Hello Swim Families-
We are excited to announce that the Lock Haven Area YMCA has been
accepted as a USA Swimming Club with the Middle Atlantic Region! We are
excited as this will provide additional opportunities for competition
for Loggerheads who are ready for the "next
level".
Our YMCA Loggerhead team will continue as is. If you are a member
of the Y team, you will compete with our YMCA team in our local YMCA
league. Team fees will be the same as they have always been and YMCA
membership is a requirement. USA Swimming is an
additional cost, and the team will participate in several meets a year.
The meets will also be an additional cost to the participant.
Swimmers can now also join USA Swimming with a yearly membership
fee of $60. You must also be a US citizen. This fee allows you to
compete in any USA meet anywhere in the country. You also get mailings
and other things that give your more information about
the sport of swimming. Your times are also kept in a national data
base. USA meets are in general more competetive than YMCA swim meets,
though this is not always the case. There are Motivational Time
Standards (here, look at
page 3 for short course yard times to compare to what our swimmers usually swim)
for different ages. If the swimmer's time in a particular event meets
this time standard, you are considered "A" or "B" level in that event.
USA meets are often labeled,
"A and B" Meet (which would mean you would need to be at least that
fast to compete in this meet). There are also "A, B and C" meets which
allow swimmers who have not yet achieved these time standards to
compete. There are also "Elite" meets which have even
faster time standards...(getting the picture?)
If you desire to participate in USA Swimming, you need to fill out
the form and submit a check for $60 (payable to CCSA, here). Any meets that
our team participates in will have a cost (say $6 per event) which will
also be the responsibility of the swimmer.
If you already have a USA swimming membership, but want to transfer
your status to LHAY (that is our club code/name), please fill out the
attached form (here).
USA Swimming is not for all our swimmers...you need to decide if
this is something your swimmer and family want to participate in...it is
not required to be a Loggerhead!
As this is our first year, we will more than likely participate in
more USA meets during Spring, Summer and Fall of 2014 (as our YMCA meet
schedule has us busy already!). We will post a schedule soon to the
website.
If you are not sure if you have signed up yet or not for USA
Swimming, please contact me. We will discuss it further and the meet
schedule at our next CCSA meeting on Monday, January 6th, at 6pm at the
YMCA.
I hope this is clear to everyone. If you have more questions, please contact any of our coaches or myself.
I would like to send in a batch of applications for our swimmers by 1/6/14...so please consider this in a timely manner!
See you at the pool,
Rebekah Cygan
President
Clinton County Swim Association
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