Greetings!

As USMS continues to navigate a return to competition, Phase 1 guidance has been revised based on feedback from recent sanctioned meets and also adapts recommendations for open water events with the season coming soon.

Though hosting in-person events has been a challenge during the ongoing pandemic, we're hopeful for a return to more normal events as vaccines become more widely distributed. Therefore, we've made the decision to postpone Spring and Summer Nationals to tentatively July 21-25 and Oct. 6-10, respectively. A notification will be sent to all USMS members later this morning.

The revised return to competition guidelines, safety plan addendum, and attendee screening form can be found on the COVID-19 Event Resources page. Notably, the attendee screening form has been updated based on recent CDC guidance, and recommendations have been added for how to communicate a possible exposure if someone who attended an event tests positive afterward.

In addition, the USMS Legislation and Rules Committees provided reminders and clarifications on several topics for sanctioned events: timeline requirements, USA Swimming dual-sanctioning, and competitions at multiple venues with merged results.

The COVID-19 Event Resources page will continue to be updated with information as available. Please contact Event Services with any questions. 

If you're aware of meets that have been canceled or postponed, please contact Volunteer Services so we can assist in updating the Calendar of Events and our sanctions database.