YMCA of North Carolina hosting Hula Invitational Swim Meet

Two hundred and fifty swimmers from throughout the Southeast—including ten YMCA teams—will compete at Asheville’s Recreation Park Pool, located at 69 Gashes Creek Road. Photo courtesy of YMCA

From YMCA:

YMCA of North Carolina Hosting Hula Invitational Swim Meet

Over 250 competitive youth swimmers from throughout the Southeast to participate

Asheville, N.C., May 20, 2016 – The YMCA of Western North Carolina will host its 13th annual Hula Invitational swim meet Friday, May 27, through Sunday, May 29, 2016. Two hundred and fifty swimmers from throughout the Southeast—including ten YMCA teams—will compete at Asheville’s Recreation Park Pool, located at 69 Gashes Creek Road. Competitors will have the opportunity to meet qualification standards for state, regional, and national level competitions. All proceeds from the meet will benefit the YMCA of Western North Carolina’s Piranhas swim team.

The Piranhas swim team serves over 170 children, ages 6 through 18, from Buncombe, Henderson, McDowell, and Madison counties. Swimmers learn both the fundamentals and higher level skills of competitive swimming and the YMCA’s four core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.

In addition to offering all swimmers a chance to compete, this year’s Hula Invitational is partnering with the Special Olympics to provide an avenue for local special needs athletes to participate in organized sports.

The event is free and open to spectators.

For more information, please contact Kirk Hampleman, director of competitive swimming, at khampleman@ymcawnc.org or 828 209 9616.

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About Dan Hesse
I grew up outside of Atlanta and moved to WNC in 2001 to attend Montreat College. After college, I worked at NewsRadio 570 WWNC as an anchor/reporter and covered Asheville City Council and the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners starting in 2004. During that time I also completed WCU's Master of Public Administration program. You can reach me at dhesse@mountainx.com.

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