WELCOME TO CANYONS AV Attitude, Achievement and Excellence in the Antelope Valley
CANYONS AV -- THE NEWEST CHAPTER IN THE CANYONS SUCCESS STORY
The Canyons Aquatic family welcomes all swimmers from the Antelope Valley and hope we can help you achieve your highest goals in the water and on dry land. Swimmers from AV can look forward to the same pride Canyons kids have know for years. We're big, we're blue, we're yellow and we believe in three words: Attitude, Excellence and Achievement. These are the hallmarks of the 30 year history of the Canyons Aquatic program . Welcome back to the pool, welcome back to competition, welcome home to your new aquatic family.
Any questions about the program can be directed to melc@canyons.org.
The Canyons AV squad trains out of the Palmdale Oasis Park Drytown facility but make no mistake these swimmers are 100% Canyons Aquatic kids.
CANYONS AV COACH MELANIE CUPITT
Melanie Cupitt, the AV Head Site Coach is a recent graduate in kinesiology and nutrition, from Cal State Northridge, Melanie (Mel) was a scholarship athlete and team record holder for the Matadors and has also served as an Assistant Swim Coach for the University. A swim team captain, Mel was the team MVP for 3 years running and multiple Big West Conference Finalist. Mel is also a certified strength and conditioning coach.
Mel's coaching experience comes at both the collegiate and club level where she has been the CSUN assistant coach for the past year as well as having coached age group swimming at the Telopea Swim Club in Canberra, Australia.
Born in Sydney, Australia, Mel moved to Canberra when she was 5 and began swimming at the age of 7 For Telopea Swim Club. She achieved State Champion titles, national finalist and was an Australian Open qualifier as well as competing in the the 2000 Olympics trials.
Mel moved to the states to pursue her swimming career as well as gain an education. She achieved both goals at Cal State Northridge, a Division I swim program. Here at Canyons, Mel will bring her competitive edge to our AV program and a determination to continue the Canyons success story 35 miles to the east of Santa Clarita. Coach Mel can be contacted via e-mail at: melc@canyons.org.
CANYONS AV REGISTRATION
At this time Canyons AV is done in two stages. Stage I registration is the completion of basic registration to get your swimmer into our system. We will collect all your registration data but you will not select a specific group to register for at this time. Once your Stage I Registration is complete please attend practice at 4:00 and introduce yourself to Coach Mel. She will spend a few days assessing your swimmer's skills and then assign a swim group. Final registraion and payment can begin at that point.
CANYONS AV STAGE I REGISTRATION - START HERE
STEP 1: Complete a general Canyons AV registration form (On-line). Fill out all fields and click "continue". Click HERE FOR ON-LINE REGISTRATION
STEP 2: Read and click that you acknowledge and accept the waiver.
STEP 3: Under MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS choose: Canyons AV Registration
STEP 4: Select a payment method. Credit card is simple, safe and secure or choose to pay by check. Payments made by check must be received within 5 working days of your swimmer's start of the session. You are not going to be charge at this time since your swim group/fee has yet to be determined
STEP 5: Add in any notes you want our office staff to see in the box.
STEP 6: Click "SUBMIT"
You have now completed Stage 1 registration.
CANYONS AV STAGE 2 REGISTRATION
Once swimmers have been assessed by Coach Mel you can then contact the COC Office staff and complete your registration . E-mail the offic staff at office@canyons.org.
For a better understanding of our groups and their basic requirements, click
here.
Once you accept your placement your credit card will be charged. If you are paying by check you will have 5 business days to submit payment.
A note on placement: Once swimmers are in the water, the coaching staff may choose to move a swimmer up a level or down a level depending on skills and other factors once training has begun. Anyone moved down will be offered a refund of the difference of their registration fees. Anyone moved up will not be charged the difference for that session. Within a few weeks a training we should have everyone settled into their groups.
