Mission

To provide swimmers of all ages, through training and guidance, the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to formulate and attain their goals.

Philosophy

We strive to achieve this philosophy by creating the best possible environment for lifelong love of the sport, learning mindset, and team fun.

Barracuda Aquatics Club was founded in 1960. At that time, and up until 1993, it was known as Bloomington Aquatic Club. The club was formed by a small group of parents, six swimmers & Cliff Gonyer, the Bloomington Lincoln High School swimming coach. In 1993, the club was dissolved and a new charter was applied for to create the Barracuda Aquatics Club. This was in a large part due to the growth of the club into the city of Shakopee. 

In 1997, BAC joined Richfield Swim Club & WEST Express Swim Team to form Minnesota Federated Swimming for swim meets. In 2003, Dolphin Aquatic Team joined the MFS which resulted in MFS changing it’s name to Blackline Aquatics. Only our 13 & Older swimmers were attached to Blackline Aquatics, the rest of our swimmers were attached to Barracuda Aquatics Club.  Richfield/Piranhas & West disolved their union with BlackLine in 2007 or there about.  BAC dissolved it's union with BlackLine the summer of 2025.

BAC has a long standing reputation for providing a quality competitive swim program. The club is now only located in Bloomington after seeing a decline of interest at our Shakopee location.  We continue to serve the Bloomington and surrounding area  We offer all levels of swimming from beginner to elite swimmers.  As a club we have consistently qualified swimmers for State championship meets along with USA Swimming Sectional & National Championships.