How's that? The 2013 insurance surcharges don't apply to national championships.As I understand it, one of the major sticking points is due to the rules the event hosts had to agree to up-front.
According to event information there will be a Youth division to the races “Open to swimmers age 11-17! … Youth swimmers will race the same course in a separate wave one minute behind the adults. …
This is a recreational swim, not sanctioned by any governing body. Safety is our number one priority, please do not sign your child up for this event if they are not capable of doing the distance.”
Per USMS rules “Open water events restricted to USMS members, one-event registrants and Masters swimming members of a FINA member federation.” We do allow events to be dual sanctioned with USA Swimming. So the event either needed to apply for both USA Swimming and USMS sanctions or not run the youth division when the Masters were swimming.
How's that? The 2013 insurance surcharges don't apply to national championships.As I understand it, one of the major sticking points is due to the rules the event hosts had to agree to up-front.
According to event information there will be a Youth division to the races “Open to swimmers age 11-17! … Youth swimmers will race the same course in a separate wave one minute behind the adults. …
This is a recreational swim, not sanctioned by any governing body. Safety is our number one priority, please do not sign your child up for this event if they are not capable of doing the distance.”
Per USMS rules “Open water events restricted to USMS members, one-event registrants and Masters swimming members of a FINA member federation.” We do allow events to be dual sanctioned with USA Swimming. So the event either needed to apply for both USA Swimming and USMS sanctions or not run the youth division when the Masters were swimming.
