The Aquatic Club of Enid
The Aquatic Club of Enid is a competitive swim team in Enid Oklahoma. We provide opportunities to swim in a safe, healthy environment while letting each participant pursue their own goals and personal development, both in and out of the pool. Through participation in sports, swimmers can learn to set goals, develop new skills, work as a team and treat others fairly.
Team Mission:
Our mission is to provide an environment for each swimmer to realize and reach their fullest potential, while stessing the values of family, teamwork, and sportsmanship, with an emphasis on humility and integrity.
Team Philosophy
The Aquatic Club of Enid is a year round program dedicated to helping athletes reach their God given potential in spirit, mind, and body. We provide an atmosphere of challenging hard work and commitment that will help all swimmers meet their goals.
Swimming teaches participants how to win, how to lose with grace, and how to develop a personal philosophy that will help make them to be successful in life. They learn to evaluate their efforts, set goals, and work to achieve them.
Team Motto
Fluctuat nec Mergitur ("Tossed by the waves but never sunk")
Team Goals and Objectives
FUN - enjoy swimming FAST
LOYAL - commitment to the process and the team
YOUR TEAM - we are not done yet...
INTEGRITY - commitment to doing the right thing, even when no one is watching
NOBLE - high moral character, such as honesty and genersity
GRIT - perseverance and passion for long-term goals to overcome obstacies and maintain motivation despite challenges
Team History
The Aquatic Club of Enid began in 1974 having much success and producing great swimmers throughout the years, but was disbanded in 2008. Swimming continued in Enid for the next 10 years through the YMCA Water Rockets swim team which started in 1997. A USA SWIMMING team was started through the YMCA in 2012 through which athletes became more involved in the sport and the team grew. Then in July of 2018 the decision was made to separate the swim team from the YMCA and so the result was the bringing back of the Aquatic Club of Enid.
Our previous Head Coach Samuel Stewart who began swimming with the Water Rockets when he was 16 years old and started coaching at age 18, took over as head coach of the Enid YMCA swim team in December of 2013 after serving as the assistant coach for approximately a year and a half. he brought the team from no level to a level three Club on the USA SWIMMING recognition program and led the team to win 6 YMCA State Championships, break 65 YMCA state records, and break 15 USA SWIMMING state records. From his leadership our team has created many YMCA and USA SWIMMING state record holders, state champions, Sectionals champions and Futures champions, as well as sending multiple swimmers to as high a level of swimming as Jr. Nationals, Senior Nationals and Olympic Trials. Our swimmers have received scholarships from NAIA, Div 2, and Div 1 colleges. As of the summer of 2023 Coach Sam accepted a job as Head Coach for the Terre Haute Torpedos in Indiana.
Our previous Coach Asa Stewart began swimming when he was 12 years old and has been competing ever since, he began coaching at age 17 and had served as assistant coach with ACE for 5 years before accepting the position of Head Coach, He is a twelve time Oklahoma Swimming State Champion, he curently holds multiple ACE team records and Oklahoma state records. As a high school age swimmer Asa qualified for the USA Swimming Jr National championships in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and was named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All American team his Junior and Senior years of high school. He is a US Open qualifier in the 100 breaststroke and has won as high level meets as Sectionals and Futures.
We are very proud of our swimmer’s accomplishments and we look forward to working with all new swimmers and their families.
