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??
Former Member
Like in the movie Blue Streak, Martin Lawrence was a Mexican Federally, I am a partime Mexican, does this allow me to vote.
originally posted by Geochuck
I don't know george....I'll have to ponder on that a while. Where exactly in Mexico do you live?.....Anywhere near Lake Chipala?.....Anywhere near the town of Tequila?
Newmastersswimmer
Okay, just woke up and I'm kinda slow.
As I understand what this thread is saying. A USMS can join USA swimming and swim in USA meets? - Correct.
But instead- unlike USMS where we swim with our age group 45-50 we swim in age group 17 and over? - correct.
Then the benfit of joining USA swimming is to compete in more meets closer to home, but us older (and wiser) swimmers need to be understand we are swimming against the clock and not the swimmers.
I'll show my age - I swam AAU for years - never new it changed until now.
Do the results for a masters swimmer at a USS meets count in the tabulation of top times for USMS?
It would make sense that any results done in Hy-tek meet manager format could be forwarded to the USMS record keeper.
