Exploring the Relationship between USA Swimming's Zones and LSCs
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In the context of swimming in the United States, a Local Swimming Committee (LSC) is a regional organization that governs competitive swimming within a specific geographic area. LSCs are typically organized by state or by a group of states, and they are responsible for organizing swim meets, training programs, and other swimming-related activities within their region.
On the other hand, Zones in swimming refer to a group of LSCs that are combined together to form a larger regional organization. In the United States, there are four Zones that are used for competitive swimming purposes: the Eastern Zone, the Southern Zone, the Central Zone, and the Western Zone. Each Zone is made up of several LSCs, and they are responsible for organizing regional-level swim meets and competitions.
So, while both LSCs and Zones are regional organizations within the USA Swimming structure, LSCs are smaller and more local, while Zones are larger and cover multiple LSCs within a broader geographic region.
Find below a list of 59 Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) categorized by their respective zones:
Central Zone
- Arkansas (AR)
- Iowa (IA)
- Lake Erie (LE)
- Midwestern (MW)
- Minnesota (MN)
- Missouri Valley (MV)
- North Dakota (ND)
- Ozark (OZ)
- South Dakota (SD)
- Wisconsin (WI)
Eastern Zone
- Adirondack (AD)
- Allegheny Mountain (AM)
- Connecticut (CT)
- Maine (ME)
- Maryland (MD)
- Metropolitan (MR)
- Michigan (MI)
- New England (NE)
- New Jersey (NJ)
- Niagara (NI)
- North Carolina (NC)
- Potomac Valley (PV)
- South Carolina (SC)
- Virginia (VA)
- West Virginia (WV)
Southern Zone
- Florida (FL)
- Florida Gold Coast (FG)
- Georgia (GA)
- Gulf (GU)
- Kentucky (KY)
- Louisiana (LA)
- Mississippi (MS)
- North Texas (NT)
- Oklahoma (OK)
- South Texas (ST)
- Southeastern (SE)
Western Zone
