At PVS board meetings held in September, October and November 2002; it was voted to grant travel assistance of $450.00/swimmer to the following teams. It was paid on behalf of the 23 swimmers listed who had competed in at least one individual event at the August 2002 USA Swimming National Championship Meet:
| Athlete | PVS Club receiving reimbursement
| Nnamnse Ammons | CUBU | Jennifer Basel | AVST | Ethan Bassett | CUBU
| Yeng Lan Beller * | CUBU | Justin Betts | CUBU | Matt Brado | CUBU
| Jessica Brosch | RMSC | Amanda Burke | CUBU | Rachael Burke | CUBU
| LeeAnn Chang | RMSC | Lindsay Ertter | CUBU | Jamie Grimes | RMSC
| Jeff Hicks | CUBU | Ryan Hurley | CUBU | Mark Liscinsky | CUBU
| Jennifer McLaughlin * | PM | Ed Moses | CUBU | Mike Raab | RMSC
| Yuri Suguiyama | CUBU | Leslie Swinley | CUBU | Dominick Szabo | CUBU
| Meghan Thiel | CUBU
| Kate Ziegler | FISH
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* PVS Board approved payment of travel assistance as an appeal
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