2018 St. Patrick's Day Swim Meet

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Registration Schedule

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2018 St. Patrick’s Day Swim Meet @ The Dome Natatorium- M.E. Lyons YMCA

Saturday, March 17th, 2018                Sanctioned by OHIO LMSC - 178-S004
   
    Warm up for Event #1 (1000 freestyle): 8:30 AM.       The first heat of the 1000 Free begins at 9:00 AM.
   
    Warm up for Event #2 will be begin no earlier than 10:30 am

                   Meet is anticipated to end by 1:30 p.m.

Location for your GPS directions:  M.E. Lyons YMCA, 8108 Clough Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio 45244

Online entry: Go to https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=1559&smid=9779 to access online entry. Please note: Your credit card will be charged by "ClubAssistant.com Events" (Visa or MasterCard only) and receive a confirmation of your entry.

Deadline: Online Entries are due by Wednesday March 14th, 2018 by 11:59 pm EDT. 

Eligibility: 2018 U.S. Masters Swimming rules will govern conduct of the meet. Because of insurance regulations, all swimmers must be registered U.S. Masters Swimmers. Limit 6 individual events. Only swimmers entered in the meet can participate in relays. Only relays from same club/chapter/workout group may score points. Un-attached swimmers MAY NOT form relays per USMS Rule 102.9.1.

Fees: Only On-line Registration only. There will be a flat fee of $35.00 to attend this meet for on-line entry, which includes 6 individual events and 2 relays for the meet. There are NO DECK ENTRIES for this meet.

Facility: The meet will be conducted in the Dome pool. We have Kiefer blocks, lane lines, back stroke flags and new heating unit. The pool is a 6-lane 25-yard pool with Competitor non-turbulent lane markers, Colorado automatic timing ran with Hy-Tek software. There will be separate 6 lane pool available for continuous warm-up and warm down. The length of the competition course is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 107.2.1, but as a bulkhead course, is subject to length confirmation. Eligibility of times for USMS Top 10 and Records will be contingent on verification of bulkhead placement.

Age Groups: Age of competitors on March 17th, 2018 will determine age group.

Seeding: Heats will be formed by times, regardless of age or sex, and progress from “no time”, deck entries, slowest to fastest.

MEET CHECK IN:  Yes to pick up your pre-ordered meet T-Shirt. Also for those swimming event #1, 1000 Free.  Only the first 24 entries received during the entry process will be allowed to swim the 1000.  Entries of NT (no time) for event #1 will not be accepted. There is a time cut off of 22 minutes for the 1000 freestyle. Time Verification for the 1000 is at discretion of meet host.

Event #2 - Medley Relays will not start before 10:30 am. All Events will run slowest to fastest.

Session # 1 begins at 9 a.m.
Session # 2 begins no earlier than 10:30 a.m.

Meet is anticipated to end by 1:30 p.m.

Awards: A hearty hand shake, a smile and the satisfaction of a job well done.

Entry Chair: Mark Lingo- Cell# (859) 750-4600    email: Mark Lingo; Mark@lingomfg.com
Meet Director/Officials:  C.J. Rushman- Cell phone # (513) 828-8972   email: Cjswamuc94@gmail.com
YMCA Contact: Ed Bachman - cell # (513) 235-3870    email: ebachman@ebswimming.com

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