What's New
Fall & Winter Information
The masters swimming program for winter is now available.
Registration is now closed for the age group team . There will be NO walk up registrations accepted on the first day of practice.
The Difference between DARTS and DORC:
DARTS is a summer-only local league which is part of the Greater Columbus Swim League. Throughout the U.S., leagues like these are considered excellent entry-level introductions to competitive swimming. DORC is part of the United States Swimming organization: This is a year-round, professionally-run sports organization and its competitions tend to feature faster swimming than you will have seen in summer-league swimming. The two teams - DARTS and DORC - are completely separate and have nothing to do with each other (except that many kids have swim for both teams).
The Difference between DUST and DORC:
DUST is the previous incarnation of DORC, but it no longer exists. Coach Hawes started DUST about 10 years ago. In 2004, when he was leaving for a teaching sabbatical in placecountry-regionAustralia, he handed off the team to a different administration. Earlier in 2007, he resumed management of the team. For various reasons, he and Ohio Swimming Inc. (the state chapter of USS) decided it would be best to disband DUST and reform the team as DORC. For those who knew DUST only in its 2004-07 incarnation, the biggest difference with how we run this team is that it has returned to being a very small, technique-focused and non-profit group. Coach Hawes already has 2.5 other jobs and is not doing this for income: Whatever revenues are not paid out for expenses or to coaches as salary are funneled into the facility and OWU Swimming and Diving team budget to help pay for team travel and meals.
Because this facility is not a public, we have many restrictions, time and space being the two biggest. This program, as set up, is our best option; unfortunately we may not be able to accommodate all who wish to participate. There are alternatives.
First: Ohio Wesleyan Swimming offers swimming lessons, “Bishop Bubbles” for all level of swimmer. I will put a link to this site once we have the session dates and times. In general; it will be four sessions of six lessons, two per week for three weeks. The first session will (hopefully) be September and the last session will be in March.
Second: Other USS or YMCA teams in central Ohio.