Swim & Dive: Home of the Tsunamis

Home of the Tsunamis

2021 SWIM/DIVE CALENDAR

The Tsunamis Swim Team is a member of the James River Aquatic League. Our team is made up of over 100 swimmers ages 5-18. Registration opens on May 1 and practice begins May 24th.

The season is 10 weeks long, with dual meets on Monday evenings in June and July, and a final championship meet in late July.

Registration

Registration will open on May 1 on the membership portal. Please follow the instructions below to register.

Log-in to the membership portal
Under “scheduling” click “camps/classes”
Click “2021 Swim & Dive Team”
Click “sign up” next to the appropriate title based on age and team (swim vs. dive)
In the drop down, select the name of the family member
Click “add to cart” - repeat the previous steps if you are adding more than one child
Click “View my cart & Checkout” and “continue to checkout”
Click “Continue with payment and scheduling”
Add your credit card information and click “purchase now

Robin Young, VP Aquatics, will be at TCRC on opening day May 22 to assist with portal registration. She will also be onsite the first week of practice to assist.

Pricing

Swim Team Pricing

Swim Only First child: $100
Swim Only Second child: $90
Swim only Third child: $80
Swim only Fourth child: $80

Dive Team Pricing

Dive Only First child: $100
Dive Only Second child: $90
Dive only Third child: $80
Dive only Fourth child: $80

Swim AND Dive team Pricing

Swim and Dive First child: $125
Swim and Dive Second child: $115
Swim and Dive Third child: $105
Swim and Dive Fourth child: $105

Your children are welcome to do both sports!
Questions about registration? Please contact the VP of Aquatics, aquatics@tcrclub.com.

Coaches

Our swim coaches are back this year, and we are welcoming new dive coaches.

Swim Team Head Coach: Michael Cousins
Swim Team Assistant Coaches: Amanda Sheldon and Gena Young with substitutes being Laney VanLenten and Kara Young.
Dive Coaches: Lane Jones, Drew Smetana

JRAC League

JRAC waiver

The Three Chopt Tsunamis Swim Team is a member of the James River Aquatic League. The JRAC waiver must be filled out for EACH child. It is required before participating in any meet.

Visit the JRAC website to learn about our league, updated swim time standards, dive information and rankings.

Volunteers Needed

We need a Clerk of the Course, head timers, runners, referees, strokes and turns judges, announcers and more.

These are simple positions and we offer online training.

If you are interested in any of the positions and/or have questions, please feel free to email aquatics@tcrclub.com.

Safety Precautions 2021 Season

Coaches:

All swim and dive coaches have been vaccinated against the COVID-19
Coaches will wear masks while on deck.
Coaches will wear a face shield while in the water with swimmers

Swimmers and divers:

We will review safety practices with the swimmers at the first practice
Swimmers/divers will not share food and/or drinks
X’s will be placed on the pool deck for swimmers and divers to stand on while waiting for their turn to swim or dive. These will reinforce staying a distance away from their peers.
Swimmers/divers will be reminded to stay distanced in the water and not to hang on each other
Swimmers and divers will wait for their coaches to tell them when it is their turn to get on the block/ get in the water/ get on the diving board.
Regular safety practices are still in place. No running, pushing or playing in the water during practice.

Parents:

Parents may come on the pool deck while their child swims. Please remember to refrain from talking to the coaches until after practice is over

Swim Meets

Each team will have their own Clerk of the Course. While at TCRC, our team will use the lower tennis courts (near concession) as the Clerk. All swimmers will be down in that area for the meet.
We will have seats down there or they may bring blankets. We encourage them to stay a distance away (minimum of 3 feet) from each other while down at the Clerk of the Course.
Parents will not be down there with their swimmers. All younger swimmers will have older buddies that will help them. Parents may “camp out” on the front lawn in their own pods/groups and may come on deck when their child is swimming.
It is important that we have 324 people or less within the fence at a time. Keep in mind that we need MANY volunteers so they will be on the deck at all times.
Away team will have their Clerk of the Course in the Upper Pool area.

More information about how the meets will run will be dispersed as it becomes available.