2019 Spring Nationals Important Updates

Relay Entries 

Relay entries are now open and will be accepted until the 3 p.m the day before the relay is scheduled. Visit the relay information page for more details.

Positive Check-in

Positive check-in is now available. All events 400 yards and longer require positive check-in. Here are the deadlines:

• 1650 freestyle: Thursday, April 25 at 7:00 a.m.
• 1000 freestyle: Thursday, April 25 at 9:00 a.m.
• 500 freestyle (men): Friday, April 26 at 7:00 a.m.
• 500 freestyle (women): Saturday, April 27 at 7:00 a.m.
• 400 IM: Sunday, April 28 at 7:00 a.m.

All times are local time zone for Mesa (Mountain Standard Time)

Email Updates 

Registered swimmers receive a series of pre-event emails with important information regarding 2019 USMS Spring Nationals. Here are links to these emails for reference:

• Update #1 (sent April 3)
• Update #2 (sent April 10)
• Update #3 (sent April 17)
  
  

Psych and Heat Sheets

• Psych sheets and heat sheets for preseeded events are available now. 
  
  

Schedule Updates

• The competition will start at 7:30 a.m. each day of the meet. This was changed from the originally published start time of 8:00 a.m. due to the high number of entries received for 2019 USMS Spring Nationals. 
• On competition days, the competition pool will be open for warm-up from 6:00 a.m. until 7:20 a.m and the warm-up pool will be available from 7:20 a.m. until the conclusion of the final event each day
• The positive check-in deadlines for events 400 yards and longer will remain the same as originally published on the meet information page:
  • 1650 freestyle: Thursday, April 25 at 7:00 a.m.
  • 1000 freestyle: Thursday, April 25 at 9:00 a.m.
  • 500 freestyle (men): Friday, April 26 at 7:00 a.m.
  • 500 freestyle (women): Saturday, April 27 at 7:00 a.m.
  • 400 IM: Sunday, April 28 at 7:00 a.m.
• All times are local time zone for Mesa (Mountain Standard Time)

Seeding Decisions

• The sixth event will not be dropped. Swimmers will have the opportunity to swim all individual events that were entered.
• The 50s, 100s, and 200s will be preseeded with the oldest groups first, slowest to fastest within each age group, men and women separate.
• The 400 IMs and 500 freestyles will require positive check-in. They will be deck seeded with the oldest age groups first, slowest to fastest within each age group, men and women separate. 
• The 1000 and 1650 freestyles will require positive check-in. They will be deck-seeded slowest to fastest by entry time, regardless of age, with men and women combined. 

Split Notification

Final results will indicate splits for all swims (excluding pad malfunctions). Splits will be recorded for all swimmers and submitted for records and Top 10 consideration, for initial distances of all individual events (except for backstroke) and for all relay lead-off splits. Therefore, swimmers need not submit split requests for those events. Split requests are required for initial distance(s) of an individual backstroke event. The swimmer is responsible for picking up the Split Notification Form from the administrative official, filling it out, and presenting it to the administrative official prior to the swim. Automatic split times will be submitted for USMS Top 10, however automatic split times from individual events will not automatically appear in the USMS event results database. If you would like a split time to be added to the event results database, please email your request after the meet to events@usmastersswimming.org.