1st Annual Colorado Springs Masters Invitational

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Registration Schedule

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HOSTED BY:         
The Pikes Peak Athletics Foundation*

Pikes Peak Athletics Foundation would like to extend an invitation to all 2019 USMS registered swimmers, to attend the 1st Annual Colorado Springs Masters Invitational Swim Meet (SCY). Come swim in the fastest pool, with some of the fastest Masters swimmers in the country!

*All proceeds from this meet will go to the Pikes Peak Athletics Foundation: Reducing financial barriers that may inhibit those of all skill levels from achieving success as swimmers.

LOCATION:          
Pikes Peak Athletics Training Center
602 Elkton Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80907

FACILITIES:           
Indoor, 10 lane, 25-yard pool. Up to 10 lanes will be used for competition. Continuous warm-up/cool-down is available in the adjacent 3-lane 15 yard teaching pool.
                             
Start end depth is 7 feet. Turn end depth is 7 feet.
              
Omega Timing System with touch pads and 10-line electric scoreboard.

SANCTION:          
Sanctioned by COMSA (Colorado Masters Swimming Association) for USMS, Inc. (United States Masters Swimming, Inc)

WARM-UP:         
8:00-8:45am.  Meet start at 9:00am.

ELIGIBILITY:         
Only Masters Swimmers with 2019 USMS Registration or foreign equivalent may participate. Verification of your current (2019) USMS card or card from foreign master's equivalent must accompany your registration. A one-day USMS registration will be available for $15 during online meet entry. Online USMS registration is available at http://www.comsa.org/joining/join-online.html. Contact the COMSA registrar, Marcia Anziano at coregistrar@usms.org with questions.

RULES:                 
Current USMS Rules govern the competition, including a NO FALSE START RULE, and whistle alerts announcing the start of each race. Age on the day of the meet 3/9/2019 determines competition age.  

SEEDING:             
All events will be Mixed gender and seeded slow to fast according to time, except for the 500yd Freestyle.  The 500yd Freestyle will be seeded fast to slow. Be sure to enter your Short Course Yards times on your registration.  All events are timed finals.

# OF ENTRIES:     
Entries are limited to 5 individual events and 3 relays.  All entries are to be submitted via the Swim Meet Registration system (no individual time cards are required). A heat sheet and meet program will be posted on the day of the meet.

ENTRY FEE:
Online entries submitted by 11:59pm on March 6, 2019 are $38.00.  Late entries will be accepted online OR on deck, beginning March 7th at 12:01am and ending at 8:00am on March 9th. Late entries will by assessed a $10.00 fee (for a total of $48.00). Online entries are paid by credit card to ClubAssistant.com Events.

TIMING:               
Electronic timing will be used for all events, with back-up pickles and hand-timing.

SCORING:            
Team and individual points will not be calculated.

RESULTS:             
Results will be posted by the Meet Director at the swim meet, as soon as possible after each event. SwimPhone will have online results posted as well.  To find results on line, go to swimphone.com, click on “swim meets” and choose from the list, “1st Annual Colorado Springs Masters Invitational”. Follow the prompts to the results for your events.

Event results will be separated according to gender and age groups.The final results (.pdf) document will be posted on the COMSA.org website.

AWARDS:             
No awards will be presented.

REGISTRATION:   
Preferred method for receiving entries is online at on Club Assistant. Click on the registration button and follow the prompts. Online entries are processed with a credit card by ClubAssistant.com.

Contact the Meet Director, Andrew Ladrow, or Audrey Eldridge at ppaswimfoundation@gmail.com if you unable to enter online.

DEADLINES:         
Early online meet entry closes at 11:59pm MST on Wednesday 3/6/2019. Late online meet entry opens 12:01am on March 7 and closes at 8:00am on meet day March 9.

DECK ENTRIES:    
On Deck entries are allowed for an additional $10.00 charge.  On Deck entries will only be allowed in events that have lane space available.  We will not reseed those events to which the On Deck entry has been added. Consider processing late entries at this online entry site, instead of doing a "deck entry".

ENTRY CONFIRMATIONS:   Your online entries will provide you with email verification of your entries.

EVENT ORDER

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "PIKES PEAK ATHLETICS."