Metropolitan Swimming

Metro sanctions about 115 swimming competitions per year. Most of these are competed in Short Course Yards, then Long Course Meters, and one Open Water Championship.

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The 2014 Metro Silver Championships are held on March 1 to March 3, 2014 at various locations depending on Metro section (Northern, Central, Southern, etc.). Junior Olympic cuts can be achieved here, but awards are given to only Silver swimmers and JO qualifiers will not receive awards. Any faster swimmer faster than the JO or as fast are not permitted.

The 2014 Metropolitan Junior Olympics will stretch across the entire MR LSC or area. All swimmers from Metro are allowed to attend within the Metropolitan LSC.This meet is considered one of the top meets for the 10 and under and 11-12 age groups. A notable performance at the recent Junior Olympics Championships was that of Nick Torres, who swept all of the individual events in the 11-12 age group. Also, the dominating Team Suffolk 11-12 boys 400 medley relay broke a Metropolitan Record. On that relay was Justin Meyn, Nikolas Daly, Kabir Randhawa, and Dylan Champagne. The Metropolitan record for the 13-14 boys 400 freestyle relay was also broken by Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics. The swimmers were Tim Seliger, Luca Fong, Will Rankin, and Bruce Qian.

The 2013 Zone Team Qualifier takes place at Lehman College, Bronx and will invite all or most Metropolitan teams. Cuts are faster than Junior Olympics and Zone Qualifier (ZQ) times must be achieved before. The Zone Team is decided by top swimmers of each event, and maximum speed cuts for 13 and over are looked over.

Swimmers on the Metropolitan Zone Team compete among other Eastern Zone LSCs, and will be held this year in Buffalo, NY

The Senior Metropolitan (Sr Mets) Championships is an open meet, and swimmers of any age and speed are allowed to attend. It is held this season in SCY at Lehman College APEX, Bronx on February 21 to February 23, 2013 and includes open relays.

The Metropolitan Zone Team represents Metropolitan Swimming at the Eastern Zone Championships. The co-head coaches are Edgar Perez and John Yearwood. Selection for the short course Metro Zone team is based on the Metropolitan Zone Team Qualifier meet held at Lehman College in Bronx, NY. At this meet, the top three 9-10 and 11-12 swimmers in each event qualify for the Metro Zone team. The top two 13-14 and 15-18 swimmers in each event also qualify for the Metro Zone team. Selection for the long course Eastern Zone Championships is based on a qualifying time.

The Metro LSC is run by its board of directors, elected by the House of Delegates.