https://community.usms.org/events/USMS event information, management, and officiatingen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/events/f/pool-events/33261/hottest-nationals/299430Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:14:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1a2449a7-5811-417d-8ee0-fac1322cbe9cGull2007 at the Woodlands was pretty damn hot. Standing behind the blocks in a full body suit waiting to swim was brutal. And the aerators couldn’t keep the water cool enough.https://community.usms.org/events/f/pool-events/33261/hottest-nationals/299428Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:34:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:8f2457f9-0bed-41cb-b268-b38c8a67e038Elaine KrugmanThis is exactly the reason why I said to myself, "No way in hell am I going to Nationals!" My sister lives in Sacramento, and I get to hear her complain about the summer heat every year. I will never forget Mesa in 2011 at Spring Nationals. It was so hot, my heat intolerance caught up with me, and I had to skip my 200 breaststroke race. I was miserable, so I will never do another outdoor meet in that heat ever again. I would be curious to know if any other cities bid against Sacramento for Summer Nationals. If so, who were they, and why weren't they chosen? King Frog, good luck to you and Seal Girl! Stay well-hydrated, and stay out of the heat as much as possible! UPDATE EDIT: I learned from Ed Saltzman that there were two bids: Greensboro and Sacramento. Since Greensboro was selected for Spring Nationals, the default choice was Sacramento. Hopefully, in the future, some cooler weather locales will bid on Summer Nationals!https://community.usms.org/events/f/pool-events/33261/hottest-nationalsTue, 04 Aug 2026 23:03:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:e5f2f519-a80e-498f-aa5d-91ddb750acc4Allen StarkWhat is the hottest national so far. I expect that Sacramento will probably break that record. The forecast for the days of the meet is 99° 102°104°104°https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33260/world-aquatics-2025-top-ten-announced/299425Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:32:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:26a0c9e7-2a8f-43eb-bca5-c4feb260a6e5Britt03I have not heard of any honoring in the past for AQUA Top 10 accomplishments by USMS. Back when it was FINA, you could order a Top 10 patch off the FINA website. I have not checked if AQUA released new versions of these patches. To add: those were generic Top 10 patches without a year on it.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33260/world-aquatics-2025-top-ten-announced/299424Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:43:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:4c442d16-a5e5-432d-9c2e-ef861d9242e4IrishUnfortunately WA doesn’t accept USA meet results. Also if you did your best time at a USA meet and then your next best time was at a USMS - but it is still top 10 worthy - it’s not going to show up either. :( USMS should have that fixed for next year but I understand nothing can be done for this year.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299423Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:41:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:ab47fec2-6dd3-427d-88ed-e0a2b00282f903WKAI will add a sixth... How can USMS be allowing a 6th event for people before allowing a waitlist event which, at least in some cases, is only a second event?https://community.usms.org/events/f/pool-events/33222/usms-results-data-analysis/299421Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:36:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:261fb677-d8f1-442b-b872-4202a32f089dJennifer TranI'll be swimming at the 2026 USMS Summer Nationals in Sacramento in a few days! I hope to see many of you there as well! At last year's Summer Nationals in Federal Way, I was pacing with a swimmer I thought was faster, only to learn she used her personal best overall, not her slower age group best. Many of us have experienced the opposite, swimming with someone who underestimates their seed time. I created this updated psych sheet for 2026 USMS Summer Nationals where you can see each swimmer's seed time, personal best overall, and personal best in their age group in that event (in LCM): www.tryopenlane.com/.../2026-summer-nationals You can also click on each swimmer's name and see a more in-depth USMS data profile. I hope this psych sheet helps everyone research their competitors, develop a better race strategy, and see where you actually rank (not based on seed time)! Good luck, and let me know if you have any feedback. P.S. - The heat sheet is also partially populated and will continuously update as soon as the events are seeded: www.tryopenlane.com/.../2026-summer-nationalshttps://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299420Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:22:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:38fc001c-ae8c-4e25-a2e7-198f3e37433f03WKAThe way this was done is absolutely ridiculous for multiple reasons: First off, there was no cutoff given in the meet info - when someone is trying to decide whether to go to the meet, they need to be able to watch the number. Second, the number in the men's and women's athletes is not equal in the cutoff events, which is insane. Third, the number is not even a multiple of 8, so what is going on there? Fourth, it is 2 days before the meet and according to email reply, they still haven't decided on some waitlist people. How are people supposed to make travel plans? One email said they will be letting people know as they come off the waitlist, and a next email asking when they would know was not replied to. And there has been nothing about the waitlist in the email updates. Horrible communication. Fifth, this is a national championship meet. If numbers are an issue, the qualifying times should be a lot faster and should be enforced in all events. This isn't just some average meet. This is supposed to be a national championship. How do you not allow the fastest person in an event to swim when they entered the meet before the entry deadline? I question whether the USMS staff has any prior experience running meets. They should have people who have run USA Swimming Nationals in the past involved and advising, at a minimum.