WHAT is USA Swimming thinking?

[murrellh]

100% agree with you. Short course worlds? Have trials in short course...

[NeelySwim]

Dressel would have a crazy comeback for short course

[paulkornfeld]

100% agree Cody. Canadian selection for short course worlds is done a similar way and just as frustrating.

[Flipper]

In Australia we have SC nationals in September that decides our team but our SC season also runs from June (overlaps LC trials) to September.

[armandoestrada-rodriguez]

I believe its set up to promote olympic athletes.

They give preference to them for international experience because developing olympic talent is most likely the highest priority for them.

So, even though sc swimmers miss out, im sure for them its fine because their Olympians or people who show promise in the long course (and due to the olympics/lcm worlds, the more coveted) format get experience/development.

All the points you bring up are good points, they're also glaringly obvious. So, we have to assume they're also aware they're not sending their best team. Which can only mean, its not important to them.

And like you said, they would most likely rebuke any criticism with "look at how good we are." And when we are as successful as we are at the biggest stage, where I presume the most money making opportunity lies, they're not going to switch it up to give a max or Coleman an opportunity.

Its sad because I agree, its very exciting to watch short course swimming and I want to see the best compete. Hopefully Isl or something like it emerges to better promote short course swimmers and provide opportunities for them.

Whats more, we usually do fairly well at sc worlds even without an ideal team. Im sure that's just icing on the cake for the administration.

Finances and logistics aside, another commenter noted that they could just take the two fastest times in season. So they dont even have to host a meet, it could be really simple. So I think it all boils down to, they just don't want to and would rather give opportunity to swimmers who show promise in the long course format.

[logun]

Holy moly! What is wrong with the people in charge??? They might as well use short course yards for Olympic selection

[juanmatorralbo]

agree with you... most of the usa swimmers already compete in scy, so let's give a change for those who rarely can make a lc team to have the chance to make a sc team and show their potential

[klaudynabaszczyk]

I’m from Poland and that’s exactly what we have we have the short course meet in December and then the long course one in May for different ages as well as Polish national open meat. And from there you can qualify to any of the world championships and stuff like that

[SteveFriederang]

And let's face it --- the entire high school and NCAA experience is wonderful for those who are great at short course! So we favor long course internationally and in Trials. Good say I. :)

[falkezhd]

Or just take the two fastest SCM swimmers for each event who have swam the best times in 2024 in SCM. So you don‘t need a selection meet / Trials and the good swims from the 3 World Cup meets are also counting

[RobbieCRussell]

Tons of collegiate swimmers could have a chance to hit Olympic trials if it were short course, because entire season is short course. It complicates training. In the build up for the Olympics, athletes can work on sets to maximize skill for long course.

[thisisswimming]

100% agree. I want to see some SCY all out swimming in a big stadium like Olympic trials. Id pay money for that. There are way more SCY swimmers in the USA than LCM.

[BryceRogers_]

It's a no brainer. You said it yourself, have them earn a spot on the Short Course team by swimming at a short course trials meet

[imybird]

i totally agree with you, we need this to happen. i wonder if you could partner with kyle sockwell to do a campaign of some sort to get this to happen? i mean, look what he’s doing with college swim, i feel like like you two could do something

[SteveFriederang]

The only challenge is whether this might dummy down our long course efforts. Often, starts and turns wins short course; swimming wins long course and we already swim too little long course with many of our swimmers. So, what we've been doing is reinforcing our long course swimmers who have the best chance to win the Olympics. I'd hate to lose swimmers because they were too short for short course success. One Michael Andrew is enough. :) He was fit for fifty; sometimes for the 100, but never quite as fit those who worked on all parts of the energy spectrum. That seems like another subject, but it might be that this extra reinforcement for not being able to go the extra two thirds of fitness long course requires might reinforce... not being fit enough to go the extra two thirds of fitness to win at long course. You might have never seen a Caeleb Dressel winning Olympic Gold. He proved you can be great at both -- as did you!

[CedricMurillo]

If they cannot have a SCM trial, they could set a date and send the two fastest swimmers up to that date to Worlds, so the fastest SCM swimmers would go.

[Kehlani]

I don’t know if u can help me but how can international students join with NCAA what should I do ?!!!

[SebastianMajetic]

That is a great idea and that suck that it is like that

[carlmillholland]

Underwaters are so critical to short course events.

[willaimhl]

Cody surprises me how fast he is in other stroke..
Like i feel like 10.7 for a 35 fly is really fast for a breastroker