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Online Membership Registration Now Available for both New and Renewing Members

Online registration is now available at USMS Online Registration. Discount membership for full-time students 25 years and younger and seniors 75 and older are not available through the online registration.  Those eligible for discounts should use paper registration forms.

When using the online registration link USMS Online Registration, you are taken to the Ozark LMSC registration site.  Choose SLAM (St Louis Area Masters) as your club.  If you have a workout group and do not see it on the pull-down menu, just leave workout group as NONE.

If you are renewing your membership, you will be asked for part of your USMS membership number.  If you do not have this handy, your name as on file with USMS and your date of birth will be sufficient.

With the online registration, you will be able to pay your registration fee by credit card and immediately be able to print out your membership card with your USMS membership number on it.

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN SLAM?

SLAM is one of the premier USMS swim clubs in the nation. SLAM hosted one of the very first USMS Long Course National Championships. That championship was held at the old Sugar Creek Swim Club in 1976. SLAM members are active in many national leadership roles in United States Masters Swimming.

SLAM has a tradition of excellence with several national and world record holders among our members. SLAM also encourages relay participation and has many USMS Top Ten finishes and national records in relays of all age groups to our credit.

SLAM has something for everyone and strives to serve all ages, ability levels and goal orientations. We host several swim meets each year, including an open water swim, clinics and socials.

Whether you practice alone or with one of SLAM's many workout groups, you will be welcomed into the SLAM family with open arms.

Through your SLAM membership, you receive the USMS SWIMMER magazine which is chock full of timely articles to help you improve your swimming, as well as Ozark and SLAM newsletters.

MEMBERSHIP COSTS

A 2008 Membership with SLAM begins when you register and expires December 31, 2008. The 2008 SLAM Membership costs $40, of which $10.00 goes to SLAM, $5 to the Ozark Local Masters Swimming Committee (LMSC) and $25.00 to United States Masters Swimming (USMS). The USMS fee includes an $8.00 subscription to USMS SWIMMER (a bimonthly magazine).

All 2007 memberships expired 12/31/07. Be sure to renew for 2008 right away so that you will continue your USMS insurance coverage and not miss any issues of the USMS Swimmer magazine.

Discount Memberships

If you are 75 years and older, or a full-time student 25 years and younger, you are eligible for a discounted 2008 Membership Fee of only $25. The SLAM and Ozark fees are waived. SLAM and Ozark will also consider hardship cases yearly on a case by case basis.  Those eligible for discounts cannot use the USMS online registration.  Instead they should use the paper registration form.

If you apply for membership September 1, 2008 or later, a Late Year Membership is available at a discounted cost of $25, but still expires December 31, 2008 (contact Hap Gentry at rhgentry@earthlink.net, Ozark Registrar, for details).

New and Renewal Member Application Procedure paying by Check:

If you are eligible for discounted membership, or you prefer to pay by check, rather than credit card, click here to download a paper registration form.

If you are a coach or workout supervisor and want to have insurance waivers signed by new members at their first practice, click here for paper registration forms. After the trial period, these new members should follow the same registration process outlined above or register online at USMS Online Registration.