North Hills Aquatics

🏊‍♂️Swimming is an efficient, low-impact exercise that provides a full-body workout. It builds cardiovascular endurance, strengthens almost every major muscle group, and burns calories rapidly, all while supporting joints. 🏊‍♂️
Here are some highlights of aquatics training benefits for our youth;
1. Learn Water Safety
2. Increase Lung capacity
3. Cardiovascular Health
4. Boosted Brain development
5. Increase Cognitive function
6. Aid in social skills & patience
7. Better Sleep and improved mood
8. Increased coordination & endurance that benefit land sports

Fundraising is vital for NHA. Funds raised help the organization get the equipment that we need (timing systems, blocks, etc.), as well as keep team club costs lower. To better help plan future fundraising opportunities, take a few minutes to complete the survey that was EMAILED to your family by June 26th.
Thank you!

🎉Congrats to our swimmers at WVU and at JCCS!  We saw great swims and great effort from our athletes at both meets!

Heading into this week:
🥶Due to predicted weather (55 degrees Tuesday morning and rain Thursday morning), we will practice at NHHS for all groups again this week.
✅️This is a reminder that if your swimmer has qualified for Developmental Champs but is not participating, to please email Coach Nik to have your athlete removed from the meet.  The deadline for this is THIS TUESDAY (6/16).

🌟As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!

🌟Hopefully everyone is enjoying the start of their summer break! Heading into this week:

🚫There is no practice on Friday (06.12)

📍We will continue to be at North Hills all week for practice

✅️Please check the Developmental Champs entries - if your child has qualified, they are currently entered into the meet.  If your swimmer cannot attend, please contact Coach Nik.  If your swimmer qualifies this coming weekend, they will be added into the meet.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask

🎉Congrats to everyone who participated in the Hampton Age Group Open this weekend, especially our littlest swimmers, who braved cold mornings to race and represent NHA!

Heading into this week:
☀️We are officially in our summer schedule.  This week, all practices will be at NHHS. 
🕘The practice times are as follows:
Senior Performance, Senior, and Gold Performance - 7:00am to 9:00am (please arrive by 6:50 to be in the water on time!  Dryland will be at the end of the practice (8:30 - 9:00am)

Gold - 8:00am to 9:30am

Silver - 8:00am to 9:15am

Bronze - 8:00am to 9:00am

Evening - 5:00pm to 6:00pm

If you registered for the School Year but still wish to move to Year-Round, please email both Coach Nik and Kristen Lawrence ASAP.

To everyone who is swam the School Year season, we thank you for being a part of the team and hope to see you again in the fall!

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach ou!

The issue with the pool has been resolved and practice will be held tonight as scheduled!

There currently is a chemical imbalance in the pool.  The school district is working to correct the issue, but unfortunately we are forced to cancel practice this evening.

We are hopeful that the issue will be resolved by tomorrow.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

We hope that everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day weekend despite the less-than-summery weather!  Heading into this week, we have the following reminders:
❌️There is no practice tomorrow (05.25.26) for Memorial Day.
❌️There is no practice on Friday (05.29.26) due to Graduation.
☀️Next Monday (06.01.26), we will switch to our summer schedule.
📋If you are registered for the School Year only, please note that Thursday, 05.28.26 will be your last practice.

📩If you would like to continue to practice for the remainder of the summer, please email Coach Nik and Kristen Lawrence ([email protected]) to request to be switched.
💦Please note that all practices will be indoors at NHHS until further notice - there is no water in North Park yet, and we want to ensure that there has been warm enough temperatures before moving some practices outdoors.

✔️If you are participating in the upcoming Hampton meet, please be on the lookout for information regarding warmups.  This meet is a positive check-in meet, so there will not be heat/lane assignments until immediately prior to the meet.

🏊‍♂️Do you ever watch your kids in their summer league meets and wish that you could participate? Consider joining our Grown-Up Swim team!  NHA has a swim team for adults only!  We race 25s and 50s, eat candy, and laugh.  There are races for swimmers of ALL ages and abilities and we would love for you to join our team!

​Register for our team here: https://northhillsaquatic-gus.swimtopia.com/ or search Grown Up Swim Pittsburgh and scroll down to the North Hills team!

🚫Reminder- There are no practices on Mon and Tues due to pool maintenance🚫
❌️MAY 18 & 19❌️