Short Course Championship Month Begins!
By Reach for the Wall staff.
The high school swimming season just ended in the Washington D.C. metro area, but year-round club swimmers (i.e., USA Swimming-registered swimmers) are only warming up because Championship Month starts this week.
Championship Month consists of a series of championship meets both within and outside of Potomac Valley Swimming (PVS) that mark the end of the winter “short course” season (i.e., in 25 yard pools). We outline these various championship meets below.
We will try to cover as many of these meets as possible, but please help us do so by sending any photos or stories that you have regarding any of them to Content@reachforthewall.org. We’ll publish them!
Potomac Valley Swimming (PVS) Championship Meets
PVS will host the following championship meets over the next 2 weeks at the Eppley Recreation Center on the campus of the University of Maryland – College Park:
- Championship Meets for senior (older) swimmers (March 2-5)
- PVS 2017 Short Course Senior Championships
- PVS 2017 Short Course Junior Championships
- See the PVS homepage for more information about these meets.
- Championship Meet for age group (younger) swimmers (March 9-12)
- PVS 2017 Short Course 14 & Under Junion Olympic Championships (“Junior Olympics” or “JOs“)
- Meet Announcement
- Psych Sheet (updated Mar 6, 2017)
- Estimated Timeline
- PVS 2017 Short Course 14 & Under Junion Olympic Championships (“Junior Olympics” or “JOs“)
Championship Meets Outside PVS
After the PVS championship meets above, the following championship meets outside of PVS take place:
- Zones:
- 2017 Short Course Age Group Championship (March 30-April 1) in Webster, NY
- Note: teams increasingly opt to go to “national” age group meets instead of (or in addition to) Zones, such as:
- NCSA Age Group Championships (March 21-24) in Orlando, Florida; or
- NASA Showcase Classic (April 5-8) in Clearwater, Florida.
- Sectionals:
- Short Course
- 2017 Speedo Sectionals Region 2 (South) (March 30-April 2) in Christiansburg, VA
- 2017 Speedo Sectionals Region 1 (North) (March 30-April 2) in Ithaca, NY
- Long Course
- 2017 Speedo Sectionals Spring Long Course (March 30-April 2) in Buffalo, NY
- Short Course
- Junior Nationals:
- 2017 NCSA Swimming Championships (March 14-18) in Orlando, Florida
- 2017 ISCA/NASA Junior National Cup (March 21-25) in Clearwater, Florida
NCAA Championship Meets
At the college level, the NCAA will host the following championship meets for Division I, Division II and Division III swimmers:
- NCAA Division I
- Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships (March 15-18) in Indianapolis, Indiana (IU Natatorium)
- Women’s Official Psych Sheet
- Look for Katie Ledecky, Janet Hu, Hellen Moffitt, Megan Byrnes, Chloe Hicks, Morgan Hill and other top PVS swimmers.
- Women’s Official Psych Sheet
- Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships (March 15-18) in Indianapolis, Indiana (IU Natatorium)
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- Men’s Swimming Championships (March 22-25) in Indianapolis, Indiana (IU Natatorium)
- Men’s Official Psych Sheet
- Look for Jack Conger, Andrew Seliskar, John Shebat, Carsten Vissering and other top PVS swimmers.
- Men’s Official Psych Sheet
- Men’s Swimming Championships (March 22-25) in Indianapolis, Indiana (IU Natatorium)
- NCAA Division II
- Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships (March 8-11) in Birmingham, Alabama
- NCAA Division III
- Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships (March 15-18) in Shenandoah, Texas
Whew! Get ready to watch lots of fast swimming.