THANK YOU PARENTS!
(The following is the text from a presentation our athletes gave to our parents)

We’ve been given the opportunity to thank the people most important to the success of our swim team. These brave souls dedicate their lives to the success of each swimmer. They are the swim parents. Swim parents are a unique breed and can usually be distinguished by the following characteristics:

1. A distinct smell of chlorine permeating from their clothes and hair, as well as their car and other belongings.

2. Frizzy hair, compliments of all the humidity present at practice and meets.

3. A permanent slouch caused by too many hours on uncomfortable bleachers.

4. A somewhat glazed-over look from watching 10 or more heats of events their kids are not even swimming in.

5. Fingers permanently stained with yellow highlighter.

6. A chronic upset stomach from worrying about whether their swimmer is going to make it to their event on time, and more importantly, remember which stroke they’re supposed to swim.

7. An unusual ritual exhibited only on Sundays, when they secretly cross their fingers during their child’s races, hoping they won’t make it back to finals.

8. A propensity for screaming "Kick" or "Go" during a race even though none of the swimmers can hear them.

9. Their standard greeting for family and friends is "Which one of our fundraisers would you like to support?

10. The unique ability (particularly for the dads) to calculate how much time is left before the last event is finished, down to the minute.

11. And finally, an uncanny knowledge of the location of every Olive Garden in Ohio and surrounding states.

Even with all these little quirks, we love you! You are often taken for granted and rarely thanked. You spend countless hours inhaling chlorine and hauling us to practice and meets. You sit patiently through endless swim meets cheering us on and supporting the team. You spend your free time searching for lost or misplaced towels, goggles, and suits, which we insist were taken by some mysterious towel bandit, goggle gremlin or suit snatcher.

You make it possible for us to reach for our dreams and accomplish our goals. For all this and more, from the bottom of our hearts......... THANK YOU!!!!!

What Buckeye parents have to say about our club...

"I like the excellent technique instruction."

"Buckeye is a well-rounded program.  Swimmers of all levels are welcome and are given excellent instruction.  Everyone is important."

"My daughter feels that she is the most well prepared freshman on her college swim team.  Her coaches are happy with her technique, and the intense schedule of college life is not overwhelming.  This preparation came from Buckeye" 
- from the mom of walk-on at a Big Ten school.

"Swimming is a low-impact and low injury sport and Buckeye has seems to have a very low number of injuries."

"We love to practice at Ohio State!"

"The highest quality of coaches you can find in any sport in Central Ohio."

"The coaching staff is experienced and stays with Buckeye."

"Buckeye has a low coach to swimmer ratio - we get great attention!"

"Swimmer's show immediate improvement at Buckeye."

"Buckeye makes it easy to join the team.  No try-outs, no evaluations, just come on in and give it a try."

"My daughter experienced remarkable improvement in her self-confidence in just 3 months."

"The coaches are professionals and respect the kids."

"Everyone is a winner."

"The coaches are always there for the swimmer."

"The coaches take the time to get to know the kids outside of swimming."

"Swimming has excellent health benefits that no other sport matches.  It allows kids to manage weight problems in a comfortable and successful environment.   Swimming is highly recommended for kids with asthma."

"Buckeye does not segregate the elite swimmers."

"All kids are accepted socially."

"School & family come first at Buckeye."

"Buckeye teaches kids that they can be successful and have fun doing it.  Too many programs ask kids to be serious in order to achieve success."

"The social activities and games are great.  Not only do the kids form lasting friendships, but so do the parents."

"Buckeye opens the door of opportunity to swimmers at a young age.  My daughter started at age 4 when no one else would take her.  She's still loving it at age 9."

"The consistency in the coaching staff has created consistency in swimmers."

"Buckeye coaches can work with injured swimmers.  They are given individual attention in a patient approach to long term recovery."

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