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Blue Dolphins Swim Team

Mission Statement:

To help build and develop a love and passion for swimming by providing a place, opportunity and coaching for athletes to practice their skills, techniques and improve their physical and mental development to their highest level possible in a safe, ethical team environment.

Vision Statement:

To build a program with commitment, loyalty and family values where excellence is the goal.

NFL Hall of Fame Coach Vince Lombardi once said...“It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.”

The Blue Dolphin Swim Team is a non Profit competitive swim program located in Dallas, Oregon. We serve the Dallas and Polk county area. We are members of Oregon Swimming and USA Swimming.

Our coaches are professionally trained and always have the best interest in the swimmers and community in mind. While training our swimmers to be fast they are also interested in helping them be successful in life.

Recent Announcements

Team Returns to Competition for First Time Since March

For the first time since the start of the global pandemic, the Blue Dolphins Swim Team returned to the water for the first time since March hosting an Inter Squad Meet Saturday, October 10, at the Dallas Aquatic Center.

The kids swam with a lot of drive and there were many great times. Check the results I have attached and see many 10 plus seconds improvement. Many new events were done which is always a great thing to see. Special shout outs to Gentry and Vasili who officially broke a minute for the first time in the 100 free. You may note that best times fell off toward the end but when they swim 4 events in a bit over an hour it's expected.

Thanks for the well wishes from so many of you and I hope to return to coaching in the next few weeks.

Posted Oct 12, 2020, 10:27 AM by BDST Administrator

BDST Breaks in All-New Chin-Up Bars

The Blue Dolphins Swim Team broke in their all-new chin-up bars during the second week back to practice following a three-month hiatus due to the global pandemic. Below are a few photos courtesy of Head Coach Mark Maxwell showing swimmers using the bars.

Posted Jul 11, 2020, 7:52 PM by BDST Administrator

Team Tryouts

The Blue Dolphins Swim Team is proud to announce that team tryouts will be held any Monday, Wednesday, or Friday from 4:30 PM to 5:15 PM at the Dallas Aquatic Center in Dallas, Oregon.

Swimmers should come dressed in their suits and wear a mask on deck until they get in the water. Parents/Guardians will be allowed on deck to talk to a coach, but will not be allowing to stay in the building for the duration of practice.

For more information, contact Head Coach Mark Maxwell at familymaxwell4@yahoo.com.

Posted Jul 5, 2020, 8:41 PM by BDST Administrator

Return to the Water!

As some of you may have heard the pool opens tomorrow the 24th. We will return on Monday the 29th. There are some rules and changes as we return.

Practice times

Novice

M-W-F 4:30-5:15

Age Group

M-W-F 4:30-5:30 (water)

M-W-F 5:30-6:00 (dry land stations)

T-Th 4:30-6:00 (water)

Senior

M-W-F 4:30-5:15 (dry land stations)

M-W-F 5:15-6:30 (water)

T-Th 4:30-6:00 (water)

*No Locker Rooms - please come with suits on. If you need to change clothes the lobby bathroom are available. Please don't use the bathroom on deck for changing as they are cleaning it between uses. The family changing rooms are available for use.

**No spectators in the pool areas. They are limited by the total in the building and each spectator that sits somewhere in the pool removes a swimmer from the water. Remember we are in this together.

***Drinking fountains are closed, but the bottle refill station can be used to fill bottles - NOT TO DRINK FROM.

We will be trying a few new ways of practicing. BE PATIENT!! The pool has been gracious with us, our usage and time ! Please, both kids and parents, treat them with kindness and respect.

We will do the best we can and the kids will have strict rules of placement and behavior that will need to followed for this to work for everyone. See you all on Monday.

Coach Maxwell

Go BLUE !!

Posted Jul 5, 2020, 8:40 PM by BDST Administrator

2020 OSI 11-14 Age Group Championships

The Blue Dolphins at 11-14 champs in Corvallis swam very well. Our 800 free relay (Lonny Stork, Gentry Hagedorn, Kaitlyn Landis, and Sydney Alamein) set a new open record of 8:30.65. Gentry had a best time in her 100 fly. Kaitlyn swam well through her hip injury to just miss her best times in her 500 and 1650 free. Very gutsy effort on her part. I hope others will follow in that commitment!! Lonny was 3 of 5 best times (500 free - 11 second drop, 2 and 400 IMs). Just missed a best time in her 200 back by 1 one hundredth. Very good weekend for her. Sydney was 4 of 6 best times (500 free, 100 fly, 200 free and 400 IM). She set records in 13-14 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free - going under 2 minutes for the first time ) and open 100 fly. Well done to everyone and thanks to Hugh Genualdi and Matt Beasley for officiating. Thanks to all that timed. We were well recognized through every level of the meet.

Posted Mar 14, 2020, 3:38 PM by BDST Administrator

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