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USA
Swimming
USA Swimming is the national
governing body for amateur competitive swimming in the
United
States
from beginners to the Olympic level.
All SMST swimmers must become members of
USA
swimming in order to participate in
practices and meets.
USA
swimming has administrative oversight
for the entire nation, which is divided into 59 Local Swimming
Committees (LSCs). Generally a single LSC governs a single state,
but some states have more than one LSC due to their size. USA
Swimming is a non-profit organization funded through dues collected
from individual swimmers and teams, grants from the United States
Olympic Committee, corporate sponsorship, and income earned from
events, promotions and merchandise. Meets are sanctioned by USA
Swimming through our LSC, Sierra Nevada Swimming, Inc., so that the
meets are run according to standardized procedures and the
swimmer’s times will count for State, Sectional, Zone and
National qualification. USA Swimming is responsible for selecting
the athletes that will represent the
United
States
in all international
competitions.
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SNS is a non-profit corporation and the Local
Swimming Committee (LSC) to which SMST belongs. SNS has local
jurisdiction for USA Swimming within the counties of Siskiyou,
Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Tehama, Lassen, Plumas, Glenn, Butte,
Sierra, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Nevada, Placer, Yolo, Amador, and the
portions of: El Dorado County west of Highway 89; Stanislaus and
Calaveras Counties north of Highway 4; San Joaquin County north and
east of Highway 4, Highway 99, Eight Mile Road, Interstate 5 and
Highway 12, excluding the City of Stockton; Sacramento County north
of Highway 12; and Solano County north of Highway 12, including the
communities of Fairfield, Suisun City and Rio Vista, and excluding
the communities of Benicia and Vallejo; and the Nevada Counties of
Humboldt, Mineral, Churchill, Pershing and Lander, and the portion
of Washoe County lying north of the northerly boundary of the
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. SNS is a volunteer-run
organization with its own set of by-laws and a separate House of
Delegates responsible for managing the business affairs of SNS.
Representatives to the House of Delegates are composed of athletes,
coaches, members of the Board of Directors, and club members.
Besides assuring that meets are run according to USA Swimming and
SNS protocols, SNS provides training to parent volunteers through
its clinics program. SNS holds state championship meets at the
conclusion of the short and long course seasons and sponsors teams
to swim at the Western Zone Championships.
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