GROUPS/FEES
Tution fees are paid six times a year. We have six sssions that are approximately 2 months long. Upper level groups (J0 & Sr. Development) groups include Saturday swim (currently in Santa Clarita) and summer double sessions (locations and times TBA). The chart below outlines the fees per session and are broken down by day and month to give you a better idea of the vaule.
PROGRAM
DAY/WEEK
SESSION
FEE
DAILY
MONTHLY
YEARLY
Bronze
5 days
$90.00
$2.25
$45.00
$540.00
Bronze
3 days
$75.00
$3.13
$37.50
$450.00
Bronze
2 days
$55.00
$3.44
$27.50
$330.00
Silver
5 days
$120.00
$3.00
$60.00
$720.00
Silver
3 days
$90.00
$3.75
$45.00
$540.00
Silver
2 days
$80.00
$5.00
$40.00
$480.00
Gold
5 days
$170.00
$4.25
$85.00
$1,020.00
Gold
3 days
$115.00
$4.79
$57.50
$690.00
Junior Olympic
6 days
$240.00
$5.00
$120.00
$1,440.00
Sr. Development
6 days
$240.00
$5.00
$120.00
$1,440.00
Varsity
5 days
$160.00
$3.33
$80.00
$960.00
The Canyons AV fees are currently less than the Canyons SCV fees. This separate fee structure will remain for the rest of the 2008-2009 season. Next year (09-10) the fees will be the same. Due to the late start, swimmers registering for session I will be credited with 20% of their Session I tuition fee applied toward your Session II tuition.
FAMILY COMMITMENT FEE
Each session every family is charged a $40 Family Commitment Fee. This fee can be earned by by volunteering to work and any of our events from parties to swim meets. Our volunteer coordinator tracks your volunteer hours and at the end of the year you will recieve a refund for hours worked. Refund rate is $5 an hour. This fee is per family, not per swimmer.
GROUP SCHEDULES
Canyons swimmers in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Varsity groups are not required to attend competitions but it is high advised. Promotions are based on obtaining select time standards. These time standards can only be acheived at approved competitions. Swimmers in JO and Sr. Development are required to attend competitions.
13 and under swimmers. Must be proficient in at least 2 strokes and show a willingness and ability to train for one hour. Bronze swimmers will learn all 4 stroke and be introduced to concepts of competition.
M-F 4:00 -
5:00 pm
MWF 4:00 -
5:00 pm
TTH 4:00 -
5:00 pm
14 and under swimmers. All swimmers must have at
least 1 "Red" time for their age-group. Must be
proficient in all 4 strokes.
M-F 5:00 -
6:00 pm
MWF 5:00 -
6:00 pm
TTH 5:00 -
6:00 pm
14 and under swimmers. 12-and-unders must have 1
"BLUE " time; 13-14 swimmers must be at least a high
"RED " level.
M-F 4:00 -
5:30 pm
MWF 4:00 -
5:30 pm
Swimmers in this group are at a training level above that in gold group and are working to achieve the time standard to allow them to enter our senior blue group. Training in this group is very similar to our senior groups just scaled down. This group trains Monday through Friday from 4:00 - 6:00 PM and some Saturdays. Saturday practice for the time being will be in Santa Clarita.
M - F 6:00 -
8:00 PM
Varsity Swimmer are any swimmer 14 and older interested in training with Canyons AV but not firmly committed to competeing on a regular schedule. Student atheltes from all Anetelope Valley High Schools swim teams are invited to train in our Varsity Program to ready themselves for the CIF season. Varsity is also for young athetles from all sports looking to shape and tone their bodies through "non impact" training.
M - F 6:00 -
7:30 PM
Senior Development is an "invitation only" for High School swimmers seeking a more intense workout with an eye toward moving to the Sr. Blue and Sr. Gold groups. This group is a five day a week commitment, at two hours a day. You must be in the pool on time and ready to practice and you must be able to complete a full workout without stopping. Occasional Saturday practices will be in Santa Clarita.
