USA Swimming Pro Swimming Task Force Proposal Moving Forward

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 3. AS Swimming World has covered in the past few months, USA Swimming president Jim Wood put together a Professional Swimming Task Force. The panel put forth a new proposal to the USA Swimming Board, and that proposal has been approved. The next step is to work the proposal into the USA Swimming budget, which will be reviewed by the executive committee in August and the House of Delegates in September.

"This has been a team effort by athletes, coaches, volunteers and USA Swimming staff to create an ambitious plan that will lead to continued international swimming success," panel co-chair Trent Staley told Swimming World. "I am very thankful for the approval of the Board but know that there is plenty of work still to be done this summer."

The plan identifies three objectives to support Pro and Post Graduate swimmers: read more...