Badger Senior Team

In keeping with tradition and meeting the highest expectations... London’s calling

Speed by Badger

Age Group Swimmers that achieve at a national level, possess sufficient physical and mental strength and show promise and dedication are invited to move up to the Senior Team. The goal of the Senior Team is to further the transition of age group swimmers into national caliber swimmers. Once swimmers move up to train with John Collins on the Badger Senior Team, they are monitored several ways: through attendance, yardage, and performance. The Senior Team trains seven day a week, expecting the swimmers to attend seven to ten workouts a week. Long course training at Badger Pool in Larchmont and Lehman College is a core component of the team’s success. Badger Swim Club is a Level 4 Club as recognized through the USA Swimming Club Recognition Program.

Head Coach John Collins

John has followed the same philosophy since 1978: "We will never be a big fish in a small pond." Westchester County swimmers can succeed at the national and international level. Great swimmers need to embody these qualities: commitment, perseverance, and consistent, intelligent training. Successes of Badger swimmers can be summed up by the athlete’s ability to look inward. The personal components of greatness that all swimmers need to exhibit are to increase the pressure, raise the volume, ratchet up the intensity within practice, and take ownership of their own swimming.