https://community.usms.org/events/USMS event information, management, and officiatingen-USTelligent Community 12https://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)!https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33260/world-aquatics-2025-top-ten-announcedFri, 17 Jul 2026 13:52:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:31e2bb42-9141-452e-9818-8cbe079ef5a3BethanyBurchillWorld Aquatics has announced the Top Ten for 2025. See links below for more information and congratulations to all making the list! https://www.worldaquatics.com/masters/top-10/lcm-2030-2021 (LCM) https://www.worldaquatics.com/masters/top-10/scm-2030-2021 (SCM)https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33221/world-aquatics-top-ten/299394Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:49:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b9cd53e0-621a-4701-984c-26b2ecfa5d22BethanyBurchillWe were notified by World Aquatics today that the 2025 Top Ten has posted. Congratulations to all athletes making the list! https://www.worldaquatics.com/masters/top-10/scm-2030-2021 (SCM) https://www.worldaquatics.com/masters/top-10/lcm-2030-2021 (LCM)https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299390Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:44:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:8ae9d9e7-1d00-4cf8-a3c1-502310c68460sarahwelchYou've stated your 'position'. I'd like to request that the NO or the Championship Committee do an analysis of the application of caps at LCM Nationals (say over the past 20 years). Year, meet, location, and how many days the meet ran 1) when was the cap imposed - days from cutoff, 2) what events were capped, eg 'distance' 1,500 and 800, the 400's if different, and the 200 events.3) the projected timeline at the day caps were imposed and the final timeline once waitlist swimmers are moved into the meet, 4) number of people per event moved from the waitlist to the event, 5 ) and comparative data for how long the meet 'should be' for each day--this info would show if the planning parameters have changed. That's what I can think of right now to have a transparent approach to something that seems like such a big change and such an impact on our athletes. I'm happy to discuss my ideas with the NO staff or championship committee members. You know where to find me. Thanks for considering. Sarahhttps://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299377Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:08:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:d756b591-e342-4f4b-9dea-6188b4731615Erin SizeloveWe understand that having to cap entries is not a popular option. The caps are put in place to ensure that the meet is enjoyable and manageable for those participating and the volunteers. The possibility of caps on 200s and longer is in the rule book and the published meet information. From 104.5.3.C(2), the Championship Committee may choose to put an entry cap on events 200 yards/meters and longer. We are excited that many people entered early. However, this meant that caps needed to go in place earlier. We are continuing to look for other ways to limit the timelines for future National meets. We do appreciate your feedback.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299373Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:42:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:0475f105-2ddf-4dfe-9c39-0a1181f5aeb0sarahwelchI too find the early caps a complete surprise. At least one of my colleagues of international ranking didn't enter the meet b/c she was locked out of 3 of her 6 events. I've never seen waitlists, esp this early, for past meets. This occurred 4 weeks prior to the meet closing. This feels like an impactful change on USMS or the Meet Host's part, one that warranted advance notice IMO. Is it due to considerations of hot days for officials? If so notice would have been nice. I'm also interested in seeing how the waitlists play out in the end. Will this turn out to be a 'false alarm' and people miss Nat'ls as a result, or was it warranted and we just need earlier notice and good communication in the future. Waiting to see....https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33259/national-events-picker-toolWed, 08 Jul 2026 22:57:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c00a1007-6f4d-43a1-9db9-d5a8773a2e72Jennifer TranI've created a Nationals Event Picker, by special request, at a coffee hangout post-practice. Just in time before 2026 Summer Nationals registration ends on July 13th. The Nationals Event Picker helps you select events to register for at Summer or Spring Nationals, recommended based on your likelihood of earning a Top 10 medal, using data from the last three years of Nationals. Go to https://www.tryopenlane.com/ -> Enter your USMS ID or your profile (if you have an account and have saved it) -> Nationals Event Picker tab. On the Nationals Event Picker page, you can add various filters, including LCM/SCY events, specify the maximum number of events, compare your times by age group (useful for those moving up), and compare different types of personal best times (default shows all of your events with your personal bests that you've swum in the last two years. You can also choose to compare with your last swum times, your personal bests in your current age group, or your overall personal bests.). You can use this to plan for any Nationals at any time. Events are shown with the following labels: Highly Likely : Less than 10 swimmers in your age group swam these events at Nationals in at least 2 of the last 3 years. Finish legally, and you will likely score in the Top 10' Likely : Your time is better than the 10th place finishers at Nationals from the last 3 years Stretch : Your time sits between recent 10th-place cuts. Some years you're in the 10th-place cut; some years you're out. Long Shot : Your time is much slower than every recent 10th place. Specifically, for LCM Summer Nationals, you can select the days you'll attend the 2026 USMS Nationals in Sacramento, and it will recommend events corresponding to those days. For example, I'll attend the 2026 USMS Nationals on Thursday and Saturday, and by default, My profile recommends 200 breast and 400 free, since I have swum them at least once in