Junior Rookies
  • Ages of swimmers in this group range from age 5 through 10
  • Swimmers should be able to perform Freestyle and Backstroke.
  • Group goals: Continue to develop Freestyle and Backstroke technique and develop correct technique for Breaststroke and
    Butterfly, improve starting techniques, and introduce turning techniques

Junior I
  • Ages of swimmers in this group range from 7 through 10
  • Swimmers should be able to swim repetitive laps of the pool
  • Group goals: Develop greater strength in the water and improve Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly techniques,
    improve starting turning techniques

Junior II
  • Minimum Age – Turning 8 prior to the season’s state meet
  • Maximum Age – 10
  • Swimmers should know all four competitive strokes/starts/turns
  • Swimmers should be capable of handling longer workouts than the Junior I workouts

Bronze
  • Minimum Age – Turning 11 prior to the season’s state meet
  • Maximum Age – 8th Grade
  • Swimmers should know all four competitive strokes/starts/turns
  • Swimmers should be capable of handling workouts of up to 3,000 yards per session

Silver
  • Minimum Age – Turning 11 prior to the season’s state meet
  • Maximum Age - 12
  • Capable of surpassing the Bronze practice group’s workload
  • Swimmers should be capable of handling workouts of up to 4,500 yards per session
  • Knowledge of sets, drills, intervals

Gold
  • Minimum Ages – Turning 13 prior to the season’s state meet
  • Membership includes middle school and high school age athletes
  • Practices are designed to help swimmers swim faster by improving  strength and conditioning in the water as well as improving
    technique for all strokes, turns and starts
  • Swimmers wishing to participate with this group will need to contact a CRAA coach for guidance for correct practice group
    selection

Senior
  • Minimum Age – Turning 13 prior to the season’s state meet
  • Membership includes middle school and high school age athletes as well as college age swimmers who are training with CRAA
    during their off-seasons
  • Practices continue to be designed to help swimmers swim faster by improving strength and conditioning in the water as well as
    improving technique for all strokes, turns and starts. However, the Senior practices are more intense than the Gold practice.
  • Swimmers wishing to participate with this group will need to contact a CRAA coach for guidance for correct practice group
    selection
Please contact Coach Wendy (coachwendycraa@gmail.com) for more information.
Swim Groups:
Click here to submit an online registration request and to print a USA Swimming registration form.

Swim group Assessments for the Fall season are being held on Friday, Sept. 11 and Saturday, Sept. 12

During the assessment, parents will learn more about CRAA,and the swimmer will be evaluated
to determine which practice group and sub-group is best suited for their development.  

Location:
Jefferson High School.

Click here for details and to sign up for an assessment.