Mercury Swimming Earns USA Swimming Safe Sport Recognition

Mercury Swimming is thrilled to announce that we are now a USA Swimming Safe Sport Recognized club! Safe Sport Club Recognition allows Mercury Swimming to demonstrate its commitment to creating a healthy and positive environment free from abuse for all its members through the development and implementation of club governance measures, Safe Sport policies and reporting mechanisms, Safe Sport best practices and training to athletes and parents. As a USA Swimming member club, it is important to Mercury Swimming to continue to partner with USA Swimming’s Safe Sport efforts.

USA Swimming is committed to providing a healthy and positive environment free from abuse for all its members.  USA Swimming’s Safe Sport program, a comprehensive abuse prevention program, consists of a multi-layered approach to keep kids safe, including: required policies and best practice guidelines; mandatory screening, criminal background checks and employment screening; training and education; monitoring, supervision and mandatory reporting.  These measures are informed by experts in the field of child safety and are among the strongest safeguards found in youth-serving organizations.

USA Swimming’s Safe Sport program will continue to spark meaningful discussions across the country to strengthen open, productive communication channels. For more information regarding USA Swimming’s Safe Sport program, please reach out to Devonie Pitre at [email protected].