Welcome
Welcome to California Capital Aquatics (CCA) and USA Swimming! CCA is a year-round
competitive swim team with a professional coaching staff and a tradition of
excellence. CCA offers a full spectrum-swimming program, from novice to elite
whereby each individual swimmer can reach his or her full potential. CCA is
recognized as a premiere U.S. Swimming affiliate for all of northern/central
California and Nevada.
Why Choose Swimming as a Sport?
Swimming is more than a sport and a form of exercise - it's a way of life.
Swimming is an excellent lifetime activity for health and well being.
Athletes in USA Swimming programs learn about perseverance, determination,
goal setting, achievement, dedication, and commitment. Swimmers learn time
management skills, self-discipline, courage, and self-control. They learn how
to win and strive for excellence. Swimmers take these skills with them into
school, work, and life. They become good neighbors, friends, employees, and
community members. They build character through the pursuit of excellence in
competitive swimming.
Why Choose CCA Swimming?
California Capital Aquatics is a premier swim team located in Roseville, CA.
From novice to Olympians, CCA is well known within US Swimming as one of the
most successful swim teams in the country. Notably, Olympic Champion and
World Record Holder, Summer Sanders and World Champion, Randall Bal grew up in
CCA water under CCA coaching. Mike Hastings first formed CCA in 1983 with a
team philosophy to build character through excellence in swimming. Our
head coach, Debbie Walker brings to
the team a great deal of knowledge and experience.
Mission Statement
California Capital Aquatics (CCA) is a year round USA swim team that strives
for excellence in competitive swimming. CCA provides an Olympic Development
swim program designed for novice to elite senior swimmers. The program
encourages a healthy relationship between parents, athletes and coaches. The
harmony of this triangular relationship enables the swimmers to reach their
optimum potential. The senior athletes and their parents demonstrate
inspiration, leadership, commitment, and dedication to all of the swimmers and
parents in the program. CCA provides swimmers with an enjoyable, competitive,
educational, and social experience, which prepares them for success in life’s
endeavors.
Vision Statement
Building character through the pursuit of excellence in competitive swimming.
Core Values
- Build character and develop life skills
- Self reliance and acceptance of responsibility
- Commitment, dedication and sacrifice
- Goal setting
- Time Management
- Positive attitude
- Learn to embrace victory and manage defeat
- Provide an enjoyable experience for families
- Friendly, fun team environment
- Team unity
- Healthy relationship between parent, athlete and coach
- Active participation in team activities, events, and FUNdraising
- Community Service
- Promote healthy competitive sport
- Bring recognition and revenue to the community
What is USA Swimming?
USA Swimming (USS) is the
National Governing Body for competitive swimming in the United States. As the
national governing body for the sport, USS is responsible for the
administration of swimming in the United States and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) with
voting representation in the USOC House of Delegates.
Within the United States, USS is divided into 59 Local Swimming Committees
(LSC's.) CCA is a part of the Sierra Nevada LSC that includes teams as far
north as Redding, as far east as Reno, as far west as Fairfield, and as far
south as Turlock. The Sierra Nevada
LSC has approximately 2,500 swimmers in approximately 45 clubs.