SAAA

SUMMER SWIM TEAM 2025

Congrats to our team on a 5th place finish at Championships!

See you next summer :)

 

Swimming as part of the FAST SAAA program is a great introduction to the sport of swimming, positive swim team culture, and healthy competition for swimmers of all ages.

What: SAAA is the Southern Arizona Aquatic Association—a summer swimming program that is local to our area and separate from USA Swimming. This is great for novice swimmers! Athletes on FAST can be part of both SAAA and USA Swimming concurrently. Click here to visit the SAAA website.

Who: FAST swimmers ages 4 to 18 (as of June 1, 2025) AND in Level 3 or above in our swim lesson program OR in one of our swim team groups. We recommend that all lessons swimmers in Levels 3 and 4 participate in SAAA. We also recommend that our swimmers in Flying Fish, Green, Blue, Bronze, and Senior Fitness participate in SAAA. Finally, we recommend that swimmers in Silver who have not yet achieved 3+ AZ State times ("A" cuts), participate in SAAA, too. If you are unsure whether your swimmer should participate in SAAA, please ask your lead group coach. All of our SAAA swimmers are members of FAST who choose to participate in SAAA in addition to their regular schedule.

When: Registration for the 2025 season is now closed. 

Where: SAAA is open to our swimmers at both pool sites. We will be one FAST team comprised of swimmers from both CRC and OVAC. Athletes will continue to swim at their usual pool site in their usual lesson/practice groups.

How: Beginning May 12, click here to complete our online waiver. This will serve as your registration for SAAA. [You must also be registered through FAST for a swim team group or swim lessons--see below.] Please complete one form for your family and include each of your swimmers who will participate in SAAA on that same form. Please make sure to complete your form with an electronic signature. You will also need to submit a copy of your swimmer’s birth certificate to complete their registration. You can email a picture/PDF of the birth certificate, or you can submit a paper copy to your coach on deck. We will need to keep this on file during the season, so please submit a copy, not the original. Please submit both the online waiver and your birth certificates to complete your registration.

  • If you are already a member of FAST, completing the above registration waiver is all you need to complete!
  • If you are NOT already a member of FAST, you must first register for our team. To join our SAAA team, you must also be a USA Swimming registered member in one of our swim team groups, OR a registered member of our lessons program in Level 3 or Level 4.

Cost: Each SAAA participant will be charged an additional $100 registration fee that will be invoiced to your account in July. This fee is an all-encompassing fee for the SAAA season. The SAAA fee includes the following: SAAA league registration/insurance, team cap, team shirt, all meet fees, all ribbons/awards, SAAA party, and SAAA banquet.

Practice schedule: Your swimmer’s practice schedule stays exactly the same! We are all part of one big team—SAAA swimmers, USA Swimming swimmers, and swimmers participating in both are all part of the larger umbrella of FAST. Your swimmer will attend their same lessons and/or practices. Swimmers in each practice group will continue to train together regardless of SAAA participation.

Meet schedule: Click here to go to our meet page to sign up for our SAAA meets. Please be sure to look for the meets labeled "SAAA." Yes, you can compete in both SAAA meets and USA meets during the same summer season. Please make sure to sign UP for the meets you wish to attend. Important: you must compete in at least 3 SAAA meets in order to be eligible for SAAA championships!

2025 SAAA Meet Dates:

Click here for our SAAA calendar!

  • Home Dual Meet vs. Orcas: Tuesday, June 3 @ OVAC
  • SAAA 9-18 Invitational: Saturday, June 7 @ OVAC
  • Away Dual Meet vs. Tucson Country Club: Tuesday, June 10 @ Tucson Country Club
  • Away Dual Meet vs. Highland Vista: Thursday, June 19 @ Highland Vista
  • SAAA 8 and under Muppet Meet Invitational: Saturday, June 21 @ OVAC
  • Home Dual Meet vs. Catalina Terrace: Tuesday, June 24 @ OVAC
  • Away Dual Meet vs. Tigersharks: Thursday, June 26 @ Terra Del Sol Pool
  • SAAA Rincon Championships: Wednesday, July 9 @ OVAC
  • SAAA Super Finals: Thursday, July 10 @ OVAC
    • ​Warm ups: 3:30 p.m.; Start time: 5:00 p.m.
    • Qualifiers only - based on July 9 results

*Home meets require parent volunteers! We will need help timing, announcing, running, shepherding, creating awards, etc. So please be ready to help out for our two home meets this season :) This does not count toward your volunteer requirement for our year-round team, but we cannot run our SAAA meets withou volunteer support!

SAAA Team Party! Tuesday, July 1 at CRC! Food, activity, and the fun Olypmics! Details and RSVP will be emailed prior to the party!

SAAA Team Banquet! Tuesday, July 15 at CRC! End-of-the-SAAA summer season celebration complete with awards and season highlights.

SAAA Championships: Our championship meet is the Rincon Championships on Wednesday, July 9 at the Oro Valley Aquatic Center.

  • ALL SAAA registered swimmers may participate in Championships! No qualifying times required. We want you there :)
  • You must compete in 3 SAAA meets (dual meets and/or invitationals) in order to compete in Championships.ach league.
  • Championships has a new format! This is the second year of this format, but last year we got thunderstormed out and could not complete the superfinals.
  • Wednesday, July 9 is the day for our league, and the entire meet is timed finals. This means we will swim ALL events (both individual and relay) on this day, and each race is only swum once. We will NOT have a Rincon League finals session. The results for the Rincon League will be final on Wednesday, and the team awards will be announced based on the performances on Wednesday.
  • However, on Thursday, July 10, SAAA will host a Super Finals in the afternoon. This is the newer addition to championships. This will be a multi-league meet, and it will bring together the top swimmers in each event in each league.
    • ​The swimmers who qualify for the Super Finals will be based on the finishes at the league championships.
    • The top 7 swimmers in each event at each championship meet will be invited back to compete again in the Super Finals. 
      • ​SAAA consists of 3 leagues, and swimmers from each league will make it back to make the top 20 for the Super Finals. 
      • The Super Finals will have two heats of each event -- 10 in the consolation final (places 11-20 from the prior championships) and 10 in the championship final (places 1-10 from the prior championships).
    • All relay events will compete only once at our Rincon Championships on July 9.
    • 6U events will not participate in the Super Finals.
  • So all individual medals and team awards for the Rincon League will be determined on Wednesday, July 9 after our single session, timed finals championship meet. For additional accolades, the top finishers will return for another battle the following afternoon on Thursday, July 10.

Meet Results: [posted after the conclusion of each meet]

  • Orcas vs. FAST: Tuesday, June 3 - RESULTS
  • SAAA 9-18 Invitational: Saturday, June 7 - RESULTS
  • FAST vs. Tucson Country Club: Tuesday, June 10 - RESULTS
  • FAST vs. Highland Vista: Thursday, June 19 - RESULTS
  • SAAA 8 and Under Muppet Meet: Saturday, June 21 - RESULTS
  • Catalina Terrace vs. FAST: Tuesday, June 24 - RESULTS
  • FAST vs. Tigersharks: Thursday, June 26 - RESULTS
  • Rincon Championships: Wednesday, July 9 - RESULTS | SUPER FINALS QUALIFIERS
  • SAAA Super Finals: Thursday, July 10 - RESULTS

One note about SAAA meets and times – the times achieved at SAAA are for SAAA meets only. Swimmers cannot qualify for USA Swimming Regionals or State meets using times achieved at any SAAA meet, invitational, or championship. SAAA times are completely separate from USA Swimming times, and they do not transfer.

Questions/More info? email Coach Lina at [email protected]