USA Swimming Athlete Registration 

The Tucson J Stingrays are a USA Swimming Club Swim Team. Therefore, all athlete participants must be registered athlete members of USA Swimming. USA Swimming registration is an annual requirement. 

RAs must register their athletes online and pay the fees through USA Swimming’s new registration portal. You will receive a link to register from the Head Coach or Team Registrar. Navigate to that link, and then you will have to complete two steps:

1. Create your new USA Swimming account
   1. To create a new USA Swimming account for RAs (note, USA Swimming does use the word “Parents,”, click “Register/Login” then select “No Account? Register Now” from below the login fields. Fill in the required fields, enter the verification code that was sent to your email.
   2. On the page that follows, called “Link Your Account,” you will select “Create New Account” toward the bottom of the page, enter the required information, and press “Save.” 
   3. If you are an existing adult member (for example, if you have times in the USA Swimming database), do not follow step b above; you will click “Request Member ID,” enter the required information, and you will receive an email with your new member ID (old member IDs are being phased out due to privacy concerns with having personal identifiable information in the old USA Swimming ID). You will copy and paste that new member ID into the field on the Link Account page, and click “Link” 
2. Complete the registration process for each athlete
   1. Follow the registration link through TeamUnify registration (big red button) or from the Head Coach or Team Registrar
   2. Verify that the LSC listed is Arizona Swimming and the Club listed is Tucson J Stingrays Swim Team (TJCC) and click continue
   3. Select “the membership is for someone other than the logged-in user”
   4. Select either “new member” (if your athlete has never been registered) or “existing member” (if your athlete has been or is a registered member)
   5. Enter the personal information for your athlete (do not enter your information on this page), then click continue
   6. Enter the emergency contact information (generally, this will be your information); you can add additional contacts; click continue
   7. Select the type of membership you are signing up your athlete for, then click continue
      1. Premium: this is the standard and preferred type of membership
      2. Season 2 Athlete: this covers athletes’ registration for April through August (long-course season); athletes can only compete below the Zones level
      3. You may upgrade from a Seasonal to a Premium membership. Please contact the Head Coach for more information on this process.
      4. Outreach Athlete: this is offered to assist disadvantaged athletes who are unable to afford the premium membership fees; requires documentation sent to AZ Swimming; please contact the Head Coach for more information
   8. Optionally add in your athlete’s ethnicity and race, click continue
   9. Declare your athlete’s competition category (male or female*), click continue
   10. Optionally enter in your athlete’s disabilities, click continue
   11. Review the information you entered, click continue 
   12. Now you will see your cart with the fees associated with your athlete’s membership, and click “submit,” then check out on the credit card processing page, click “process payment”
   13. If you click “return,” you will be brought back to the dashboard where you can see and manage all members on the account

All of your athlete’s information (including old times) will be accessible via your new USA Swimming account. 

Helpful information for completing your athlete’s registration: 

• Club Name: Tucson J Stingrays Swim Team 
• Club Code: TJCC 
• LSC: AZ (Arizona Swimming) 
• Your athlete’s USAS ID number can be found on their existing registration card or through your USA Swimming Account (or TeamUnify/SportsEngine) account 
• *USA Swimming requires athletes to declare for one of the two competition categories (male/female); the Team is committed to fostering inclusion and will assist you with the process of applying for an alternate competition category (and obtaining swimsuit waivers) to the extent possible, if you would like to take that route. Please reach out to Coach Marika Hodge for more information or assistance.

Transfers

If your athlete is transferring from another USA Swimming Club team, there is a transfer process in your USA Swimming Account; please do not use this process. For athletes transferring within the LSC (another AZ Swimming club) AZ Swimming follows a separate process, as described below:

1. Visit Https://www.azswimming.org/athlete-transfer/

2. Select the athlete’s current club code (the club that they are leaving)

3. Enter the athlete’s USA Swimming ID number, accessible by logging into your USA Swimming portal and looking at “My Family” where the athlete will be listed along with their member ID number.

4. The zip code will not be your actual zip code, just “00000”

5. Acknowledge the Statement of Transfer and Good Standing and click submit.

6. Complete the subsequent pages to the best of your knowledge,and if you need to transfer more than one athlete, it will give you the ability to do so at the end of the first athlete. 

7. You will then complete the process by paying the $15 fee (per athlete).

8. Most transfers will be completed within 1-2 business days. 

For athletes transferring from a club outside the LSC (outside AZ)

1. Navigate to azswimming.org/document-library/ and click on the “Registration & Membership” tab 

2. Complete the “Welcome to Arizona Athlete Transfer Request Form” and send it to Arizona Swimming via mail or email

3. Note that the form indicates that athletes must wait 120 days to compete for the new club, but the new rule is a 60-day limit 

Please note that athletes must wait 60 days to compete for the club they transferred to. This does not bar them from participating in swim meets during that time, but they must compete as “Unattached.”