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?
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I swim USAS unattached (as well as USMS.) As Paul said, it is usually MUCH cheaper to enter a USAS meet since there is usually no meet surcharge (or at most a very low one.) Just $3.50 to $4.00 per event charge.
As for the hassle...My experience is that you may have to reach out to the meet director via email or phone to see how they prefer to receive your entries (over the phone, via US mail, email, Hy-Tek file, etc.) But, it's really no more difficult than USMS IMHO...
The only negative I can think of is that they don't usually have 50 stroke events we older folks are used to.:cane:
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.
I swim USAS unattached (as well as USMS.) As Paul said, it is usually MUCH cheaper to enter a USAS meet since there is usually no meet surcharge (or at most a very low one.) Just $3.50 to $4.00 per event charge.
As for the hassle...My experience is that you may have to reach out to the meet director via email or phone to see how they prefer to receive your entries (over the phone, via US mail, email, Hy-Tek file, etc.) But, it's really no more difficult than USMS IMHO...
The only negative I can think of is that they don't usually have 50 stroke events we older folks are used to.:cane:
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.
