2022 St. Nicholas SCM Invitational

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Registration Schedule

This competition is limited to the first 150 entrants.
Currently there are 111 entrants.

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Hosted by:          Atlanta Rainbow Trout                                      USMS Sanction by Georgia Masters #:  452-S005
Meet Director:    Jacob Macks                                                     Date:  December 10, 2022

Time:  The meet will have warm-ups start at 11:00AM; meet starts at 12:00PM
  
Facility:  Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center (CRC). 10 lanes competition, Short Course Meters. 10 lanes for warm-up/warm-down continuously running through the meet.  http://www.crc.gatech.edu/aquatics/

The length of the competition course is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1, 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.

A separate warm up pool will be available throughout the meet. 

Address:  750 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30318. 

Parking:  Limited parking passes will be available to park along Tech Parkway. We ask that all entrants please carpool. Nearby lots are available at an hourly rate. Please see a parking pass attendant at the back entrance of the CRC (along tech parkway) for a parking pass.

Concessions TBD, Vending machines with sports drinks and energy bars are available throughout facility

Eligibility: The meet is open to all persons 18 years and older as of December 10, 2022.  Your age on December 31^st, 2022 determines your age at the meet.  USMS REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.  If you are not registered, your application can’t be accepted at the meet.  Please include a copy of your USMS card with your registration.

Events: Swimmers may enter up to 5 individual events and 3 relays. 400 & 800 Free limited to the first 30 entries.

Awards: Ribbons will be awarded for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd places.  Individual High point winners will receive a trophy.

Timing: Touchpads/electronic timing with hand/stopwatch backup. Times will count toward USMS Records and Top Ten.

Scoring: Top eight finishers will score as follows: 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11 for Individual events and 40, 34, 32, 30,28, 26, 24, 22 for relays. 

Fees: $65 covers facility and meet costs. Your credit card will be charged by "Atlanta Rainbow Trout" for this swim meet.

Seeding: All events except for the 400 Free and 800 Free will be seeded in advance and slowest to fastest.  The 400 & 800 Free will be seeded fastest to slowest and only after positive check-in has expired.  Men and Women will be seeded together based on time.

Relays will be deck-seeded and relay heat/lane assignments posted at the meet.

Psych sheets will be posted swim phone and emailed to participants around December 7th (depending on the number of late entries being processed).

Relays: Entries for events 3-5 will be due at 12:15PM. Entries for events 12, 21-23 will be due at 2:00PM.   Mixed relays must be 2 Men and 2 Women. There will be no exceptions to this. All relay entries will be verified prior to seeding.

Event 12 Reindeer Relay does count towards relay entry limit. Full rules will be provided on day of meet prior to event. This event does not count towards meet scoring and event is not eligible for split time requests.

Entry deadline: Online Entry will close Tuesday, Dec 6 at 11:59PM. Paper entries must be received by Friday, Dec 2nd. Mailed entries received after that date will be assessed a $10 late fee.  No new heats will be created to accommodate late entries. 

Deck adds will try to be accommodated within existing seeded heats. $20 additional deck add fee applies

Hotel Option for meet participants:  The Omni Atlanta CNN Center is offering us a $119/night rate on Fri Dec 9 & Sat Dec 10. The hotel is 1.3 miles from pool and has a MARTA train station attached for easy access to and from the airport. The rate is rate is available to book until Fri Dec 9. See more information and how to book here.
 

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "ATLANTA RAINBOW TROUT."