2024 NCSA Summer Swimming Championships

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Location: Indianapolis, IN – IUPUI Natatorium
Dates: Wednesday through Sunday, July 24-28, 2024
Sanctioned By: USA Swimming & Indiana Swimming (#IN24274)
Sponsor: National Club Swimming Association, Inc. (NCSA)

Facility

• Location: Indiana University Natatorium, 901 West New York Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
• Contact: Ed Merkling; 317-274-6783; emerklin@iupui.edu
• Details: The competition course is an eight-lane, 50-meter pool with a depth ranging from 9’ to 10’. It features Kiefer-McNeil non-turbulent lane lines with custom-designed starting blocks, Colorado electronic timing equipment, and a Daktronics scoreboard. Additional facilities include a seven-lane, 25-yard diving well, and a six-lane, 50-meter instructional pool.

Eligibility

This meet is open to USA Swimming registered teams and premium or outreach registered athletes 18 years of age and younger (as of the first day of the meet) who are USA citizens. Relay-only swimmers must be included in the OME system with your team roster when submitting entries. All athletes 18 years of age and older must hold a current APT certification prior to the first day of the meet to be eligible to compete.

Qualifying Times

• Times must be achieved between January 1, 2023, and July 15, 2024, dates inclusive.
• All prelim and timed final events will be seeded Long Course Meters (LCM) first followed by Short Course Yards (SCY).
• Swimmers may compete in no more than three (3) individual events per day and eight (8) individual events for the meet.
• All qualifying individual and relay times must be provable in the USA Swimming SWIMS database. There are no Upper Time Limits for this meet. Times not proven in the USA Swimming SWIMS database will be subject to a fine established by NCSA and the swimmer or relay will be scratched from the event.
• Swimmers may qualify for the distance freestyle events (800 and 1500) with either the 800, 1500, 1000, or 1650 time standard. Swimmers entering with alternate distance standards will be seeded last.

Bonus Events

Swimmers qualified to swim in individual events will be allowed bonus events based on the chart below:

Qualifying times	Bonus events
Relay Only	2
1	3
2	2
3	1
4+	0

• All bonus swims must be in events that are 200 meters or less in distance except for the 400 free and 400 IM and must be provable in the USA Swimming SWIMS database within the qualifying period.
• All bonus entries must be in LCM with the exception of the 400 free and 400 IM, which may be entered using SCY if meeting the qualifying time.
• To enter the 400 freestyle or 400 IM events as a bonus, the swimmer must have the qualifying time as stated below and provable in the USA Swimming SWIMS database.

Bonus Standards for 400 IM / 400 Free

SCY	LCM	Event	SCY	LCM
5:02.09	4:30.99	400/500 FREE	4:41.59	4:14.79
4:32.09	5:09.99	400 INDIV. MEDLEY	4:09.59	4:47.09

Time Trials

There will be no time trials at this event.

Scoring

The meet will be scored to 24 places. Here’s how points are distributed:

• Individual Events:

  • 1st: 32 points
  • 2nd: 28 points
  • 3rd: 27 points
  • 4th: 26 points
  • 5th: 25 points
  • 6th: 24 points
  • 7th: 23 points
  • 8th: 22 points
  • 9th: 20 points
  • 10th: 17 points
  • 11th: 16 points
  • 12th: 15 points
  • 13th: 14 points
  • 14th: 13 points
  • 15th: 12 points
  • 16th: 11 points
  • 17th: 9 points
  • 18th: 7 points
  • 19th: 6 points
  • 20th: 5 points
  • 21st: 4 points
  • 22nd: 3 points
  • 23rd: 2 points
  • 24th: 1 point

• Relay Events:

  • Double points of individual events

Order of Events

Wednesday, July 24

Prelims:

• Warm-Up: 6:00-8:20 AM
• Start: 8:30 AM

1. W 1500 Freestyle
2. M 800 Freestyle

Finals:

• Warm-Up: 4:00-4:50 PM
• Start: 5:00 PM

1. W 1500 Freestyle
2. M 800 Freestyle
3. W 100 Freestyle
4. M 100 Freestyle
5. W 200 Backstroke
6. M 200 Backstroke
7. W 50 Butterfly
8. M 50 Butterfly
9. W 200 MR
10. M 200 MR

Thursday, July 25

Prelims:

• Warm-Up: 6:00-8:20 AM
• Start: 8:30 AM

11. W 200 Freestyle
12. M 400 IM
13. W 100 Breaststroke
14. M 100 Breaststroke
15. W 200 Butterfly
16. M 100 Backstroke

Finals:

• Warm-Up: 4:00-4:50 PM
• Start: 5:00 PM

11. W 200 Freestyle
12. M 400 IM
13. W 100 Breaststroke
14. M 100 Breaststroke
15. W 200 Butterfly
16. M 100 Backstroke
17. W 200 FR
18. M 800 FR

Friday, July 26

Prelims:

• Warm-Up: 6:00-8:20 AM
• Start: 8:30 AM

19. W 400 IM
20. M 200 Freestyle
21. W 50 Breaststroke
22. M 50 Breaststroke
23. W 100 Backstroke
24. M 200 Butterfly

Finals:

• Warm-Up: 4:00-4:50 PM
• Start: 5:00 PM

19. W 400 IM
20. M 200 Freestyle
21. W 50 Breaststroke
22. M 50 Breaststroke
23. W 100 Backstroke
24. M 200 Butterfly
25. W 800 FR
26. M 200 FR

Saturday, July 27

Prelims:

• Warm-Up: 6:00-8:20 AM
• Start: 8:30 AM

27. W 400 Freestyle
28. M 400 Freestyle
29. W 100 Butterfly
30. M 100 Butterfly
31. W 200 Breaststroke
32. M 200 Breaststroke

Finals:

• Warm-Up: 4:00-4:50 PM
• Start: 5:00 PM

27. W 400 Freestyle
28. M 400 Freestyle
29. W 100 Butterfly
30. M 100 Butterfly
31. W 200 Breaststroke
32. M 200 Breaststroke
33. W 400 FR
34. M 400 FR

Sunday, July 28

Prelims:

• Warm-Up: 6:00-8:20 AM
• Start: 8:30 AM

35. W 50 Backstroke
36. M 50 Backstroke
37. W 800 Freestyle
38. M 1500 Freestyle
39. W 200 IM
40. M 200 IM
41. W 50 Freestyle
42. M 50 Freestyle

Finals:

• Warm-Up: 4:00-4:50 PM
• Start: 5:00 PM

35. W 50 Backstroke
36. M 50 Backstroke
37. W 800 Freestyle
38. M 1500 Freestyle
39. W 200 IM
40. M 200 IM
41. W 50 Freestyle
42. M 50 Freestyle
43. W 400 MR
44. M 400 MR

Please check the official NCSA website for additional details and updates.