USA Swimming is planning a return to the pool. Though, no one is quite sure how it will all play out during the coronavirus pandemic.
The national governing body unveiled a tentative schedule Monday that begins with a series of regional events in August before a national lineup of meets kicks off in early November — all leading up to next summer’s Olympic trials in Omaha, Nebraska and the Tokyo Games.
Tentative is the key word, for sure. “I think everything is taken with a grain of salt and maybe even more than one grain of salt,” said Mike Unger, USA Swimming’s chief operating officer. “We’re trying to bring normalcy back when it’s not normal, and we know that.