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United States Aquatic Sports

Sport	USA Swimming USA Diving United States Synchronized Swimming USA Water Polo U.S. Masters Swimming
Jurisdiction	National
Abbreviation	USAS
Founded	1980 (1980)
Affiliation	FINA
President	Bill Smith
Vice president(s)	Jim Sheehan Kathy Dacey
Secretary	Laurette Longmire
Official website
www.teamunify.com/Home.jsp?team=usas

United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) is the national federation for aquatic sports which represents the United States in FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation). Since by U.S. law and FINA regulations, the United States must have only one national federation for itself to FINA, United States Aquatic Sports has served as the unifying body for the sports since 1980. Five separate national governing bodies (NGBs) make up USAS: USA Swimming, USA Diving, United States Synchronized Swimming, USA Water Polo, and U.S. Masters Swimming. Of the five, only U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) is not a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USMS's main aim is adult swimming, exclusive of Olympic-swimming which is the domain of USA Swimming).

United States Aquatic Sports plays a very minor role in representation, and while USAS is the titular member federation, the NGBs play de facto roles in making decisions about participation in international competition and hosting. Ostensibly, USAS will "sign off" on the selections of an NGB's delegation to an international competition (whether hosted by the IOC, FINA, or ASUA).

USAS hosts an annual convention where the five NGBs meet, as well; currently this meeting also includes the annual conventions for all but water polo--who is in-season at the time, and instead holds its annual convention at another time of the year. The reasoning behind this is to allow the NGBs to save money on their national conventions and to allow collaboration between the NGBs on common issues of interest. USAS meetings are also held at the time.

United States Aquatic Sports Convention locations

See also

• United States women's national water polo team
• Swimming (sport) #Swimwear

Notes

1. The 2001 USAS Convention was to fully begin on Wednesday, September 12, 2001; however, due to the September 11 attacks and subsequent plane groundings, only about a quarter of all registered delegates arrived in Dearborn for the convention. The Masters group rescheduled their meetings and held it in Louisville, Kentucky, a few weeks later; however, the other NGBs simply postponed most items until the next year.

External links

• United States Aquatic Sports official website
• USA Water Polo official website

v t e National members of World Aquatics
Current Olympic disciplines Swimming Diving Open water Synchronised swimming Water polo Other disciplines High diving
Africa (Africa Aquatics)	ALG ANG BDI BEN BOT BUR CAF CGO CHA CIV CMR COD COM CPV DJI EGY ERI ETH GAB GAM GBS GEQ GHA GUI KEN LBA LBR LES MAD MAR MAW MLI MOZ MRI MTN NAM NGR NIG RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM SUD SWZ TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZIM
Americas (PanAm Aquatics)	North America CAN USA Central America and Caribbean (CCCAN) AGU ANT ARU BAH BAR BER BIZ CAY CRC CUB CUR DMA DOM ESA GRN GUA HAI HON ISV IVB JAM LCA MEX NCA PAN PUR SKN TCN TTO VIN South America (CONSANAT) ARG BOL BRA COL CHI ECU GUY PAR PER SUR URU VEN
Asia (Asia Aquatics)	AFG BAN BRN BHU BRU CAM CHN HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JOR JPN KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LBN MAC MAS MDV MGL MYA NEP OMA PAK PHI PLE PRK QAT SGP SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TLS TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
Europe (European Aquatics)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FAR FIN FRA GBR GEO GER GIB GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR
Oceania (Oceania Aquatics)	ASA AUS COK FIJ FSM GUM MHL NMA NZL PLW PNG SAM SOL TGA VAN
Pinnacle Events Olympics World Aquatics Championships

v t e Swimming in the United States
General	USA Swimming U.S. Masters Swimming Records Swimmers Coaches Venues
Meets	Championships Nationals Spring Nationals Short Course Nationals U.S. Open Trials Olympic Trials College Men's NCAA Division I Women's NCAA Division I Men's NCAA Division II Women's NCAA Division II Men's NCAA Division III Women's NCAA Division III Women's AIAW
Related	Western Kentucky University swim team hazing scandal

v t e International swimming
Olympic Games Youth World Championships Open Water Short Course Junior Masters Para INAS World Cup World Series Paralympic Games Geography Achievements by nation
Africa	CANA – African Championships African Games African Junior Championships
Americas	UANA (AFC CCCAN CONSANAT USAS) – Caribbean Islands Championships Central American & Caribbean Championships South American Championships Pan American Games
Asia	AASF – Asian Championships Asian Games
Europe	LEN – European Championships European Short Course Championships European Junior Championships European U-23 Championships European Games European Para Championships
Oceania	OSA – Oceania Championships Pacific Games
International	Arab Championships Arab Games Commonwealth Games International Swimming League Mediterranean Games Pan Pacific Championships Universiade
World Aquatics

• National members of the Swimming Union of the Americas
• Sports governing bodies in the United States
• Swimming in the United States