2018 Spring Nationals Updates

Relay Entries

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

Email Updates

Registered swimmers receive a series of pre-event emails with important information regarding 2018 Nationwide USMS Spring Nationals. Here are links to these emails for reference:

Update #1 (sent April 12)
Update #2 (sent April 19)
Update #3 (sent April 30)
Update #4 (sent May 7)

Timeline

There are 2,378 swimmers registered for the 2018 Nationwide USMS Spring Nationals, the largest USMS national championship ever.
The competition will start at 7:30 a.m. each day instead of 8 a.m. Here is the estimated timeline.
On competition days, the competition pool will be open for warm-up from 6 a.m. until 7:20 a.m. and the warm-up pools will be available from 7:20 a.m. until the conclusion of the final event each day. Visit the meet information page for more warm-up details.
The positive check-in deadlines for events 200 yards and longer will remain the same as originally published on the meet information page -- 7 a.m or 9 a.m. each day depending on the event.

Seeding Decisions

The sixth event will be dropped from all swimmers' individual entries if they signed up for six individual events.
The 50s and 100s will be preseeded with the oldest age groups first, slowest to fastest within each age group, men and women separate.
The 200s will be deck seeded, with the oldest groups first, slowest to fastest within each age group, men and women separate.
The 400 IMs and 500 freestyles will be deck seeded slowest to fastest by entry time, regardless of age, with men and women separate.
The 1000 and 1650 freestyles will be deck-seeded slowest to fastest by entry time, regardless of age, with men and women combined.
REMEMBER ALL EVENTS 200 YARDS AND LONGER WILL REQUIRE POSITIVE CHECK-IN.
The women's heats will precede men's heats for each event, except the 1000 and 1650 freestyles (which are combined) and 500 freestyles (which are on separate days).
The psych sheets and heat sheets have been published.