Aquatics

2026 Aquatics Team Season Schedule 

It’s time to get wet!!

All athletes must have their paperwork and medicals up to date and in possession of Special Olympics Wisconsin by February 1^st, 2026.

Our home pool is the District Aquatics Center (DAC) at the Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Port Washington. We have no alternative pool this season.  

Everyone must enter DAC from the side door by the parking lot. Ring the doorbell if the door is locked.

Practice scheduling will remain as last year. No athlete will enter the water before 9:30 AM. No athlete will be in the water unless there is a coach at the pool.

All athletes must check-in and check-out with the Deck Boss (Coach Nels).

Practice will begin at 9:30 AM for the Practice Squad and 9:45 AM for the Competition Team. Practice ends at 11:30ish or maybe earlier if we get everything done.

All athletes will have swim goggles. There are extra googles with the coaches.

Competition Team Members need fins, swim gloves and a board for practice in addition to googles. 

Ana is our triathlete this season. She will train in Lane 4. Once she is finished, Lane 4 is open to the Practice Squad.

If you are sick, let us know and do not come to practice. If you are injured, attend if you can.  

We are expected to leave DAC by 12 noon.  Please arrange for your rides to be there at or before 12 noon.

The Practice Squad are athletes who do not want to compete or are in other sports but may want to accomplish some conditioning either by swimming laps or water aerobics.

Practice Squad members are welcome to participate in team drills, particularly the relays.

You must attend and participate in at least 8 of the 11 practices to qualify for the competition. We will give allowances for inclement weather or if the pool breaks down. We will accept alternative training if you swim at least 14 lengths in one session at a different pool during the week.

We will not field an athlete who is not conditioned and ready for competition.

Again, 8 practice sessions for the competition.  No exceptions. No arguments No tears.

JANUARY           3                  FIRST Practice (Team Rules, Safety Review, Conditioning)

JANUARY         10                Practice (Conditioning)         

JANUARY          17                Practice (Conditioning)         

JANUARY         24                Practice (Begin Event Training)

JANUARY          31                Practice               

FEBRUARY           7               Practice

FEBRUARY         14               Practice          

FEBRUARY         21               Practice (Deep Well Qualification)           

FEBRUARY         28                Practice     

MARCH                7                Practice

MARCH               14                Practice (Competition Team: Wear Team Swimsuits)

MARCH             21               DISTRICT COMPETITION (All Day) at Pabst Farms YMCA Oconomowoc

MARCH              28               Practice                                                                   

APRIL                    4                No Practice Spring Break

APRIL                 11               STATE TEAM PRACTICE

APRIL      17, 18. 19                STATE SPRING GAMES          UW Oshkosh

Practice 2026

(Coach has a new camera)

Ozaukee County Aquatics Training for 01/24/2026

Times are estimates.

0930          Practice Squad and Triathlete (Ana) (Lanes 1-4)  

0945          Competition Team (Lanes 5-8): 50-Meter Free, Warm-up

                   100-Meter Boards (with or without fins)

                   50-Meter Free (Fins and Gloves)

                   50-Meter Free (Gloves)

1000          25-Meter Free (4 times but rest in between length)

1020          50-Meter Free (with Gloves)

1030          Event Practice and Jumps (Swim your two events 2-3 times)

(1–5-minute rest times in-between swims)

1100          25-Meter Free (With gloves, two times)

1115          Starts and Turns

1125          25-Meter burn (do this 2 times) 100% effort.

1130          Team meeting.

The goal is for each athlete to build up to 20 lengths of swimming each practice before the Area Meet. A few of you will reach 30 lengths at each practice.  

Practice Squad Athletes: The staggered start times worked well between 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM.  If you start at different times, your lanes will not be as crowded. I suggest starting times to be 9:30 AM, 10:00 AM, 10:30 AM and 11:00 AM. Most of you take 30-45 minutes to complete your lengths.

Practice Squad Athletes are welcome to participate in drills and/or relays.

District State Qualifier Oconomowoc 

Spring Games at UW-Oshkosh 

The 2025 Aquatics Season has ended.

With the admiration of all coaches, we thank the efforts

of the athletes for participating this season as well as

the family support.

Our season looked like this:

13 athletes in competition

9 athletes on the practice squad

28 Area competing events in Oconomowoc

11 athletes qualifying for the State (Spring) Games

7 athletes competing at the Spring Games

16 Competing Events at State

3 Gold Medals

3 Silver Medals

1 Bronze Medal

7 Personal Best Times at the Spring Games

Ya’ll ROCK!!  See you next season.