2018 Pacific Masters Long Course Swimming Championships

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Registration Schedule

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Sanctioned by Pacific Masters Swimming, Inc. for USMS, Inc.

Location:  Gunderson High School: 622 Gaundabert Ln, San Jose, CA 95136

Directions: 

• From Hwy 87: take Hwy 87 south. Exit Santa Teresa Blvd. Turn Right at Thornwood Dr. signal and proceed to Winfield Blvd. Turn right onto Winfield Blvd, proceed to Chynoweth Ave. Go through the stop light, under freeway and the location is on your right.
• From Hwy 85 south: take Hwy 85 south. Exit Santa Teresa Blvd, turn right. Turn Right at Thornwood Dr. signal and proceed to Winfield Blvd. Turn right onto Winfield Blvd, proceed to Chynoweth Ave. Go through the stop light, under freeway and the location is on your right.
• From Hwy 85 North: take Hwy 85 N. Exit Santa Teresa Blvd. Turn Left onto Santa Teresa. Turn Right at Thornwood Dr. signal and proceed to Winfield Blvd. Turn right onto Winfield Blvd, proceed to Chynoweth Ave. Go through the stop light, under freeway and the location is on your right.

Parking: Pool is around the back of the school. The largest covered lot is next to the pool and football stadium. Overflow parking is in the front of the school.

Course: Outdoor Competition pool is 50 meters, 8 lanes will be used for competition. The diving well pool is 25 yards, 5 lanes and will be available for warm ups. 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 107.2.1.

Time: Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Check-in and warm-up at 7:00 a.m. Meet starts at 8:30 a.m. You must check-in each day, and have checked in 45 minutes prior to the estimated start of your event or you will be scratched! However, the check-in deadline for the first event each day is 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the meet.

Rules:  2018 USMS Rules will govern this meet. You must be 2018 USMS registered. Maximum of 5 events per day, 7 events for three-day meet, excluding relays. This meet is long course meters. To convert SC yards times to LC meters times conversion tables can be found at swiminfo.com. Meet director can request a ½ hour break if time line is over 1.5 hours ahead of schedule. Teams may be asked to provide timers based on number of swimmers.

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 Entry: Enter online here on Club Assistant and You will receive immediate confirmation of acceptance via email. 

Online Entry Deadline: Online entries must be submitted by Monday, June 25, 11:59 pm. No entries accepted after that time.

Online Entry Fee: 1 event: $18; 2-4 events: $38; 5-7 events: $43. Your credit card will be charged by ‘ClubAssistant.com Events’ for this meet. (No refunds).

Relay Fees:

• $6 per relay.
• Relay-only swimmers must enter online (no charge) and bring a copy of your entry confirmation with you to the meet.
• Deck enter relays on yellow relay cards.
• Swimmers may swim only once in each relay event.
• Swimmers may swim in either the gender or mixed relay of a particular type, but not both.
• Cards must show correct first and last names and correct age for each swimmer. The cards must show the order of the swimmers.

Relays Seeding: Fastest to slowest.

Seeding:  Individual events will be deck seeded from fastest to slowest. Women and men will be seeded together for the 400, 800, and 1500 freestyle. All events will be swum one per-lane. For the distance events, swimmers need to provide a lap counter and someone to turn the lap counter.

Snack Bar:  Available

Meet Director:  Lucas Salles-Cunha, Please contact the meet director by June 25, 2018, if you require the use of a service animal. Animals other than service animals will not be permitted on deck at the venue.
Lucas Salles-Cunha 760-521-0126, Lucas@swimqss.org

Referee: TBD

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

Awards:  Ribbons will be presented to second through eighth place finishers. High point awards for each gender and age group. Team trophies will be given for the top teams in each PacMasters team size division.

Program: A program will be emailed to swimmers electronically.

Timing:  QSS will provide at two timers per lane during the meet. We will ask for assistance at the meet if needed.

Accommodations: Resdience Inn by Marriott - San Jose South
6111 San Ignacio Avenue, San Jose, CA 95119 Phone: 408-226-7676 Fax: 408-226-9916
www.marriott.com Say you are with the Pacific Masters Swimming Block

Schedule of Events
(odd # events for women, even # events for men):

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