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?
Here's another factoid for you USA swimmers to be....
You can have relay lead-off splits count, even if they are non-standard relays. So assuming the 2 big rules are met:
1. USA sanction #
2. Meets USMS pool measurement criteria;
If you do a fun relay, like the 200 butterfly relay, 4 x 100 IM relay, or the crescendo relay, or whatever it is, and you lead off, then that split can count for USMS top ten.
Here's another factoid for you USA swimmers to be....
You can have relay lead-off splits count, even if they are non-standard relays. So assuming the 2 big rules are met:
1. USA sanction #
2. Meets USMS pool measurement criteria;
If you do a fun relay, like the 200 butterfly relay, 4 x 100 IM relay, or the crescendo relay, or whatever it is, and you lead off, then that split can count for USMS top ten.