Academy Bullets Swim Club : Join Our Team

**NEW** Registration materials for the 2009-2010 Fall/Winter season have been posted.

This upcoming season we will be completely overhauling our registration process. Returning families will register online for the upcoming season and will be able to use a credit card for payment. Swimmers should sign up for their previous season group unless they are listed in the "New Group Placement" page. Swim meets will also be registered for online and will be billed after swimmers have been signed up. We have been informed of some work being done on the Marmion Academy and Vaughan Athletic Center pools during the month of August and have tentative start dates as we gather more information.

**UPDATE** We have posted our official schedule and start dates for the upcoming season. Click here to view the 2009-2010 practice schedule. Please note that there is a slight change in the schedule for Gold and Bronze Teams in the fall (8/31-11/21) and winter (11/23-2/26) seasons due to pool availability.

All dates listed below are tentative until further notice.
Below you will find stroke clinic, tryout information, and start dates.

If you have any questions about registration, please contact Kelly Capen (Aurora) or Mike Laurich (Lewis).

Stroke Clinic:

We will be offering a stroke clinic again this season for anyone who is interested in attending, not just current team members. The clinic dates are 8/31 thru 9/5 at the Vaughan Athletic Center. Due to our current pool situation, we will have a different schedule than past years. 10&Older swimmers will have the clinic on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday. 9&Under swimmers will have their clinic on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday. The clinic will run as follows:

Tryout Results

We want to start off by thanking everyone for attending our team tryouts on September 1st and 2nd at the Vaughan Center. We had the largest turnout we have ever had in the sixteen years of this swim club and were very excited by the effort and enthusiasm displayed by the swimmers at both tryout dates. All of the swimmers did an excellent job and we wish we had room for all of them on the team. That being said, we were not able to take all the swimmers who came to tryouts. Below you will find a tryout results sheet. Only swimmers who have made the team will be listed. You can also find information on the next step for swimmers who have made our team, and for those who did not.

2009-2010 Academy Bullets Tryout Results
For Aurora Groups: Posted 9/4 @ 11:45 AM

Swimmers Making The Team: First you need to send a confirmation email to Coach Kelly Capen at kellswim@aol.com to inform us that you do plan on swimming for the Bullets. The next step will be going through our Online Registration process. Follow the link that is labeled "Click Here for 2009-2010 Online Registration" at the top of this page. On the Registration page, please read through the entire intro section before going through the online process. The online registration is a step by step process and if you have any issues we would be more than happy to walk you through it. Swimmers must be registered before they can begin practicing with the club. If you have made our team and decided not to swim this season, please email Caoch Todd Capen at NuDas@aol.com and let us know.

Swimmers Not Making The Team: For those swimmers who have not made our team, we do have somw options for you. First, we offer a strong variety of swim lessons through our Swim With Bill program. You can see the program overview by visiting our lessons web site at www.swimwithbill.com. Within our lessons, we offer a program called "Take Your Mark". This is a competitive lessons program that serves as a pre swim team. It is a great way to get a feel for a swim team and improve your conditioning at the same time. For any details on Swim With Bill or "Take Your Mark", please contact our program director Kyle Capen at kyle.capen@gmail.com or by phone at 630-240-5094. We would love for all the swimmers to keep on swimming and tryout again for the club in the spring. If you have any questions about the club or tryouts, please feel free to Contact Us and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

New Swimmer Tryouts:

Academy Bullets in Aurora - We will be holding tryouts for new swimmers on September 1st & 2nd at the Vaughan Athletic Center. 9&Under swimmers will tryout from 5:30-6:00 PM. Swimmer 10&Older will tryout from 6:00-6:30 PM. Sign-up for the tryouts begin at 5:00 PM on September 1st. There is no cost to tryout. We strongly encourage all swimmers to attend both days of the tryouts. The minimum requirement to try out for the swim club is to be able to do one length of freestyle and one length of backstroke without stopping. Swimmers will be notified via email and our web site within 48 hours of the completion of the tryouts whether or not they made the team. If you have any questions about the club at all, please feel free to email Coach Todd Capen. All swimmers are also welcome to attend our stroke clinic. Details can be found above.

Academy Bullets @ Lewis - We will be holding tryouts for new swimmers on September 1st at Lewis University from 6:00-6:30 PM. Sign-up for the tryouts begin at 5:30 PM on September 1st at the pool. The minimum requirement to try out for the swim club is to be able to do one length of freestyle and one length of backstroke without stopping. Swimmers will be notified via email and our web site within 48 hours of the completion of the tryouts whether or not they made the team. If you have any questions about the club at all, please feel free to email Coach Mike Laurich or email Coach Todd Capen.

**All new swimmers AND those who did not swim with the Academy Swim Club this summer season must tryout.**

9/1: Elite, Gold and Senior Teams Begin (MA, VAC & LU)

9/8: Silver I and Silver II Teams Begin (VAC & LU)