Sharks Competitive Swim Team

Join our developmental competitive swim team. This unique experience provides swimmers with personal instruction and training in stroke mechanics, starts and turns. The Mt. Prospect Sharks belong to the Northern Illinois Winter Swim Conference where boys and girls compete within their own age group at swim meets held on Saturday or Sunday afternoons/evenings.

A swimmers age group shall be determined by their age at 11:59 PM on December 1st of the current season. Example: If a swimmer is 10 and will be 11 on December 2nd, he/she would swim in the 9-10 age group through the entire season.

Swimmers must meet mandatory prerequisites on the first day of practice: Ages 5-8 must be able to swim freestyle 25 yards (1 length of the pool) with rotary breathing. Ages 9 and up must be able to swim 50 yards freestyle and 50 yards of backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly.

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The Sharks Winter season is currently underway. Our Summer Team registration opens on May 5.

If you would like more information, please contact Linda Zalewski at 847-640-1000 ext. 230 or lzalewski@mppd.org