United States Swimming National Championships

The United States Swimming National Championships (aka "Nationals") are held annually, typically in early August. 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: and Spring and Summer Nationals. The Spring meet began as a 25-yard (short course) meet, while the Summer meet was long course. Prior to USA Swimming's creation in the late 1970s, the meet was run by the AAU.

Phillips 66 began sponsoring the meet in 1973, which continues through today although the branding of the sponsorship changed to ConocoPhillips in the early 2000s. This is one of the longest sponsorships in U.S. sports.

Venues

• 1962 - Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (men's), Chicago, Illinois (women's)
• 1963 - Oak Park, IL (men's), High Point, North Carolina (women's)
• 1964 - Palo Alto, California
• 1965 - Toledo, Ohio
• 1966 - Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1967 - Oak Park, IL (men's), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (women's)
• 1968 - Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1969 - Louisville, Kentucky
• 1970 - Los Angeles, California
• 1971 - Houston, Texas
• 1972 - Lincoln, Nebraska [together with Olympic Trails at Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL, NOT Lincoln Nebraska]
• 1973 - Louisville, Kentucky
• 1974 - Concord, California
• 1975 - Kansas City, Kansas
• 1976 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1977 - Mission Viejo, California
• 1978 - The Woodlands, Texas (together with the US World Championships Trials)
• 1979 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• 1980 - Santa Clara, California
• 1981 - Brown Deer, Wisconsin
• 1982 - Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1983 - Fresno, California
• 1984 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• 1985 - Mission Viejo, California
• 1986 - Santa Clara, California
• 1987 - Fresno, California
• 1988 – Indianapolis, Indiana (together with US Olympic Trials)
• 1989 - Los Angeles, California
• 1990 - Austin, Texas
• 1991 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• 1992 - Mission Viejo, California
• 1993 - Austin, Texas
• 1994 - Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1995 - Pasadena, California
• 1996 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• 1997 - Nashville, Tennessee
• 1998 - Fresno, California
• 1999 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
• 2000 - replaced by the US Olympic Trials
• 2001 - Fresno, California
• 2002 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
• 2003 - College Park, Maryland
• 2004 - Stanford, California
• 2005 - Irvine, California
• 2006 - Irvine, California
• 2007 - Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2008—incorporated into US Olympic Trials
• 2009 - Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2010 - Irvine, California
• 2011 - Palo Alto, California
• 2012 - replaced by the US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska
• 2013 - Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2014 - Irvine, California
• 2015 - San Antonio, Texas
• 2016—incorporated into US Olympic Trials

Men's Team Champions

• 1989 - Little Rock Dolphins

Championships records

Men

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	21.47		Weber-Gale, GarrettGarrett Weber-Gale	-	5 July 2008	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
50m freestyle	21.47		Adrian, NathanNathan Adrian	California	29 June 2013	2013 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[1]
100m freestyle	47.58	sf	Lezak, JasonJason Lezak	Rose Bowl Aquatics	2 July 2008	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
200m freestyle	1:44.10		Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps	Club Wolverine	1 July 2008	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
400m freestyle	3:43.53		Jensen, LarsenLarsen Jensen	Trojan Swim Club	29 June 2008	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
800m freestyle	7:46.78		Jaeger, ConnorConnor Jaeger	University of Michigan	29 June 2013	2013 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[2]
1500m freestyle	14:45.54		Vanderkaay, PeterPeter Vanderkaay	Club Wolverine	6 July 2008	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
50m backstroke	24.52		Plummer, DavidDavid Plummer	Minnetonka	27 June 2013	2013 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[3]
100m backstroke	51.94	WR	Peirsol, AaronAaron Peirsol	-	8 July 2009	2009 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[4]
200m backstroke	1:53.08		Peirsol, AaronAaron Peirsol	-	11 July 2009	2009 Championships	Indianapolis, United States
50m breaststroke	27.10	h	McHugh, BrendanBrendan McHugh	Greater Philadelphia AC	8 August 2014	2014 Championships	Irvine, United States	[5]
100m breaststroke	58.94	sf, AM	Cordes, KevinKevin Cordes	Fox Valley	26 June 2016	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States	[6]
200m breaststroke	2:07.17	AM	Prenot, JoshJosh Prenot	California	30 June 2016	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States	[7]
50 m butterfly
100m butterfly	50.22		Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps	Club Wolverine	9 July 2009	2009 Championships	Indianapolis, United States
200m butterfly	1:52.20		Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps	Club Wolverine	2 July 2008	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
200m individual medley	1:54.56		Lochte, RyanRyan Lochte	-	10 July 2009	2009 Championships	Indianapolis, United States
400m individual medley	4:05.25		Phelps, MichaelMichael Phelps	Club Wolverine	29 June 2008	U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
4×100 m freestyle relay
4×200 m freestyle relay
4×100 m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by USA Swimming; WR – World record; AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Women

Event	Time		Name	Club	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
50m freestyle	24.25		Torres, DaraDara Torres	Coral Spring Swim Club	6 July 2008	2008 U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
100m freestyle	53.28		Weitzeil, AbbeyAbbey Weitzeil	Canyons Aquatic Club	1 July 2016	2016 U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States	[8]
200m freestyle	1:54.40		Schmitt, AllisonAllison Schmitt	North Baltimore	28 June 2012	2012 U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
400m freestyle	3:58.86		Ledecky, KatieKatie Ledecky	Nation's Capital	9 August 2014	2014 Championships	Irvine, United States	[9]
800m freestyle	8:10.32		Ledecky, KatieKatie Ledecky	Nation's Capital	2 July 2016	2016 U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States	[10]
1500m freestyle	15:47.15		Ledecky, KatieKatie Ledecky	Nations Capital	29 June 2013	2013 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[11]
50m backstroke	27.68		Bootsma, RachelRachel Bootsma	California Aquatics	27 June 2013	2013 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[12]
100m backstroke	58.67		Franklin, MissyMissy Franklin	Colorado Stars	25 June 2013	2013 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[13]
200m backstroke	2:05.68		Franklin, MissyMissy Franklin	Colorado Stars	26 June 2013	2013 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[14]
50m breaststroke	30.12		Hardy, JessicaJessica Hardy	Trojan SC	8 August 2014	2014 Championships	Irvine, United States	[15]
100m breaststroke	1:05.34		Soni, RebeccaRebecca Soni	Trojan SC	9 July 2009	2009 Championships	Indianapolis, United States
200m breaststroke	2:20.38		Soni, RebeccaRebecca Soni	Trojan SC	11 July 2009	2009 Championships	Indianapolis, United States
50m butterfly	25.50	tt, AM	Torres, DaraDara Torres	Coral Springs	11 July 2009	2009 Championships	Indianapolis, United States	[16]
100m butterfly	56.42		Vollmer, DanaDana Vollmer	California Aquatics	25 June 2012	2012 U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
200m butterfly	2:05.96		Meagher, Mary T.Mary T. Meagher	Lakeside	13 August 1981	1981 Championships	Brown Deer, United States
200m individual medley	2:09.34		Smit, JuliaJulia Smit	Stanford	7 July 2009	2009 Championships	Indianapolis, United States
400m individual medley	4:31.12		Hoff, KatieKatie Hoff	North Baltimore	29 June 2008	2008 U.S. Olympic Trials	Omaha, United States
4×100m freestyle relay
4×200m freestyle relay
4×100m medley relay

Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by USA Swimming; WR – World record; AM – Americas record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

References

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