SVST Fees and Registrations

With the Swim Team Registration you will also obtain 2024-2025 Etna PAL Membership if you have not already. These are separate fees:

2024-2025 Etna PAL Membership $30/youth (for those who are not current members)

2025 Swim Team Registration $100/youth

USA Swim Registration/Fees will be obtained and paid for by the parent (you must have this in order to compete at meets)

Swim Meet Registration/Fees will be obtained and paid for by the parent (you must do this for each meet attending)

Events

May 19, 2025

Afternoon Swim Practice begins

Dotty Olson Community Pool (Etna, CA)

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May 19, 2025

Afternoon Swim Practice begins

Conditioning begins. The team will be divided into three practice sessions starting Wednesday May 21st. (MAY 19th-20th dryland practice @ 4...

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Dotty Olson Community Pool (Etna, CA)

June 9. 2025

Morning Swim Practices begin

8:00am

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10:30am

Dotty Olson Community Pool (Etna, CA)

Event Details

June 9. 2025

Morning Swim Practices begin

The team will be divided into three practice sessions. The practice sessions are M-F as follows:

8:00am - 9:00am Ages 11-18
9:00am -9:...

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8:00am

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10:30am

Dotty Olson Community Pool (Etna, CA)

June 14, 2025

Etna PAL's Shark Fun Meet

TBD

Dotty Olson Community Pool

June 14, 2025

Etna PAL's Shark Fun Meet

TBD

Dotty Olson Community Pool

June 20-22, 2025

Rumble by the River Trials and Finals (RAD)

All day

Redding Aquatic Center (Redding, CA)

June 20-22, 2025

Rumble by the River Trials and Finals (RAD)

All day

Redding Aquatic Center (Redding, CA)

June 25, 2025

Shark's Lap-a-thon Fundraiser

8:00am

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10:30am

Dotty Olson Community Pool (Etna, CA)

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June 25, 2025

Shark's Lap-a-thon Fundraiser

This is a way to support the swim team. All monies gained will go to the swim team.

8:00am

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10:30am

Dotty Olson Community Pool (Etna, CA)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Please reach us at etnapdpal@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

What is the main goal of Etna PAL's Swim Team?

Etna PAL's Swim Team is a competitive Swim Team, meaning we practice and train to compete at Swim meets as a team.

Do we have to go to meets in order to be on the Swim Team?

Etna PAL's Swim Team is a competitive Swim Team, meaning we practice and train to compete at Swim meets as a team. Etna PAL has another program offered for those just wanting their child to be in the pool daily with a routine of exercise and group activities. Please check out our RecSwim.

How is Etna PAL's Swim Team funded?

Etna PAL's Swim Team is funded through your Swim Team Registration fee and donations from individuals, corporations, and grants from foundations. Please visit our website to learn more about how you can support our mission.

