Reported by Jared Anderson
USA Swimming has published a version of its competition plan for the 2017-2020 quad, with the coming year’s schedule suggesting a Pro Swim Series meet in Columbus, Ohio as well as a Team USA vs Pac-12 meet in the fall.
The Quad Plan lays out the major competitions for USA Swimming over the next four years leading into the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Dates and events get more tentative the further into the future you go, but the coming year is described in detail.
The stops for the Arena Pro Swim Series include Austin (January 12-14), Atlanta (March 1-3), Mesa (April 12-14), Indianapolis (May 17-20), Santa Clara (June 14-17) and Columbus, OH (July 6-8). U.S. Nationals are scheduled for July 25-29 in Irvine, California.
USA Swimming had a portion of its national team last year take on a team of Big Ten all-stars in what was called the USA College Challenge in Indianapolis. But the meet moving out to USC might suggest Team USA is this season taking on the Pac-12 conference, of which USC is a part. The meet is listed as taking place on October 20-21 at the University of Southern California.
We reached out to USA Swimming for clarification on the specifics of that meet as well as to confirm the Columbus Pro Swim Series date – a spokesperson for USA Swimming said there has been no official announcement of the College Challenge or Pro Swim Series lineup, but that the quad plan is “primarily used by our National Team staff to help coaches plan upcoming schedules,” and that the calendar listed is still subject to change.
