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YMCA participates in World's Largest Swim Lesson

The Sussex Family YMCA and Ocean City Aquatics teamed up to join more than 900 locations around the globe to create the World's Largest Swimming Lesson at exactly 10 a.m. on June 18. BY DAN COOK
June 24, 2015
YMCA aquatics director Lydia Schmierer directs Max Wyshok during the World's Largest Swimming Lesson. BY DAN COOK
Noelle Harris, 3, leaps into the arms of volunteer John Zinsmeister. BY DAN COOK
Kemper Cox is all smiles as she participates in the WLSL. BY DAN COOK
YMCA youth volunteer Diana Bird assists her little brother Fritz during the annual event. BY DAN COOK
YMCA volunteers round up the pool noodle riders during the WLSL. BY DAN COOK
Sadie Wakefield shows off her cool goggles at the WLSL. BY DAN COOK
Swimmers learn to jump into the deep end of the YMCA pool while instructors await. BY DAN COOK
Noelle Harris loves the pool at the WLSL. BY DAN COOK
Kemper Cox is all smiles as she models her fancy goggles during the event. BY DAN COOK
Max Wyshok does his "Jaws" impression during the World's Largest Swimming Lesson as YMCA aquatics director Lydia Schmierer looks on. BY DAN COOK

Water Parks, pools, YMCAs and aquatic facilities from around the globe joined in at 10 a.m. on June 18 to try to break the Guinness World Record of teaching swimming to tens of thousands of kids at more than 900 locations for the 2015 "World's Largest Swimming Lesson." It is the sixth annual event.

According to event organizers, "The World's Largest Swimming Lesson was created to serve as a platform to help local community aquatic facilities and the many different national, regional and state wide water safety and drowning prevention organizations work together to tell this important story on a local and national level."

The WLSL was created by the World Waterpark Association in 2010 as a platform to communicate the fundamental importance of teaching children to swim. More than forty-five different aquatics and safety organizations and publications support Team WLSL in their mission to help prevent childhood drowning.

The Sussex Family YMCA offers swim lessons year round in their indoor six lane competitive length pool. For information contact Lydia Schmierer at 302-296-9622, Ext. 116.

For more information on the World's Largest Swimming Lesson go to www.worldslargestswimminglesson.org.

 

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