the past two years, and since 10 swimmers or fewer typically swim them. It recommends the 50 free, but also advises me that, based on my personal best in the last two years, it's a long shot for me to get into the Top 10 and how much faster I need to swim to get a Top 10. The descriptions provide me with data on how many swimmers have swum them in the past three Summer Nationals and, if more than 10 swimmers register, how far away I am from the typical Top 10 cut. Any feedback is welcome! P.S. It's a bummer that many mid-distance and distance events are currently capped for the 2026 Summer Nationals, but don't be afraid to add yourself to a waitlist for an event you're highly likely to medal in.eventsnationalsracespring nationalssummer nationalshttps://community.usms.org/events/f/pool-events/33222/usms-results-data-analysis/299372Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:47:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:290324df-2707-4561-9372-496c0e2c9c3dJennifer TranA new feature by request: Nationals Event Picker. The Nationals Event Picker helps you select events to register for at Summer or Spring Nationals, recommended based on your likelihood of earning a Top 10 medal, using data from the last three years of Nationals. Go to https://www.tryopenlane.com/ -> Enter your USMS ID or your profile (if you have an account and have saved it) -> Nationals Event Picker tab. On the Nationals Event Picker page, you can add various filters, including LCM/SCY events, specify the maximum number of events, compare your times by age group (useful for those moving up), and compare different types of personal best times (default shows all of your events with your personal bests that you've swum in the last two years). For the LCM Summer Nationals, you can select the days you'll attend the 2026 USMS Nationals in Sacramento, and it will recommend events corresponding to those days. Events are shown with the following labels: Highly Likely : Less than 10 swimmers in your age group swam these events at Nationals in at least 2 of the last 3 years. Finish legally, and you will likely score in the Top 10' Likely : Your time is better than the 10th place finishers at Nationals from the last 3 years Stretch : Your time sits between recent 10th-place cuts. Some years you're in the 10th-place cut; some years you're out. Long Shot : Your time is much slower than every recent 10th place. For example, I'll attend the 2026 USMS Nationals on Thursday and Saturday, and my profile recommends 200 breast and 400 free, since 10 swimmers or fewer typically swim them, and I have swum them at least once in the past two years. It recommends the 50 free, but also advises me that, based on my personal best in the last two years, it's a long shot for me to get into the Top 10! The descriptions provide me with data on how many swimmers have swum them in the past three Summer Nationals and, if more than 10 swimmers register, how far away I am from the typical Top 10 cut. Any feedback is welcome! P.S. It's a bummer that many mid-distance and distance events are currently capped for the 2026 Summer Nationals, but don't be afraid to add yourself to a waitlist for an event that you'll highly likely medal in.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299371Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:43:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b63b565f-f132-48a5-aff3-8d34fb87547cJennifer TranI'm disappointed that the longer events have already been capped. I registered early and was able to enter all of my top events (200 breaststroke and 400 freestyle), but some of my teammates were caught off guard, especially since the cap didn't apply in the past. Like you, I would like to hear about the time constraints USMS is facing and to participate in an open forum to propose solutions for this and the upcoming Summer Nationals!https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-cap/299369Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:33:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c4b6a6bc-459c-44c8-968e-00cdb4058d26Elaine KrugmanI wasn't planning on going to Nationals, because Sacramento in August can be ridiculously HOT! But if this is how it went down, I absolutely agree with you. I would be .https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33258/2026-summer-nationals-event-capTue, 07 Jul 2026 00:46:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:64253078-5e48-4289-be3c-0735855ece9e09433I’m curious how others feel about the event caps at Summer Nationals this year. I understand the need to keep the meet timeline manageable. My concern isn’t that events were capped—it’s that there didn’t seem to be any advance information about which events were likely to fill or how the capacities would be managed. I was surprised to find that all of the events over 100 meters were already closed while shorter events remained open. Without knowing that ahead of time, it felt like registration became a race to click “submit” rather than an opportunity to register for the events you’ve trained all season to swim. In my opinion, USMS should have published estimated event capacities or identified events that were likely to fill quickly before registration opened. I think having that information would allow swimmers to make more informed decisions and would make the registration process feel more transparent. I’m interested to hear what others think and whether anyone else was caught off guard by the event caps.https://community.usms.org/events/f/pool-events/33222/usms-results-data-analysis/299362Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:15:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:24985062-fde1-4753-84b5-f0f1091c6cedJennifer TranHello all! I wanted to give another update on Openlane since last month! Over 250 USMS swimmers have analyzed their results, accounting for nearly 2% of unique USMS swimmers who've competed in meets this year. A huge thank you for your support! Here are a few feature updates based on various conversations with swimmers and LMSCs, and Masters swimmers abroad as well: Open to anyone, no matter if they have a USMS ID: 1. Percentile-based Motivational Times - times based on the event ranking of the season best for each USMS swimmer in each age group during the 2024-2025 season. Some of you very competitive ones wanted to achieve a time within the top 2-55% of real times at meets (you guys are fast!). 