Past National Championship Participation

USMS Short Course National Championships

Year	Date	Location	# Swimmers
1970	5/2—3	Amarillo, Texas	46
1971	5/7—8	Amarillo, Texas	108
1972	5/19—21	San Mateo, Calif.	325
1973	5/18—20	Santa Monica, Calif.	500
1974	5/17—19	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	561
1975	5/16—18	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	663
1976	5/14—16	Mission Viejo, Calif.	800
1977	5/13—15	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	611
1978	5/19—21	San Antonio, Texas	560
1979	5/4—7	Mission Viejo, Calif.	1,020
1980	5/16—18	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	875
1981	5/23—26	Irvine, Calif.	1,209
1982	5/21—24	The Woodlands, Texas	910
1983	5/28—31	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	1,208
1984	5/26—29	Industry Hills, Calif.	1,227
1985	5/9—12	Milwaukee, Wisc.	1,021
1986	5/15—18	Fort Pierce, Fla.	1,231
1987	5/15—18	Stanford Univ., Calif.	2,328
1988	5/19—22	Austin, Texas	1,405
1989	5/4—7	Boca Raton, Fla.	1,755
1990	5/18—21	Los Angeles, Calif.	1,592
1991	5/16—19	Nashville, Tenn.	1,529
1992	5/21—24	Chapel Hill, N.C.	1,502
1993	5/20—23	Santa Clara, Calif.	2,055
1994	5/13—16	Tempe, Ariz.	1,912
1995	5/18—21	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	1,992
1996	5/9—12	Cupertino, Calif.	2,048
1997	5/15—18	Federal Way, Wash.	1,438
1998	5/7—10	Indianapolis, Ind.	1,738
1999	5/13—16	Santa Clara, Calif.	2,060
2000	4/27—30	Indianapolis, Ind.	1,390
2001	5/17—20	Santa Clara, Calif.	1,850
2002	5/14—17	Honolulu, Hawaii	1,103
2003	5/15—18	Tempe, Ariz.	1,922
2004	4/22—25	Indianapolis, Ind.	1,564
2005	5/19—22	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	1,620
2006	5/4—7	Coral Springs, Fla.	1,276
2007	5/17—20	Federal Way, Wash.	1,456
2008	5/1—4	Austin, Texas	1,865
2009	5/7—10	Clovis, Calif.	1,582
2010	5/20-23	Atlanta, Ga.	1,975
2012	4/26—29	Greensboro, N.C.	1,864
2013	5/9—12	Indianapolis, Ind.	1,633
2014	5/1—4	Santa Clara, Calif.	2,249
2015	4/23—26	San Antonio, Texas	1,888
2016	4/28-5/1	Greensboro, N.C.	1,790
2017	4/27—30	Riverside, Calif.	2,026
2018	5/10—5/13	Indianapolis, Ind.	2,376
2019	4/25—28	Mesa, Ariz.	1,997
2020	Not held due to COVID-19
2021	7/21—25	Greensboro, N.C.	849
2022	4/28—5/1	San Antonio, Texas	1,814
2023	4/27—30	Irvine, Calif.	2,474
2024	6/20—24	Indianapolis, Ind.	2,320
2025	4/24-27	San Antonio, TX	1,742
2026	4/30 - 5/3	Greensboro, NC

USMS Long Course National Championships

Year	Date	Location	No. Swimmers
1972	8/11—13	Bloomington, Ind.	188
1973	8/10—12	Chicago, Ill.	500
1974	9/6—8	Santa Clara, Calif.	584
1975	8/29—31	Knoxville, Tenn.	394
1976	8/27—29	St. Louis, Mo.	514
1977	8/25—28	Spokane, Wash.	525
1978	Providence, R.I.	8/31-9/3	540
1979	8/23—26	Dearborn, Mich.	689
1980	8/29—9/1	Santa Clara, Calif.	987
1981	8/13—16	Canton, Ohio	741
1982	8/26—29	Gresham, Ore.	915
1983	8/25—28	Indianapolis, Ind.	908
1984	8/23—26	Raleigh, N.C.	840
1985	8/17—20	Providence, R.I.	800
1986	8/21—24	Gresham, Ore.	933
1987	8/21—24	The Woodlands, Texas	872
1988	8/25—28	Buffalo, N.Y.	1,071
1989	8/17—20	Grand Forks, N.D.	586
1990	8/17—20	The Woodlands, Texas	829
1991	8/22—25	Elizabethtown, Ky.	720
1992	8/20—23	Federal Way, Wash.	1,150
1993	8/19—22	Minneapolis, Minn.	1,085
1994	8/25—28	Buffalo, N.Y.	716
1995	8/24—27	Gresham, Ore.	1,010
1996	8/21—25	Ann Arbor, Mich.	1,176
1997	8/14—17	Orlando, Fla.	881
1998	8/20—23	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	922
1999	8/19—23	Minneapolis, Minn.	949
2000	8/17—20	Baltimore, Md.	1,380
2001	8/16—19	Federal Way, Wash.	959
2002	8/16—19	Cleveland, Ohio	1,022
2003	8/13—17	Rutgers, N.J.	871
2004	8/12—15	Savannah, Ga.	1,084
2005	8/10—14	Mission Viejo, Calif.	1,109
2006	Not held due to World Aquatics World Masters Championships in the U.S.
2007	8/10—13	The Woodlands, Texas	911
2008	8/14—17	Gresham, Ore.	1,131
2009	8/6—10	Indianapolis, Ind.	1,150
2010	8/9—12	San Juan, Puerto Rico	632
2011	8/3—6	Auburn, Ala.	688
2012	7/5—8	Omaha, Neb.	1,257
2013	8/7—11	Mission Viejo, Calif.	1,393
2014	8/13—17	College Park, Md.	1,024
2015	8/6—9	Geneva, Ohio	963
2016	8/17—21	Gresham, Ore.	1,287
2017	8/2—6	Minneapolis, Minn.	1,016
2018	Not held due to UANA Pan American Championships
2019	8/7—11	Mission Viejo, Calif.	1,391
2020	Not held due to COVID-19
2021	10/7—10	Geneva, Ohio	705
2022	8/3—7	Richmond, Va.	1,077
2023	8/2—6	Sarasota, Fla.	1,187
2024	8/21—25	Mission Viejo, Calif	1,280
2025	8/6-10	Federal Way, WA	1,107
2026	8/5-9	Sacramento, CA