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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Well guys I'm in for some serious embarressment at my upcoming agegroup swim meet this weekend. Somehow when our coach entered our times for our events the computer recorded them as short course meter times instead of short course yard times....then the computer automatically converted them into yard times...(when they were already yard times!).....So now we are going to this big meet with lots of teams and lots of fast swimmers from 3 different states and we all have times entered that are around 6 to 7 seconds faster per hundred than our actual times.....So I'm seeded somewhere near first or second in all my best events when I shouldn't even be in either of the fastest two heats of any of my events....imagine how much fun I'm going to have getting smoked by everyone in my heat by 2 to 3 body lengths (in a 100) while swimming in lane 3, 4, or 5.....I'm seeded 12 seconds too fast in all my 200's.....oh what joy this is going to be....LOL!!
Newmastersswimmer
Well guys I'm in for some serious embarressment at my upcoming agegroup swim meet this weekend. Somehow when our coach entered our times for our events the computer recorded them as short course meter times instead of short course yard times....then the computer automatically converted them into yard times...(when they were already yard times!).....So now we are going to this big meet with lots of teams and lots of fast swimmers from 3 different states and we all have times entered that are around 6 to 7 seconds faster per hundred than our actual times.....So I'm seeded somewhere near first or second in all my best events when I shouldn't even be in either of the fastest two heats of any of my events....imagine how much fun I'm going to have getting smoked by everyone in my heat by 2 to 3 body lengths (in a 100) while swimming in lane 3, 4, or 5.....I'm seeded 12 seconds too fast in all my 200's.....oh what joy this is going to be....LOL!!
Newmastersswimmer
