Swim Team 2024!!!
Swim Team is for swimmers, aged 4-18, who enjoy competing against other recreational swim teams, improving strokes, and making friends. It is a great environment to gain fitness, strength, and discipline. Ultimately, you will decide which meets your swimmer will partcipate in, but we expect all swimmers to participate in as many meets as they are able. Swimmers can't get faster if they don't practice competing! Regardless of how many meets your swimmer participates in, the volunteer requirement is the same for all parents (see below). Spring and Summer is considered "one season" so you register and pay once, and it will cover both Spring and Summer practices and all dual meets/League Championship Meet. Invitational meets do have additional fees associated with them.
Age requirements: We welcome children of all swimming levels. 4-18 year olds are encouraged to sign up for the team! 4-6 year old swimmers should be comfortable placing their face in the water and floating on their front and back. Age is determined by the swimmers age on June 15th. If a swimmer turns four after June 15, they must wait until next year to register.
Where: Home meets and practice are held at James Lemos Pool, 181 East J Street, in Benicia. Away meets are held at various facilities within Contra Costa and Napa County.
Registration: Early Bird Registration opens February 1, 2024 and closes February 15, 2024. Regular Registration begins February 16, 2024 Early Bird Registration is ONLY open to returning families. New families must wait until February 16 to register during Regular Registration. Register early to take advantage of Early Bird Pricing at $425 ($250 for ages 15-18) for the season. Regular Registration costs $475 ($250 for ages 15-18). There is a $35 discount for each sibling that registers after the initial registrant.
Cancellations:
- Any registration cancellation prior to the start of the first practice will be refunded in full, minus a $25 processing fee per swimmer.
- Cancellations after the first practice, but up through the Monday after Time Trials (Monday, May 20th), will be refunded at 50% of the registration fee minus a $25 processing fee.
- Cancellations after Monday, May 20th will not be refunded at all.
- Any checks returned due to insufficient funds will be charged a $25 fee
City/County/State Mandated Shutdowns: We do not see this happening, but if there is a sudden turn with the state of COVID (or any other disaster), and we are required to end our season, we will do our best to provide refunds with the following schedule (as a team, we still have fixed expenses that must be met, even if the season is cut short):
- Season is canceled before the start of the season: 100% refund minus our credit card processing fees
- Season is canceled after the start of the season but before Time Trials: 75% refund minus credit card pocessing fees
- Season is canceled after Time Trials but before June 1st: 50% refund minus credit card processing fees
- Season is canceled after June 1st but before 7/1st: 25% refund minus credit card processing fees
- Season is canceled after July 1: No refunds
The above refund schedule is only for mandated shut downs. They do not apply to individual families who have a change of heart or decide to withdraw their swimmer due to personal illness, beliefs, etc.
Practice Schedule: Refer to the 2024 season calendar for the practice schedule for spring and summer.
Meets: Meets will occur on some Wednesday afternoons and most Saturday mornings. Occasionally there will be a Sunday invitational meet. See the Season Calendar for the most up to date meet schedule (subject to change). Please make every effort for your swimmer to be present at our League Championship Meet on Saturday, July 27th at American Canyon High School. Please do not schedule your family vacation during this week!
Please take the time to read the information on the FAQ's on our website. It will answer a lot of parent questions about Registration, Fees and Meets.
Volunteer Requirements: Parent Volunteer Requirements can be found under the "Volunteer" Tab on the front page. We can not function as a swim team without a lot of parent involvement and help. Invitationals, League, and County Meet have separate volunteer requirements from the regular season requirements. Please note that you can not sign up for volunteer jobs until your registration has been confirmed and finalized. This will take 48-72 hours after you have submitted your registration application. Once you receive the confirmation email, you may then sign up for your volunteer jobs. Meet volunteer jobs are ready to be signed up for. Social event jobs will be added as the season progresses.
