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Momentum Swim Conditioning focuses on perfecting technique, building up endurance, and practicing starts, turns, and finishes in the water. Swimmers in this program are required to be able to swim 25 yards unaided before registering. To keep lanes from being overcrowded, swimmers are asked to attend only on their registration days.
• Schedule: Winter Session 3 runs January 13–February 22; Fall Session 1 runs September 16–October 23, 2025; Fall Session 2 runs November 3–December 12, 2025; Winter Session 3 runs January 12–February 20, 2026; Spring Session 4 runs April 6–May 15, 2026
The Momentum Swim Conditioning leadership team includes Coach Ruthy, Coach Michelle, Coach Brian, Coach Kathleen, and Liz, who is listed as the contact for FAQs and registration information. The program’s stated mission is for swimmers to put down their cell phones, build up endurance, and swim the right way, with an emphasis that when swimmers, parents, and coaches all swim, everyone wins. The mission also states that the program aims to help swimmers become the best version of themselves, provide a place where swimmers will grow, build lifelong swimmers through skill development and fun, and offer individualized feedback to develop fundamentals while building relationships one lap at a time.
Coach Ruthy has over 36 years of coaching experience, has been Head Coach of Naperville's Saybrook Sharks Swim Team since 2001 with City Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2025, has coached Benet Academy Girls JV from 2016–2022, 2024, and 2025, has been a Naperville Swim Conference New Coaches Facilitator since 2023, and has taught at Saints Peter and Paul School in Naperville since 1998. Coach Michelle has over 18 years of coaching experience, has been Head Assistant Coach at Saybrook since 2016, Swim Lesson Manager at Saybrook since 2015, and a Naperville School District 203 teacher since 2020. Coach Brian has over 30 years of experience, has been Head Coach of the Naper Carriage Hill Swim Team with City Championships in 2013 and 2015, has volunteered with the NCHS Boys Swim Team since 2003, has coached with the USA Swimming club Mavericks since 2000, has taught in Naperville School District 203 since 2003, and has been a Naperville Swim Conference New Coaches Facilitator since 2023. Coach Kathleen has over 30 years of experience, is Head Coach of the Farmstead Swim Team, has been NCHS Girls & Boys Assistant Coach since 2013, coached at the YMCA club from 2007–2017, and is a Naperville School District 203 teacher.
The program lists several unique features: there are no meets, no volunteering, and no fundraising; it states that it conditions the whole person, mind and body; it states that every swimmer matters; it states that it builds lifelong swimmers through skill development and fun; and it states that individualized feedback will help develop fundamentals. The staff’s community involvement includes roles such as Head Coach of Naperville's Saybrook Sharks Swim Team, Benet Academy Girls JV Coach, Naperville Swim Conference New Coaches Facilitator, teacher at Saints Peter and Paul School in Naperville, Head Assistant Coach and Swim Lesson Manager at Saybrook, Naperville School District 203 teacher, Head Coach of Naper Carriage Hill Swim Team, NCHS Boys Swim Team Volunteer Coach, USA Swimming club coach with Mavericks, Head Coach of Farmstead Swim Team, NCHS Girls & Boys Assistant Coach, and YMCA club coach.
Last updated December 21, 2025.
• Schedule: Winter Session 3 runs January 13–February 22; Fall Session 1 runs September 16–October 23, 2025; Fall Session 2 runs November 3–December 12, 2025; Winter Session 3 runs January 12–February 20, 2026; Spring Session 4 runs April 6–May 15, 2026
The Momentum Swim Conditioning leadership team includes Coach Ruthy, Coach Michelle, Coach Brian, Coach Kathleen, and Liz, who is listed as the contact for FAQs and registration information. The program’s stated mission is for swimmers to put down their cell phones, build up endurance, and swim the right way, with an emphasis that when swimmers, parents, and coaches all swim, everyone wins. The mission also states that the program aims to help swimmers become the best version of themselves, provide a place where swimmers will grow, build lifelong swimmers through skill development and fun, and offer individualized feedback to develop fundamentals while building relationships one lap at a time.
Coach Ruthy has over 36 years of coaching experience, has been Head Coach of Naperville's Saybrook Sharks Swim Team since 2001 with City Championships in 2016, 2017, and 2025, has coached Benet Academy Girls JV from 2016–2022, 2024, and 2025, has been a Naperville Swim Conference New Coaches Facilitator since 2023, and has taught at Saints Peter and Paul School in Naperville since 1998. Coach Michelle has over 18 years of coaching experience, has been Head Assistant Coach at Saybrook since 2016, Swim Lesson Manager at Saybrook since 2015, and a Naperville School District 203 teacher since 2020. Coach Brian has over 30 years of experience, has been Head Coach of the Naper Carriage Hill Swim Team with City Championships in 2013 and 2015, has volunteered with the NCHS Boys Swim Team since 2003, has coached with the USA Swimming club Mavericks since 2000, has taught in Naperville School District 203 since 2003, and has been a Naperville Swim Conference New Coaches Facilitator since 2023. Coach Kathleen has over 30 years of experience, is Head Coach of the Farmstead Swim Team, has been NCHS Girls & Boys Assistant Coach since 2013, coached at the YMCA club from 2007–2017, and is a Naperville School District 203 teacher.
The program lists several unique features: there are no meets, no volunteering, and no fundraising; it states that it conditions the whole person, mind and body; it states that every swimmer matters; it states that it builds lifelong swimmers through skill development and fun; and it states that individualized feedback will help develop fundamentals. The staff’s community involvement includes roles such as Head Coach of Naperville's Saybrook Sharks Swim Team, Benet Academy Girls JV Coach, Naperville Swim Conference New Coaches Facilitator, teacher at Saints Peter and Paul School in Naperville, Head Assistant Coach and Swim Lesson Manager at Saybrook, Naperville School District 203 teacher, Head Coach of Naper Carriage Hill Swim Team, NCHS Boys Swim Team Volunteer Coach, USA Swimming club coach with Mavericks, Head Coach of Farmstead Swim Team, NCHS Girls & Boys Assistant Coach, and YMCA club coach.
Last updated December 21, 2025.
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