2021 January Pro Swim Series
- January 14-17, 2021
- Multi-site (San Antonio, Irvine, Richmond)
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Meet Information (PDF)
The first Pro Swim Series event of 2021 will be be hosted at three different sites, USA Swimming announced Wednesday.
San Antonio, Tx., Irvine, Calif., and Richmond, Va., will co-host the event, which is scheduled to run January 14-17, 2021 and feature 600 of the country’s top swimmers.
San Antonio will be the meet’s “primary site”, featuring an “invite-only field comprised of the top ranked U.S. swimmers”.
The Irvine and Richmond meets will feature up to 100 male and 100 female athletes, with the Olympic Trials cuts the minimum standard in order for a swimmer to compete.
“The racing across these three TYR Pro Swim Series sites will set up some of the most explosive head-to-head competition to kick-off the Olympic year,” USA Swimming Managing Director of the National Team Lindsay Mintenko said. “We’re treading lightly but remaining optimistic and excited to map out a strong domestic competition schedule in 2021.”
This follows the format USA Swimming implemented for November’s U.S. Open, which featured nine sites across the country (with Irvine, Richmond and San Antonio all among them). Just like the U.S. Open, results from each site will be combined and published in a comprehensive results report from USA Swimming.
The series was originally going to have November meets in both Richmond and Irvine before they were cancelled in favor of the U.S. Open.
Prior to this recent change, the series’ January stop was slated to take place solely in Richmond, after it was moved from Knoxville, Tenn., in late October.
While the original 2021 PSS schedule also included stops in San Antonio, Mission Viejo and Indianapolis in March, April and May, respectively, it appears none of those are official and USA Swimming will provide updates for the next PSS competitions when available.
“USA Swimming continues to look for the best and safest possible ways to host national level events in preparation for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming and the Olympic Games in 2021,” the organization said in its release. “Future 2021 event dates will be announced in the new year.”
Why didnt they pick states that are more open and have lower covid rates and numbers. CA and TX are not good sites. RVA is better.
With CA restrictions, I am surprised Irvine is hosting. It is too bad the swimmers in the Bay Area have also under super strict restrictions. I believe that was the reason Stanford or Cal pros did not compete at US open. It is something like they need to quarantine for 14 days if they travel from any location 150 miles outside.
I’m confused, so are the results going to be combined? I love this idea, however I am a bit confused on the format since there is both prelims and finals.
Though not explicitly stated, all indications say that prelim results to qualify for finals will be independent at each of the three meets, and then results will be combined after each day (or after the meets have concluded).
Yeah let’s not allow the top international athletes training in the US to compete leading into trials for their respective countries… this was a poor move by USA Swimming, and should be re-evaluated.
I will be shocked if the Irvine site happens. TYR should aim for states that are open right now. California is a terrible destination for any sports right now and many swimmers are leaving the state just to swim.
Yeah, that was my first thought
TN or AL would be smart.
Well Texas may have seceded by Jan . All hopes are pinned on the former Confederacy .
Conferacy Capitol. . 2020 is definitely a winner for weird. Things generally take a long time to turn around but here we are .