Gators Swim Team
The goal of the Trager Family JCC Gators Swim Team is to encourage the development of children in swimming by giving them the opportunity to develop and improve their skills through dual meets and practice.
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Summer Swim Team
Participants must be independent swimmers!
Families must have an annual or summer membership to participate. Memberships will be verified prior to the start of the season!
Goooooo Gators!
Dates: May 19 – July 12.
No practice 5/23-5/26 & 7/4.
Practice Schedule
Monday 5/19
Ages 5-6: 5:30-6:15 p.m.
Ages 7-8: 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
Tuesday 5/20
Ages 9-10: 5:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Ages 11 and Up: 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday 5/21
Ages 5-6: 5:30-6:15 p.m.
Ages 7-8: 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
***Parent meeting 6:15 p.m.
Thursday 5/22
Ages 9-10: 5:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Ages 11 and Up: 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
***Parent meeting 6:15 p.m.
No practice 5/23-5/26
Tuesday 5/27
Ages 5-6: 5:30-6:15 p.m.
Ages 7-8: 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
***Parent meeting 6:15 p.m.
Wednesday 5/28
Ages 9-10: 5:30 – 6:15 p.m.
Ages 11 and Up: 6:30 – 7:15 p.m.
***Parent meeting 6:15 p.m.
Beginning Thursday, May 29th
Tuesday-Thursday Practices
Ages 5-8 + Camp J participants: 4 – 5 p.m.
Ages 9-12: 5 -6 p.m.
All Ages: 6 – 7 p.m.
Ages 9-18: 7 – 7:45 p.m.
Friday Practice
Ages 5-8 + Camp J participants: 4 – 5 p.m.
Ages 9 – 12: 5 -6 p.m.
Ages 13-18: 6 -6:45 p.m.
*** No practice Friday, July 4
Summer 2025 Dates to Know!
6/5 Intrasquad/Mock/Practice Meet @ JCC
6/9 Oldham County @ JCC
6/16 Copperfield @ JCC
6/23 JCC @ Wolf Creek
6/26 Quarry Gators @ JCC
6/30 JCC @ Woods of St Thomas
Qualification Meet 7/8 @ Copperfield
Champ Meet 7/12 @ Oldham County
Participants can sign up for either multiple days of the week or one day a week.
See below for pricing details.
Fees
Annual Members:
First Child: $250
Second Child: $175
Third Child: $150
Additional Children: $125
Summer Members:
First Child: $300
Second Child: $225
Third Child: $200
Additional Children: $175
Meet Your Head Coach!
Kiley Handley
Head Coach
Currently teaches Psychology and US Government at North Oldham High School and also coaches the swim team at North Oldham.
Graduated from the University of Southern Illinois in 2016.
Attended DuPont Manual High School in Louisville, KY, from 2008-2012.
Kiley swam for the JCC Gators from the age of 5 until the age of 13, swam for the Louisville Tarpons from age 10 to age 11 and moved to the Lakeside Seahawks, a Gold Medal Swim Club in Louisville, from age 11 to age 17. While there became a USA Swimming State Champion and Sectional Finalist, specializing in sprint freestyle and backstroke. She also swam for DuPont Manual High School and was the team captain for the 2011-2012 season. Kiley was a member of the Girls’ High School State Championship Team in 2009 and 2012 and the Combined State Championship Team from 2009 – 2012. In college, she swam on scholarship for Southern Illinois University (SIU), from 2012-2016. SIU won the 2016 Women’s Missouri Valley Swimming Championship (MVC) and was also, a Missouri Valley Scholar-Athlete in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Kiley also worked at The J teaching swimming lessons and has helped with stroke clinics for the Lakeside Seahawks.
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Kiley Handley
Top Assistant Coach: Mia Cochran
Assistant Coaches: Alexander Diakov, Lucy Owens, Leo Tobbe, Ryan Cochran
THE JCC GATORS SWIM TEAM IS PROUDLY AND GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY :
Perelmuter and Glatt Orthodontics
NEW TO THE GATORS OR NOT A MEMBER OF TRAGER FAMILY JCC?
Trager Family JCC‘s aquatics programs including the Gators Swim Team can be reached by emailing jccgatorsswimteam@gmail.com.