2012 Pacific Masters Short Course Championships

 

 

Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, March 30 & 31, April 1 2012

 

 

Pool: Soda Aquatic Center, Campolindo High School. 25 yd x 50 meter outdoor heated pool. Twenty lanes are available for competition. On Friday, March 30th the meet will begin at 1 pm (12 pm warm-ups) because school will still be in session for half of the day. There will also be 8 lanes for warm up and cool down.  Locker rooms and additional restrooms are available.

 

Location: 300 Moraga Road, Moraga, CA  94556.

 

Directions:  80 S, take Central Lafayette go R at the end off off ramp and then the first right, turn R onto Mt Diablo Blvd then L onto Moraga Rd.

 

Time: On Friday, check-in and warm-up at 12:00 pm. Meet starts at 1:00 pm with the combined 1650 heats on all courses. On Saturday and Sunday meet starts at 8:30 am with the women’s heats on both courses.

 

Check-In: This is a Pre-Seeded meet. Swimmers are considered checked-in for all individual events with a distance of 200 yards and less. Online check-in will be available for the 1650 at http://www.swimphone.com/mobile/meets/checkin.cfm?smid=3492 from 6:00 pm March 28 until 5:00 am March 30. In-person check-in deadlines are as follows:

Events 1 & 2  1650 free — 12:30 pm

Event 5 Women’s 400 IM — 2:00 pm

Event 6 Men’s 400 IM — 2:30 pm

Event 9 Women’s 500 free — 8:00 am

Event 10 Men’s 500 free — 8:30 am

Events 45 & 46 1000 free — 12:00 pm

 

Relays: Deck entered on yellow relay cards. Fees for RELAYS are $8.00 per relay. Swimmers may swim only once in each relay event. Cards must show correct first and last names and correct age for each swimmer. Relay swimmers not participating in individual events must sign a waiver and show proof of USMS membership. Team relay tabs are acceptable with a blank check payable to Walnut Creek Masters.

 

Seeding: Individual events will be seeded from slowest to fastest. Events 1 & 2 (1650 free) and 45 & 46 (1000 free) will combined for seeding purposes and swum together regardless of gender. The last heat of the 1000 and 1650 will be swum in the first available course where all other heats have been completed.

 

 

Option 1 – Online Meet Entry: (deadline: 11:59 pm Wednesday,  March 21). Enter online for speed, accuracy and receipt of an immediate entry confirmation via email. The billing information email should be brought to the meet as proof of entry. This entry process will include a processing fee by Club Assistant and requires a credit card for payment. The processing fee is included in the online entry fee. Your credit card will be charged by “ClubAssistant.com Event Billing” for this meet.

 

Option 2 – Traditional Mailed: (Entries must be postmarked by  Friday, March 16 and/or received by Monday, March 19, 5:00 pm)

 

Note: This is a cardless meet. No late or deck entries will be accepted. No refunds will be made. No fax entries will be accepted. Incomplete entries cannot be processed and will be returned. Because this is a championship meet, NT (no time) entries are not allowed.

 

Entry Fees: $18 for one event, $38 for 2-4 events, and $43 for 5-7 events.

 

Deadline: Mailed entries must be postmarked by Friday, March 16 and/or received by 5:00 pm Monday, March 19. Online entries must be submitted by 11:59 pm Wednesday, March 21. Meet Directors are forbidden to accept late or incomplete entries!

 

Relay Entry Fees: $8 for each relay. Relay entry fee is discounted to $5 if submitted by 2:00pm March 30, 2012.

 

Snack Bar:  Available throughout the meet.

 

Scoring: Individual events: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Relays: 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 for each age group. *NOTE* Only two relay teams per club may score per age group of a relay.

 

Awards: Ribbons will be presented to first through eighth place finishers. High point awards for each sex and age group. Team trophies will be awarded to the top teams in each Pacific Masters team size division.

 

Program: Available for $5.00

 

Timing: The Hosts will provide one timer per lane throughout the meet. Additional timers for all three days will be requested from those present.

 

Head Referee: John King

 

Meet Directors: Lisa Ward, 925-726-5226, lisaswimsback@sbcglobal.net, Adam Conway, 619-886-6365, conway.adam@gmail.com

 

 

(Odd = Women, Even = Men)

 

1- 2     1650  freestyle - W&M combined

3-4      800  freestyle relay

5- 6     400  I.M.

7-8      200 freestyle

 

9-10    500 freestyle

11-12  50  backstroke

13-14  200  breaststroke

15-16  100  butterfly

17        200  mixed medley relay

19-20  100 IM

21-22  200  backstroke

23-24  50 fly

25        400 mixed freestyle relay

 

27-28  100  freestyle

29-30  50  breaststroke

31-32  200  butterfly

33-34  100 backstroke

35-36  200 freestyle relay

37-38  200 IM

39-40  50  freestyle

41-42  100  breaststroke

43-44  400 medley relay

45-46  1000 freestyle - W&M combined

 

Friday, March 30, 2012 - Session 1 - Friday

Saturday, March 31, 2012 - Session 2 - Saturday

Sunday, April 1, 2012 - Session 3 - Sunday