Rapids Swim Team looking for swimmers

The Waterbury Rapids Swim Team is inviting kids to stay active and improve their swimming skills this summer. The team is looking for swimmers ages 5-19 of all swimming abilities.

The Rapids is a parent-run organization whose mission is to create a safe and caring environment for swimmers to increase their swimming skills, set goals to improve their own time records, persevere to beat team records, and have the opportunity to compete at their own level against the stopwatch and swimmers from the Montpelier and Stowe swim teams.

Swimmers can also work to qualify for States at the end of the season, Aug. 2 and 3. Practices are held Mondays through Wednesdays and optional Fridays, 5 to 6:15 p.m. at the Waterbury Pool, and meets are held Thursdays at 5 p.m.

You can register and meet the coaches on Friday, June 6, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Recreation Building, or at the first practice on Monday, June 23, at 5 p.m. Registration is $50 per swimmer or $85 per family. Scholarships are available upon written request. Swimmers must purchase a pool pass from the Waterbury Town Offices.

For more information, visit waterburyrapids.com or contact Shannon Wisdom at shannonwisdom@gmail.com.