National Championship meets scoring: Regional versus Local Club Categories
Beginning in 2009, club scoring awards at Nationals have been divided into two separate categories: Regional and Local.
A formal description of the two club categories is below (104.5.6 B from page 37 & 38 of the 2025 USMS Rule Book):
(1) Regional clubs—For competition at national championship meets, a regional club consists of a club made up of those swimmers who represent a club at nationals, but at competitions within their LMSC, they compete for an entity or subgroup (such as a workout group) that is different than the one they compete with at nationals.
(2) Local clubs—For competition at national championship meets, a local club consists of a club that does not qualify as a regional club.
Based on the above definitions, the following scoring categories will be in place for 2025 Spring and Summer Nationals:
2025 Regional Clubs:
- AKMS - Alaska Master Swimming
- ARIZ - Arizona Masters Swim Club Inc
- BSMT - Big Sky Montana Masters
- CONN - Connecticut Masters
- FACT - Florida Aquatic Combined Team
- GAJA - Georgia Masters
- HIMA – Hawaii Masters
- IAMA - Iowa Masters
- IM - Illinois Masters
- MICH - Michigan Masters
- MINN - Minnesota Masters Swim Club
- NCMS - North Carolina Masters Swimming
- NEM - New England Masters Swim Club
- NMMS - New Mexico Masters Swimming
- OREG - Oregon Masters
- PSM - Puget Sound Masters
- RMRM – Rocky Mountain Regional Masters
- SKY - Swim Kentucky Masters
- SMS - Southern Masters Swimmers
- VMST - Virginia Masters Swim Team
- WISC - Wisconsin Masters Aquatic Club
Local Clubs:
All other registered USMS clubs not noted in the Regional category.
According to the USMS Rule Book, the Championship Committee shall publish this list no later than February 15 of each year.
Please note: clubs may contest their designation or the designation of another club by filing an appeal with the chair of the Championship Committee (Erin Sizelove, championship@usms.org) at least 45 days prior to the national championship meet (i.e., March 10 for San Antonio; June 22 for Federal Way).
Jim Clemmons
Committee Member