2010-2011 USA Swimming Grand Prix Swim Meet Series
- Minnesota Grand Prix 12-14 Nov, 2010
Minneapolis, MN - Austin Grand Prix 14-17 Jan, 2011
Austin, TX - Missouri Grand Prix 18-21 Feb, 2011
Columbia, MO - Indianapolis Grand Prix 3-5 Mar, 2011
Indianapolis, IN - Michigan Grand Prix 8-10 Apr, 2011
Ann Arbor, MI - Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix 12-15 May, 2011
Charlotte, NC - Santa Clara International Grand Prix 16-19 Jun, 2011
Santa Clara, CA
The Minnesota Grand Prix kicks off November 12 in Minneapolis at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. The meet, which will be contested in short course yards, will also feature National Teamers Chloe Sutton (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.), Elizabeth Pelton (Baltimore, Md.), Christine Jennings (Longmont, Colo.), David Plummer (Oklahoma City, Okla,) and Tunisian Olympic gold medalist Ous Mellouli. Prelims begin at 9 a.m. and finals begin at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
The 2010-2011 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series will also feature stops in Austin, Texas; Columbia, Mo.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; Charlotte, N.C and Santa Clara, Calif. The $20,000 prize will be awarded at the final stop of the series in Santa Clara on June 19, 2011.
Television and online coverage will also be provided of all 2010-2011 USA Swimming Grand Prix events. Universal Sports will broadcast the Austin Grand Prix (January 14-17), the Missouri Grand Prix (February 18-21), the Indianapolis Grand Prix (March 3-5) and the Michigan Grand Prix (April 8-10). Online coverage of all seven events will be provided by Swimnetwork.com and Universalsports.com.
This is the fourth year in a row that prize money has been awarded to the overall point leader of the Grand Prix Series. In its inaugural year in 2008, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps took home the prize. The 2009 purse went to National Team swimmer Mary DeScenza (Mohler) and Chloe Sutton took home $20,000 in 2010.
The scoring system awards swimmers points based on gold, silver and bronze-medal performances at each of the eight meets. A gold medal earns a swimmer five points, a silver medal is worth three points and a bronze medal is one point. The standings integrate male and female participants, recognizing the swimmer with the highest cumulative point total. In the event of a tie, the winner will be the swimmer who earned the highest single-race FINA power point ranking. Leaders will be tracked online at www.usaswimming.org and in Splash magazine, the official magazine of USA Swimming.
