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Below is team information about the Academy Bullets Swim Club.  This information is fairly general and families should feel free to contact Head Coach Todd Capen (Aurora) or Mike Laurich (Lewis) if they have any specific questions.

Two Sites - One Team
The Academy Bullets have two separate sites that our team is based out of - Aurora and Romeoville.  Our Aurora team practices out of Marmion Academy and the Vaughan Athletic Center.  Our new Romeoville site practices at Lewis University.  Both sites swim under the Academy Bullets name at swims meets they attend.

Practice Info
Practices are offered each weekday and on Saturdays for certain groups.  Practices may be canceled periodically.  Schedule changes will always be posted on our team web site under the "Latest Bulletins" section (Home page), the News page, and on our monthly calendars for each group.  Our general practice schedule can be found on the Registration Information page of this site.

Tryout Results
Once tryouts have been completed at the beginning of each season, we will post our tryout results within 48 hours on our Registration Information page and on our home page.  All families will also be contacted with tryout results and registration instructions via email.

Registration Process
Registration for the swim team is done online through our registration link on the left hand side of each page.  To sign up online, swimmers must be a returning member of the team from the previous season or have attended our tryouts and been notified they had made our swim team.  There are many benefits to this online registration - most notably the ability to use credit cards and deduct fees directly from your checking account.  Fees can be paid in one lump sum or divided out in monthly installments.  All swimmers must pay the USA Swimming membership fee once a year.  New swimmers must be registered by the first day of their group's practice in order to compete for the team.

Meets / Meet Fees
We offer a number of local and travel meets for all members of our team.  We typically have 1 invitational per month that is local and once in awhile have a travel invitational out of state.  Families will sign-up for meets using our Meet Sign-up link that can be found on the left hand side of each page of the web site.  You will be able to log on to your family account and select which meets and days you would like to attend.  Once the meet deadline passes, no changes will be made to our team entry.  After the meet deadline closes and before the meet begins, those families who signed up for the meet will be charged using a credit card or direct checking account...just like online registration.  A meet schedule with information and entry deadline dates can be found on the Events/Meets page of the team web site.  Most 2-3 day meets cost approximately $20-25 to compete the entire weekend. 

Team News
We have a lot of information to get our to our families throughout the season.  We send out periodic emails with team reminders and last minute changes as well as general information at least once per week.  We also regularly update our web site as it is our main information hub.

Parent Volunteering / Fundraising
Fundraising is a very important aspect of the Academy Bullets Swim Club.  Fundraising helps cover many of our costs. It help to provide the best environment for our swimmers by using the funds to hire more coaches, purchase equipment, etc.  Fundraising responsibilities are divided out by families and and not by number of swimmers.  What this means is that a family with four swimmers has the same responsibility/fundraising requirements as a family with one swimmer.  We have four main fundraising activities:

All Bullet swimmers are entered in team hosted meets.  All families are required as part of their team commitment to volunteer to work a few sessions at each meet.  More details on these meets will be communicated to all Bullet families as they approach.  In conjunction with the Speedo Invitational, each family is also responsible for participating in the team Advertising Campaign.  Ads are typically due in December each year.  Details on this will also be emailed out as soon as the program gets closer.  Families that do not participate in any of the programs will be billed accordingly.

Equipment
There are some requirements of equipment and apparel for our team.  Each of our practice groups has different equipment required for practice use.  These items will be described in our Apparel Order Form once the season get under way.  All swimmers on the team must have a team suit to compete in meets.  All swimmers 9&Older must purchase a team warm-up jacket.  All apparel is available online to team members and our apparel store will be visiting each of our practice facilities during the beginning of each season for swimmers and families to try on apparel for sizing and to place orders in person.

If you have any questions about the swim club, please feel free to email Todd Capen or contact him by phone at (847) 571-7644.