| 2026 ASA Rules Meeting Recap and Recording Link - ASA
Rules Attached
April 16, 2026
Teams,
Thank you for taking part in
tonight's rules clinic, I hope you found it informative and helpful.
The recording of the meeting can be found at ASA
Rules Meeting Recording. A recap of the slide deck for the meeting can be found
at ASA
Rules Meeting Slide Deck view the
2026 ASA Rules please visit 2026
ASA Rules. Also included below are a number of reminders about
the upcoming season and some to do list items for teams. Nothing new,
but a good list of important items about this season.
Recap of Recent Information
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 BLUEMeets 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.
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
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.
Upcoming ASA Meetings and Training
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/84434768742
Meeting ID: 84434768742
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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/89085880746
Meeting ID: 89085880746
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+13017158592,,89085880746 # US (Washington DC)
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,
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