Chicago Smelts

Happy Medal Monday! 🏅 Congrats to all Smelts who raced hard in yesterday’s Chicago Triathlon Supertri USA - you make our city and our team proud! Also a big shoutout to all Smelts who volunteered and supported at the race, our racers loved being welcomed at swim start, or dragged out of the water by fellow Smelts 😆🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️🫶

New Fall/Winter schedule is coming up! Can’t wait to kick off the new swimming & competition season with everyone 🍁🍂 See you at the pool!

The Smelts swam to the moon! 🌖 This past weekend, Chicago Smelts participated in the Swim to the Moon open water swim festival in Michigan. And we had lots of Smelts award winners! 🥇🥈🥉 Including:

10k
Kate (No. 1 women 30-34 for the second year in a row, 9th all women)
Monica (No. 3 women 35-39, 10th all women)
Jake (No. 2 men 30-34, and 3rd all men)
Victor (No. 4 men 30-34)

5k
Chloé (No. 2 women 25-29, 6th all women)
Ashley (No. 2 women 40-44)
Ash (No. 1 nonbinary overall)

2.4
Madison (No. 1 women 19-24)

1.2
Mike W (No. 1 men 30-34, 4th all men)
Claire (No. 4th women 25-29)

Congrats to all swimmers!

Last week the Smelts had 2 swimmers compete at the US Masters Swimming Long Course Nationals in Sacramento, CA! They crushed it in their personal events, breaking personal records and also competed in a relay with other Illinois swimmers! Want to check out the saved live stream videos from the events? Check the link in the comments below!👇

Farmers Only Hoe Down with CMSA Soccer 🧑‍🌾🐖👩‍🌾🐄👨‍🌾🥕

Yesterday we had a little 🏅Medal Moment🏅 at our North End monthly social. A big welcome back to Chicago to all of our Gay Games participants! Archiving these wonderful memories from Valencia, IGLA+ Montreal 2027 is next…

Grab your suit, a sponge & some suds, and let’s get soaking wet! 💦
Invite your automobile-owning friend, family, or colleague to stop by Replay on July 25 between 3:00-5:00 PM for a one-of-a-kind Smelts car wash. Proceeds will go toward the team’s scholarship fund. 💦🚗🚙🚕🏎🚌🚿
Can’t make the car wash? Join us for happy hour (5:00-6:00PM) at Replay afterwards! See you there!

We are so excited to host our 2nd annual joint fundraiser with CMSA Soccer: Farmers Only Hoe Down! 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾👨🏻‍🌾👩🏿‍🌾👨🏾‍🌾👩🏼‍🌾 Proceeds will go to the scholarship fund for both teams.
See you this Saturday at Big Gay Sal’s Pizza (3445 N Halsted St) on the back patio, followed by an after party at Hydrate Nightclub starting at 10:30PM. One ticket will get you into both! Please use the Partiful link in our bio to RSVP!
…But what will I wear???
Whether you’re a rhinestone rodeo queen, a dusty denim daddy, or a saloon showstopper, we wanna see your best country couture.
🏆Prizes for the the most yee-haw-worthy look!