WELCOME to our swim family! Unite to swim to unite!
Our methods and philosophy in swimming develop each athlete to their best potential while creating an atmosphere where athletes will grow, develop friendships and hold all the tools necessary to thrive. Practices and swim meets are an important key to each athlete’s success. Lessons are available for swimmers wishing to swim for exercise and learn at an uncompetitive pace. Our vision is to accommodate all athletes.
Our Spring – Summer Swim Team Season will run: April 21 to August 3 – 2025. The official training session will start on April 21for all groups except Streamline and Breakout. The billing cycle will for all groups start on May 1. Streamlines and Breakout have their first official practice for the season Friday April 25.
Registrations will be open on Wednesday, April 16.
The USA swimming registration is the membership that allows swimmers to participate in the sport under USA swimming regulations and at the same time is the proof of insurance for the swim team and all athletes. The USA Swimming rules are mandatory to follow. We are not permitted to allow unregistered swimmers to swim with the program.
This fee is only for new swim team members. This membership will need to be renewed on September 2025.
All new swim team swimmers will need to pay a separate registration for the USA swimming membership. After we receive the team registration, we will submit and pay for the USA swimming registration on your behalf and then, we will invoice you the corresponding fee for that registration.
Swimmers that are currently registered with USA swimming are not required to renew the registration until September 2025. Swimmers with current FLEX membership will need to upgrade to Full membership, only if they participated in 2 swim meets during the fall to winter session or if they qualify to Summer 2025 Metropolitan Summer Championships.
To register for any of the training groups, we will send you a registration link to the email we have on file. The registration information and payments will be processed through the Commit Swimming platform. Parents of new swimmers joining the team will need to create an online account. This account will be your parent portal account. Commit swimming is a web- base team management software where you will manage your account. Here you can see your child’s registration, manage your account, payment options, transactions history, view team calendar, register for swim meets, check swimmers best times and swim meet results. Please note that Commit Swimming does not offer a mobile app for parents or swimmers.
There is no additional Commit Swimming registration fee during the Spring to Summer season.
The Spring to Summer registration includes one team swim cap and one T-shirt for every swimmer. Please make sure to write down T shirt sizes during the registration.
If you want to order additional T-shirts for parents, make sure to write down quantity and sizes. The additional T-shirts will be billed to your account before we place the order. The cost for each additional T-shirt will be $18.00.
If parents select to pay in installments, the first monthly payment will be withdrawn from bank accounts on May 1st, and it will do automatically withdrawals every month until August 1st/ 2025. Please make sure you have an updated payment card in your account.
There is a 10% discount for each additional sibling on Heatwaves. Parents registering siblings, please choose to pay in installments during the registration process, that way we can apply the corresponding discount on your parent portal account when we receive the registrations. The sibling discount is not applied if at least one of the registered siblings was granted a partial or full scholarship for the current season.
Please note that the training group prices are already reflecting the swim practice cancellations on holidays and swim meet days. There will be no swim practice during swim meet days (except for Streamline and Breakout groups) – unless otherwise noted.
It will be possible to schedule make-up practices for missing attendance, make-up practices need to be arranged and approved by Coach Galen.
ATHLETE PROTECTION TRAINING – MAAPP
The Athlete Protection Training is provided through the U.S. Center for SafeSport. The required course is found on your USA Swimming Account under the Education tab and must be renewed annually. All new and existing adult members of USA Swimming, including adult athletes, must satisfactorily complete Athlete Protection Training as required by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
As a membership requirement, adult athletes who are currently 18 and older must complete this training by June 23rd. Those who are 17, about to turn 18, must complete this training by their 18th birthday. Successful completion the training, on an annual basis, is now a membership requirement of adult athletes, and failure to complete it will result in an athlete’s inability to swim in a meet or at practice.
Swim meet participation is offered on various weekends. JUNIOR and SENIOR training groups, are required to attend at least 2 swim meets per season. Swim meets for STREAMLINE and BREAKOUT training groups is encouraged, though optional. Our team typically attends 5 to 7 meets during the Fall and Winter seasons and 3 to 4 meets during the Spring to Summer season.
Please be aware that meet hosts levy fees to cover the operational costs of these events. These fees generally range from $8.00 to $12.00 per individual race/event, and may also include a facility surcharge. For your convenience, swim meet fees will be automatically processed and charged to the credit card on file the day following the completion of the swim meet.
Prior to each swim meet, a detailed flyer provided by the host organization, outlining the initial meet schedule and associated fees, will be distributed via email. We strongly advise reviewing this flyer thoroughly before committing your swimmer(s) to any event. Following the dissemination of the swim meet information email, parents will be responsible for registering their swimmers by the communicated deadlines. As previously stated, swim meet participation remains optional.
To register your swimmer(s) for a specific swim meet, please log in to your Commit Swimming parent portal account and select the desired session(s) for attendance.
Important: Unless explicitly stated otherwise, there will be no scheduled swim practices on any designated Swim Meet days.
Once a swimmer is committed and officially registered for a swim meet, the associated fees are immediately locked in by the host organization. Consequently, should a swimmer need to withdraw (scratch) from a meet or any individual race for any reason, the meet host will still impose the charges for those entries, and you will remain responsible for remitting the full swim meet fee.
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