Every now and then I have been asked about dates for future USMS Nationals. Here are the dates for the meets currently on the calendar:
May 1-4, 2014 Spring Nationals: Santa Clara, CA
August 13-17, 2014 Summer Nationals: University of Maryland College Park
April 23-26, 2015 Spring Nationals: San Antonio, TX
August 6-9, 2015 Summer Nationals: SPIRE Institute, Ohio
Hosts for 2016 will be solicited and awarded next year.
Jeff Roddin
USMS Championship Committee Chair
I also like outdoor meets even though I am a backstroker. Heck, if you know how to swim straight then it give you an advantage over those other wusses.
For me one of the main joys of being a backstroker is when you get to swim outdoors, it is the only stroke that allows you to really appreciate being outside.
swimming outdoors as a backstroker = perfect stomach tan time.
My first outdoor practice this season, I swam 4,500 yards backstroke. yep, all backstroke. I wanted to get my stomach a good base tan. Who cares about practice if you can focus on getting tan?? :banana:
Any word on the 5-day schedule? There's a few longer events I'd like to try depending how close they are to backstroke events, and training starts soon.
Any word on the 5-day schedule? There's a few longer events I'd like to try depending how close they are to backstroke events, and training starts soon.
The Rules Committee needs to ratify the Order of Events for Maryland (special 5-day format). We expect an answer sometime next week. I will post here once it is official.
Jeff Roddin
USMS Championship Committee
As to the 2015 San Antonio Spring Nationals, we plan on a 4 day format. We still need the Championship Committee's approval of our Order of Events, but it will closely follow what was set forth in the Rule Book. There will be a slight change because, we will use 3 pools at the same time, we are able to offer the 1000 and 1650 on separate days. More details will be presented next year.
# pools? I have never seen that. It must run the meet really fast.
What do you do with odd heat numbers, start them 1st. so that you can end up with 3 pools in the last running?
The order of events for 2014 Marriott USMS Summer Nationals in College Park, Maryland is listed below. NQTs will be available close to the New Year.
Day 1 Wednesday:
Mixed 1500 freestyle
Day 2 Thursday:
200 butterfly
50 breaststroke
100 freestyle
Mixed 800 freestyle
Day 3 Friday:
400 IM
30 minute break
50 backstroke
200 freestyle
100 breaststroke
200 freestyle relays
Day 4 Saturday
100 butterfly
50 freestyle
200 backstroke
200 mixed free relay
200 mixed medley relay
400 freestyle (both)
Day 5 Sunday
200 medley relays
100 backstroke
200 IM
50 butterfly
200 breaststroke
Jeff Roddin
USMS Championship Committee
# pools? I have never seen that. It must run the meet really fast.
What do you do with odd heat numbers, start them 1st. so that you can end up with 3 pools in the last running?
They wouldn't be running 3 courses of the same event at the same time. They would likely have two courses of the same event in one 50m pool while having one course of a different event in another pool. For instance, two courses of the men's 500 free outside with one course of the women's 400 IM inside. I hope that clarify things.
