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Joining a Team

Swimmers may join a team or compete "Unattached". You will need to contact the individual clubs for information about their programs, costs, schedules, and how to join.

For assistance finding a team located close to you, our Teams page includes a list of teams and information including pool locations. You can also contact North Texas Swimming Registration and Membership membership@ntswim.org.



Each team will have age and swim proficiency prerequisites that new swimmers must meet for their ongoing swim team programs. Generally a short in-water tryout is held to determine readiness and proper placement. Most teams will either offer sessions of learn-to-swim lessons or can provide referrals to other organizations that do. Lessons information is not available through North Texas Swimming but can be obtained from individual teams.


Upcoming Swim Meets

The meet calendar can be found on the homepage. It is updated throughout the year. Approximately 60 days before a scheduled meet, detailed meet information is added. Swimmers attached to a team should be entered on the team's electronic entry file.

Most swim meets in North Texas are "classified" so a swimmer's best times in each event determine whether they are eligible to compete in that event or in that meet. For most developmental [age group] swimmers, the USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards are used. The meet information will include time standards in effect for that meet. Please ask your coach if you are not sure if you are eligible to participate in an upcoming meet.

Swimmers participating in USA Swimming meets must have a currently-registered USA Swimming Coach present. If you enter a meet where you will not have a coach, you will be assigned a temporary coach by the Meet Director. Please provide this information when you enter the meet and at Clerk of Course before you get in the pool.


Swim Meet Results

  • Within 10 days of the end of a swim meet, results will be posted online and loaded into the USA Swimming database (SWIMS).


Outreach Programs

Swimmers from low-income families may be eligible for financial assistance on USA Swimming athlete registration fees. Please contact us at membership@ntswim.org for more details. Individual clubs may also offer reduced fee programs for swimmers with financial need.


Swimmers with Disabilities

USA Swimming encourages people with disabilities to participate in the sport of swimming and facilitates their inclusion in USA Swimming programs through education and collaboration. We seek to involve people with disabilities in existing competitions and programs for all swimmers, rather than provide unique disability-only opportunities.


This is Your Sport

North Texas Swimming exists to serve the needs of our athletes. Each team is encouraged to send an athlete voting delegate to North Texas Swimming House of Delegate meetings, conducted at various times during the year and posted on the calendar. In addition, the athletes elect a Senior and Junior Athlete Representative as officers of North Texas Swimming and with membership in the Technical Planning Committee, Age Group Committee, and Senior Swimming Committee. These swimmers are listed on the Board of Directors & Staff page. The Junior and Senior athlete representatives are encouraged to attend the annual USA Swimming meeting where critical decisions about our sport are made.

The North Texas Swimming Bylaws contain a "job description" of the Athlete representatives and the Athlete Committee. This can be found on the Business Documents page.


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