Anyone (new or returning) interested in joining the 2025-2026 swimming and diving team is REQUIRED to tryout this season. To be eligible for tryouts, complete the required forms listed below by Sunday, October 26th at 11:59pm.
WCPSS High School Sport Eligibility Guidelines available at this link
If you are eligible, complete the items in the order listed below:
1. Sign up for a PCHS DragonFly Max account (returners: sign in to your account from last year) and complete all required fields. There will be a green check box when everything is complete. More instructions are available at this link.
If you have any questions about the medical forms, please reach out the PCHS Athletic Trainer, Brian Goodale bgoodale@wcpss.net
2. Complete PCHS Swimming and Diving Application
Year-rounders: The application includes a space where you can upload the completed year round practice form (requires year round coach signature).
3. Complete PCHS Athletics Winter Tryout Intent Form
Athletes that have completed all of the requirements listed above are eligible to tryout. The purpose of tryouts is to demonstrate athlete commitment to the team and showcase current skill sets (you do not have to swim/dive your best times/scores during tryouts, but it should reflect where you are generally). Tryout times/scores will also be used to guide the first meet entries. Please keep in mind that this is a varsity/junior varsity level sport and not traditional swim lessons.
Athletes are required to meet the following requirements AT SWIM TRYOUTS to be rostered on the team:
Swim a 50 yard freestyle legally with a flip turn in less than 45 seconds
Swim a 50 yard backstroke, 50 yard breaststroke, and 50 yard butterfly with turns
Able to dive from the starting blocks with a head-first entry
Athletes are required to meet the following requirements AT DIVING TRYOUTS to be rostered on the team:
Coach Wesendunk will specify requirements during diving tryouts. Divers should be interested and willing to learn how to dive off of a 1M springboard forwards, backwards, reverse, inward, and with twists.
The team will be capped at 80 athletes and divided equally among women and men where possible. PCHS is limited to 8 divers (4 women, 4 men). Spots on the team will go to individuals that have met the requirements listed above, athletes with the fastest times (swim) or scores (dive), and those that exemplify NCHSAA core values.
Swimming Tryout Schedule:
Date- October 29th and October 30th (see tryout roster for assigned day)
Time- 5:30-6:30 AM (arrive 5-10 min early; open warm ups 5:30-5:50am; events 5:50-6:30am)
Location- Morrisville Aquatic Center
Tryout events- 50 yd freestyle, 50 yd backstroke, 50 yd breaststroke, 50 yd butterfly
Diving Tryout Schedule:
Date- Oct 29th - Email Coach Wesendunk (rwesendunk@wcpss.net)
Time- 6:30pm
Location- NCSU
Here is some information about what to expect at diving tryouts at this link
Final Roster: The final roster will be announced by Sunday, November 2nd via email. Athletes and Parent(s)/Guardian(s) will be invited to the GroupMe chats at this time.