Evanston Masters January Invite 2023

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Registration Schedule

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Evanston Masters January Invite 2023
Evanston Township High School
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Sanctioned by ILMSA for USMS, Inc.  # 213-S004

Schedule:
6:45 am: Door Opens
7:00 am: Warm-up Begins
7:30 am: 500 Free begins
8:30 am: Event #2 starts no sooner than 8:30 am -- with 20 Minute Warm-up

Entry Limit:
5 individual events plus 2 team relays. Each athlete may participate in no more than ONE Free Relay swim and ONE Medley Relay swim. The 500 Free is limited to the first 30 online entries and will be swum as seeded, no waiting list and no deck entries. (RELAYS ARE ORGANIZED BY TEAMS and relay entry forms are submitted on deck)

Fees:
$50 per swimmer, including relay-only swimmers- up to 5 individual events and 2 relays included. Your credit card will be charged by “Evanston Masters” for this swim meet.

Registration:
Online Registration Only!
Deadline:  12:00 pm (noon) on Saturday, January 28, 2023
No mail-in, phone, or email entries accepted
No deck entries accepted on the morning of the meet

Eligibility: 
Must be over 18 years of age and have proof of a current USMS 2023 registration. In accordance with USMS rules, current USMS registration information is required for registration.  The online meet registration process will automatically confirm your USMS membership status.

Check-in: 
There will be no meet check in.  USMS membership confirmed through online registration.

Seeding: 
All individual events will be seeded slowest to fastest regardless of age or gender and based on all valid entries as of the registration deadline.  The 500 Free will be swum as seeded – no waiting list. Events 4(mixed free relay), 4A(men's free relay), and 4B(women's free relay), and again events 8(mixed medley relay), 8A (men's medley relay), and 8B(women's medley relay), will be seeded and swum together as a single event according to seed time only.

Awards: 
Trophies for top three scoring teams. Ribbons for individuals in 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place by age group.

Location:
Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL
Park in the rear parking lot off Church St, just west of the building. Do not park on Dodge Ave in front of the pool. Enter the building at Door 3. There is a hallway that leads straight through the building to the pool. Map of this route: http://evmasters.clubexpress.com/docs.ashx?id=566020

Facility: 
The main facility is a 25 yard, 6 lane competition pool with flow-through gutters and an electronic timing system.  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. This means that it is eligible for top 10 recognition. Throughout the meet, there is a separate, three-lane, 20-yard pool available for warm-up/warm-down.  “Circle Swimming” will be observed in the three warm-up/warm-down lanes.  There is ample seating for swimmers in the stands surrounding the pool.

Timing:
Official times set at this meet will be eligible for ILMSA Records, USMS Top Ten, USMS National Records, and FINA World Records, except times recorded only using manual backup timing are ineligible for FINA World Records.

Safety Requirements: 
All applicable federal, state, local, and facility orders related to COVID-19 at the time of the meet will be followed.

Meet Official:  Carla Murray (Swim2soccermom@sbcglobal.net)

Meet Director:  Stephanie Yanaga   Questions:  Send e-mail to evanstonmasters@gmail.com


 
 

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "EVANSTON MASTERS SWIM."