Does membership with USA Swimming (not USMS) require any sort of attachment to a specific club? Or, in other words, can I join USAS and go swim whatever meets they have as an "unattached" swimmer. The master's program I swim with only had USMS affiliation.
On a similar note, do times achieved in a USMS meet have any sort of merrit for making Q times for something like a Grand Prix meet?
From what I have been researching about USA Swimming meets, it seems like a pain in the neck to swim unattached. Plus, there are extra surcharges. I plan to sign up with Villanova because they have a USA Swimming registered team.
Those surcharges are only for deck entering and for a high number of manual (10+) entries. I've entered meets as unattached and the per event charge is pretty cheap and there is no meet surcharge. Last USA meet I entered, it was $3.50 per event.
From what I have been researching about USA Swimming meets, it seems like a pain in the neck to swim unattached. Plus, there are extra surcharges. I plan to sign up with Villanova because they have a USA Swimming registered team.
Those surcharges are only for deck entering and for a high number of manual (10+) entries. I've entered meets as unattached and the per event charge is pretty cheap and there is no meet surcharge. Last USA meet I entered, it was $3.50 per event.
