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In 1968 when the Nadadores team was formed, it was comprised of 25 swimmers who competed in local events. In 1974, the Nadadores women won their first National Championship title. Since that time, the Nadadores have won 47 National Team Championships, 12 Olympic Gold Medals, 7 Olympic Silver Medals, 1 Olympic Bronze Medal, 5 Individual World Championship titles and 148 individual National Championships. The Nadadores have broken 91 American Records, 22 World Records and have produced more than 135 All-Americans.

In 1992 ownership of the Nadadores passed from the Mission Viejo Company to the Mission Viejo Nadadores Foundation which oversees both the team’s swim and dive programs. The foundation is run by volunteer parents who dedicate hundreds of hours on a monthly basis to the sports of swimming and diving.

The Nadadores' home is the beautiful Mission Viejo Aquatics Swim Complex. The complex centers on a 50-meter competition pool with eight 9-foot lanes flanked by 18-inch washout lanes. The lanes, gutters and anti-wave racing dividers are designed to smooth water during competitions. The pool depth is at the current international competition standard of two meters to three-and-one-half meters.

The complex also includes a 25-meter by 25-yards warm-up pool used in conjunction with the Nadadores diving program. This pool, home to national and international diving meets, includes a 10, 7 and 5-meter platform, with two 1-meter and two 3-meter springboards. A third pool provides more 25-yard lanes for warm-up and training.

At pool side is a Daktronics Timing System which clocks swimmers to 1/100th of a second while computing finishing orders and providing immediate printouts. Results are instantly flashed onto the timing scoreboard.

* ATTENTION VISITING TEAMS *
While you are in town if your team needs access to MVN's facilities for training purposes, please contact Coach Bill Voigt.

The Mission Viejo Nadadores Swim Team was founded in 1968 by the Mission Viejo Company.  The team was expanded to include a Diving Team in 1977.  In 1992 ownership of the Nadadores passed from the Mission Viejo Company to the Mission Viejo Nadadores Foundation which oversees both the team’s swim and dive programs. The foundation is run by volunteer parents who dedicate hundreds of hours on a monthly basis to the sports of swimming and diving.

General

A central philosophy of the Mission Viejo Nadadores is respect for swimmers, divers and coaches. It is our goal to provide an environment that is free of hostility, intimidation and harassment of any kind and to encourage swimmers/divers to develop respect for themselves and for others.  In keeping with these goals, the Mission Viejo Nadadores have developed a policy against harassment of any kind.

Policy

The Mission Viejo Nadadores Foundation strictly prohibits, and will not tolerate, harassment of any kind of any swimmer, diver, coach or employee by any swimmer, diver, coach, employee or other person.  This policy prohibits harassment in any form, including sexual harassment.  Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to unwelcome advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct or written communication of an intimidating, hostile or offensive nature.

Any swimmer or diver who is determined to have engaged in harassing conduct is subject to discipline, up to and including revocation of his or her membership in the Mission Viejo Nadadores.  Any employee or coach who is determined to have engaged in harassing conduct is subject to discipline, up to and including immediate termination.

Procedure

• Any swimmer or diver who believes that he or she is being harassed should immediately report the offensive conduct to his or her coach.
• Any coach or other employee who feels that he or she is being harassed should immediately report the offensive conduct either to his or her immediate superior or a member of the board.
• Within 24 hours of receiving a report of harassment, a coach should notify a board member, preferably the president of the board, of the reported incident.
• The coach and/or the board shall promptly investigate any reports of harassment.  If the reported harassment involves conduct by a swimmer or diver against another swimmer or diver, the parents or guardians of both shall be informed, as quickly as possible, but in no event less than 48 hours, after the coach and/or the board member is informed of the offensive conduct.  If possible, and within the coach's discretion, the swimmers or divers shall be separated during practice until the investigation of the alleged conduct is complete.