Rochester Masters Invite

Registration:  Participants may enter a maximum of 5 individual events.  Entry fees will be refundable if the meet is canceled. Registrants may instead donate refunds to the Adult Learn to Swim Program or the Minnesota Masters Foundation.  Fees are paid by credit card to “MINNESOTA MASTERS.”  Entries are enabled via Club Assistant online only. Those needing to drop from the Meet should e-mail vandammn6@aol.com  by  11:59am 15 Mar. 2024.

Course:  8 lane, 25 yard pool, using 8 lanes for competition.  Space in the adjacent pool will be available throughout the meet for warm-up and cool-down.  The length of the competition pool, which features a bulkhead, is in compliance  with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1.

Positive Check-in:  Positive check-in for the 1650 free by event #22,  by 10:00am for the 500 free and event #5 for the 400 IM. Swimmers who do not confirm their entry at the meet director’s table will be scratched from those events.

Results:  Heat Sheets and results will be posted at the meet venue and unofficial real-time results will be uploaded to Meet Mobile. Final results will be available at www.minnesotamasters.com by the 20th of March.  Times swum by non-Minnesota LMSC members are not eligible for Minnesota LMSC records. 

Seeding:  Event seeding and lane assignments will be assigned prior to the meet and posted at the pool, psych sheets will be available online during the entry period.  Some changes in heats or lanes may occur on the day of the meet.  All individual events 500 yards and shorter and all relays will be seeded slow to fast.  All individual events longer than 500 yards will be seeded fast to slow.  

Relays:  All relays must be submitted no later than 30 minutes prior to the respective relay to the Meet Director.   All relay teams must either e-mail their information to vandammn6@aol.com by noon on the 13th of Mar or complete a relay entry card complete with first name and last name, age and gender of each swimmer on the day of the meet (30 minutes prior to the relay estimated start).  Each card or e-mail must include the club/workout group name.  For the relay to be official, none may be "unattached".  All relay members must be registered with the same club but may be from different workout groups.  The distance and type of relay must be circled or otherwise indicated.  Women's, Men's and Mixed relay heats may be combined depending on the number of entries. 

USMS Split Request: Official split requests for individual events and relays must be submitted using the USMS Split Notification Form.  (Split requests are for Official times for national, world records, and top ten rankings)   Per USMS rules, for backstroke events, and relays you must notify the meet referee/director if you need to record an initial split time before swimming that event, and for individual events other than backstroke you must notify the referee/director before the meet ends.

​​​​​​Record Breaking Swims:  Any Masters swimmer who believes they may break a USMS National or World record should notify the meet referee/director before that event.     

Locker Rooms:  Men's and Women's locker rooms are available for use during the meet.

Warm-ups start at 9:30 AM

Meet starts at 10:30 AM

Meet is estimated to end at 3:00 PM