US Masters Short Course Championships

I was doing some research the other night about other possible meets that I could go to after provincials in April since it seems I won't be able to go to the Canadian Masters Nationals in Winnipeg in May due to financial reasons. I discovered that the US Masters Short Course Yards Nationals will be held in Federal Way, Washington (a suburb of Seattle) the same weekend as Canadian nationals. Since it's a lot cheaper for me to go to Seattle than it is to go to Winnipeg due to distance etc., I think I'll look into the possibility of competing at the US Masters SC Nationals instead. Apparently, if I only want to swim 3 races, I don't have to meet any of the qualifying times which is good because unfortunately, I don't qualify in anything for my age group. I have only swum in a yards meet once or twice in my life so I'm not even sure what I could do. I imagine it must be somewhat easier since the distance is slightly less.
I hope to maybe convince a couple of people from my team to go to the SC Nationals in Seattle. I'm sure they might be more inclined to do that than go all the way to Winnipeg... we'll have to see how it goes. I really hope that I'll be able to go...