UPCOMING SCHEDULE CHANGES

(Click on "schedule" tab at top of page to see our daily practice times & location)

- Saturday, September 14th Skyline practice moved to Kino 8:30am-9:30am
-  Saturday, September 21st Skyline practice moved to Kino 8:30am-9:30am
- Saturday, September 28th team time trials at Kino 7am (no other practice available)
- Saturday 10/26 & Sunday 10/27 Ron Jon meet at ASU
- Saturday, 12/14 team Christmas party 11am-1pm (more info coming)
 
 

2012 USMS Renewal

Team....a reminder that membership renewal for USMS is taking place at this time! Please be sure to compete before the end of the year....and forward on your renewal information to us so we can update your profile! As a reminder, we register under Arizona for our "Club" and then select Mesa as our "workout group". In additon to the insurance coverage membership provides there are also a host of other benefits:

 

U.S. Masters Swimming membership is composed of 50,000-plus members. U.S. Masters Swimming membership supports our mission of promoting adult health, wellness, fitness and competition through aquatics.

Membership benefits include:

Exclusive Information and Content

  • Subscription to the bi-monthly member publication SWIMMER magazine
  • Subscription to the monthly member e-newsletter
  • Opportunity to receive the monthly coaches e-newsletter
  • Opportunity to create your own blog on the usms.org website
  • Opportunity to share your photo album with the swimming community on the usms.org website
  • Opportunity to create a personal usms.org email forwarding address to identify yourself as a member of our aquatic community and protect your own personal email address from spam
  • Opportunity to track your fitness activities via our personal online fitness logs
  • Opportunity to rent instructional videos from the U.S. Masters Swimming video library

Fitness / Participation Programs

  • Opportunity to participate or compete in the very popular 1-Hour Swim, you conduct the 1-Hour Swim in your local pool then submit your results for tracking and recognition
  • Opportunity to participate or compete in the Postal 3000-yard swim, 6,000-yard swim, 5K swim and 10K swim, you conduct any or all of the distance swims in your local pool then submit your results for tracking and recognition
  • Opportunity to participate in popular fitness programs such as Go the Distance and Check off Challenge
  • Opportunity to attend U.S. Masters Swimming weekend swimmer development programs such as SwimFest

Competition Programs

  • Opportunity to compete in any of U.S. Masters Swimming more than 500-sanctioned regional and local pool and open water events
    • Opportunity to compete in U.S. Masters Swimming spring and summer pool national championships
    • Opportunity to compete in U.S. Masters Swimming open water national championships
    • Opportunity to attend U.S. Masters Swimming weekend programs such as the High Performance Clinic

    Coaching

    • Exclusive access to online weekly workouts provided by select U.S. Masters Swimming coaches
    • Access to coached workout programs in your area
    • Access to more than 800 local Masters clubs and workout groups that provide coached workouts all across the country, for when you are traveling
    • Opportunity to receive support including visits from U.S. Masters Swimming Club & Coach Services mentor coaches in developing your program

    Recognition and Awards

    • Tracking and archiving your event results on USMS.org
    • Recognition and awards if you achieve Top 10 or All American status

    Insurance

    • Liability and excess accident insurance for both medical and dental while participating in a U.S. Masters Swimming insured activities
    • Accidental death & disability coverage while participating in a U.S. Masters Swimming insured activities

    Volunteerism

    • Opportunity to serve in a leadership position within your Local Masters Swim Committee and U.S. Masters Swimming

    Grants

    • Opportunity to access available grants for your local club development through U.S. Masters Swimming Club & Coach Services division

    Sponsors Discounts

    • Exclusive sponsor discounts

    U.S. Masters Swimming has 52 Local Masters Swim Committees (LMSCs). LMSCs are U.S. Masters Swimming local partners. LMSCs deliver benefits such as ensuring your membership is accurate, they sanction events, they post events on the USMS.org calendar, they track regional results, they provide service and direction to clubs in their footprint, and they distribute valuable information through their newsletters and websites. A portion of our membership dues goes to LMSCs.

    U.S. Masters Swimming membership is annual. All memberships expire on December 31 in the year of purchase. Exception: If you join in November or December, your membership will expire December 31 of the following year, so you will receive up to two additional months for the price of 12 months.