The new time standards for the first stop of the 2019-2020 Pro Swim Series in Greensboro, North Carolina have been released. In total, 44 of the 56 total qualifying times have been bumped faster from the most recent set of PSS cuts.
2019 Pro Swim Series at Greensboro Time Standards
| Women | Men | |||
| SCY | LCM | Event | LCM | SCY |
| 23.39 | 26.89 | 50 Free | 24.29 | 20.79 |
| 50.69 | 58.19 | 100 Free | 52.89 | 45.39 |
| 1:49.29 | 2:04.99 | 200 Free | 1:55.69 | 1:39.39 |
| 4:53.09 | 4:23.79 | 400/500 Free | 4:05.29 | 4:30.49 |
| 10:03.59 | 9:03.49 | 800/1000 Free | 8:33.79 | 9:25.49 |
| 16:46.19 | 17:20.49 | 1500/1650 Free | 16:14.99 | 15:46.99 |
| 55.79 | 1:05.19 | 100 Back | 58.89 | 49.99 |
| 2:00.99 | 2:20.39 | 200 Back | 2:08.99 | 1:49.99 |
| 1:03.19 | 1:13.79 | 100 Breast | 1:06.99 | 56.99 |
| 2:18.79 | 2:39.09 | 200 Breast | 2:25.79 | 2:04.59 |
| 55.39 | 1:02.99 | 100 Fly | 57.09 | 49.59 |
| 2:02.09 | 2:18.99 | 200 Fly | 2:07.69 | 1:51.59 |
| 2:02.69 | 2:22.09 | 200 IM | 2:09.79 | 1:50.79 |
| 4:22.39 | 5:00.99 | 400 IM | 4:37.29 | 3:59.09 |
After a time standards update after Knoxville last season due to low attendance, this season’s cuts have met in the middle. To give context, the 2019 Knoxville cuts released were the fastest standards of the series’ history. These historically fast standards played a contributing factor to the opening meet’s low attendance.
As a result, the cuts for the remainder of the 2019 season were made slower as part of a USA Swimming plan to attract more attendees.
Below is a comparison of last season’s initial set of cuts and the time standards for this season. With the very lenient revisions made to the 2019 cuts after Knoxville, this year’s cuts reflect a more reasonable qualification standard.
| Women | Men | |||||
| Event | Knoxville 2018 | Greensboro 2019 | Event | Knoxville 2018 | Greensboro 2019 | |
| 50 FR | 26.59 | 26.89 | 50 FR | 23.99 | 24.29 | |
| 100 FR | 57.59 | 58.19 | 100 FR | 51.99 | 52.89 | |
| 200 FR | 2:04.29 | 2:04.99 | 200 FR | 1:54.29 | 1:55.69 | |
| 400 FR | 4:21.39 | 4:23.79 | 400 FR | 4:02.79 | 4:05.29 | |
| 800 FR | 8:58.69 | 9:03.49 | 800 FR | 8:23.09 | 8:33.79 | |
| 1500 FR | 17:11.29 | 17:20.49 | 1500 FR | 16:05.09 | 16:14.99 | |
| 100 BK | 1:04.39 | 1:05.19 | 100 BK | 58.79 | 58.89 | |
| 200 BK | 2:18.29 | 2:20.39 | 200 BK | 2:06.99 | 2:08.99 | |
| 100 BR | 1:13.29 | 1:13.79 | 100 BR | 1:06.09 | 1:06.99 | |
| 200 BR | 2:38.29 | 2:39.09 | 200 BR | 2:23.29 | 2:25.79 | |
| 100 FL | 1:02.39 | 1:02.99 | 100 FL | 56.49 | 57.09 | |
| 200 FL | 2:16.99 | 2:18.99 | 200 FL | 2:05.09 | 2:07.69 | |
| 200 IM | 2:20.99 | 2:22.09 | 200 IM | 2:08.29 | 2:09.79 | |
| 400 IM | 4:57.29 | 5:00.99 | 400 IM | 4:33.09 | 4:37.29 | |
The first of five stops for the 2020 PSS season will be held in Greensboro, NC on November 6-9.
The fastest cuts for the PSS where when they tired that A (automatic) and B (provisional) times. Those things where pretty fast and failed because people did not want to “wait” to see if they where invited. I think it was an idea from Busch sort of following the NCAA invite method but not following that the NCAA will pay for all the athletes (at the time) to attend.
Why is this written like PSS cuts are their own thing? They always map to a major meets set of cuts. The Knoxville cuts were exactly last years Summer Juniors cuts and the Greensboro cuts are exactly the Winter Juniors cuts. These cuts got faster than last year because Winter Juniors got faster. Much less interesting.
Just a formatting, but the first set of time standards has men on the right, women on the left, the second set of time standards has it the opposite, men on the left, women on the right.
Anyone know when 2020 combined us open and jr nats cuts will be released
The powers that be know