ERRA

The Pirates!

Our swim team program provides an opportunity for swimmers of all levels to participate in a friendly competitive environment that balances structure and fun to encourage kids to participate and enjoy all that swimming and team sport has to offer. Our facility boasts regulation a five-lane 25-yard pool that meets the current national safety code water depth for swim blocks.

Coach Katrina returns to Eagle Ridge this summer as our Head Swim Coach. Katrina has been involved with swimming at Eagle Ridge her whole life. While her swimming career has taken her in many directions, the Eagle Ridge Pirate Swim Team has always remained in her heart, and she has not missed a single summer of Pirate fun and camaraderie since beginning her competitive swimming career at age 6 at Eagle Ridge. After a few years as a Pirate, she joined the TWST swim club, and eventually the Orchard Park HS varsity swim team. She went on to swim with NCAA Division I teams at Saint Bonaventure University as an undergraduate, and at Niagara University while working on her Master’s degree. In her second year at Niagara, she was the graduate assistant coach for the Purple Eagles.

Outside of her coaching life, she is a second grade teacher in Phoenix, NY at Michael A. Maroun Elementary.

When she’s not coaching or teaching, she loves being outdoors. She loves hiking, boating, and water skiing. You’ll also occasionally see her on runs in Orchard Park neighborhoods with her sister Leah.

Coach Katrina’s favorite animal is the giraffe (If she could own one, she would). Her favorite breakfast food is Eggs Benedict. If she could have one superpower, it would be to freeze time for everyone in the world but herself. Her favorite Disney princess is Belle and her current favorite song is Instant Crush by Daft Punk.

Coach Katrina’s goal for each and every athlete is to look forward to and enjoy coming to practice and swim meets. In the sport of swimming, her motto is “Swim Hard, Have Fun.” Both are required for success. No matter what brings you to ERRA swimming, she hopes every Pirate athlete swims fast and has a lot of fun this summer!

This is Coach Pat’s fourth year of coaching the Eagle Ridge Swim Team and his first year as Assistant Head Coach. He is very excited to work with everyone again.

He began his swim career in 2009 at Eagle Ridge at the age of 6 and began swimming with TWST swim club by age 9. He swam for the Orchard Park Boys Varsity Swim Team. He continued to swim for TWST and Eagle Ridge until he was 18 years old. His last year swimming for Eagle Ridge in 2021 was easily his favorite season, and a dream come true. This is because he got to be a swimmer and a coach and the team was able to win championships for the first time in 30 years!

After high school, he attended Canisius College and swam for one year and then transferred to Fredonia State University for his sophomore year of college. He just wrapped up his first season with Fredonia in February where he is studying Computer Science and plans on going into software development or cyber security.

In his free time, he loves to play video games, guitar, and going to his family’s lake house in the summer. Coach Pat’s favorite animal is a monkey. His favorite breakfast food is a sausage, egg, and cheese sandwich on a plain bagel.

If he could have one superpower, it would be to know what people are thinking at all times. His favorite swimming stroke is Backstroke and his current favorite song is Stay, by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber.

He can’t wait to get started with the swim team this summer and hopes everyone is as excited as he is!

Team Fees

• Children 14 and under...................$185

• Children 15 and over……….............$85

     * Swim Team fee includes team shirt

Registration

All swimmers 6 and under will be evaluated by the coaches to determine if they can meet the minimum development level of swimming at least one length of the pool.  If your child can swim the entire length of the pool unassisted and is comfortable in the deep end - they qualify to participate in swim team. If your 6 or under child was on the swim team last year, please register him/her for swim team using the ClubExpress member portal.

Swim Meets

We plan to swim against Hickory Hill Swim Club, Orchard Park Country Club, Cloverbank

2024 Swim Team schedule:

• 7/1 ERRA @ Cloverbank

• 7/11 Pancake Breakfast after practice.

• 7/11 Hickory Hill @ ERRA

• 7/18 ERRA @ OPCC

• 7/23 Blue vs. White Meet

• 7/27 Champs Saturday practice

• 7/28 Team pasta dinner @ ERRA

• 7/29 Champs at CBCC (pizza party @ ERRA after)

• 7/30 Swim Team Banquet @ ERRA

Each family will have 2 volunteer requirements in season. A fee will be assessed for failure to complete volunteer requirements.

Volunteering

• Each family will have 2 volunteer requirements in season. During every meet there are timers, score keepers, announcers, and food and snack sales (at home meets)

• During home meets we ask for donations to sell as concessions

• We also need volunteers to help run events like the Pasta Dinner, Pancake Breakfast and the Final Banquet

Schedule

Please note swim practices are subject to cancellation due to weather conditions. The swim team will start evening practices June 12, 2024 while school is in session and June 26, 2024 morning practices.

Practice will be held Monday through Friday. Please have your child ready to begin practice on time to help keep sessions running smoothly as the transition time between sessions is tight. Please have your child dressed and ready to swim when arriving at the pool with bathing suit on, towel, and goggles.

Practice dates 6/12/24 - 6/25/24

• Ages 8 and under……….5:00 PM - 5:45 PM

• Ages 11 and up…………… 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

• Ages 9 to 10…………………5:45 PM - 6:30 PM

Practice dates 6/26/24 - 7/26/24

• Advanced Swimmer...….7:30 AM - 8:45 AM (*please see below)

• Ages 11 and up................8:45 AM - 9:45 AM

• Ages 9 to 10.....................9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

• Ages 7 to 8.......................10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

• Ages 6 and under..........11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

*The Advanced Swimmer session is for High School, Modified and/or high-level swim club swimmers due to the pace of and advanced technique of the practice. Please see coach Katrina if you have any questions or you can email swimteam@erra.us.

Championships

Swim Championships will be held at Cloverbank Country Club (formerly Briderwood Country Club) on Monday, July 29th. More information to follow!