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33260/world-aquatics-2025-top-ten-announced/299419Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:33:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1d622bc9-34b4-452e-9cb8-556d0cff1d13Jennifer TranThank you so much! Will USMS be honoring the USMS swimmers who made the World Aquatics 2025 Top Ten in any way? I created this dashboard to analyze the USA in the World Aquatics Masters Top 10 from 2021 to 2025, where you can browse data and view USMS swimmers who've accomplished the World Aquatics Masters Top 10. If anyone has feedback on how we can better recognize USMS swimmers, please let me know!https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299418Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:43:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:4fae577e-77a2-406a-9a21-95e10ede3763Kurt DicksonOther than you traditionally can't do 1500 and 800, no. The cap/waiting list seems to have occurred over the last 3 or 4 years.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299417Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:10:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1bc59915-5c1e-4030-930b-e85294f3257aJennifer TranI'm also bummed that it was not possible to swap distance events for another distance event, even if you are freeing up time! For example, I wanted to swap the 800 free for the 200 free and was told that I still had to go through the waitlist! Instead, I had to swap the 800 free for the 50 free.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299416Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:08:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d02236d7-0923-46fe-a4b4-fbaa52510246Jennifer TranWas there no cap in 2013?https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33259/national-events-picker-tool/299415Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:49:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:bcbbad84-8304-4c68-b4a2-8862a906d288Jennifer TranThank you for taking a look! Please let me know if you have any feedback or feature requests :) I'm thinking a lot about how it would be a useful tool for event development - right in time for Relay!https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33259/national-events-picker-tool/299411Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:11:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:3fcc619a-d8ab-4b4f-98f8-300789a34995no200flyJennifer - Your openlane app is so cool. Thanks for sharing it.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299409Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:12:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c6a68abf-df9f-4124-b0c6-af99ea78f7a8Kurt DicksonI guess I do not care either way. The knowledge of past caps and a summer nationals in a popular location such as California make it sort of a rookie move not to enter early if you swim 200 and above (apologies to the actual rookies who were shut out). My 1500 in 2013 at Mission Viejo finished after or right around 9pm. Understandable if they don't want 14 hour days. Now if they had the will/bucks/volunteers to split in to two 7 hour shifts on longer days, that would be another story. With that kind of will/bucks/volunteers, you could probably also put 1500 first day and 800 last day and let people swim both.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299407Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:50:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:5e74783e-9da5-47bf-9525-69be65dd637f0A0SEI was caught completely off guard by the caps. The caps should have been communicated clearly when registration opened. I entered the 800 free shortly after registration opened and did not get in, put my name on the waitlist and just learned that I didn't get in when Psych sheets came out. At that point I asked if I could enter the 50 fly as a substitute and was told "no." There are 2 heats of the 800 free in my age group. The real competition is not in the pool for this event, but who can register the fastest. I understand needing to manage a timeline, I hope there will be more transparent, early communication about caps in the future.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33260/world-aquatics-2025-top-ten-announced/299403Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:54:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:971fe849-6cb7-4aa9-ab6e-53b2f4239c7aKurt DicksonWorld aquatics is pretty persnickety. If time was done at non masters meet or one that allows one event entry it can be disallowed. Somebody at USMS office could probably tell you why. I can't remember contact but my 1500 last year was disallowed because the meet allowed for one event entry.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33260/world-aquatics-2025-top-ten-announced/299402Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:30:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:cb88fc05-bfd3-4b02-b2a4-e82148adbd1609433Who do we contact if the list is wrong? I should be ranked #1 in the 100 fly and #2 in the 200 fly but all my other rankings showed up just fine.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33260/world-aquatics-2025-top-ten-announced/299396Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:41:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:3c6d8fa3-07ed-48f6-a4c1-33c0eac80ab3Allen StarkThank youhttps://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33260/world-aquatics-2025-top-ten-announced/299395Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:37:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:aed58b72-1366-4f0f-bebd-d1a580a1e2d3Elaine KrugmanCongratulations to King Frog (Allen Stark) for placing 4th in LCM 100 breaststroke (75-79)!