Swim into Summer Masters Meet 2021

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Registration Schedule

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Please note: this meet will be canceled if prohibited by governmental authority, in which case all entry fees will be refunded. Swimmers who cancel are not eligible for refunds.
Registration:                     Online Only in Advance
Warm-up Period:               11:00 AM to 11:50 AM
Events:                               12:00 PM to 2:45 PM
Meet Sanction:                  301-S004 if issued
Meet Director:                   Elizabeth Nymeyer  nymey001@umn.edu
Entry Changes:                  David Bergquist  david.bergquist@minnesotamasters.com
Entry Information:          Must be a USMS registered member.  Entries will be limited to 100 swimmers.
Please review the COVID 19 Safety Plan carefully.  Attendee screening forms required.

Registration will close after 100 entries.		Online registration will commence at 8AM on Sunday, May 16th. A link to the Club Assistant registration page will be e-mailed to all Minnesota-registered USMS swimmers simultaneously prior to that time.
USMS Member Rate	$10

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Registration:  Participants may enter a maximum of 5 individual events.  Entry fees will be refundable if the meet is canceled. Registrants may instead donate refunds to the Adult Learn to Swim Program Online.  Fees are paid by credit card to “ClubAssistant.com Events.”  Entries via Club Assistant online only.  

Course:  10 lane, 50 Meter pool, using 8 lanes for competition.  2 outside lanes on either side of the pool along with space in the adjacent diving well will be available throughout the meet for warm-up and cool down.  The length of the competition pool has been measured for compliance with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 107.2.1.

Seeding:  Event seeding and lane assignments will be developed prior to the meet and e-mailed to all registrants.  Some changes in heats or lanes may occur the day of the meet.

Cancellations:  If you need to cancel after having registered, please e-mail nymey001@umn.edu at least by 5 PM on Thursday, June 2^nd.

Weather: This is held at on outdoor facility, and may be delayed/cancelled due to thunder/lighting in the area. Please plan appropriately for the forcast.
 
Results:  Results will not be posted anywhere at the meet venue; however, unofficial real-time results will upload to Meet Mobile. Final results will be available at www.minnesotamasters.com by June 11^th. Times swum by non-Minnesota LMSC members are not eligible for Minnesota LMSC records.  There will be no One-Event swimmers.


Locker Rooms:  Locker rooms may be used for lavatory purposes and changing out of wet suits after completing one’s swim program. Mask and distancing rules apply to locker areas.  A limit of 4 swimmers at any time may change in the locker rooms and showers will NOT be available.
 

Order of Long Course Meter Events
1	50m Free
2	200 I.M.
3	100m Back
4	50m Breast
5,6,7	400m Free Relay
8	50m Back
9	100m Breast
10	100m Fly
11	200m Free
12,13,14	400m Medley Relay
15	50m Fly
16	100m Free

It is possible that certain events, including relays, may be combined into single heats.

Partial List of COVID-19 Related Protocols:

• Each participant must fill out Attendee Screening Form within 24 hours of Meet and bring it to the venue.
• There will be no spectators other than volunteers and paid personnel required to run the meet.
• Volunteers will enter through the front lobby doors.
• Volunteers will exit through the Silver Doors by the Diving well.  
• Volunteers will be required to wear a face mask at all times while inside the building.
• Volunteers will be required to follow the same safety guidelines as swimmers.
• All must self-screen at home including body temperature analysis.
• No one may attend who is not feeling well or has come in contact with anyone who has or is suspected of having Covid-19.

Important Logistics for Swimmers:

• The number of swimmers will not exceed 100. 
• There will be volunteers monitoring upcoming heats to ensure adequate separation.
• The rest of the swimmers can move about the outside aquatic facility maintaining social distancing guidelines, masks are not required outside.
• Volunteers  and swimmers are asked to wear masks in the bathrooms.
• Warm-up and cool down pools will not exceed 6 swimmers in a lane at a time.
• Swimmers will not proceed to the starting blocks from their positions until the current swimmers in the water have exited the pool and walked to the spectator side of the pool.
• After swimmers finish their races, each must immediately leave the block area and proceed to cool down or the spectator area.

Minnesota Masters will be hosting a Long Course Meters Sprint Meet at Richfield Aquatics Center (630 E. 66th Street, Richfield Minnesota 55423) on Friday June 4th.  Warm ups are scheduled 10:30-11:40 a.m.  The competition will be held from 11:45a.m. -2:45 p.m., and will end promptly at 2:45 p.m.

The pool contains 8 fifty meter lanes for competition and 2 for warm up and cool down during the 11:45-2:45 portion of the meet. The meet is outside and weather dependant- cancellations or delays will only happen is there is thunder or lightning in the area.

The following events will be offered:

50 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke
50 Fly, 100 Fly
50 Breastroke, 100 Breastroke
50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free
200 IM
400 Medley Relay
400 Free Relay

*All relays must be submitted by 11:30 am June 4th to be seeded and are contigent apon lane space*

 

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