Swim Team Information

Join our team!

At the Madison Aquatic Club, our goal is to help nurture athletes to develop confidence, respect, discipline and dedication that will help them be successful in life. We provide swimmers of all ages and abilities the opportunity to participate in the sport and to provide a lifelong enjoyment of swimming.

The Madison Aquatic Club has a nationally recognized professional coaching staff committed to swimming excellence. We have swimmers that compete at every level of the sport and produce state, zone and national champions. MAC's philosophy is centered around long term athlete development. With this philosophy, our athletes have experienced much success. Each group has a progression plan to help the swimmer reach his/her goals and succeed. 

USA Swimming Registration

Each of our swimmers will be registered with USA Swimming, an organization of over 300,000 beginner, competitive and Olympic members all sharing a passion for swimming. USA Swimming registration provides swimmers and their families with valuable swimming information, recognition, and opportunities, as well as insurance coverage for our swimmers and coaches. Registration is annual. MAC renews the annual USA Memberships for its existing swimmers and new transfers in to MAC and will invoice your team account accordingly. If you are new to USA Swimming, further details on how to register with a MAC specific link will be sent to you after your account has been approved.  Outreach memberships are available.

Team Training Fees

All accounts must retain a payment method on file. Monthly swim fees will be processed monthly on the 1st of each month. Meet entry fees and other incidentals will be processed when incurred and invoiced on demand. Families are responsible for the entire season fees committed to. Personal checks will only be accepted for the season paid in full. If a check arrives after the monthly auto-invoicing, no refunds will be issued, instead it will be applied to future meet fees and incidental charges. Returning swimmers who register late will not have training fees prorated. Late fee ($25) will be charged for overdue balances on the 10th of the month.

Select Groups: Have an option to join by single session (Fall, Winter, Spring or Summer) or by the season (Short Course Fall/Winter or Long Course Spring/Summer). There is a registration fee for each session, if you commit to the entire season at registration, a credit for the second session's registration fee will be given. The credit will be issued when your registration is approved.

Performance Groups:  Have an annual commitment (except White Performance)and fees are divided equally Sept-August with one registration fee.

Training fees are viewable by entering the "Swim Team Registration" link above.

Meets & Meet Entry Fees

Families are responsible for the cost of meet entries over the course of the season. Once the meet deadline passes, no changes will be made to our team entry and families are responsible for any meet fees for entries submitted, even if the swimmer does not attend the meet. Meet entries are prepaid to the host team by MAC when we send in our team's entries. After the meet, individual swimmer meet entry fees will be billed to your team account as they occur. All families must have a form of payment on file for swim fees and other team incidentals.

MAC Membership

Performance Group swimmers will maintain an individual youth membership. Select Group swimmers are welcome to join as members. Family, adult and senior memberships will be available. Membership benefits can include discounts on team, lessons, camps, clinics, gear, wellness & personal training, use of the entire facility including dryland, and more. More details on membership will be available.

Swimmers with a disability

We are an inclusive team. If you have a child with a disability that needs assistance to successfully participate, if possible please let us know at registration or at least 2 weeks prior to the start date of swimming to allow for coordination of support.

Scholarship Information

Our mission, at the Madison Aquatic Club, is to provide swimmers of all ages and abilities the opportunity to participate in the sport of swimming regardless of their income or ability to pay. We accept financial assistance requests throughout the year for assistance with swim fees or travel costs associated with meets. Consideration is given on an individual basis, case by case basis.

No Refund Policy

Swim fees are non-refundable. Families are responsible for the entire season's fees committed to. The only exception to this policy is for extended injury or illness (three weeks or more), in which a doctor's note is required. The doctor's note must be submitted in a timely manner for a credit to be issued towards future swim fees. If the team is not notified within two weeks of the injury or illness, the credit may not be approved.

Volunteer Requirements

Hosting meets are in important source of revenue for our program and running a running a quality meet properly requires many volunteers. Each family has the same requirement regardless of both the number of children on the team and whether their child is participating in the meet or not since the revenue generated from hosting a home meet benefits the entire team. The number of meet sessions needed to be fulfilled by each family will be determined at the beginning of the season depending on the number of meets we are hosting and the number of registered families. For those families not able to volunteer, there will be a buyout option. There are a variety of jobs available at a team hosted meet to fit everyone’s interest. It is not only rewarding to participate in your child’s sport but it is also a great way to meet other team parents.

College Swimmers 

We welcome our college swimmers and MAC alumni back to train with us at any time during the year.

You can train with any of our senior level groups that best fit your schedule. Attending meets with the team is not mandatory but we highly encourage participation in any qualifying meets. Register online in the "College" group.

USA Swimming registration is required. If you train with us during May through August, it is included with your summer registration. This also allows you to train with the team during any school breaks from September through April at no cost. MAC registration is required. Please see our online registration link on our home page.

If you are swimming with us at any time during September through April, there is no cost, except you will need current USA Swimming Registration. We will assist you with that, please contact janis@trainmac.com

Visiting/Out-of-State swimmers

MAC has a reciprocity program that allows a visiting swimmer to train with us at no charge for a period not to exceed 7 days.

Visiting swimmers must provide an emailed scan of current USA Swimming membership to business manager, Janis Katz, at janis@trainmac.com

Visiting swimmers should contact the office at the above email in advance to confirm expected training dates and the group level the swimmer will train with.