Swim Team, adaptive

Courage Kenny Adaptive Sports & Recreation’s adaptive swim team, the Blizzards, is a competitive team for athletes with physical and cognitive disabilities. Our goal is to provide opportunities for athletes to improve their skills, build endurance, and grow while learning new techniques in a positive environment. The team is affiliated with USA Swimming through our partnership with the Hurricanes Swim Team and affiliation with Move United. This partnership allows athletes to compete in both Minnesota meets and several Move United-sanctioned events, including The Hartford Nationals.

Winter and Spring sessions are offered. Practices are held on Sundays from 3:00-4:30 pm. We have designed these sessions to be both challenging and accommodating, tailored to meet each athlete's goals.

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Who it is for

The Courage Kenny competitive swim team is best suited for advanced, independent swimmers with disabilities including but not limited to- amputation, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, brain injury, autism, spinal cord injury and more. If you are unsure if this is the right program for you, please contact us.

Good to know

Tryouts

Athletes interested in joining the team will need to tryout. Tryouts will occur the first day of practices of each session (Winter and Spring). Athlete will need to demonstrate swimmers will be asked to demonstrate 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke. (highly encourage the athletes know breaststroke and butterfly), and swim 75 yards continuously for freestyle and backstroke.

General competitive swimming information

Swimmers at the Paralympic games are classified into 14 different classes based on their impairments.
A classification may change for different swimming strokes because the nature of your impairment may affect your ability to perform a particular stroke.
There are various forms for swimmers to start their race: in the water, a dive start sitting on the starting platform, or the typical standing start.

Get involved

To participate 

Sign mandatory and return PARTICIPATION FORMS & WAIVERS.

Review the ATHLETE CODE OF CONDUCT.

Volunteer 

Share your skills and your love of sports with our programs by volunteering. 

To volunteer, contact CKRI Volunteer Services at 612-775-2728.

For information and to register

Contact information

Daniel Edmondson
Phone: 612-775-2311 Phone: 612-775-2311
daniel.edmondson@allina.com

Fee information

See registration link for fee information.?

No participant will be turned away due to financial hardships. Thanks to our generous donors, scholarships are available based on financial need. To apply, complete a Scholarship / Cost Share application prior to registering online. Please contact us if you have any questions.?

What to bring

Swimsuit
Towel
Water bottle
Swim cap
Swim goggles