The Masters program requires four things:

1. You must be a current United States Masters Swimming (USMS) member. Registering for USMS can be done on‐line by going to http://www.usms.org;. Once to the USMS screen, then click on the ‘Join/ Renew’ button and follow the steps to register on‐line.

2. You will need to pay an annual Administrative Fee for the program and fill out the information sheet; name, address, birthday, and e‐mail. The fee is $20, with checks being made out to ‘Samland.’ UNOmaha/ UNMC students, College of St. Mary students, and Creighton students will have the Administrative fee waived

3. You will need to pay Coaching Fees for the program. The quarterly fee is $90. An option will be offered for paying a monthly fee of $35. The monthly fee is determined on the monthly calendar, not as a 30 day cycle. UNOmaha students and College of St. Mary students will have a reduced rate of $15 per month and are requested to pay for 3 months at a time. Each individual determines the number of days they want swim per month.  Coaching fees will not be pro‐rated, if you swim 1 day or 20 days the financial responsibility remains the same.

4. Finally, you are requested to ‘give back’ to the sport of swimming!! This is not mandatory nor will it be managed. Giving can come in many forms. You can become a booster club member. You can volunteer at a swim meet; Masters, College, High School, Age Group, YMCA, or Summer League. You can be a web master for a swim program. You can be a volunteer coach for our program. Or it can be as simple as ‘putting in’ lane ropes or ‘taking out’ lane ropes for our own swim practice. ‘Giving back’ is important to the philosophy of this program!