I'm a soon-to-be masters swimmer and I need some advice
Former Member
hey,
Ok, I used to swim competitively in high school, but never swam with USS, but now that I'm graduated and off to college, I am going to start swimming again after a long year break. Now here's my question:
Are the Masters practices usually less intense than those of the "younger" workouts?
I've looked at the times of a couple master's meets and they are considerably slower than what I thought they would be...(no offense). I just want to make sure that if I am going to do master's swimming, that I won't be bored out of my mind with easy workouts.
How do the master's and USS compare?:confused:
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Former Member
A USAS senior usually refers to age and not ability. In a swim meet (age group) you would typically see events divided up into age groupings-8 and under, 10 and under, 11-12, 13-14, 15 and over. Sometimes anywhere from 13 and up is called "senior" or "open". You could see an 8 year old competing in a 200IM along with a 32 year old. Many USAS would love to see an older swimmer in their ranks. This may encourage their older swimmers to stick around or encourage others to join.
When you hear "Senior National Championship" this requires a specific achieved time to compete. These swimmers may be of any age also but have reached a time cut or qualifying time in order to swim.
One joins a USAS team swimming at a "C" time and as you get faster you move up to a B,BB,A,AA,AAA,AAAA times. Each one getting faster. These Senior National cut times are faster than the AAAA.
A USAS senior usually refers to age and not ability. In a swim meet (age group) you would typically see events divided up into age groupings-8 and under, 10 and under, 11-12, 13-14, 15 and over. Sometimes anywhere from 13 and up is called "senior" or "open". You could see an 8 year old competing in a 200IM along with a 32 year old. Many USAS would love to see an older swimmer in their ranks. This may encourage their older swimmers to stick around or encourage others to join.
When you hear "Senior National Championship" this requires a specific achieved time to compete. These swimmers may be of any age also but have reached a time cut or qualifying time in order to swim.
One joins a USAS team swimming at a "C" time and as you get faster you move up to a B,BB,A,AA,AAA,AAAA times. Each one getting faster. These Senior National cut times are faster than the AAAA.
