The United States Short Course National Championships or USA Swimming Winter Nationals is a national championship meet organized by USA Swimming. The competition is swum short course yards (SCY), in a pool 25-yards long. The meet's most recent incarnation began in 2007 and was held annually in November or December until 2018 when it returned to being held in March.

Prior to 1991, the annual spring U.S. national championships were swum as a 25-yard meet; however, from 1991-2007, the meet was held as a long course (50m) meet. In the mid-2000s, USA Swimming decided to revive a Nationals meet in the short-course-yards format, but decided that the meet should be in December, rather than the late-March/early April time frame that the Spring Nationals had turned into. For 2016 USA Swimming returned to the old format with two short course Nationals in one year, American Short Course Championships in March in Austin and the Winter National Championships in Atlanta in December.

Editions

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2012)
Year Location Pool Dates Results Note
1989 Chapel Hill, North Carolina March Spring Championships
1990 Nashville, Tennessee March 19–23 Spring Championships
2007 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech Aquatic Center November 29 – December 1 results
2008 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech Aquatic Center December 4–6 results
2009 Federal Way, Washington Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center December 3–5 results
2010 Columbus, Ohio Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion December 2–4 results
2011 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech Aquatic Center December 1–3 results
2012 Austin, Texas Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center November 29 – December 1 results
2013 Knoxville, Tennessee Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center December 5–7 results
2014 Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro Aquatic Center December 3–6 results
2015 Federal Way, Washington Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center December 3–5 results long course
2016 Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Tech Aquatic Center November 30 – December 3 results
2017 Columbus, Ohio Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion November 29 – December 2 results
2018 Austin, Texas Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center March 1–3 results
2019 Austin, Texas Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center March 7–8
2020 Austin, Texas Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center March 5–7
2021 Austin, Texas Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center March 4–6
2022 Austin, Texas Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center March 3–5

Championships records

Men

Event Time Name Club Date Location Ref
50y freestyle 18.77 Nathan Adrian California Golden Bears November 30, 2017 Columbus, United States [1]
100y freestyle 41.22 Nathan Adrian California Golden Bears December 2, 2017 Columbus, United States [2]
200y freestyle 1:31.31 † Ricky Berens Texas Longhorns March 7, 2013 Austin, United States [3]
500y freestyle 4:07.25 NR Zane Grothe Indiana University November 30, 2017 Columbus, United States [4]
1650y freestyle 14:18.25 NR Zane Grothe Indiana University December 2, 2017 Columbus, United States [5]
100y backstroke 44.07 Nick Thoman SwimMAC Carolina December 6, 2013 Knoxville, United States [6]
200y backstroke 1:36.81 Ryan Lochte Daytona Beach December 1, 2007 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
100y breaststroke 50.80 Nicolas Fink Georgia Bulldogs December 1, 2017 Columbus, United States [7]
200y breaststroke 1:49.31 Cody Miller Sandpipers of Nevada December 2, 2017 Columbus, United States [8]
100y butterfly 43.84 NR Tom Shields California Golden Bears December 2, 2016 Atlanta, United States [9]
200y butterfly 1:40.24 Tom Shields California Golden Bears December 1, 2012 Austin, United States [10]
200y individual medley 1:40.08 Ryan Lochte Daytona Beach November 29, 2007 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
400y individual medley 3:37.51 Shaine Casas Texas A&M March 6, 2020 Austin, Texas, United States [11]
4×50y freestyle relay 1:17.06
SwimMAC Carolina December 5, 2013 Knoxville, United States [12]
4×100y freestyle relay 2:51.16
University of California December 7, 2013 Knoxville, United States [13]
4×200y freestyle relay 6:12.43
Club Wolverine November 30, 2007 Atlanta, Georgia, United States [14]
4×50y medley relay 1:23.02
SwimMAC Carolina December 6, 2013 Knoxville, United States [15]
4×100y medley relay 3:05.69
Arizona Wildcats November 29, 2012 Austin, United States [16]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by USA Swimming; NR – United States 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 Location Ref
50y freestyle 21.12 NR Abbey Weitzeil Canyon March 5, 2016 Austin, United States [17]
100y freestyle 46.47 h Abbey Weitzeil Canyon March 6, 2016 Austin, United States [18]
200y freestyle 1:41.17 Mallory Comerford Louisville Cardinals December 1, 2017 Columbus, United States [19]
500y freestyle 4:29.54 Katie Ledecky Nation's Capital December 4, 2014 Greensboro, United States [20]
1650y freestyle 15:13.30 NR Katie Ledecky Nation's Capital December 6, 2014 Greensboro, United States [21]
100y backstroke 50.64 Natalie Coughlin Cal Aquatics November 30, 2007 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
200y backstroke 1:49.18 Missy Franklin Colorado Stars December 1, 2012 Austin, United States [22]
100y breaststroke 57.62 Alia Atkinson South Florida December 6, 2013 Knoxville, United States [23]
200y breaststroke 2:05.04 h Laura Sogar University of Texas December 1, 2012 Austin, United States [24]
100y butterfly 49.87 Kelsi Worrell Louisville Cardinals December 1, 2017 Columbus, United States [25]
200y butterfly 1:51.02 h Katinka Hosszú USC Trojans December 4, 2010 Columbus, Ohio, United States [26]
200y individual medley 1:52.63 Melanie Margalis Florida Swimming November 30, 2017 Columbus, United States [27]
400y individual medley 4:00.03 Katinka Hosszú USC Trojans December 3, 2010 Columbus, Ohio, United States [28][29]
4×50y freestyle relay 1:27.19
SwimMAC Carolina December 5, 2013 Knoxville, United States [30]
4×100y freestyle relay 3:12.15
Louisville Cardinals December 2, 2017 Columbus, United States [31]
4×200y freestyle relay 6:59.11
California Golden Bears December 6, 2013 Knoxville, United States [32]
4×50y medley relay 1:36.46
  • Lauren Smart
     (24.57)
  • Ellyn Baumgardner
     (26.79)
  • Megan Lafferty
     (23.67)
  • Margo Geer
     (21.43)
 Arizona Wildcats November 30, 2012 Austin, United States [33]
4×100y medley relay 3:29.91
California Golden Bears December 5, 2013 Knoxville, United States [34]
Legend: # – Record awaiting ratification by USA Swimming; NR – United States 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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