Click here or on the Safe Sport logo on the left to visit the USA Swimming Safe Sport homepage.
Waves of Wilmington, its coaches, officials, and volunteers are committed to providing our swimmers with a safe and secure environment in which to practice, compete, and enjoy the sport of swimming. We fully endorse and support USA Swimming’s Safe Sport and Safety programs by providing training, policy guidelines, reporting channels, and other resources for our members.
SafeSport focuses on creating a secure environment for our swimmers and non-athlete members that is free from abuse including sexual abuse, bullying, and inappropriate communications.
USA Swimming’s Safe Sport program provides comprehensive information for clubs, coaches, members, swimmers, and parents. The Club Tool Kit includes the Safe Sport Policies and Guidelines which outlines required policies and best safe sport practices for members and clubs and free online education programs for coaches, officials, parents, and swimmers. Please click here to initiate a background check.
The USA Swimming Safe Sport Committee compiled the following document that coaches and officials can use to educate themselves and as a reference when questioned about USA Swimming’s efforts to protect young athletes. It includes the Safe Sport Authorization Act as well as a history of Safe Sport at USA Swimming.
The USA Swimming Code of Conduct requires any individual with credible information involving sexual misconduct to report that information to our Safe Sport Program staff. USA Swimming provides an online form for confidential reporting of sexual misconduct, bullying, inappropriate communications, or code of conduct violations. Please be aware that in North Carolina everyone has a duty to report suspected child abuse to law enforcement. Contact your county’s Division of Social Services or the Special Victims unit at your police station for more information about reporting. If an incident involving child sexual abuse occurs outside of North Carolina, please also contact law enforcement in the municipality in which the incident occurred.
USA Swimming and NC Swimming Safe Sport contacts:
U.S. Center for Safe Sport, Reporting Phone Number: 833-5US-SAFE (587-7233) or use the online reporting form
Safe Sport Program Coordinator, Liz Hahn, [email protected], 719-866-3542.
Southern Zone Safe Sport Chair, Ceci Christy, [email protected], 404-219-6915
NC Safe Sport Coordinator, Jaime Bloom, [email protected]
WOW Safe Sport Chair: Emily Reiniche, [email protected]
WOW Policies:
WOW Social Media and Electronic Communication Policy
WOW Policy on Reporting Sexual Misconduct
Resources:
MAAPP: https://www.usaswimming.org/safe-sport/minor-athlete-abuse-prevention-policy
How to report: https://www.usaswimming.org/safe-sport/deal-with-a-safe-sport-concern
USA swimming policies https://www.usaswimming.org/articles-landing-page/2017/04/06/2017-athlete-protection-policies
Training for (under 18) athletes https://www.usaswimming.org/articles-landing-page/2017/04/05/free-safe-sport-training-for-athletes
Training for (18 and over) athletes https://www.usaswimming.org/utility/landing-pages/safe-sport/apt
Training for parents https://www.usaswimming.org/articles-landing-page/2017/02/16/safe-sport-for-parents
Bulling prevention https://www.usaswimming.org/articles-landing-page/2017/02/16/bullying-prevention
Safe Sport Committee Summary Document
Safe Sport Monday’s Scenario & Archives
NC Division of Social Services
