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The 2006-2008 USA Swimming National Team Quadrennial Plan

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From USA Swimming, for About.com

The full 2006-2008 National Team Quadrennial Plan is as follows:

USA Swimming National Team Quadrennial Plan

    2006
    Oct 29-Nov 1 National Junior Team Camp - Colorado Springs, Colo.
    Nov 10-12 Grand Prix (SCY) - San Antonio, Texas
    Nov 30-Dec 2 U.S. Open (long course) - West Lafayette, Ind.

    2007
    Jan 12-15 Long Beach Grand Prix of Swimming (SCY) - Long Beach, Calif.
    Jan 10-15 Junior Pan Pacific Championships - Maui, Hawaii

      Pool competition: Jan 11-14
      Open Water competition: Jan 15
    Feb 16-19 Grand Prix Meet (Long Course) – Columbia, Mo.
    Mar 18-Apr 1 World Championships-Melbourne, Australia
      Mar 25-Apr 1 Pool competition
      Mar 18-25 Open Water competition
    Apr 3 Mutual of Omaha Duel in Pool - Sydney, Australia
    Mar 27-31 USA Swimming Spring Championships (Long Course) - East Meadow, N.Y.
    Apr 19-22 National Team Camp (World University Games and Pan American Games) - Colorado Springs, Colo.
    Apr 24-27 National Team Coaches Camp
    May 17-20 Grand Prix Meet - Ann Arbor, Mich.
    Jun 7-10 Grand Prix Meet - Charlotte, N.C.
    Jun 28-Jul 1 Grand Prix Meet - Santa Clara, Calif.
    Jul 12-15 Grand Prix Meet - Los Angeles, Calif.
    Jul 13-29 Pan American Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
      Jul 16-21 Pool competition
      Jul 14 Open water competition
    Jul 31-Aug 4 ConocoPhillips National Championships - Indianapolis, Ind.
    Aug 6-10 Speedo Junior National Championships - Indianapolis, Ind.
    Aug 8-14 World University Games - Bangkok, Thailand
    Aug 21-24 Japan International Grand Prix - Chiba, Japan
    Oct TBD National Junior Team Camp - TBD
    Nov TBD Grand Prix Meet - Minneapolis, Minn.
    Nov 29-Dec 1 Short Course National Championships - Atlanta, Ga.
      Selection for 2008 Short Course World Championships
    Dec 2 Long Course Time Final National Invitational - Atlanta, Ga.

    2008
    Jan TBD Junior Team Competition - TBD
    Jan 19-21 Long Beach Grand Prix of Swimming (Short Course) - Long Beach, Calif.
    Feb 15-18 Grand Prix Meet - TBD
    Apr 3-6 Grand Prix Meet - Stanford, Calif.
    Apr 9-13 Short Course World Championships - Manchester, England
    May 15-18 Grand Prix Meet - Santa Clara, Calif.
    Jun 5-8 Grand Prix Meet - Charlotte, N.C.
    Jun 5-8 Grand Prix Meet - Omaha, Neb.
    Jun 29 - Jul 6 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Omaha, Neb.
    Jul 7-25 Olympic Team domestic training camp - Palo Alto, Calif.
    Jul 29-Aug 2 ConocoPhillips National Championships - Minneapolis, Minn.
    Aug 4-8 Junior Championships - Minneapolis, Minn.
    Aug 8-24 Olympic Games - Beijing, China

      Aug 9-16 Pool competition
      Aug 20-21 Open Water competition
    Sep 4-9 FINA World Youth Championships - Monterrey, Mexico
    Oct TBD National Junior Team Camp - TBD
    Nov 14-16 Grand Prix Meet - Minneapolis, Minn.
    Dec 4-6 Short Course National Championships - Atlanta, Ga.
    Dec 7 Long Course Timed Final National Invitational - Atlanta, Ga.

USA Swimming National Team Open Water Quadrennial Plan

    2007
    Mar 12-17 Open Water training camp - Melbourne, Australia
    Mar 18-25 FINA World Championships - Melbourne, Australia
    May 13-17 Open Water training camp - Fort Meyers, Fla.
    May 17-21 Open Water National Championships - Fort Meyers, Fla.
      Selection meet for Pan American Games and Seville World Cup
    Jun 4-10 Seville World Cup – Seville, Spain
    Jun 30 Long Beach Open Water Grand Prix (5K) - Long Beach, Calif.
    Jul 14 10 K Open Water Pan American Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Aug 5 Open Water Grand Prix - Indianapolis, Ind.
    Aug 11 Open Water 37K - Atlantic City, N.J.
    Oct 20 10 K (women) Selection Meet - Bakersfield, Calif.
    Oct 21 10 K (men) Selection Meet - Bakersfield, Calif.

    2008
    Apr 29-May 4 2008 FINA Open Water World Championships - Seville, Spain

      Selection for 2008 Olympic Games
    May 31-Jun 1 Olympic Test Event - Beijing, China
    Jul 11-25 Olympic Team required domestic camp - Palo Alto, Calif.
    Jul 25-Aug 3 Required domestic camp - Napa, Calif.
    Aug 5-9 Training Camp - Beijing, China
    Aug 8 Opening Ceremonies
    Aug 9-15 Training Camp - Japan
    Aug 16-20 Olympic Games - Beijing, China
      Aug 20-21 Open Water competition

About USA Swimming: As the National Governing Body for competitive swimming in the United States, USA Swimming formulates the rules, implements policies and procedures, conducts national championships, disseminates safety and sports medicine information and selects athletes to represent the United States in international competition. USA Swimming has more than 300,000 members nationwide and sanctions more than 7,000 events each year. For more information, visit http://usaswimming.org.

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