As the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States, USA Swimming is a 400,000-member service organization that promotes the culture of swimming by creating opportunities for swimmers and coaches of all backgrounds to participate and advance in the sport through clubs, events and education.

Membership is composed of swimmers from the age group level to the Olympic Team, as well as coaches and volunteers. Members can get involved through our more than 2,800 clubs across the nation.​

USA Swimming is also responsible for selecting and training teams for international competition including the Olympic Games, and strives to serve the sport through its core objectives: Build the base, Promote the sport, Achieve competitive success.

WCAC is part of the Middle Atlantic Region of USA Swimming.  Our team and its members are eligible to compete at swim meets held within our region.

USA Swimming provides a higher level of competition with a more extensive list of events to a more dedicated group of swimmers.The WCAC USA program is offered as 7 month commitment.  

USA Sanctioned swim meets include a wider range of events for swimmers.  Longer distances as well as long course meets are also offered.  

Throughout the year, WCAC sends coaches with swimmers to select USA Sanctioned meets.  Coaches are also sent to all Championship Events.  

Location and length of meets are determined by the host team.

Registration for meets is limited. For this reason we will typically only open registration for a limited time period. Should you miss the online registration, we will do our best to have your swimmer added, but are unable to guarantee entry. For this reason we recommend committing early. 

You can declare your swimmer as soon as the meet is listed in the Events section of our website.  Meets will be clearly tagged as USA only events.  

You will have to select what events your swimmer elects to swim. If you need assistance please email your coaches for advice.  

There is a flat $10 charge per swimmer/per meet paid to WCAC. 

There are varied charges (usually $10-15/event) for each individual event entered, paid to the host club. 

All fees will be charged to your credit card on file with WCAC, and we will forward the event entries to the host club.