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Welcome to Truckee Tahoe Swim Team

Truckee Tahoe Swim Team is a year round competitive USA Swim Team. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit club, run with a board of directors that meets each month. The team belongs to the USA Swimming governing regional body, or LSC, of Sierra Nevada Swimming. We are located at 6000 feet in the middle of the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AND READ THE 2024 - 2025 SWIM SEASON HANDBOOK

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide all members, regardless of ability, a chance to grow socially and athletically without feeling lost or left behind.

Coaching

All of our coaches, as members of USA Swimming, have professional access to the most comprehensive training and certification program for youth swimming coaches in the United States. We offer coaching for USA Age Group Swimming from Novice to National levels of abilities. We have ages as young as 4 to 18 in a broad range of abilities, and group start times.  The team has a wide net of abilities from Olympic Trials qualifiers to basic development swimming,


We provide free days to try the team. If a level is full free assessment days will be put on hold and a waiting list started. Waiting list begin at 70 members for development levels and 70 members for Pre-Senior to National levels.


Novice levels start with new swimmers safely swimming 25 yards and passing the facility swim test. 

Practices

Weekday practices are held at the Truckee Community Pool, 10939, Truckee Way, Truckee, CA, 96161.   Click for Truckee Aquatics Center Webpage. During the large part of the season (school year schedule) we train train from 3:00pm to 6:00pm.

Our first practice in the 2024 - 2025 season will be Sunday September 8th, 2024. Our last practice of the season will be toward the end of July 2025. Swim team breaks in August annually.


Afternoon practices by group between the times of 3pm - 6pm make up the majority of the season while school is in session. Summer break practice will change to the mornings for approximately 1 month before we break in the month of August.  TTUSD School year practice times from September 2024 - June 2025:


New 2024 - 2025 Mini Marlins (Intro to Swim Team)

  • 4:50pm until no later than 5:40pm
  • Select 2 days weekly Monday to Thursday and email cyrus@truckeeswim.org the days you choose.
  • 6 weeks Fall & Spring seasons
  • Mini Marlins Season 1: September 30th, 2024, until November 7th, 2024
  • Mini Marlins Season 2: Starting Mon, Apr 21, 2025 through Thu, May 29, 2025


10 & Under Novice (Competitive Swimmer)

  • 4:50pm until no later than 5:40pm
  • Select 2 days weekly Monday to Thursday and email cyrus@truckeeswim.org the days you choose.


All Ages Novice - Regional (Competitive Swimmer)

  • 4:50pm until no later than 5:50pm
  • Select 2 days weekly Monday to Thursday and email cyrus@truckeeswim.org the days you choose.


Pre - Senior (Competitive Swimmer)

  • 3:30pm to approximately 4:45pm
  • Monday through Friday weekly


National & Senior (Competitive Swimmer)

  • 3:00pm to approximately 5:00pm
  • Monday through Friday weekly







COMMUNICATION

Remind App

  • We use Remind App for swim team members Announcements. 
  • Download Remind app from app stores and add class code to sign up.  Class code: b43ac83 


E-mail

  • Head Coach Cyrus: cyrus@truckeeswim.org

    • The best times for email replies from Cyrus are Monday to Friday from 8 am to 12:00 noon. 
    • Set up a meeting to discuss individual progression reports on your swimmer. The best meeting times for Cyrus are from 5 pm to 6 pm on most weekdays when the team is at the pool. 
    • Go on leave of absence 
    • Ask questions about billing 

  • All coaches: coaches@truckeeswim.org

    Ask general questions about levels, and practice times

  • Board of Directors: ttstbod@truckeeswim.org

    • Apply for scholarships
    • Ask questions about club governance

Registration

2024/25 SEASON REGISTRATION IS OPEN (JOIN NOW IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER)

* NEW & RETURNING MEMBERS NEED TO REGISTER!

TTST News

Welcom Back, 2025 Winter Spring Schedule

By Cyrus Crews • January 6, 2025
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SWIM MEET SCHEDULE & 2025 USA SWIMMING REGISTRATION

By Cyrus Crews • September 10, 2024
Hi All, Fall 2024 Truckee Tahoe Swim Team - Marlins swim meet schedule is as follows, and all events are ready for sign up by emailing cyrus@truckeeswim.org. I will be making group entries after the deadlines. If you miss a deadline you can sign up before the meet deadline on your own. Fall 2024: October 18 - 20: King of the Hill. All levels and ages of the team are welcome to email to enter this meet before September 20th. Please send in your day preferences if you plan on coming for part of the meet. This meet location has been changed to the NEW pool in Reno! It is now much closer to Truckee. November 9- 11: Folsom Classic. All age groups with time standards are welcome to enter. Please look at the time standards before deciding to enter. Enter this meet by emailing about King of the Hill before October 22nd. Generally speaking it will be for our swimmers that have competed in at least 3 or more meets. The facility is an outdoor pool in Folsom, CA. November 23-24: Fort Bragg Travel Meet. All levels and ages of the team are welcome to email to enter this meet before October 24th. This is a fun meet to take a road trip and travel to the north coast of California! The pool in the town of Fort Bragg is an indoor pool. The surrounding area is beautiful with great seafood. Accommodations are optional but the team has stayed at the Beach Inn hotel in the past. It is very nice. Coach Cyrus will be staying here this year. www.beachinn.com . Winter 2024 - 2025: January 17 - 19 in Carson City, NV. Sign up by December 19th before holidays. All Levels and Ages January 31st - February 2nd. Woodland, CA Senior Winter Championships for Qualified Senior Team Swimmers. Senior team qualified swimmers. February 7 - 9 in Minden, NV. Sign up as soon as we get back from break before January 9th. All levels and ages. Spring 2025: TBA Please remember that all swimmers need to be USA Swimming registered to practice and swim at meets. If you registered last year you will be valid through the end of December 2024, and you will need to renew for 2025. If you are new to the team you need to register ASAP and it will be valid through 12/31/2025. We utilize 2 racing options. TTST and Sierra Marlins. The choice is yours, but I do suggest more competitive and older swimmers to race for the Marlins as this will offer a chance to meet new swimmers and enter relays at meets we join forces with the Folsom Branch. Suggestions for TTST: Novice - Regional levels of our team. Register as Truckee Tahoe Swim Team and race for TTST: https://omr.usaswimming.org/omr/welcome/F76E407CA50D05 Suggestions for Marlins: Pre-Senior - National levels of our team. Register for USA Swimming and Race for The Marlins: https://omr.usaswimming.org/omr/welcome/1D4F4030BB6E58 Kind Regards,  Cyrus Crews Head Swim Coach Truckee Tahoe Swim Team - Marlins *Hours: 8am - 12 noon Monday - Friday Head Coach Cyrus: cyrus@truckeeswim.org All coaches: coaches@truckeeswim.org Board of Directors: ttstbod@truckeeswim.org We use Remind App for swim team members Announcements. Download Remind app from app stores and add class code to sign up. Class code: b43ac83

New Season Ahead

By Cyrus Crews • July 23, 2024
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