun 1:30pm
Location: Centennial Pool, 1201 Alpine St
Basic code: 6214.
High School Prep Swimming
Longmont Recreation Services' High School Prep Swimming is intended to give high school swimmers an opportunity to dust off those cobwebs and get a head start on the high school season. Technique and building endurance are the primary focus.
Dates:Offered Fall 2012
Location: Centennial Pool, 1201 Alpine Street
Code: 6207.401
Private Swim Lessons
Longmont Recreation Services offers a limited number of private swim lessons based on instructor availability. E-mail your name/number, age and level of swimmer desiring lessons, desired pool location, and time & day preference to either the coordinator at Centennial Pool or the Longmont Recreation Center or call Centennial at
(303) 651-8406 or the Longmont Recreation Center at (303) 774-4800.
Updated 12/1/2011 by web page author S. Dabney (303) 774-4827