April 8, 2026

Teams,

I hope this e mail finds you doing well, hopefully many of you had a nice spring break and are getting ready for the summer. We are excited about our upcoming season. I wanted to pass along some info and reminders about upcoming league events and reminders about some things your teams need to do now to be ready for the season.

2026 Schedule Now Complete

The ASA Schedule is now complete and official. This can be viewed at 2026 ASA Official Schedule.PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE THAN WHAT WAS SENT EARLIER THIS WEEK. SOME TEAMS HAVE CHANGES TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED. Changes to what was published last week are highlighted in BLUE Meets highlighted in yellow are home meets. At that point we will pass it along to Swimtopia and they will upload it into each team's site to allow you to complete volunteer signups and your weekly meets. This should be completed by the middle of this week.

Now is the time to reach out to your opposing teams to open the lines of communication to coordinate your meet and work out the details. If you change the date or location of your meet, please e mail me ASAP with the details so I can update it on my end and make sure your officials are in the loop.

Championship Session Assignments

The ASA Championship session assignments are now official. We were able to get most teams into their requested day. Although we just did not have enough room to allow everyone that wanted to swim on Wednesday, especially Wednesday morning to make everyone's request happen. Please refer to 2026 ASA Championship Session Assignments . I have a little wiggle room on these, but not much. We have tried to balance the numbers as best we can to allow as many teams to have their team area on the deck, as well as stay within the limits of what Georgia Tech will permit us to have per session. If you have a situation that requires a session change please contact me ASAP and I will do what I can to help.

Rules Proposals

If you recall there were 3 rules proposals that teams voted on recently. We had two rules proposals for 2026. All 3 proposals passed with a 90+ percent approval.

Rule Proposal 1 - No tech suits can be worn at any dual meets for any swimmers, including stitched suits. Tech suits and other racing suits will be permitted at asa championships.

Rule Proposal 2 - Update the rainout rule (Rule 22 on page 16 of the ASA rule book to manage situations where 2 teams cannot align on a solution for a meet that cannot be called based on the score of the meet or number of events completed. The rule would now read if no agreement can be reached for how to determine the outcome of a meet for a meet that is unable to be called based on the number or events completed or score of the meet, the meet shall be concluded virtually. If teams are unable to arrange a virtual session the results of their next meet will be used for the uncompleted events. If this occurs in the final meet of the season, results from each team’s most recent meet will be used.

Rule Proposal 3 - Establish a minimum age, age 4, for swimmers to participate in ASA dual meets or the ASA championship.

Helpful Links and Upcoming Meeting Reminders

League Webpage:asa.swimtopia.com

Teams Page on League Webpage: asa.swimtopia.com/asa-teams

Instructions on setting up team page:Team Info Page Editing Instructions

Designating Reps, Coaches and Computer People - Designating People to Roles

(This ensures your team reps, coaches and computer people are in the communication loop with ASA)

Background Check Instructions:Background Check Instructions

Upcoming ASA Meetings and Training

Remaining ASA Meeting Dates and Links

2026 ASA Rules Clinic – Wednesday, April 15, at 6:30 pm. This meeting will cover a thorough review of league rules and some meet processes.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93804786502

Meeting ID: 938 0478 6502

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2026 May Ribbon Distribution and Meet Procedure Review - Weds. May 6 at 7 pm at Marist Teams can pick up their ribbons for the season on this date. This meeting will be in person and is specifically designed to walk teams through the process of running a swim meet. We will cover an in depth review of all of the jobs involved in running a swim meet and the process flow of how all of these jobs interact amongst each other.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93804786502

Meeting ID: 938 0478 6502

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Required Coaches Meeting - A mandatory coaches meeting for rules review that at least one member from each team’s staff must attend either this session or the April rules clinic.

Sun. May 17 at 3 pm at Marist (this meeting will be in person with a virtual option)

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93804786502

Meeting ID: 938 0478 6502

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More Swimtopia Training Webinars for the Upcoming Season

We have already had one Webinar covering team page setup and registration. Below are some future topics we will cover in greater detail to let teams get the most out of their Swimtopia accounts and hopefully make your seasons easier from an organizational standpoint.

Registration and Team Page Setup

Thank you for taking part in our Swimtopia webinar last week. Special thanks to Tracy Nelson from Swimtopia for conducting a great introduction to their platform and providing a wealth of helpful information to get teams rolling on using Swimtopia for the 2026 season. As promised here are links to a recording of last nights Zoom call Swimtopia ASA Registration Webinar Recording Below are links to a number of other helpful resources to help teams new to Swimtopia become familiar with their platform and get your registration set up for the coming season.

Tracy has come up with a great set of instructions for teams to help get your registration set up for the 2026 season. Please click on Registration Setup Steps for the 2026 Season. These steps should help ensure you include the appropriate league fees and waivers for your swimmers when creating your registration. Please review these instructions carefully before opening your registration for the 2026 season, and feel free to reach out to Swimtopia for customer support if you have any questions via their help center Swimtopia Help Center or at [email protected]

Volunteer Management - Helpful links, including a recording of the webinar are below

Here's a link to the recording from the webinar: Swimtopia Volunteer Webinar Recording

Here's a link to the volunteering section in our Help Center: Volunteering

And a couple of helpful blog posts -- here are the links:

Volunteer Signups: How Does Your Team Manage Them?

5 Tips and Tools for Better Volunteer Management

Meet Entry/Roster Management and Reporting

Thursday, April 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85480864618?pwd=PDx0E5aniy2ky53Ybd9ptI7HTLKieB.1

Meet Maestro Training

Saturday, May 9, 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82652317279?pwd=nj09wC6joOooVvLOHlW5ZwvHPxyYva.1

We will send reminders of these meetings as they approach, but figured we'd get them on your radar now. As always we will record these meetings and make them available to teams via e mail and the league website.

In the meantime, existing support videos are already in place and will give you a great tour of many of the features of Swimtopia and Meet Maestro. These can be found at Webinar Video Guide - Topic-Focused Training. They cover important topics like customizing your team page, setting up your volunteer roles for the coming season, Swimtopia's communication tools to text and e mail your team members, setting up team registration for the upcoming season, completing your weekly lineups, and a host of other helpful topics. Additional Swimtopia training resources can be found at ASA Swimtopia Training Links and Tutorials

We are really excited about a return to swimming and the fun that your teams offer your families and the community. Please stay tuned, as we will do our best to provide you as much info and guidance as possible. If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hesitate to call or e mail as we are always happy to help.

Thank you again,

Atlanta Swim Association

[email protected]

404-664-3975