As a USA Swimming club team, in order for your child to compete at USAS-sanctioned swim meets [GPAC (Pensacola), CMSA (Mobile), etc.], they will need to have a membership with USA Swimming. I advise that families new to USAS to WAIT until Sept. 1st to join as a member as Sept. 1st is when USAS charges/begins their registration for the year ahead. I will have a club link to share. There are more details on this matter in the handbook.