The United States Swimming National Championships (a.k.a. "Nationals") are held annually, in summer. The event is organized by USA Swimming, and is held in a long course (50m) pool. In the past, and as recently as 2007, there were 2 meets annually: and Spring and Summer Nationals. The Spring meet began as a 25-yard (short course) meet, while the Summer meet was long course. Prior to USA Swimming's creation in the late 1970s, the meet was run by the AAU. Phillips 66 began sponsoring the meet in 1973, which continues through today although the branding of the sponsorship changed to ConocoPhillips in the early 2000s. This is one of the longest sponsorships in U.S. sports. Venues 1962 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (men's), Chicago, Illinois (women's) 1963 – Oak Park, IL (men's), High Point, North Carolina (women's) 1964 – Palo Alto, California 1965 – Toledo, Ohio 1966 – Lincoln, Nebraska 1967 – Oak Park, IL (men's), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (women's) 1968 – Lincoln, Nebraska 1969 – Louisville, Kentucky 1970 – Los Angeles, California 1971 – Houston, Texas 1972 – Hershey, Pennsylvania 1972 – Olympic Trials, Portage Park, Illinois 1973 – Louisville, Kentucky 1974 – Concord, California 1975 – Kansas City, Kansas 1976 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1976 – Olympic Trials, Long Beach, California 1977 – Mission Viejo, California 1978 – The Woodlands, Texas (together with the US World Championships Trials) 1979 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 1980 – Irvine, California 1981 – Brown Deer, Wisconsin 1982 – Indianapolis, Indiana 1983 – Fresno, California 1984 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 1985 – Mission Viejo, California 1986 – Santa Clara, California 1987 – Fresno, California 1988 – Austin, Texas (together with US Olympic Trials) 1989 – Los Angeles, California 1990 – Austin, Texas (together with the US World Championships Trials) 1991 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 1992 – Mission Viejo, California 1993 – Austin, Texas 1994 – Indianapolis, Indiana 1995 – Pasadena, California 1996 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 1997 – Nashville, Tennessee 1998 – Fresno, California 1999 – Minneapolis, Minnesota 2000 – replaced by the US Olympic Trials 2001 – Fresno, California 2002 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 2003 – College Park, Maryland 2004 – Stanford, California 2005 – Irvine, California 2006 – Irvine, California 2007 – Indianapolis, Indiana 2008 – incorporated into US Olympic Trials 2009 – Indianapolis, Indiana 2010 – Irvine, California 2011 – Palo Alto, California 2012 – replaced by the US Olympic Trials in Omaha,