Founded in the summer of 2005, Collegiate Aquatics is a non-profit competitive age-group swim program serving the greater Harrisburg and West Shore region.  Collegiate endeavors to offer all of its members an opportunity to meet high expectations of competitive and personal excellence.  At Collegiate, athletes learn not only the fundamentals of competitive swimming, but are trained in the skills necessary to prepare for competition, prioritize time (find a balance between swimming and other activities), and become good teammates.  The program provides quality stroke instruction and comprehensive training for swimmers of every level from beginners to national level swimmers. 

The hallmarks of our program are:

• Small practice sizes;

• Attentive coaches;

• Our focus on technique and proper stroke instruction;

• Our challenging and diverse training regimen; and

• Giving every swimmer the tools they need to advance in the sport of swimming and as an individual away from the pool.

Hopefully, our web site will be just the beginning of your association with Collegiate Aquatics. Behind the text you will find here, we trust you will also see a program striving to challenge and support young people as they grow into responsible young adults. We are proud of our athletes' many accomplishments and grateful for the dedicated support of parents, former swimmers, and friends who teach, coach, support and encourage them.  The coaches encourage you to visit our training facility, meet our coaches and swimmers and learn more about the Collegiate experience.  Visit our regularly updated TEAM NEWS webpage often!  Enjoy your visit to our web site, and we hope to see you on deck soon!

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Collegiate Aquatics

118 East Simpson St.

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Phone: (717) 561-4353

E-mail: CollegiateAquatics@yahoo.com

Our Mission

Our mission is to develop and promote aquatic sports for all ages and abilities, to encourage health and fitness and to produce athletes who are a credit to their sport and the community.

Collegiate Goals are defined in its motto: Competitive Excellence / Personal Development.  Opportunities are provided for each swimmer to compete at levels which are appropriate to his/her competence.  The Collegiate coaching staff endeavors to teach, train and motivate young people to achieve their ultimate potential in competitive swimming in the belief that this experience will prove valuable to them as they grow and develop.  The staff also strives to nurture high standards in personal development by instilling such concepts as time management, personal accountability, high self-esteem, constructive self-motivation, goal setting and goal achievement as these ideas relate to their success in training and in competition.  It is our belief that the process of achieving is as significant as realizing the achievement itself.

At each level of the Collegiate program, swimmers are taught to strive for excellence.  Excellence represents the achievement of that level at which each individual knows that they have done their utmost to become the best that they are capable of becoming.  

Collegiate Aquatics is affiliated with the Central Pennsylvania Aquatic League (CPAL) and USA Swimming.  

Year-round training is available through our summer program with the Latshmere Swim Team, which competes in the Mid-Penn Aquatic League. 

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