REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE APRIL 23rd!
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2026 Summer Season
May 4th - August 2nd
Click here for Practice Schedule
Practices after TAAF Regional Meet (July 11th) will be for state qualifiers only.
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Summer Registration Costs
25 late fee applies after registration day: Thursday, April 23rd
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Tryouts for New Swimmers
- New swimmers will be required to try out for the team (requirements below)
- Swimmers who have previous swim team experience with verifiable swim times may be exempt from tryouts.
- Swimmers must register and select the Check Option at the payment section of registration.
- This will allow for tryouts before payment is made.
- Please do not pay before tryouts, as a refund will not include payment processing fees.
- Payments for swimmers that tryout, must be made by Venmo (preferred), Check or Cash(exact).
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Important Dates
APRIL
- April 1st - Registration Opens
- April 21st, 23rd, 28th & 30th - LJST 4 Day Spring Clinic
- April 23rd 7:30pm-8:30pm - Tryouts
- April 21st & 23rd - Custom Team Suit Fitting
- April 23rd - Last Day of Registration
- April 23rd - Custom Team Suit Fitting
- April 27th - New Parent Meeting
MAY
- May 3rd- CCAA Officials Training
- May 4th - Practice Begins
- May 16th - Splash Meet @ Alvin
- May 18th - Team Picture Day @ LJ Rec Center
- May 30th - CCAA Meet #1 @ LJ Rec Center
JUNE
- June 6th - CCAA Meet #2 @ LJ Rec Center
- June 13th - CCAA Meet #3 @ Galveston
- June 20th - CCAA Meet #4 @ Bay City
- June 27th - CCAA City Champs Meet @ Rosenberg
JULY
- July 11th or 18th - TAAF Region 1 Meet @ TBD
- July 13th or 20th - End of Season Beach Party!!
- July 30th - August 2nd - TAAF Summer Games of Texas @ College Station
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What does my registration fee pay for?
- Up to 60 days of coached practice*
- Up to 8 Meets (swim competitions)
- Team swim cap
- Team Shirt
- Registration fees for LJ Rec Center, CCAA, TAAF
- Insurance and Meet fees
*Practice after TAAF Region 1 Meet (July 11th) will be for State and National Qualifiers only. Masters(adults) have 1-2 coached practices per week.
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Team Requirements
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- Must be 5 by the first day of practice
- Must be at or approaching a Level 3 swimmer
- Must be able to swim freestyle and backstroke unassisted
- Ages 5-10
- Must swim 25 yards freestyle with head in the water and breathing to the side.
- Must be able to swim 25 yards backstroke without flipping to stomach.
- Ages 11 & up
- Must swim 50 yards freestyle with head in the water and breathing to the side.
- Must be able to swim 50 yards backstroke without flipping to stomach.
- Ages 5-10
- 12 and under swimmers must not have participated in USA swim meets or organized practices since January 1st of the season year.
- Be aware that swimmers will be challenged at practice daily with distances of up to 2500 yards.
- Swimmers should be able to keep up with pace of swim (based on age and experience).
- Families will be required to volunteer at least 2 times per season.
- All new swimmers must bring either electronic or physical copy of their birth certificate to tryout/registration night.
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Multiple Swimmers
To add multiple swimmers to your registration please use the ADD AN ATHELETE TO THIS REGISTRAION button during registration.
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More Information
For more information about swimming, practice, and volunteering, please visit our More Info tab at the top navigation bar.
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Registration Questions
- Please see our FAQs Section
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Does my child have to be able to swim the full length of the pool?
- LJST is not a learn-to-swim program or group swim lessons, nor do we have the ability to assign a coach to each swimmer. Swimmers without basic swimming skills pose a safety issue to themselves.
- Your swimmer should already have some basic swimming skills before joining the team and be able to swim the entire length of the pool (25-yards) unassisted prior to the first day of practice. (50-yards for ages 11+)
- Swim lessons are available through the Lake Jackson Recreation Center.
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Do you have discounts for registration?
- Unfortunately, we do not as it is very expensive to run a swim program.
- Alternatively, you could take a free and local CCAA Meet Officials (2 hour) course which would allow you to referee meets during the season. This allows you to get your volunteer hours and $50 per meet.
- Home meets require more officials.
- No limit on the amount of times you can referee. *While positions are available.
- Must be 15+
- Great way for a high schooler to make some money while coming to the meet.
- Must wear a white shirt to meet.
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