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The United States Spring Swimming Championships are held annually in the spring since 1962.The event is governed by USA Swimming.In the 1960s and 1970s, it was governed by USA Swimming's predecessor, the Amateur Athletic Union, as the AAU Indoor National Swimming Championships or National AAU Short Course Swimming Championships.
The United States Swimming National Championships (a.k.a. "Nationals") are held annually, in summer. The event is organized by USA Swimming, and is held in a long course (50m) pool. In the past, and as recently as 2007, there were 2 meets annually: a Spring and a Summer Nationals. The Spring meet began as a 25-yard (short course) meet, while ...
Website. aausports.org. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States. [1] A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. [2] It has more than 900,000 members nationwide, including more than 100,000 ...
Eighteen AAU records in swimming and three in track and field were established. Since its beginning in Washington, D.C., the AAU Junior Olympic Games have been conducted in 19 states and 30 cities across the United States. The state of Tennessee leads the way with six AAU Junior Olympic Games to its credit. "There's nothing junior about it" has ...
USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) was the official organization responsible for the running of all amateur sports in the United States, established in 1888. The AAU was officially charged with the organization and operation of many sports in the US. During this time, swimming was one of the committees in the organization and was not an ...
[3] [4] While swimming for the Tacoma Swim Club at the PNA Junior Olympics in July of 1974, she swam a 1:12.6 for the 100-meter butterfly, demonstrating her varied stroke skills. [5] While still swimming for Tacoma, at the National AAU Championships in Cupertino in August, 1974, she swam a 2:24.8 in the Women's 200-meter backstroke, receiving ...
Harshbarger won events in High School State Swimming championships for three successive years. [2] In early November, 1972, after the Olympics, she helped her Newport High School team take the Washington State swimming title, winning the 200 freestyle after setting a meet record time of 1:59.62 in the prelims, and also winning the 400 freestyle ...