Seals Aquatics & USA Swimming

The Strawberry Seals Swim Team offers a year-round competitive swimming program that provides swimmers of all levels with the best of both worlds: participation in the Marin Swim League Spring competitions, and participation in USA Pacific Swim meets in the Fall, Winter, and Summer months. 

USA swimming is the largest competitive swimming organization in the world with over 300,000 members within the United States. Our team competes in USA swimming as Seals Aquatics (SRBY), a member organization within Zone 3 of Pacific Swimming, our regional Local Swim Committee (LSC). 

We offer a robust schedule of meets to appeal to Seals swimmers of all ages and abilities.

Seals Aquatics Mission

Seals Aquatics nurtures the personal growth and competitive spirit of aspiring swimmers through 1:1 technical training, group practices and Fall/Winter USA swimming competition. We take a holistic approach to developing advanced competitive skills and speed emphasizing physical and emotional fitness as the underpinnings of our program. With the support of our community, Seals Aquatics’ swimmers are prepared to reach their personal best and thrive as competitive athletes.

Why Swim with Seals Aquatics USA Swimming Program?

Enjoy the journey as much as the outcome!

We offer a flexible meet and training schedule that encourages and supports multi-sport athletes and swimmers with multiple extracurricular activities!

Swimmers will have the opportunity to:

• Grow in the sport of swimming beyond the constraints of our seasonal MSL program.
• Continue building camaraderie and community with Seals teammates.
• Advance skills development by participating in a wider range of events and distances not offered in the MSL program.
• Be part of a growing team of Seals swimmers who are on the forefront of building the Seals Aquatics USA Swimming program!

All swimmers enrolled in the Seals Fall and Winter programs are eligible to participate in USA meets as part of Seals Aquatics upon registration with the USA Swimming organization.

How to Register or Renew Membership as a Seals Aquatics with USA Swimming

USA Swimming Membership: To participate in the Pacific Swimming competitions with Seals Aquatics, swimmers must be registered with USA Swimming as Seals Aquatics members.

Registration for new and renewing seasonal and premium memberships for 2024-25 is open, please see links below:

Link for Seasonal & Premium USA Swimming Memberships New Memberships and Renewals

Where to Enter USA Swimming/Pacific Swimming Meets Online

To enter Pacific Swimming meets, swimmers create an account on the Fastswims meet entry system at www.fastswims.com. This is seperate from registering with USA  Swimming and is a free to setup.

Swimmers are welcome to attend a single day of a mult-day meet. Attendance at all days is not expected or required. 

When entering a meet there is a "splash fee" as well as per event fees to enter. "Outreach swimmers" can access reduced meet entry fees. 

MOST MEETS ENTRIES CLOSE SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE OFFICIAL ENTRY DEADLINE. Please sign up for meets as soon as you know your swimmer is available to participate. 

Service Requirements  

Our Fall and Winter programs do not have service requirements unless your swimmer attends meets. If your swimmer attends a meet, you will be expected to fill at least one timing shift per meet day.

Also, we are actively seeking five volunteers to be our Fall and Winter stroke and turn judges, which require training and certification from USA Swimming. If we achieve this goal, no judge will be required to work more than one day every two meets. If our team is unable to provide the required number stroke and turn judges, we will be required to pay a fine to Zone 3 for each position not filled. If you are interested If you are interested please contact Coach Mehrad at [email protected].​

Useful Links

Seals Aquatics USA Swimming meet schedule page and meet signup links.

Seals Aquatics Event Pages - Meets and miscellaneous events.

To create a profile for entering meets on the Fastswims system please visit: www.fastswims.com.

You can visit the Pacific Swimming website at: https://www.pacswim.org/

You can visit the USA Swimming website at: https://www.usaswimming.org/