I entered the 200 IM at the 2005 Short course American Championships in Austin

you may be able to access to the schedule at www.utexas.edu/.../HostedMeets.htm I know michael phelps, Brendan Hansen and Aaron Peirsol will be there. Probably Ian Crocker, Nate Dusing, and Neil Walker as well. I think many college swimmers will be there trying to make last chance time standards ande Originally posted by Frank Thompson I was just wondering what kind of a meet the American Short Course Championships are. USA Swimming when it was known as USS Swimming had the last traditional Short Course Yard National Championships in March of 1990. I remember because it was in Nashville and I remember Matt Biondi being interviewed on TV after he won the 100 Yard Free saying he did not agree with the decision to have all future Nationals Long Course. The only years they would not have it SC was after 1972 in Olympic years. So 1976 thru 1988 they had substituted the Short Couse for Long Course. I noticed that this meet is always in Austin Texas so it seems to me its like a local invitational for people who want to swim in a SCY National Championship even though its not considered a National Championship. I know that the NCAA Championships is the only place we get to see SCY swims from the best swimmers except in Olympic years when its held SCM. I think its a good idea but how many of the top swimmers will be there if you have the NCAA meet, US Open, and World Championship Trials all coming up in the next 6 weeks.

you may be able to access to the schedule at www.utexas.edu/.../HostedMeets.htm I know michael phelps, Brendan Hansen and Aaron Peirsol will be there. Probably Ian Crocker, Nate Dusing, and Neil Walker as well. I think many college swimmers will be there trying to make last chance time standards ande Originally posted by Frank Thompson I was just wondering what kind of a meet the American Short Course Championships are. USA Swimming when it was known as USS Swimming had the last traditional Short Course Yard National Championships in March of 1990. I remember because it was in Nashville and I remember Matt Biondi being interviewed on TV after he won the 100 Yard Free saying he did not agree with the decision to have all future Nationals Long Course. The only years they would not have it SC was after 1972 in Olympic years. So 1976 thru 1988 they had substituted the Short Couse for Long Course. I noticed that this meet is always in Austin Texas so it seems to me its like a local invitational for people who want to swim in a SCY National Championship even though its not considered a National Championship. I know that the NCAA Championships is the only place we get to see SCY swims from the best swimmers except in Olympic years when its held SCM. I think its a good idea but how many of the top swimmers will be there if you have the NCAA meet, US Open, and World Championship Trials all coming up in the next 6 weeks.