Swim Team

At Woodland Hills, we love our youth swim team! Members are encouraged to join, and everybody’s welcome to attend meets and support our swimmers. There are opportunities for volunteering too! We typically host four or five meets each summer. Please note that on these evenings, both pools close at 4pm so our lifeguards and other staff members can prepare the facilities, give swimmers some warm-up time, and focus on keeping all competitors safe in the water.

2026 Meet Schedule TBD

Joining means getting to be part of a supportive squad, represent our club in the South Hills Swim League, enjoy daily exercise, strengthen your swimming skills, and have FUN. Our dedicated coaches are Woodland Hills lifeguards who’ve competed on swim teams in high school and/or college.

Swimmers dive into a swimming pool at the starting block as spectators and officials watch from the poolside on a sunny day.

Practices (early June through late July)
Monday-Friday, 10:15am-11:45am

We recommend, and hope, that all our swimmers will attend all practices. We’re aiming for learning, improving, and bonding. The more you practice, the faster and more confidently you’ll swim - and the stronger your Woodland Hills friendships will become. Our training sessions are great exercise, and they’re fun! We work on starts and strokes (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle/crawl) and on Fridays, we play games.

Meets (mid-June through late July)
Typically on Tuesday & Thursday evenings

South Hills Swim League includes our team along with squads from Bower Hill Swim Club, Elmhurst Swim Club, Keystone Oaks Aqua Club, and Rose Garden Pool Association. To be meet-eligible, a Woodland Hills team member must be able to swim at least one length of the pool without assistance. Each meet offers a variety of events for swimmers, from individual freestyle sprints to freestyle relays and medley (multi-stroke) relays. Our swimmers are guaranteed to compete in any dual (two-team) meet as long as they’ve indicated to our coaches, with the required advance notice, that they’re available for that meet. Some of our swimmers will be asked to compete at invitational (five-team) meets as well (10 & Under, All-relay, Underdog, Final, etc.).

While we encourage all of our swimmers to give themselves the opportunity to compete, taking part in swim meets is not required for membership on our swim team. If you’re someone who’d prefer to build some confidence and strength before competing, you’re an equally welcome and important part of our team.

Participation costs $75 per child (with a family maximum of $125) and that fee includes practices, swim meets, a team t-shirt, a team swim cap, the team party, and all the ribbons and trophies you can earn. For meets, every swimmer must either purchase a team suit (typically $40-50), or wear a red/black racing suit of their choice. We strongly recommend that swimmers wear racing goggles for practices and meets. The age groups available are 8 & Under, 9 & 10, 11 & 12, 13 & 14, and 15-18. (A swimmer’s age-group placement for a season is determined by their age at the start of that season.)

We’re grateful to our volunteers for making it all possible! Volunteer opportunities include operating the concession stand at home meets, planning the team party, serving as a timer or judge at home or away meets, and being our starter or announcer at home meets.

2025 Coaches

  • Emily Skoczlas

    TEAM MANAGER

  • Smiling young woman with long blonde hair, wearing a red and white jacket, standing in front of a swimming pool.

    Abby Smith

    HEAD COACH

  • Cat Olson

    ASSISTANT COACH

  • Megan McChesney

    ASSISTANT COACH

  • Ryan Smith

    ASSISTANT COACH

  • Colby Zimmer

    ASSISTANT COACH

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