GET READY FOR AN AMAZING SUMMER 2024!

The Fins Dive Team is a fun and active group of kids who love to dive! Any child of a Rock Creek Pool Equity Member or Waitlist-Summer Swim account may join the Dive Team if they can swim one length of the pool and tread water for one minute in the deep end. Usually, children aged 6-18 are members of the Dive Team. The Dive Team welcomes children who have never tried diving before as well as those who have been on the team for years!

Dive League

Rock Creek Pool is in Division I of the Montgomery County Diving League (MCDL). Other pools in our division include Merrimack Park, Seven Locks, North Chevy Chase, Manor Woods, and Tanterra.

2024 Season

The dive season begins Wednesday, May 29 and concludes the week of July 21.

Registration is Now Open!

Please note that all divers must (a) have full summer swim privileges of Rock Creek Pool; and (b) complete online registration prior to attending a practice.

Practices

The Dive Team practices Monday-Friday during the summer. Each practice is 45-minutes long and will begin Tuesday, May 28.

Until June 17: Daily practice at 5:15pm and 6:15pm, come when you can!

After that, practices will be at 4:15pm, 5:15pm, and 6:15pm. Generally, younger divers go to earlier practices BUT it’s flexible based on your availability.

There are a few schedule changes based on holidays, swim meets, and coaches availability:

  • Thursday, May 30 – No practice (Coach Training)
  • Wednesday, June 26 – 4:15pm practice ONLY (Home swim meet)
  • Thursday, July 4 – No practice (Holiday)
  • Wednesday, July 10 – 4:15pm practice ONLY (Home swim meet)

Dive Meets

All divers have the opportunity to participate in Sunday dive meets. Meets are a fun opportunity for divers to showcase their hard work in a team-spirited atmosphere.

The schedule will be available on the Rock Creek and the MCDL websites.

MCDL Judge and Referee Training

MCDL Judge and Referee training dates and locations for our officials training:

  • Sunday, June 2, 9:00am-11:00am, Manor Woods Pool (New and Returning Judges)
  • Thursday, June 6, 6:30pm-8:00pm ONLINE (Recertification of Judges)
  • Thursday, June 6, 8:15pm-9:00pm ONLINE (Recertification of Referees)
  • Sunday, June 9, 8:00am-10:00am, Regency Estates Pool prior to Bettinger Rookie Meet (New and Returning Judges)
  • Tuesday, June 11, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Merrimack Park Pool (New and Returning Judges)
  • Thursday, June 13, 6:00pm-8:00pm, Glenwood Pool (New and Returning Judges)
  • Tuesday, June 18, 6:30pm-8:30pm ONLINE (New and Returning Judges) LAST CHANCE TRAINING

The online training will be done via ZOOM. Links will be sent closer to the training date. NOTE: To be certified/recertified you must attend one of these sessions. While we may record the online training, watching the recording does not satisfy the training requirement. A friendly reminder, judges and referees must renew their certification every three years.

Parent Volunteering

Our season can’t happen without all our terrific parent volunteers! Everything is easy to learn and we’ll train you before you do it!

Available jobs include:

  • Referees (participation in certification webinar required)
  • Judges (participation in certification webinar required)
  • Meet table workers
  • Meet photographers
  • Home meet concessions
  • Home meet hospitality
  • Away meet tent schleppers
  • Provide Monday Funday popsicles
  • Parent dive meet organizers
  • Friday Pasta Party helpers

Once summer arrives, login to your Dive Team SwimTopia account and look at the right sidebar to click on job sign up for any of the events listed and you can pick what job you’d like to do. Exception: don’t sign up for judging or ref’ing unless you have been certified.

Friday Pasta Parties

Fins swim and dive weekly spirit socials. Dinner starts at 6:30pm. BYOP (or another dish to share). Followed by fun spirit activities with coaches.

Fins Swim & Dive Banquet 

Save the Date: Sunday evening, July 21.

Email Updates

We try not to send you too much information all at once.  If you need to reread something, all emails will be posted as news at the very bottom right side of the Dive Team SwimTopia homepage. So you can go there instead of digging for an old email message.

Your RC Fins Dive Team Parent Reps

Contact us with any questions!