Announcements
Time Trial (Intrasquad) on May 29 for some groups
On Tuesday, May 29 Hornet Swim Club will hold a Time Trial/Intrasquad meet at Downers Grove South for our Green/White/Bronze/Silver Groups. The purpose is to provide our new families and youngest swimmers with a chance to participate in a low-key short course swim meet. This is an integral part of our continuous effort to provide a positive experience of the sport for our swimmers and their parents. Attending the meet is highly recommended as part of the training for our swimmers. The doors open at 4:30pm, you should be there no later than 4:45pm. The swimmers will be in the water for warm-up at 5:00pm and the meet will begin around 5:20pm. We anticipate that it will be over by 7:00pm.
You need to sign up your swimmer by clicking Meet Signup (above right). Instructions on how to do this are on the resources page, if you need them. The deadline for the sign up is Sunday, May 27th at 9:00 pm. The coaching staff will determine what events your swimmer is going to participate in.
Parents of the swimmers attending the meet will be expected to help with timing and bull pen (the area where youngest swimmers are lined up in order to get them ready for the race), both to help this meet run smoothly and in order to get educated for the Invitational Swim Meets we are hosting over the year.
If you do not sign up your swimmer for the intersquad meet, there will be no swim practice offered on that day for Green, White, Bronze and Silver Group.
The Gold and Senior Groups will have practice at Hinsdale South High School from 6:00 pm-8:00 pm.
News Headlines
- [05/09/2012] Great meet this weekend! Coach Mirko's report is in the Coaches Corner!
- [04/15/2012] Andy Sheely joins Hornet Swim Club coaching staff
- Andy Sheely has joined us as Assistant Coach with a lifetime of swimming experience and a vast knowledge of the sport. He swam competitively for 13 years and has many accomplishments as an age group and high school swimmer. Andy has a very strong passion for the sport of swimming and says "I am very thrilled to be given an opportunity to work with the Hornet Swim Club and to help kids reach their potential in the pool." See Andy's full bio here.
Coach Mirko is really excited to have coach Andy joining the coaching staff. He commented, “Andy’s passion and excitement about the sport will be a great addition in training our swimmers and helping them to achieve their goals.”
Coach Andy is an addition to the our current coaching staff. The team’s goal is to continue to strengthen efforts to focus on improvement of stroke technique. Andy will float through all the groups, working to get to know all the swimmers on the team over time, but in large part will be working with the Green, White, and Bronze groups.
Please join us giving Coach Andy Sheely a warm welcome to Hornet Swim Club!
- Andy Sheely has joined us as Assistant Coach with a lifetime of swimming experience and a vast knowledge of the sport. He swam competitively for 13 years and has many accomplishments as an age group and high school swimmer. Andy has a very strong passion for the sport of swimming and says "I am very thrilled to be given an opportunity to work with the Hornet Swim Club and to help kids reach their potential in the pool." See Andy's full bio here.
- [03/25/2012] Check out Coach Mirko's report from Junior Nationals in the Coaches Corner!
- [03/12/2012] Congratulations to Hornet Swim Club on its 17th place finish at the Age Group State meet!
- HOSC placed 17th overall out of over 150 teams in the state, many of whom are much larger! Here is Coach Mirko‘s report on the meet. Contributing to our strong team finish, Hornet Swim Club had more relays place in the Top 16 at State than ever before. They are listed here. Top 16 individual finishers were:
Stephanie Bowater (11-12) 8th: 100 Fly, 10th: 50 Fly, 16th: 100 Back  Ryan Clancy (13-14) 2nd: 100 Breast, 2nd: 200 Breast, 11th: 100 Free Billy Leader (11-12) 5th: 100 Breast, 6th: 50 Breast, 14th: 50 Fly Grace Rogowski (11-12) 9th: 50 Free, 9th: 100 Free Jake Stukas (10&U) 6th: 100 Back, 11th: 50 Back, 12th: 50 Fly, 15th: 50 Free, 15th: 200 IM Michael Su (11-12) 4th: 200 IM, 6th: 100 Fly, 7th: 100 Breast, 7th: 100 IM, 7th: 100 Back Jason Yang (13-14) 6th: 100 Free, 10th: 200 IM, 12th: 200 Back, 13th: 50 Free, 15th: 100 Back - [03/12/2012] Congratulations to Rachel Hawken for her performance at Sectionals!
- Rachel swam in the Central Zone Speedo Championship Series meet in Pleasant Prairie, WI, this weekend. She swam personal bests in all 3 of her events, including setting team records in the 15-18 Girls 100M Back and the 15-18 Girls 200M Back.
- [03/10/2012] HOSC has achieved Level 1 Club Recognition from USA Swimming!
- To reach this level a club has to go through a rigorous process to demonstrate that it is a strong, stable, financially sound and athletically productive organization. Way to go Hornets!
- [03/05/2012] Meet summary from Senior Champs now available - great job, swimmers!
- Coach Mirko's meet summary is available in the Coaches Corner.
- [02/27/2012] Way to go Hornets! Great swimming at Regionals!
- Coach Mirko's meet summary is available in the Coaches Corner.
- [02/20/2012] Head coach report and accomplishments from ULT/HSC meet now available!
- The ULT/HSC meet report can be accessed here and in the Coaches Corner.
- [02/14/2012] The meet schedule planned for Spring and Summer 2012 is now available!
- The planned meet schedule can be accessed here and in the Coaches Corner. Keep in mind that it may change slightly if teams make changes to their meet format. In addition, our participation is subject to acceptance of our entries to the meet which is occasionally not possible due to meet overcrowding.
- [02/14/2012] HOSC coaches report and accomplishments from the Bee My Valentine now available!
- The Bee My Valentine Report can be accessed here and in the Coaches Corner.
- [02/14/2012] Save the date! The Hornet Swim Club banquet will be Sunday, April 29th at 5:00pm at Maggiano's.
- Check your email for additional details.
- [02/01/2012] More Hornet swimmers in the news!
- [01/30/2012] Coaches report and HOSC accomplishments from the Circle City Classic meet now available!
- The Cirlce City Classic Report can be accessed here and in the Coaches Corner.
- [01/16/2012] Hornet Swim Club swimmers in the news, including Assistant Coach Bryan Bu!
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Hornet Swim Club aims to help swimmers improve their swimming abilities as well as develop confidence, strength, and discipline while having fun through competitive swimming. Our team is open to all youth in our community who are interested and willing to learn how to become a competitive swimmer. We provide professional coaches who are educated and experienced in competitive swimming. These coaches create an atmosphere that is safe, fun, and educational for all levels of swimming. Our coaches also create a structure that will provide swimmers the opportunity to achieve the very highest levels of competitive swimming. Learn more!
