Swimming at USS meets

Hey Alison-- Thanks for asking but it's not until next weekend. I think it will be fine but odd since I don't really know anyone else there. I'll let you know. As long as I don't fall off the blocks or something I think it will end up being a good experience :drown: Amy

Good Luck at your meet Amy... I swim in USA-S meets this summer. It was alot of fun. All the kids I swam against were very supportive. Some even cheered for me when they were not swimming. One meet I went to was a prelims/finals and to my surprise I made finals in all my events and was even able to move up 1-2 places and drop time. I thought for sure I was going to pass out having to swim the 200 IM and twice in one day. As of last week I started swimming with the age group kids again. Swimming with the kids is alot of fun and a great way to end a long day of work. I would love to swim some meets with them this winter. I have even made bets with a couple of the middle school girls. I owe one a blizzard and with the other it is to see who will break a minute in the 100 free 1st. You will do well and may even surprise yourself. Just remember to have fun and don't worry about age....IT is just a number.

I swam in a USA meet this summer. It was my only long course meet this year. My two boys swim. I was slightly better than middle of the pack and didn't surprise anybody. I felt a bit self conscious, but many parents, especially, were very kind to me. The kids don't want to be beat by a 48 yr. old. Most of the USA meets around here are "unclassified" meets where the heats are simply by time, not by age. They post results by age. So you will see a fast 13 yr. old swimming against not so fast 18 yr. olds or even a 48 yr. old. I have seen Ross Davis and Ande Rasmussen in USA meets in Austin. They do better than me.....

I am hoping to sign up again for 2008 and do another meet or two, maybe one where I get to finish DFL against the really fast 15+/17+ open groupers Maybe we can do one together this year, Jeff. I may be doing the November Open. Alison

Maybe we can do one together this year, Jeff. I may be doing the November Open. Alison Alison, I was thinking of swimming on Sunday, since it's at a seemly time in the afternoon and I have to be there anyway. Trying to figure out how to sign up as an unattached ... If I do, this'll be my first USA-S meet. I'm sure we won't be swimming the same events. :joker:

Trying to figure out how to sign up as an unattached ... If I do, this'll be my first USA-S meet. I'm sure we won't be swimming the same events. :joker: Just F.Y.I.--my USA-S (I'm still not used to not calling it USS) LSC has either normal registration ($64 for the year) or a "seasonal" registration for 150 days for $34. I think many LSC's do this. If you only want to swim one or two meets for the season (like I did) you can do the seasonal. If you want to register for all of 2008 you can do it now and that registration includes the last few months of 2007. That and your entry marked as unattached is all you need...

Just F.Y.I.--my USA-S (I'm still not used to not calling it USS) LSC has either normal registration ($64 for the year) or a "seasonal" registration for 150 days for $34. I think many LSC's do this. If you only want to swim one or two meets for the season (like I did) you can do the seasonal. If you want to register for all of 2008 you can do it now and that registration includes the last few months of 2007. That and your entry marked as unattached is all you need... Thanks Amy! I got my USS card in the mail a couple months ago! I guess I probably need to print out the manual entry form, send check, etc. Most entries just seem to be submitted electronically by teams. Yes, here I come, DFL. I don't think I can hide like you though.