Guest Blog by Brian Robbins, Head Grown-Up, Grown-Up Swimming Yes, you read that right. Grown-Up Swimming. Summer League for adults. 2021 marks the 3rd year that SwimTopia is working with Grown-Up Swimming to expand the Parent/Coach Relay at the end of the meet/season into a series of Championships of the World. Grown-Up Swimming empowers past, present, and future swimmers to get back in shape … [Read more...]
In The Spotlight
Meet Maestro Levels Up with New Timing Systems, Splits, and More
Our vision for Meet Maestro is to provide intuitive and powerful meet software that can be used to run all kinds of meets, in any pool, and at every level of competition. With this latest release, we've made huge strides toward realizing that vision. With some of our newest features, like touchpad integration with Colorado Time Systems System 5/6 and Gen 7, and splits support, Meet Maestro is … [Read more...]
Check Out SwimTopia Social Media
Some of you may have noticed that recently, we have been adding posts to all of our SwimTopia social media channels. Our goal is to provide you with helpful, interesting, and motivating content to get you through your week. Some things you can find on our channels include Motivational Monday quotes to start your week off, testimonials from your peers who have used our products, and interesting fun … [Read more...]
Happy 10th Anniversary
February 1, 2021 marks the 10-year anniversary of the public launch of SwimTopia. A decade ago, I was a parent volunteer for my kid’s summer league swim team. I created SwimTopia because I had seen first-hand how tedious and time-consuming it was to run a swim team. With my background in software development and user interface design, I knew I could help save coaches and parents a lot of time. I … [Read more...]
Planning a Safe Swim Season in 2021
We’re so happy that Covid vaccinations have been rolling out, but there is still a strong likelihood that our days of social distancing and wearing masks will not quite be over by the time summer swim season begins. Even so, we’re optimistic that with proper precautions and modifications, summer swimming can still occur this year, so we’d like to help you with planning a safe swim season in … [Read more...]
Spread the Word About Meet Maestro and Save
Did you know that any team can sign up for a Meet Maestro account through the end of July 2021 for free? And if you refer Meet Maestro to another team, your team can save 20% off your next renewal! Whether that’s the year-round team your kids swim for, their high school team, or any other team, Meet Maestro is a great solution for fast and easy swim meets. Requiring no training, teams using … [Read more...]
Exciting Enhancements to the SwimTopia Mobile App
SwimTopia’s mobile app allows family and friends to keep track of the action at a swim meet, whether at a live meet or a virtual swim meet. We're excited to announce enhancements to SwimTopia mobile that improve the user experience in many new ways. Parents and swimmers are often in a hurry to see how swimmers performed and to track how their team is doing. Swimmers and supporters usually want … [Read more...]
New Feature – Guest Access in SwimTopia Mobile
SwimTopia is excited to announce a new guest access option in our mobile app. Previously, using SwimTopia’s mobile app required having a username and password, usually created as part of swim team registration. With guest access, a username and password are now optional, and anyone can use SwimTopia’s mobile app to access live meet features during meets being run with Meet Maestro! With a Pro … [Read more...]
New Feature – Upcoming Swim Reminders: Never Miss a Swim Again
SwimTopia’s mobile app has a helpful new feature that sends push notifications to your phone when your favorite swimmers are about to swim in a meet being run using Meet Maestro. Now you have no excuse, you should never miss a swim again! Whether you’re on a team that uses SwimTopia for team management or you’re a “Guest” in the SwimTopia mobile app, you can upgrade to a Pro subscription* for … [Read more...]
New Feature – Sign Up for Meets and Jobs From SwimTopia Mobile
Recently, SwimTopia launched our new mobile responsive team sites, making everything a regular team parent needs to do from their phone much easier. Now we’ve created an easy way for team members to jump from the SwimTopia mobile app to their mobile responsive team sites to sign up for meets and jobs. We know that people these days live on their phones, so we’ve made it possible for parents to … [Read more...]
