Meet directors; if you want your meet to be sanctioned so the swimmers times will qualify for the National Top Ten please contact the Delaware Valley Sanctions Officer
George Horan
USMS Recommended Pre-Meet Briefing Notes for USMS Sanctioned Meets - Referees and Timers.
POOL MEETS |
| Oct 10, 2010 Sun | 100X100 Practice Location: To Be Determined Followed (if anyone is still alive!) by the 2010 annual meeting. |
| May 6-9, 2011 | USMS 2011 Short Course Yards Championships Location: Mesa AZ Additional information will be posted when available |
| 2011 | USMS 2011 Long Course Meters Championships Location: Auburn AL Additional information will be posted when available |
| Continuous | Pennypack Aquatic & Fitness Club Location: Philadelphia, PA Contact: Dick Jackson Pennypack has offered to let any team time trial in their 55 yard pool (just over 50 Meter) |
OPEN WATER |
| Sundays | Longport, NJ Open Water Swims Location: Longport, NJ Contact: e-mail 831-345-9550 Click here for more information. 8:00 AM - 33rd Street Lifeguard HQ Adult swimmers only. This is NOT a clinic although instruction is provided. Sessions included beginning OW swimmers to seasoned lifeguards. OW course consists of (2) buoys 200 meters apart positioned 100 meters off shore. |
| Sep. 4, 2010 | 82nd Annual 1.5 Mile AC Pageant Ocean Swim Location: Atlantic City, NJ Click here for more information. The nation's oldest continuous open water swimming race dating back to 1929 |
| Sep. 11, 2010 | Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life Location: Provincetown, MA Click here for more information. |
| Sep. 11, 2010 | Brooklyn Bridge 1K Swim held Location: NYC Click here for more information. |
| Sep. 11, 2010 | Second Beach Ocean Swims Location: Middletown, Rhode Island Contact: Contact 608-302-2526 Click here for more information. |
| Sep. 11, 2010 | Big Shoulders (5 km) Location: Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL Click here for more information. |
| Sep. 12, 2010 | Tom Wear Memorial Swim & Colonies Zone 1 mile OW Championship Location: Lake Hopatcong, NJ Contact: Bridgette Hobart 973-663-3663 Click here for more information. USMS Division is open to all 2010 USMS registered swimmers 18 and older as of September 12, 2010. You must submit a copy of your 2010 USMS card with entry. Open Division is open to all other swimmers. |
| Sep. 18, 2010 | 15th Annual Alcatraz Invitational Swim Location: San Francisco, CA Click here for more information. |
| Sep. 19, 2010 | 4th Annual Wharf to Wharf Swim – 1400 Meter Swim Location: Williams Wharf Landing, Virginia Click here for more information. Minimum of $100 in sponsorships to swim to benefit Mathews Land Conservancy and for more information and registration see “Events” |
| Sep. 19, 2010 | Swim Across America 1 and 3 Mile Swims Location: Near Gibson Island in the Chesapeake Bay Contact: Lyn Brooks Click here for more information. Benefit the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins |
| Sep. 25, 2010 | 1 & 2 Mile Bay Swim – September Splash Location: Wildwood Crest, NJ Click here for more information. |
| Sep. 25, 2010 | Little Red Lighthouse 5 Mile Swim Location: New York City, NY Click here for more information. |
| Oct. 2, 2010 | Tropical Splash (1, 3, & 5 km) Location: Sarasota, FL Click here for more information. |
| Oct. 10, 2010 | 15th Annual St. Croix 5 Mile Open Water Swim Location: St. Croix Click here for more information. |
| Oct. 16, 2010 | Gertrude Ederle Swim (17.5 Miles) Location: NYC to Sandy Hook, New Jersey Click here for more information. |
| Oct. 17, 2010 | Bermuda Round the Sound EcoSwim Location: Bermuda Contact: contact Click here for more information. |
| Oct. 13-30, 2010 | Open Water Swim Vacation (8 days & 7 nights adventure trips) Location: La Paz, Mexico Contact: Gary Emich Click here for more information. |
| Dec. 5, 2010 | 10th Annual Bonaire EcoSwim 10K, 5K, 3K & 1K Swims Location: Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles Contact: contact Click here for more information. |
| Apr 30 or May 1, 2011 | USMS 6+ Mile Open Water Championships (10 km) Location: Ft Myers, FL Click here for more information. |
| Jun 25, 2011 | USMS 3–6 Mile Open Water Championships (6 km) Location: Coney Island, NY Click here for more information. |
| Jul 3, 2011 | USMS 1 Mile Open Water Championships Location: Oregon Click here for more information. |
| Jul 16, 2011 | USMS 25k Open Water Championships Location: Noblesville, IN Click here for more information. |
| Aug 12, 2011 | USMS 2-Mile Cable Championships Location: Lake Placid, NY Click here for more information. |
| Aug 20, 2011 | USMS 1–3 Mile Open Water Championships (1.5 miles) Location: Lake Monona, Madison, WI Click here for more information. |
POSTAL EVENTS |
| 2011 | One Hour |
| 2011 | USMS 3000/6000 Yard Postal Championships (SCY only) Swim 3000 yards or 6000 yards. The recorded time determines the order of finish. |
| 2011 | 5/10K |
FITNESS EVENTS |
| Oct 10, 2010 Sun | 100X100 Practice Location: To Be Determined Followed (if anyone is still alive!) by the 2010 annual meeting. |
| Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2010 | 2010 USMS Check-Off Challenge Contact: Jean Blackburn Click here for more information. The CHECK-OFF CHALLENGE is a postal event designed to motivate swimmers to complete 18 “pool” events and an "open water swim" during the 2010 calendar year. |
| Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2010 | Go the Distance in 2010! Click here for more information. GTD has become the fastest growing USMS program. More than 1,000 members participated in this USMS fitness event in 2009. GTD is a self-directed program intended to encourage Masters swimmers to regularly exercise and track their progress. There is no time limit for the distance milestones, except that they must be achieved in the calendar year 2010. Speed does not count - just the effort to attain whatever goal you set for yourself. |
| Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2010 | 1Vigor Log Contest Click here for more information. Enter the 2010 1Vigor Log Contest and Win Prizes! Prizes to the Male and Female who logs the most miles or kilometers running, hiking, swimming, cycling, pushups or situps on the 1Vigor Log for each Quarter and for the full 2010 year. |
CLINCS |