So, my 2017 Summer Nationals performance was OK, but left room for improvement and I'm thinking about planning to start training for 2018 Long Course Summer Nationals.
Oops, there is no USMS Summer Nationals in 2018, in deference to the UANA Pan American Masters Championships.
I cannot find any information about if we can participate, how one qualifies, if we have to join UANA, etc., etc.
I've checked the UANA site, the Orlando YMCA site, USMS site with no luck.
Does anyone have any information about the event and whether those of us who were expecting a USMS Summer Nationals can plan to swim at the UANA Championships?
You will like the Pan Am championships. When held 4 years ago in the US,, it was extremely efficiently run! The pool in Orlando is an indoor pool. It is in a great area in Orlando; lots to do and see, many good restaurants.
I was looking at the UANA Pan American Championship website to get the schedule of events for swimming. If you click on Swimming at the top of the home page and then scroll down, you see the schedule of events. The dates listed on the USMS website and the dates listed on the UANA website do not include August 4th. On August 4th they have the 100 *** and 400 free. Open Water is August 5th. So the dates for swimming on our calendar should be July 28 - August 4 (not August 3). Date for Open Water August 5th with warmup August 4th. Event limit is 5 events, plus Open Water and relays.
Good morning Mary,
yes, we have updated the events for the 2018 UANA Pan Ams to reflect the same event schedule as 2013 in Sarasota.
Here are the official dates of the event:
7/28 800 Free
7/29 400 IM, 50 Free
7/30 200 Back, 100 Free
7/31 100 Back, 50 Fly, 200 Free
8/1 Relay Day
8/2 200 ***, 100 Fly, 50 back
8/3 200IM, 50 ***, 200 Fly
8/4 100 ***, 400 Free
8/5 Open water, 1.5k, 5k
The most up to date information about the event is on our website at:
2018PanAmMasters.com
Jillian
Jillian,
It looks like in the first section of the swimming section, it still says August 3, 2018:
Meet Info:
Minimum Age Limit: 18 Years Old
Age Groups, Individual Events: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90-94 and five-year age increments as high as necessary.
Note: 18-24 age groups are not permitted to participate on relay teams: 100-119, 120-159, 160-199, 200-239, 240-279, 280-319, 320-359
Competition Dates: July 28 – August 3, 2018
Competition Venues:
The YMCA Aquatic Center
8422 International Drive
Orlando, Florida 32819 USA
Pool Characteristics:
The schedule decreases my desire to go. The swimming lasts 8 days. My wife's best events are the first 4 days, mine the last 3.
Thats a long time to be somewhere for a swim meet. Worlds isn't 8 days of swimming.
Allen, hate to pop your bubble, but the Pan-Am schedule IS a typical World Championships schedule (seven days in the pool and one day of open water). I agree completely that it is a long time to be somewhere for a swim meet, so I do not plan to be there.
Allen, hate to pop your bubble, but the Pan-Am schedule IS a typical World Championships schedule (seven days in the pool and one day of open water). I agree completely that it is a long time to be somewhere for a swim meet, so I do not plan to be there.
I usually try to attend 1 Nats a year, but SCY is late this year and conflicts with my summer league Swim team duties and LCM if you count travel days in and out would be 8 days to swim five events. Really have no desire to be at a meet for 8 days of which several days I would have no events to swim. Looking at Southern Pacific zones mid August or maybe skip LCM all together this year.
the worlds/panam format of 6 pool days and 1 openwater day with a relay only day in the middle
is as much about time and fatigue management as it is about swimming fast.
i have written this several times in the last 6 years
