ALLEGHEY MOUNTAIN SWIMMING (AMS)
Norwin Aqua Club is a member of Allegheny Mountain Swimming (AMS)
Swimmers must be currently registered members of USA Swimming prior to entering USA Swimming meets.
What is Allegheny Mountain Swimming (AMS)?
MISSION
Competitive swimming inspires athletes to dream big, work hard and achieve great things. AMS provides the framework and resources to develop competitive swimmers whose passion for the sport lasts a lifetime.
VISION
Swimming Fast. Growing Strong. Achieving Dreams. Allegheny Mountain Swimming.
CORE VALUES
Trust. Excellence. Cooperation.
Allegheny Mountain Swimming (also known as AMS) is a division of the USA Swimming organization. It is comprised of 48 area swim clubs and two university swim clubs in our area. AMS meets are held throughout the area. Many of these swim meets have USA Swimming time qualifications based upon the USA swimming age group time standards, and there are a few meets that have no qualifying times to help swimmers achieve times in the USA swimming database. As a swimmer achieves faster times they can qualify for USA swimming sanctioned meets throughout the country.
QUALIFYING TIMES
USA Swimming database times are only achievable during AMS sanctioned meets. Times achieved in the Chestnut Ridge League are not in the USA Swimming database. Varsity Swimming times are also not USA Swimming times. There are only two meets in the Varsity Swim Season that are accepted into the USA Swimming database, and this is only if you are AMS registered prior to swimming at the meets. These meets are the WPIAL championships, and PIAA Swimming Championships.
Some AMS meets contain qualifying times, requiring an athlete to swim 'faster than' or 'slower than' a specified time. In some of the AMS meets you can not swim an event without having an existing time in the USA Swimming database.
MOTIVATIONAL TIMES
Motivational Times are based on current USA swimming age group time standards. Motivational times provide progressive goals. By actively having a goal it allows swimmers to continuously push themselves to reach new heights.
2024-2028 Motivational Swim Times
COST
- USA Swimming Registration Yearly Membership 2026 Cost $92
- Meet Entry Fee
- Event Fee (depending on the meet host it can range from $5 to $10 an event)
- NAC AMS Operating Cost ($7 per meet)
COMMITMENT
AMS meets are offered year round in both short and long course facilities within the Tri-State Area. NAC selects the meets they plan to attend and participation is at the discretion of the individual swimmer.
HOW TO GET STARTED
- Talk to a coach bout being AMS approved.
- With coach's approval, create a USA Swimming account at hub.usaswimming.org .
- Respond to the "invitation to register" from Norwin Aqua Club. Through this link you can register online with USA Swimming.
- Pay the USA Swimming registration fee online.
- Watch your email for upcoming AMS events to participate in!
