Club Championship Meets Dropping Amid Coronavirus-Related Closures & Mandates

Pacific Swimming, Potomac Valley Swimming and the New England Region YMCA are among the authorities to cancel age group championship meets Tuesday due to coronavirus-related closures and mandates.

Pacific Swimming Junior Olympics

Pacific Swimming canceled its upcoming Junior Olympic Championships at the Santa Clara Swim Club after Santa Clara County issued a mandate barring gatherings of 1,000 or more people Monday night.

Potomac Valley Swimming Junior Olympics

Potomac Valley Swimming announced Tuesday it would cancel its upcoming JO meet Mafter the host, the University of Maryland, canceled all campus events through April 5.

“It is too early to know if the meet can be rescheduled at a later date,” PVS chair Tim Husson wrote in the announcement.

New England Swimming YMCA Championships

The 2020 New England YMCA Swimming Championship was also canceled as of Tuesday due to host school MIT’s ban on events bringing more than 150 people to campus.

“We asked for an exemption for our event, but the University said they are remaining firm on the policy,” the New England announcement said.

Southern California Swimming Junior Olympics Back On

Initially forced to cancel after the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center closed their doors, Southern California Swimming has found a new host for their Junior Olympics in Mission Viejo. Most pools in Southern California are outdoors, including the Marguerite Aquatic Center, which in theory should reduce the rate of spread of the virus. Read more here.

Ohio Swimming Junior Olympics Postponed

Ohio Swimming posted on its Facebook page on Wednesday that the Ohio Junior Olympics are being postponed, but that the LSC is “actively working on an alternative meet option in the future.” The meet was scheduled from March 13th-15th at Ohio State University. This follows several other adjustments to events in Ohio, including closing the MAC basketball championships to spectators and limiting spectators at Ohio High School sporting events.

To Ohio Swimming Members and Families,Ohio Swimming is disappointed to inform you that due to international, national,…

Posted by Ohio Swimming Inc on Wednesday, March 11, 2020

SwimSwam will continue to update this article with announced meet cancelations. 

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NENETTE Abinuman
4 years ago

Do we get charged for the canceled events?

Anonymous
4 years ago

RMSC is adding 14U March Splash Meet to replace PVS JOs. We shall see if it sticks.

swimmer
4 years ago

swimmers have the right to be upset about this. meets they have been working hard for and tapering down for are being taken away from them. while the virus is very serious there is no need to put down the swimmers who are simply upset.

Swammer
4 years ago

Adirondack swimming is canceled. PVS meet is back on at the ST. James.

Reality
4 years ago

To the people here that think this is “hysteria” or that this is all hype created by the media. Go look at the direct personal accounts of what is happening in places like Italy. Hosting these meets or any public gatherings is WILDLY irresponsible and dangerous to our communities. The United States will be in the same if not a worse position as Italy by the end of the month. Please please please heed the warnings of the medical community and the accounts of the international community that are dealing with this. It will affect our country and public gatherings like this are only going to make the spread worse.

Colin
4 years ago

The majority of the reason why is because colleges are shutting down so they are no longer able to host the meet.

Corn Pop
4 years ago

It is estimated to be based on the exponential of 22 deaths from 1000 -19,000 ppl in & around Washington state with Covid 19. WA needs to be in lockdown . Olympics are not happening, we could be battling to save our countries not our sporting events.

MDswim MOM
4 years ago

MD LSC cancelled junior championships due to being held at college campuses.

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