September marks the release of USA Swimming’s SWIMS 3.0. This is a newly updated swimmer database/swimmer registration portal for members of USA Swimming clubs. The release allows athletes, parents of athletes, and non-athletes (e.g. volunteers) to register for USA Swimming online at the USA Swimming website while syncing their member details to their team management software (like … [Read more...]
Industry News
Announcing New Competition Category Terminology
This summer, to address the continually evolving awareness of gender identity in sport, SwimTopia is updating the terminology used in our products from “Gender” to “Competition Category.” This change more clearly reflects the intended use of “Male” and “Female” labels in our products: for the purposes of competitive classification and not as an indication of an individual’s gender … [Read more...]
Summer Swim to Year-round Club: Picking your Perfect Competitive Team
Though still brutally hot (depending on where you are in the country), peak summer swim season is finally passing. This might also mean assessing what’s next for your young swimmer. In our previous blog, SwimTopia spoke about the immense benefits of year-round competitive (a.k.a. club) swim teams. Not only will your athlete continue developing strong friendships in club swim, they will also … [Read more...]
From Summer Swimmer to Year-round Athlete
We are quickly reaching, if not the end of the season for many leagues, at least the mid-way point (where does the time go??). It’s been a whirlwind of cheers and chants, snacks and backpacks, chlorine and cozy towels. And maybe, just maybe, your young athlete has caught the ‘swimming bug.’ Perhaps, they’re not quite ready to hang up their swimsuit for the year. “What’s next??” they might be … [Read more...]
Coach Certifications: Level up the Summer Swim Experience
Youth sports are indisputably an optimal way to kickstart a mentally and physically healthy lifestyle. Sport participation helps develop time-management, work ethic, socialization, goal-setting, and a strong, well-adapted body. In particular, swimming enables visualization of long- and short-term goals, development of body awareness, refining of mental toughness, and strengthening of commitment. … [Read more...]
SwimTopia and SwimOutlet Partner to Offer Seamless Team Store Experience
SwimOutlet, the web’s most popular swim shop, and SwimTopia, the #1 platform for summer/rec swim teams across the U.S., have entered into a partnership to offer a best-in-class team sales experience for all teams on the SwimTopia software platform. The agreement means that more than 1,800 team stores can now be integrated into a team’s digital presence in a seamless and turn-key process through … [Read more...]
America’s Largest Summer Swim League Chooses SwimTopia and Meet Maestro
The Atlanta Swim Association is the latest, and largest, summer swim league to provide SwimTopia’s swim team and meet software platforms to all its teams The Atlanta Swim Association (ASA) has announced that they’ll be streamlining operations by selecting SwimTopia as their exclusive team and meet management software. SwimTopia offers a team management platform that integrates seamlessly with … [Read more...]
Nationwide, Summer Swim Leagues Are Choosing SwimTopia
Summer swim leagues around the country are moving to SwimTopia for their league, team and meet management software needs to reduce the workload for swim team volunteers There is a growing trend with summer swim leagues: they are looking to streamline and simplify, and they’re standardizing their teams’ software platform to SwimTopia. SwimTopia provides unrivaled league management features … [Read more...]
Running Swim Meets Just Got Easier: Meet Maestro Integrates with More Wireless Timing Systems
Newly built integration between wireless timing systems and Meet Maestro swim meet software brings efficiency to the pool deck on meet days Meet Maestro, SwimTopia’s modern and intuitive meet software, was designed to be used with a meet organizer’s choice of timing system. The goal is to give teams great choices for how they time meets, letting them choose the system that fits their budget and … [Read more...]
