USMS National Sign up date

I noticed the registration fee goes from $50 to $60 after a certain date for mailed entries. Is there a similar cutoff for online entries or are they $50 right up until the deadline? edit: I can answer my own question: Enter early! Swimmers whose online entries are received by March 10 or paper entries postmarked by March 3 or received by March 10 will enjoy a $10 discount off the meet entry surcharge.

Because not everybody from the backwoods of Tennessee has a computer... Yeah... its painful to post on this website from backwoods Alabama. I've got to mail someone in California to do it for me. A nice man on a horse picks it up for me and delivers all the replies a few days later. Obligatory on topic post: Tech suits were banned?

Ack, I cannot read this. Green is worse than blue. Just to clarify, I did not mean the :banana: as an insult. I do on occasion use smilies. :angel: Is there anyway that a user can fix their account so when he/she reads other posts, they don't these smiley pieces of crap or impossible to read colors? Why don't usms use online entries only?

If you don't want to see the fonts, colors and smilies, try Ctrl + W. As for the online entries only, believe it or not there are still some people who aren't online. I was a little surprised to find out last year that a teammate of mine is one of these folks.

Because not everybody from the backwoods of Tennessee has a computer... Remember, LC nationals are in Alabama. Down there, they don't take kindly to yankees and transplants coming to our area

...pretty close to last year...when you didn't train very hard, didn't need to taper, didn't need to shave down to race because all you had to do was have $$$$$ to buy a rubber boat with built in engine (B70), zip it on, dive in, and touch the wall in record time!!! As you can tell, I'm glad the tech suit era is dead and gone. :bliss: This worn out mantra was dated 18 months ago and is absurd. Most people considered the suits as a compliment to their hard training - a way to capitalize on the hard work. It was in no way a crutch. And, as to $$, by the end of the era I was able to get three full body suits for a grand total of $100. And, it really doesn't make a bit of difference how someone else spends their money for their sport.

Embrace the chaos and uncertainty of the psych sheet ... Part of the fun preparing for last spring's nats was in helping my friend figure out which swimmers were serious threats and which were being perhaps a little too optimistic in their entry times. In my friend's case (though certainly not in mine) there were national championships on the line, and that made the puzzle ever so much more interesting. As a spectator, it gives the competition that much more depth and intrigue when you've done your homework on what is happening in a particular heat. Embrace it, indeed!

As I read the rules , entry must be postmarked by March 17th.

As I read the rules , entry must be postmarked by March 17th. Online entries close at midnight March 24. Paper entries must be postmarked by March 17 or received by March 24.

I think that if it's numbers that the host needs (which makes perfect sense for planning), then have people sign up by an early date. But it would be REALLY helpful, if entry times could be entered later, maybe 2 weeks before the meet? I don't think too many people would have a problem with this? I for one, because of inconsistent training, never know what-the-heck times to enter. I have my best estimates after our championship meet in April. March deadlines don't help me at all. :2cents: