2019 Last Chance Meters Meet - Now with Expanded Event List!

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Registration Schedule

This competition is limited to the first 100 entrants.
Currently there are 38 entrants.

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EVENT LIST REVISED! ADDITIONAL DISTANCES AVAILABLE!

Warm-Up at 8 A.M., Meet starts at 9 A.M.

Sanctioned by Delaware Valley LMSC for USMS, Inc. USMS Sanction # 089-S007

Location:                  
YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County Natatorium
909 Fairfield Rd, Gettysburg, PA  17325

Entries:                 
You can register here online at Club Assistant
Entries will close Wednesday, November 20th. 
The meet is open to all Masters Swimmers holding a valid 2019 or 2020 USMS registration card. 
Age group is determined by the age as of December 31, 2019.   

Fees:                     
Meet surcharge fee is $10 with no deck entries allowed. 
There is a $5/individual event and $8/relay fee. 
Maximum number of individual events is six.
Every swimmer on a relay must be in at least one individual event. 

Payment:                 
Payment by credit card is required for online entry of individual events. Entry fees are paid by credit card to ClubAssistant.com Events. Entry fees are non-refundable. Deck entries for relays will be paid in cash or check on the day of the meet.

Special Relay:       
We will have a civil war (deck entered) 100 meter fun relay.  Swimmers are to start from the wall and not the starting blocks.  Swimmers are to swim any stroke for 25 meters wearing a civil war cap, then, hand it to the next swimmer, until all four swimmers have completed their 25 meters.  This is a free fun event. You do not have to be from the same team to enter. 

Facility:                 
Indoor, 25 meters, six lanes pool with anti-turbulent lane lines and Colorado timing system touch pads.  One lane will be a dedicated warm-up and cool-down lane.  Starting blocks at the deep end of the pool (12ft), the shallow end is 3ft 6 inches.  Parking is available and there is seating for 70 people on bleachers.  Everyone is welcomed to bring their own folding chair.  A community room across from the pool will be available for another 75 people.  Men’s and women’s locker rooms and lockers are available.  You are welcomed to bring your own lock.  Facility is accessible for adaptive swimmers.  The length of the competition course is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with article 105.1.7. 

Seeding:               
Events and heats will be seeded slowest to fastest, mixed gender and age groups. Please enter with a seed time in short course meters, even if it is an estimate. Positive check-in is required for all events.

Psych Sheets:       
Psych sheets will be handed out to swimmers at the meet.

Awards:                
First, second and third ribbons will be awarded for each event.

Rules:                       
Current USMS rules apply. All swimmers must be registered with USMS. Deck entrants must bring their USMS card. If you are not registered for USMS you may register online at www.usms.org/reg/

Results:                
Results for sanctioned events will be submitted for Top-Ten recognition and national records.  The results will also be sent in to USMS.

Directions:            
From the South:  I-270 North.  US-15 North.  PA-116 West/Fairfield Rd.

From the North:  US-15 South.  US 30 West/York Rd and W. Middle St. to PA-116 West/Fairfield Rd
                             
From the East:  I-76 West.  US-15 South.  US 30 West/York Rd and W. Middle St. to PA-116 West/Fairfield Rd

Questions:        
Meet Director:  Cora Rhoads 717-334-9171 ext. 129 or crhoads@ywcagettysburg.org  

Special Gettysburg Events: The town of Gettysburg holds an annual celebration of the Gettysburg Address and memorializes the Civil War.  The day is called Remembrance Day. The town does a parade. Here is the link about it:
https://www.destinationgettysburg.com/event/details/2626

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "ClubAssistant.com Events."