A group of master’s swimmers from Pabst Farms banded together to throw down some amazing swims at the 2023 U.S. Masters Spring Nationals Meet in Irvine, CA from April 27-30th. There was fierce competition with some very notable former Olympians racing like Jenny Thompson, Anthony Ervin, and Nathan Adrian to name a few. Even with some very stacked events the Pabst Farm crew was able to swim fast and score a bunch of points for Team Wisconsin. The meet started off with the distance crew where Lisa Hayes came away...

[Indianapolis, IN.] The Mid-States All-Star meet was held at the IUPUI Natatorium 1/7/2023-1/8/2023. Emily Gagan was selected to represent Team Wisconsin in the 11-12 girls division for the timed final event, with teams from Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, and Ohio. Mid-States All-Star meet is a multi-LSC event where each LSC selects swimmers based on their times and events. Athletes that are selected are the top performers in the LSC. Emily swam four (4) events, the 1650 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, and 100 butterfly. Emily scored 30 points for team...

Alex was selected to team WI for the 9-10 boys zone team. He had five strong swims, 3 top 8 finishes, and 4 team records. He competed at the University of Minnesota against teams from across the central zone, including Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri Valley, Iowa, Midwestern (Nebraska and part of Iowa), Ozark (Oklahoma), and Michigan. This one of the highest levels of competition Alex is eligible for at his age. 6th 100 free Team Record 11th 400 free Team Record 8th 200 IM Team Record 11th 100 fly...

Molly, who will be entering her freshman year at Oconomowoc High School competed in the Maccabi Games this summer. She had a strong showing in all events she swam at her first Maccabi Games. 8th in the 50 free -pr 28.95 4th in the 200 breast 3rd in 100 fly - pr 1:09.10 3rd in 200 medley relay 6th in 50 fly 3rd in 200 back 3rd in 400 medley relay 4th in 100 back 2nd in 400 im 2nd 400 free relay 4th in 200 im 2nd 200 free...

Seven 12 & Under Swimmers traveled to Brown Deer, WI for the 2022 12 & Under LCM Wisconsin State Swimming Championships. Throughout the weekend the Piranhas turned in 20 individual lifetime best swims, all four relays were lifetime best swims, and 8 team records. This is the team’s first 12 & Under LCM state championships. 2022 LCM 12 & Under State Team Claire Frank, Emily Gagan, Norah Gagan, Reese Konop, Alex Leibham, Sydney Madole, and Natalie Swanson. Alex: Team records in all six of his swims 100 LCM Fly(4th), 100...

On June 30th, 2022/The Piranha Swim Team sends the largest team in program history to compete at The 2022 Open Water State Meet. Emily will swim a 2000-meter race in the 11-12 age group Gabe, Jack, Molly, and Emma-Jean will swim a 3000-meter race in the 13-14 age group.

Teams from Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri Valley, Iowa, Midwestern (Nebraska and part of Iowa), Ozark (Oklahoma), and Michigan competed in the Central zone open water swimming championships. Emily Gagan of the YMCA at Pabst farms Piranhas represented team WI for the 11-12 age group. Emily swam great, with a 4th place finish in her first open water zone meet.

Open Water Zones will start on Friday, 6/17/22. We have our first open water zone qualifier in almost ten years!. Congratulations to Emily Gagan for being selected to Team WI for Open water Zones. To qualify for Open water or Pool zones, swimmers must achieve the time standards and be selected by the Team WI coaching staff. Open water zones require a USA Swimming “A” time in one of the distance events: Open 5K: Minimum 15-16 “A” Time in 400/500, 800/1000, or 1500/1650 Freestyle 13-14 2.5K: Minimum 13-14 “A” Time...

This was a historic moment for the piranhas. The 2022 SCY Meet was the highest has finished since 2011, possible further back as 2011 meet results were the oldest available at this time. The team finished in 7th in Division 3 and 30th overall. Not only was this an incredible finish for them, but it was accomplished with a very young team. No one on the 2022 State team has appeared in more than 2 state meets. There are great things to come for the team. Top 16 swims turned...

The weekend of December 11th the Piranhas had Dante and Alex were the first boys to compete at the meet in three years!! Alex had two top 8 finishes! 100 free (7th) 100 back (8th) Dante finished just outside of Podium with a 9th place swim in the 50 free Maddie, Claire, Natalie, and Emily swam in the 10 & Over 200 Free and 200 Medley Relay Emily had 4 top 8 finishes! 100 back (4th) 50 back (6th) 100 IM (6th) 200 IM (4th) Norah had 1 top 8...