U.S. Masters Swimming - Potomac Valley LMSC

Click on the JOIN button to join or renew your USMS membership through Potomac Valley:

United States Masters Swimming (USMS) exists to promote fitness and health in adults by offering and supporting Masters Swimming programs. USMS was founded in 1970 and has over 40,000 members. It supports and encourages competition, but more than half of its members are fitness swimmers who do not compete. USMS is one of five organizations which comprise "United States Aquatic Sports", which is a member of FINA, the international governing body for aquatic sports.

USMS is organized in 53 geographic areas of the United States which are managed by the Local Masters Swimming Committee (LMSC). The Potomac Valley LMSC is responsible for The District of Columbia, the Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince George's, and the Virginia counties of Arlington and Fairfax and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church.

Regional links:

• : Maryland LMSC includes the rest of the state of Maryland.
• Virginia: Virginia LMSC includes the rest of the state of Virginia as well as certain parts of West Virginia.
  
• Colonies Zone: The Colonies Zone includes Potomac Valley as well as LMSCs throughout New England.
  
• PV LMSC Officers: Click here for the list of our officers.
• : Potomac Valley Swimming (PVS) is the governing body for youth swimming in our region. We like to consider them as being future USMS members.
• Please support the USMS sponsors whenever possible.

Information on how to obtain a customized USMS plate for Maryland can be found here (pdf)

1. Registration forms

2. Potomac Valley clubs

3. Meet entry forms

4. Meet results

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6. General competition information

7. Potomac Valley administrative information (Bylaws, Minutes, etc.)

Announcements

• Congratulations to Cheryl Ward (GMUP) for receiving the 2008 Colonies Zone Dot Donnelly Service Award.  Along those lines, GMUP has been awarded the 2009 Colonies Zone SCY Championships once again at GMU (April 24-26, 2009).
• Nomination form for the 2008 Frank Murphy award for PV Long Distance Swimmers of the Year is available online (.doc).
• 2008 SCM & LCM Top Times have been posted to the Competition page
• First 2009 PVLMSC Board Meeting will be on March 21 prior to the Albatross Open.  More details available in early 2009.
• David Gregg memorial information
• Future USMS Nationals:
  May 7-10, 2009 (SCY):  Clovis North High School (near Fresno, CA)
  August 6-10, 2009 (LCM):  IUPUI (Indianapolis, IN)
  May 20-23, 2010 (SCY):  Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA)
  August 9-12, 2010 (LCM):  San Juan Puerto Rico

This page maintained by Jeff Roddin.
Last modified: January 4, 2009