I have just recently decided to become dually affiliated with both the USS and USMS (i.e. I am now registered with both organizations). I did this primarily so that I could swim for our local agegroup team at meets in the 17 and over age group. The main advantage for me will be that I can now attend a much larger number of swimming events per season while not having to travel nearly as far to attend swim meets. Since most of the USS meets I will be attending are going to be in Memphis, I can now travel home after each day and return the next day without having to spend the night in a hotel....Also I will be burning a lot less gas getting to the nearby USS meets than I would traveling to USMS meets (even the ones that are the closest to where I live). If you have the same kind of situation in regards to traveling long distances to attend USMS meets and spending too much on traveling expenses, then perhaps you can benefit also from attending USS meets as well?? Also I don't think you necessarily have to be dually affiliated to attend these USS meets?.....(but I'm not really sure how that works to be honest).....I noticed that several other USMS swimmers have attended USS meets before. My first USS meet will be on October 15 and 16. I know I will probably get smoked by a lot of young fast swimmers....but I am still looking forward to the experience none-the-less. If anyone else has ever swam at a USS meet before while also registered as a masters swimmer with the USMS, please share your experience with me/us....How many of y'all are also dually affiliated?
Newmastersswimmer
p.s. I intended on posting a poll for this thread as well to see how many other USMS swimmers have ever attended a USS sanctioned meet....but I'm not sure if I submitted it correctly...so the poll may not actually accompany this posting??
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In Missouri Valley-MOVY (all of Kansas and western Missouri), we also have several masters swimmers who register with USA-S to participate in the more meets. Most are the faster swimmers, and make an impressive showing - in the long run, promoting masters swimmming along the way.
MOVY masters conducts about 5 sanctioned masters meets per year. Our USA-S LSC conducts 2-3/ month - so it is one solution with benefits masters to register with both.
Creating more masters events is the another. Two mechanism have helped our small LMSC. First, we have created a "piggyback" meet on a Saturday evening of a 3-day USA-S meet. The pool is set-up for the meet, just add officials, load your meet into the computer, and go. We had a very successfuly LCM meet this way over the summer.
A second way to create more USMS meets is to partner with high school programs as a fund-raisers for them. The school secure the pool (with or without timing system), the students are the timers and workers, and the masters come pay to swim. The masters get a faciliated meet and the schools get $400-1000 in contributions to there programs. A simple "win-win".
Good Luck to the masters swimmer who do participate in the USA-S meets !
Anthony Thompson, LMSC Chair Missouri Valley
In Missouri Valley-MOVY (all of Kansas and western Missouri), we also have several masters swimmers who register with USA-S to participate in the more meets. Most are the faster swimmers, and make an impressive showing - in the long run, promoting masters swimmming along the way.
MOVY masters conducts about 5 sanctioned masters meets per year. Our USA-S LSC conducts 2-3/ month - so it is one solution with benefits masters to register with both.
Creating more masters events is the another. Two mechanism have helped our small LMSC. First, we have created a "piggyback" meet on a Saturday evening of a 3-day USA-S meet. The pool is set-up for the meet, just add officials, load your meet into the computer, and go. We had a very successfuly LCM meet this way over the summer.
A second way to create more USMS meets is to partner with high school programs as a fund-raisers for them. The school secure the pool (with or without timing system), the students are the timers and workers, and the masters come pay to swim. The masters get a faciliated meet and the schools get $400-1000 in contributions to there programs. A simple "win-win".
Good Luck to the masters swimmer who do participate in the USA-S meets !
Anthony Thompson, LMSC Chair Missouri Valley
