Hey everyone,
I have a problem...I don't train very vigrously or religiously when theres no meets in site...so....because there are so few masters meets around me, I am also re-joining US swimming. ((is that allowed? To swim both?))
I was wondering though...how does one get a hold of registration forms for those meets does anyone know? I will be swimming unattached...but I was messing around on the metroswimming website and couldn't find anywhere that had registration forms for meets that I could print and sign up...
I suppose this would be better asked on a US forum, but I couldn't find that either:o
if anyone could direct me in the right direction that'd be great!
I see this thread has been inactive for a while, but it's been very useful to me. I would also like to swim some USS meets because I really like long course meters and there are very few LCM meets here in the Dixie zone. My question for y'all is this: If you need times from another USA Swimming meet to qualify for a USA Swimming meet, how do I enter my first ever USA Swimming meet? My times are decent, so I am unwilling to enter 'NT' and swim against a struggling 15-year-old. That's just not cool. I thought about swimming just time trials to get official times for the next meet. Would that work? Thanks for any advice y'all can give!
Your times do not have to be from a USAS meet but don't just assume they will accept USMS times. Because there are slight differences between USMS and USA-S rules, you need to notify someone (meet referee? meet director? I forget) BEFORE you swim that you want your times to count for a USA-S meet. That way the S&T judges will verify that you swam a legal race according to USA-S rules.
Unfortunately you cannot do it after the fact. I tried to enter the PV Senior Champs meet last year based on times done at USMS nationals the year before and they flat out refused to let me swim any events (even ones for which there are no rule differences). They informed my team of this fact one week before the meet, which I was tapering for. I was...somewhat upset with the decision. Luckily the VA LSC was more open minded and I swam there instead.
Bottom line: many (most?) USA-S officials would probably be willing to accept USMS times but you can't count on it. My situation was also complicated by the fact that PV is not my LSC and it was their Senior Championship meet -- for some "run-of-the-mill" meet the officials (especially if they know you) might be more lenient.
I see this thread has been inactive for a while, but it's been very useful to me. I would also like to swim some USS meets because I really like long course meters and there are very few LCM meets here in the Dixie zone. My question for y'all is this: If you need times from another USA Swimming meet to qualify for a USA Swimming meet, how do I enter my first ever USA Swimming meet? My times are decent, so I am unwilling to enter 'NT' and swim against a struggling 15-year-old. That's just not cool. I thought about swimming just time trials to get official times for the next meet. Would that work? Thanks for any advice y'all can give!
Your times do not have to be from a USAS meet but don't just assume they will accept USMS times. Because there are slight differences between USMS and USA-S rules, you need to notify someone (meet referee? meet director? I forget) BEFORE you swim that you want your times to count for a USA-S meet. That way the S&T judges will verify that you swam a legal race according to USA-S rules.
Unfortunately you cannot do it after the fact. I tried to enter the PV Senior Champs meet last year based on times done at USMS nationals the year before and they flat out refused to let me swim any events (even ones for which there are no rule differences). They informed my team of this fact one week before the meet, which I was tapering for. I was...somewhat upset with the decision. Luckily the VA LSC was more open minded and I swam there instead.
Bottom line: many (most?) USA-S officials would probably be willing to accept USMS times but you can't count on it. My situation was also complicated by the fact that PV is not my LSC and it was their Senior Championship meet -- for some "run-of-the-mill" meet the officials (especially if they know you) might be more lenient.
