U.S. Open to Return to Greensboro in December 2022; Winter Juniors in Greensboro and Austin
Later this month, USA Swimming will hold the biggest domestic competition of 2022 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center when this year’s World Championships team is selected, and more major meets will be held in central North Carolina at the end of the year. USA Swimming has revealed that Greensboro will play host to the U.S. Open, a long course competition in early December, as well as one of the two Winter Junior National meets held one week later. The western edition of Juniors will take place in Austin, Texas, and all three of these meets are returning to the same sites where they were held in December 2021.
The 2021 edition of the U.S. Open was a sparsely-attended competition with many of the country’s top athletes either taking a hiatus from racing after the Olympics, competing in college competitions or finishing up their ISL season with the ISL final held on the same days, although the meet did mark Katie Ledecky’s first races since the Tokyo Olympics. But with this year’s meet further along in the Olympic cycle and all ISL competition cancelled for 2022, the field of participating athletes figures to be more competitive.
Greensboro has become a central hub of USA Swimming’s competitions in recent years, but this month’s Trials will be the most significant event the venue has ever hosted. The site has also hosted several NCAA Championships, including the women’s meet in 2015 and 2021 and the men’s meet in 2021.
Read the announcement from USA Swimming below:
USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of the sport of swimming in the United States, today announced the dates and locations for the 2022 Toyota U.S. Open, Speedo Winter Junior Championships East and Speedo Winter Junior Championships West.
This year’s Toyota U.S. Open will take place November 30-December 3 in Greensboro, N.C. at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. The venue has hosted many national-level competitions, including TYR Pro Swim Series meets, NCAA Championships, the 2020 Toyota U.S. Open and more. The venue will also be the site for the Phillips 66 International Team Trials, which take place April 26-30.
The long-course meter competition is expected to consist of hundreds of athletes, including members of this year’s U.S. National Team, National Junior Team, 2020 U.S. Olympic team and 2022 FINA World Championships U.S. roster. Click here for additional information on the Toyota U.S. Open.
The Speedo Winter Junior National Championships will be shortly after the Toyota U.S. Open, with competition taking place December 7-10 across two sites. The Speedo Winter Junior National Championships East will take place in Greensboro, N.C. at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, while the Speedo Winter Junior National Championships West will take place in Austin, Texas, at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. The meet will be the first national-level, short-course yard meet of the 2022-2023 season for many of the nation’s emerging athletes.
Click here for additional information on the Speedo Winter Junior National Championships.
To see the full list of upcoming national events, visit USA Swimming’s event page.