If you’re in the building at the Waynesboro YMCA, odds are that there’s a Weaber in there with you.
“We are at the Y quite a bit. We’re probably there eight to ten times a week just with swimming, which probably equates to 10-plus hours a week total,” said Jonathan Weaber, who with his wife Lisa takes turns toting their children – Anna, 10, Aiden, 8, Anderson, 6, and Alex, 4, to swim practices and lessons at the Y.
Anna and Aiden are members of the Shenandoah Marlins Aquatic Club swim team. Anderson swims with the summer league Marlins team, and Alex has taken swim lessons.
The Weabers moved to Waynesboro three years ago, and among their first contacts was the Y and the SMAC swim program.
“SMAC and the Y are our most solid communities as a family. They’re the networks that we’ve been closest with, so it’s meant a lot to us being new to the area,” Weaber said.
As a parent, seeing his children grow and improve in swimming, a sport that requires self-discipline, has been a bonus.
“It’s been great for the kids to have that kind of influence in their lives, especially for our older two being involved in year-round SMAC,” Weaber said. “It’s great seeing them excel, seeing them work hard, set goals. Swimming is an individual sport in a lot of ways. Watching them grow and mature, setting goals, working hard, doing hours in the pool at 10 years old, in a very supportive environment, has been great.”
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