2. Swimming Time Converter - We've heard that the swimswam.com time converter linked to Club Assistant can be improved. This converter allows you to enter your USMS ID and get an SCY, SCM, LCM conversion for your personal best times, age-group personal bests, or based on the time that you last swum in that event. If you are not a USMS member, you can still enter multiple swim times at once and save them. 3. Compare with USMS Top 10 - See the trends of the USMS Top 10 or how a swim time stacks up against every year of USMS Top 10 ranges. This is for anyone who wants to strive for a Top 10 finish in USMS! 4. Legendary Sets - list of famous workouts and sets by famous Olympic coaches and athletes. I think we should collect famous workouts and sets by famous Masters coaches and athletes! For those who are going to their Openlane swimmer profile by searching using their ID: 5. All Race Results tab - The All Race Results tab is their full USMS Individual Results page with helpful filters which allow you to organize meet results such as by meet, event, age group, course, etc. Here's an example of mine: 6. The Swimmers to Follow section on the main page suggests other swimmers whom you should aspire to and swimmers who've accomplished similar times in your best event. It shows accomplished swimmers in 2–3 age groups ahead that you should aspire to become and swimmers who matched your speed in your best event this season in your gender and age group for the 2025–2026 SCY season. Here's an example of mine: For those who are not USMS swimmers, they can use the Find Swimmers like you page to input their age, gender, time in one event (and optionally, their goal), and see where they would rank amongst USMS swimmers and which USMS swimmers have the most similar times to them, swimmers that have already accomplished their goal, and who they should aspire to.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33247/canadian-nationals/299353Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:47:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:ecd50d01-198e-42f5-bc49-d05dfbb8f40eHFPZZExcellent, glad to hear it. Thank you for the quick reply!https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33247/canadian-nationals/299352Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:47:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:4f70c03f-1f97-472c-8799-71412953efa6BethanyBurchillThere is! We have the file prepared for upload and it is expected to post today . Thanks for your patience.https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33247/canadian-nationals/299351Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:42:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:e133bf6f-15c4-4c74-8d76-2be0364c0081HFPZZHi Bethany, is there any update on the results here? I have been checking periodically and still do not see the results uploadedhttps://community.usms.org/events/f/pool-events/33248/painpoints-with-seed-times-and-converting-timesMon, 15 Jun 2026 16:51:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:24197ce6-0af0-419a-8d59-3e0ab072ef44Jennifer TranI've recently received a request to look into pain points related to entering seed times and converting course times during meet registration. A few pain points I've gathered: Currently, Club Assistant links to the SwimSwam Time Converter at the top of the meet registration page, where you input your seed times. I've personally been locked out of an extremely popular meet that a swimmer limit (2025 EBSC Love to Swim in Vancouver, BC. Yes, not USMS though!) because I couldn't convert my SCY times to SCM quickly enough using the SwimSwam Time Converter. The Time Converter only allows converting one event at a time. The converter does not save any previously input times. The Time Converter is not connected to any USMS meet data. Swimmers need to cross-reference their USMS meet times and manually enter them. Currently, Club Assistant allows quick entry of the last previously swum time. This is challenging for swimmers who might have taken major breaks since they last swam the event or are not in as good shape. I'm still learning, like to challenge myself, and always use my personal best times as seed times, but most teammates find that it causes too much pressure and adds a few seconds to their seed times. Would it be valuable to choose from a list of previously swum times instead of just one? Or the ability to add x speed percent to your previously swum time or personal best times? Anything else that I'm missing? Here is a first pass at a new time converter that allows anyone to: 1. input multiple times 2. input their USMS ID (last five digits), and then get a SCY, LCM, and SCM conversion of their all-time personal best, current age-group personal best, and last swum time in the event. The open question here is what else would be helpful - any other previous times? Adding x speed percent? Or another suggestion? Shoutout to Emily Lederman of Puget Sound Masters (@ HJUF1 ) and the ORCA team for the request!datameetsresultstimeshttps://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33247/canadian-nationals/299337Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:30:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c6471b26-d0f3-4917-83ba-158887c882d1BethanyBurchillHi Ann- The meet results are in process and should post to the event results database by the end of next week. Thanks for asking!https://community.usms.org/events/f/usms-national-championship-international-events/33247/canadian-nationalsThu, 11 Jun 2026 17:25:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:0392ec1e-7e37-49fb-a115-f56686f300dc02R7KI swam in the 2026 Canadian Nationals. I understand that the results have been sent to U S Masters, when can I expect to see them posted on our website? Thank you Ann Vitthttps://community.usms.org/events/f/pool-events/33244/comparing-usms-top-10-ranges/299322Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:40:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:cbef624d-579b-4bbe-a2e2-6afa544ac56eKarl_SI suppose the woman who swam that 1:43 in 2010 was super-suited, but still, that's crazy fast!