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ARTICLE 206 AWARDING USA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARTICLE 207 USA SWIMMING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Purpose: To establish USA Swimming Sectional Championships (approximately 16) and a USA Swimming National Championship in accordance with the concepts summarized below.
206.1 GENERAL
.1 Senior Class -- two one short course and one long course meets.
.2 Junior Class -- delete
.3 Sectional Championships¾ approximately sixteen (16) short course and (16) long course meets.
206.3 AWARD OF EVENTS
.1 USA Swimming Nationals, Trials class, USA Swimming National and Sectional Championships, and U.S. Open …[no further change]
206.4 DATES
.1 [Delete entirely and replace with the following)
USA Swimming Spring National Championships -- To end the third Saturday in March.
.3 [Delete entirely and replace with the following)
USA Swimming Sectional Championships - To end not less than two days prior to the entry deadline of the USA Swimming National Championships.
206.7 METHOD OF GRANTING AWARD
.3 A USA Swimming National, Trials class, USA Swimming National and Sectional Championships, and U.S. Open ….. [no further change]
.5 USA Swimming Sectional Championship sites shall be selected by the Sections.
207.1 GENERAL -- United States Swimming shall conduct USA Swimming National Championships, USA Swimming Junior Championships, Sectional Championships, and Trials class meets …… [no further change]
207.3 USS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - [Delete entirely]
207.2. USA Swimming National Championships¾ USA Swimming National Championships shall be governed and conducted by Program Operations. They shall be scheduled to conclude the third full weekend in March and, except in the Olympic year, shall be conducted short course yards. All USA Swimming member-athletes…
207.6 USA Swimming Sectional Championships shall be conducted as follows:
.1 Each Zone shall conduct at least two (2) Sectional meets.
.2 Time standards for Sectional meets shall be established by the Section, to accommodate not fewer than 400 participants.
.3 Each Zone shall designate the Sections. The Sections shall determine the location and dates of the Sectional meets. The meets shall be scheduled to conclude not later than the entry deadline for the National Championships. (Note: If a Zone has not scheduled its Sectional meets before April 1 of the preceding year, the Senior Committee shall designate the meet locations and dates. )
.4 Sections shall determine their own format.
.5 All swimmers who have achieved the sectional qualifying times shall be eligible to participate.
[Renumber following sections to conform to new inserted language]
207.5 ADMINISTRATIVE CONDUCT OF USS CHAMPIONSHIPS
.5 Schedule --
C [New subsection] At the discretion of the National Events Coordinator, the preliminary sessions of the USA Swimming National Championships may be conducted in one course.
.11 Finals --
A Except for the relay events ….. [no change to existing section]
B There shall be bonus, consolation and championship final heats in the National Championships, with the bonus and consolation heats preceding the championship heat.
.12 Scoring
C Scoring at the USA Swimming National and USA Swimming Sectional Championships, and USA Swimming Junior Championships shall be mandatory.
207.8 ENTRY BLANKS AND INFORMATION BOOK
.8 B [Delete entirely]
207.9 ENTRIES
207.10 QUALIFYING TIME STANDARDS
.2 [delete entirely]
.3 [New section] USA Swimming Sectional Championships qualifying time standards shall be established by the Sections to allow for no fewer than 400 swimmers at each meet.
.4
Program Operations shall approve at each annual meeting the qualifying time standards for all USA Swimming National Championships, USA Swimming Junior Championships, and USA Swimming Open meets …….. [no further change in section]