2018 Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships

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Registration Schedule

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Sanctioned by Pacific Masters Swimming, Inc. for USMS, Inc.
Sanction # 388-S013

Location: Clarke Swim Center, Heather Farm Park, Walnut Creek, CA

Directions: From I-680 North, take Ygnacio Valley Road Exit. Turn right onto Ygnacio Valley Rd. and drive east about 2 miles to San Carlos Dr.. Enter the left turn lane and turn left onto North San Carlos Dr.. Go one block to Heather Drive turn left. The Clarke Swim Center is on your right. From I-680 South, take the North Main exit going south. Continue south on N. Main Street to Ygnacio Valley Road. Turn left onto Ygnacio Valley Road and continue east on Ygnacio Valley Road to San Carlos Drive, as above.

Facility: All deep 6-Lane 25 Meter course for competition with separate 6-25 yard lanes provided for warm-up and warm-down throughout the meet; bleachers and lawn seating, and snack bar. The length of the competition course without a bulkhead is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1. The primary timing system will be automatic timing (Colorado Timing System). Times may be submitted for USMS records and USMS Top 10 consideration.

Check-In: This is a partially pre-seeded meet. Swimmers are considered checked in for all individual events with a distance of 100m and less. Swimmers can check in on SwimPhone at www.SwimPhone.com for all events by 5:30 AM each day. This meet will be deck seeded for events 200m and longer. Athletes who have not checked in online must check-in at the Clerk-of-Course. The first four events of each session, if deck seeded, shall be closed more than 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the session. Close of check-in for all other deck seeded individual events shall be no more than 60 minutes before the estimated time of the start of the first heat of the event. Athletes who do not check-in will not be seeded and will not be allowed to compete in that
event.

Age Groups: Individual events: 18-24, 25-29, etc. Relay events based on sum of the four swimmers’ ages, 72-99, 100-119, 120-159, 160-199, etc. Age is determined by your age on December 31, 2018.

Online Meet Entry: (Deadline: Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 11:59 PM).
You will receive immediate confirmation of acceptance via email. Relay only swimmers must enter online (no charge) and bring a copy of their entry confirmation to the meet. Individual Online Entries Due: Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 11:59 PM Relay Only Online Entries Due: Sunday, October 7, 2018, 11:59 PM – relay only swimmers may enter after the individual online entries close.
Relay Team Online Entries Due: Thursday, October 11, 2018, 11:59 PM – Relay Team entries may be entered after the individual online entries close but relay teams may not be entered until all team members have registered for the meet.

Note:  No late or deck entries will be accepted.  No refunds will be made. Incomplete entries cannot be processed and will be returned.  The Meet Director is forbidden to accept late or incomplete entries

Event Limits and Seeding: Enter short course meters times for seeding purposes. SC yard times to SC meters times conversion tables can be found at: http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/results/conversions.asp Swimmers may enter no more than five
individual events per day and a total of seven for the three days.  Because this is a Championship meet NT (No Time) entries are not allowed. All events will be seeded FASTEST to SLOWEST. 2018 USMS Rules govern this meet. You must be 2018 USMS registered. Women and men will swim together for the 1500m Free (events 7,8) and the 800m Free (events 31,32).

Entry Fees: $18 for one event, $38 for 2-4 events, $43 for 5-7 events (all online fees are included)

Relay Entry Fees: Fees for Relays are $8.00 per Relay. Entries must show correct first and last names and correct age for each swimmer. Swimmers may swim in either the gender or mixed relay of a particular type, but not both. Saturday relay entries are due on Friday at meet end (any club not swimming on Friday may email entries to meet director). Sunday relay entries are due on Saturday at meet end. Enter Relays online to get a discount ! Clubs that enter relays online through Club Assistant pay only $5.00 per relay.

Scoring and Awards: Individual events: 21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and double for relays for each age group. *NOTE* Only two relay teams per club may score per age group of a relay. Ribbons will be presented first through eighth place. High point awards for each gender and age group. Team awards will be given for the top three teams in large, medium and small divisions.

Snack Bar: Available all three days.

Meet Director: Gordon Bell, gordon.ed.bell@gmail.com , (925) 285-7024    Referee: John King

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "SWIM4WCM.ORG."