Swim Team Rules

Come to practice prepared with:
A cheerful attitude; Swimsuit; Goggles; Cap
Towel; Water bottle; Warm clothes
Be on time.
Swimmers and parents please stay and help with putting in and taking out lane lines and cleaning up swim equipment at the end of practice.
If you need to use the restroom, you must ask the coach you are working with for that day before you leave the pool area. Warming up in the showers is not allowed during practice unless the need is recognized and allowed by a coach.
Show respect to coaches and fellow teammates. When the coaches are speaking, there is to be no additional talking or whispering going on. You will have a chance to ask questions or make comments after announcements in the mornings.
No bad language ever is to be used. You represent the EPAL/Scott Valley Swim Team and what you say and how you act reflects back to the team.
Come to practice "to practice". No goofing off or disrupting others who are working hard. Swimmers will receive one warning from the coaches and if that swimmer chooses to continue making poor behavior choices, they will call their parents to pick them up or be asked to leave practice for the day. If that swimmer leaves on his/her own, their parents will be called after practice to discuss what happened.
Coaches are not responsible for swimmers once their practice is finished. They will not be staying at the pool to wait for their parents. Please be prompt in picking up your children and watch your children who are not in the pool.
Swimmers are not allowed in the pool office unless a coach asks them to get something for them.
Rules of the Deck: Only Coaching Staff and swimmers that are practicing at the time allowed. Swimmers are only allowed on deck when it is their practice time. No Parents on deck.
Parents, please refrain from coaching your children when they are at practice. If you'd like to help coach, please ask the coach for permission.
Your children are in good hands with a great coaching staff. The coaches work as a team to give your children the tools to be efficient swimmers. If you have any questions or concerns, please talk to us either before or after practice.
Each swimmer will set a goal or goals as to what they would like to achieve during the swimming season. The coaches will provide the tools for that swimmer to help them achieve those goals. It is up to you as a swimmer to want to use the tools to get better. No one else can achieve the goals you set for you.
Use practice etiquette when swimming with others. Swimmers will swim in a circular motion, counterclockwise in their lanes. The lane line will always be to the right of their bodies. The fastest swimmers go first in each lane. After the first swimmer leaves, the second swimmer must wait an appropriate distance as directed by their coach. If for some reason another swimmer catches up to you, they will touch your foot. When you reach the end of the lane you are to let them pass you and wait until they reach an appropriate distance.
Always follow the posted pool rules.
Never dive or jump into the practice pool unless instructed to do so by your coaches. Other swimmers could be under the water in the pool and you may injure them and yourself if you are not careful.
Check the whiteboard at practice for announcements.
If you have a question or problem about anything at all, please let us know. We will do our best to find the answer or resolve the problem. If your problems or questions are not resolved, please reach out to Alicia Pindell, Etna PAL's Director, at etnapdpal@gmail.com or (530) 598-9833.
Eat healthy foods before and after practice to replace the calories you will use during practice.
Team suits and caps need to be worn at swim meets. A team swim cap must be worn during race events too.
We will have a great summer; we are glad you are part of the team! GO SHARKS!!

Safe Sport

Reporting to USA Swimming Safe Sport and the U.S. Center for Safe Sport:

To deal with a Safe Sport concern, contact USA Swimming at (719) 866-4578
Contact the U.S. Center for Safe Sport to make a report. Call 833-5US-SAFE (587-7233) or use the online reporting form or find more information at http://www.uscenterforsafesport.org/
Text anonymous tips to 888-270-SWIM (7946)

SafeSport

Safe Sport Club Coordinator:

Reporting to USA Swimming Safe Sport and the U.S. Center for Safe Sport:

Alicia Pindell

Etna PAL Director

SVST Fees and Registrations

Events

May 19, 2025

Afternoon Swim Practice begins

May 19, 2025

Afternoon Swim Practice begins

June 9. 2025

Morning Swim Practices begin

8:00am

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10:30am

June 9. 2025

Morning Swim Practices begin

8:00am

-

10:30am

June 14, 2025

Etna PAL's Shark Fun Meet

TBD

June 14, 2025

Etna PAL's Shark Fun Meet

TBD

June 20-22, 2025

Rumble by the River Trials and Finals (RAD)

All day

June 20-22, 2025

Rumble by the River Trials and Finals (RAD)

All day

June 25, 2025

Shark's Lap-a-thon Fundraiser

8:00am

-

10:30am

June 25, 2025

Shark's Lap-a-thon Fundraiser

8:00am

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10:30am

Frequently Asked Questions

SVST Downloads

Swim Team Rules

Safe Sport

Reporting to USA Swimming Safe Sport and the U.S. Center for Safe Sport:

Reporting to USA Swimming Safe Sport and the U.S. Center for Safe Sport:

Reporting to USA Swimming Safe Sport and the U.S. Center for Safe Sport:

Safe Sport Club Coordinator:

Reporting to USA Swimming Safe Sport and the U.S. Center for Safe Sport:

Reporting to USA Swimming Safe Sport and the U.S. Center for Safe Sport: