I'm new to the whole masters swimming thing. I retired at 15, but I'm back and ready to kick some serious booty and have lots of fun. After hearing about nationals I am so pumped, but I am confused. What do you need to do to qualify? Are there certain times you need to qualify? (I'm 24 (next month) and I'm a sprint free girl). Also, have dates been selected yet? Any info any of you can provide would be awesome.
Oh, and worlds, how does that work? I'm so excited to be back in the pool, I find myself longing to be in the pool when I have more than 24 hours off.
Thanks!!
Mr. Mattson,
I got the feeling in your last post that the "honor system" sort of implies that you should meet the qualifying times for all (but at most 3) of the events you enter at a USMS Nationals meet....But does this mean that the seeding times I use to enter an event at a USMS Nationals can be from a "non-sanctioned" USMS meet (like say a YMCA masters meet instead of a USMS sanctioned meet??)
I only ask this because I am part of a new YMCA masters team that will probably compete at semi-local YMCA masters swimming meets exclusively.....I don't want to have to travel a long distance just to qualify for The USMS Nationals at a USMS sanctioned meet if I don't have to.
Thanks,
Jim
Mr. Mattson,
I got the feeling in your last post that the "honor system" sort of implies that you should meet the qualifying times for all (but at most 3) of the events you enter at a USMS Nationals meet....But does this mean that the seeding times I use to enter an event at a USMS Nationals can be from a "non-sanctioned" USMS meet (like say a YMCA masters meet instead of a USMS sanctioned meet??)
I only ask this because I am part of a new YMCA masters team that will probably compete at semi-local YMCA masters swimming meets exclusively.....I don't want to have to travel a long distance just to qualify for The USMS Nationals at a USMS sanctioned meet if I don't have to.
Thanks,
Jim
