The 2014 USA Swimming National Championships in Irvine, California will run from Wednesday, August 6th through Sunday, August 10th, and tickets are now on sale for the event through the webpage of the Irvine Novaquatics website. There will be about 3,000 seats available for spectators after coaches, athletes, and media seating is blocked off.
At that page, fans can also purchase tickets for the 2014 Junior National Championships, which will be held the week before on the same Wednesday-Sunday cycle.
Senior Nationals will be a very significant meet, as they will serve as the selection event for the following international-level meets:
- 2014 Pan Pac Championships
- 2014 World Short Course Championships
- 2015 World Championships
- 2015 World University Games
Ticket prices for the World Championship Trials run from $10 for a single prelims or finals session, to $15 for a single finals session, and an “all-session passes” book for $60 for the 10 sessions of the meet. Students and seniors can receive discounts. These prices are slightly lower than what was charged for the Indy World Championship Trials.
Can you explain why swimmers are selected this summer (2014) for next year’s 2015 World Champs and 2015 WUGs? Thanks.
swim parent – I don’t have a really good explanation for World Championships, other than assuming it’s a philosophical thing, and perhaps wanting to create some continuity within the team.
As for WUGs, it has to do with the fact that WUGS are usually earlier in the summer (in 2015 they begin on July 3rd) and so there’s no good long course national championship meet at which to select swimmers between 2014 Nationals and 2015 WUG’s.
As for the continuity question, they picked the 2013 WC team a month before the WC. What gives in 2014-2015?
Again, this is me trying to think in the shoes of the National Team staff, but it’s probably not as feasible to pick the 2013 team a year early, given the Olympic Trials are the year before, and there’s so much change and turnover after an Olympics. Post-Olympics Worlds have a much different feel than pre-Olympics.
Also maybe wanting to give the big stars a chance to train straight through to the 2015 Worlds without having to try a double taper to qualify.
It’s the case every 4 years in USA since at least 2006.
It made sense in 2006 because 2007 Worlds were held during southern hemisphere Melbourne summer, which didn’t give USA time in early 2007 for a national competition for selection.
It does not make any sense now (or in 2010/2011)..