Age Group National Swimming Achievement Awards Program

A 30 year proven winner!

What do Pennsbury, New Wave, Occoquan, Mt. Kisco Boys Club, and the Bengal Tiger Acquatics have in common? Yes, they are all members of ASCA, and yes, they are all successfully utilizing the ASCA Chevron Awards Program.

This Nationally recognized patch program with over 35,000 participants is based on the National Age Group Time Standards (B-AAAA), available on the web at USS Swimming's Web site and times are also printed in Swimming World Magazine.

$1.00 cents each
Chevrons 1" x 4" are available in all strokes: Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly.

$3.00 each
Age Group Emblems 4" Diameter are available for ages:
10 & under, 11 - 12, 13 -14, 15 - 16, 17 - 18

"The ASCA chevron awards program is one of the simplest and most cost effective incentive programs to administer. And, now with the addition of the 'BB' bar everyone has an opportunity to get an award. No swimmer feels left out!" said Helen Burke from the Pennsbury swim team in Yardley, PA.

According to Coach Jonathan Watson of the New Wave swim club in Raleigh, NC, "Not every swimmer can win a medal or a ribbon so the chevron patch is a great incentive. The patches provide an incentive package all the way up the ladder of success for the swimmer." This was echoed by Gwen Schaneville of the Bengal Tiger Aquatics of Baton Rouge, LA, " I feel the chevron patches mean a lot to the swimmers who usually don't get as much recognition. The feel the ASCA chevron program is a good reward system."

Coach Dave Thomason of the Occoquan swim team in Woodbridge, VA says the double 'BB' patch has made goals more attainable for his one or two day a week swimmers. "Kids who didn't go to the last meet see swimmers that did attend receive chevron awards at a ceremony after practice. These swimmers are then motivated to attend the next meet with the hope of getting their very own chevron patch," said Thomason. "The ASCA awards program is a great motivator for my team. A coach's job is to provide vision to his swimmers. And, if kids see where they want to be it helps other swimmers get motivated to attain their goals," added Thomason.

According to the coaches and parents polled, swimmers are proudly displaying their chevron awards on team sweatshirts, swim bags, t-shirts and parkas. Dennis Munson from the Mt. Kisco, NY, Boys club said his parents even purchased extra large t-shirts for their young kids because they wanted the sleeves wide enough to sew two chevrons across. "A lot of kids make getting a chevron their goal...to get their times down enough to receive a patch that they don't already have," said Munson.

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