Philadelphia Masters Swimming Info needed

[Brian Stack]

One of our swimmers is headed to Philadelphia soon, on a college check out trip with his son, and he's looking for a place to swim while in Philadelphia.
He's checked the "Places to Swim" on the forum and had no luck, does anyone know of a welcoming program on the area?

[MBURG80]

I don't live in Philadelphia, but go there for business occasionally. Go to this web site, I've swum with the Villanova group and its pretty good.

http://www.bee.net/dcastell/ValleyForgeMasters.htm

[Brian Stack]

I don't live in Philadelphia, but go there for business occasionally. Go to this web site, I've swum with the Villanova group and its pretty good.

http://www.bee.net/dcastell/ValleyForgeMasters.htm

Thanks, I'll pass it on. If you ever find yourself in the SF Bay Area, try a practice with us www.manateeswimming.org

[FindingMyInnerFish]

That Villanova pool is great--ten lanes so there are a lot of gradations of levels! The practices were intense for my level, but I liked the two hour workout b/c it gave me a chance to get in more distance, and there was a lot of flexibility: those of us in the slower lanes adapted the workout as we needed to.

If your friend can't fit in a two-hour practice, the Ridley Area Y has one-hour practices M and W during the summer, and M, W, Sa., the rest of the year. If you PM me, I'll give you more contact info. It's a nice group of people--smaller than at 'nova, so not as many available lanes, but you'll get a good workout and I've found the coach's feedback quite helpful.

p.s. I can see why he had problems with the local "places to swim"; I was going to suggest clicking on "area teams" (left side of the screen in the "places to swim" section) but when I did, it said "site not found." That surprised me because it was working fairly recently. You might want to keep trying--probably some temporary glitch.

[imspoiled]

Brian-

There are several Philly teams for practice. Check out http://www.dvmasters.org/ for some suggestions. In addition to the Villanova pool, Colonials 1776 has a group that works out at Germantown Academy (M, T & TH 6:30 - 8:00 pm, $7 drop-in fee, must be USMS registered).

Also, Pennypack (my team) works LCM all year (T & TH 7:00- 8:15 pm, Sat 9:00-10:30 am, must be USMS registered, contact coach Jackson to let him know you're coming http://members.aol.com/bbburke1/SwimTeam/Pennypack.html ). It's not San Fran, but it's home!

Dana

[Brian Stack]

Brian-

There are several Philly teams for practice. Check out http://www.dvmasters.org/ for some suggestions. In addition to the Villanova pool, Colonials 1776 has a group that works out at Germantown Academy (M, T & TH 6:30 - 8:00 pm, $7 drop-in fee, must be USMS registered).

Also, Pennypack (my team) works LCM all year (T & TH 7:00- 8:15 pm, Sat 9:00-10:30 am, must be USMS registered, contact coach Jackson to let him know you're coming http://members.aol.com/bbburke1/SwimTeam/Pennypack.html ). It's not San Fran, but it's home!

Dana

Thanks Dana,
I'll pass the info along. It's great that you get to swim LCM all year.
Thanks for offering to share your "home" with a travelling Manatee!