2013 South Central Zone SCY Championships

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Registration Schedule

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WELCOME: Longhorn Aquatics invites you to join us at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center (Swim Center) to compete in our 2013 Master’s South Central Zone Championships. This meet is open to all USMS registered swimmers and will be conducted in a 25 yard courses, using Daktronics Timing System and Hy-Tek Meet Manager software.

FACILITY: The Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center has an indoor 8 lane 50 meter competition pool. The pool is considered one of the fastest pools in the world due to its depth, gutter system, high filtration rate and lane width. There are two movable, power-operated bulkheads. Water Depth is 9 feet deep at both the start and turn ends.
The Swim Center is located on the University of Texas Campus, 1900 Red River Street, one block west of I-35 on the northwest corner of the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Red River Street.

Sanction: Sanctioned by South Texas Masters Swim committee for USMS, Sanction #433-S002. Current United States Masters Swimming Rules will apply.

Meet Director: Bridgette Rhodes, bridgette.rhoades@austin.utexas.edu 512-471-7433

Meet Referee: Herb Schwab

Eligibility: This meet is open to all swimmers age 18 and older as of April 5, 2013 who are currently registered with United States Masters Swimming (USMS). All competitors must provide a current USMS registration card or otherwise show proof of USMS registration. In accordance with USMS rules, a swimmer's age is determined as of the final day of the meet, April 7, 2013.

WARM-UP AND START TIMES:
Friday, April 5, 2013
Warm-ups begin at 5:00 PM; Meet starts at 6:00 PM
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Warm-ups begin at 9:00 AM, Meet starts at 10:00 AM
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Warm-ups begin at 8:00 AM, Meet starts at 9:00 AM
There will be continuous warm-up and warm-down in the diving well during the entire meet.

Warm-up Procedures
General warm-up (first 35- 45 minutes):  No diving allowed from the blocks or edge of pool. Swimmers must enter pool feet first in a cautious manner. No sprinting or pace work allowed during the general warm-up session. All lanes to be used for general warm-up.
Specific Warm-up (last 20-25 minutes)
Lanes 2 & 7:  Diving lanes - Sprint lanes for diving from blocks or for backstroke starts in specified lane at designated times. One way only.
Remaining lanes:  General warm-up lanes - No Diving. Circle swimming only.

On-line Entry and fees
We will be using Club Assistant to process on-line entries. We encourage all participants to enter on-line if possible.

Early Entries: Individual entry fee is $50.00 if you enter on-line by March 18, 2013 by 11:59pm CDT.

Late Entries: Individual late entry fee is $60.00 if you enter on-line after March 18, 2013, but before March 31, 2013 by 11:59pm CDT. No additional on-line entries will be accepted after March 31, 2013.

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

Paper Entry forms and fees: Individual paper entry fee is $60.00 if your paper entry form is received by Friday March 29, 2013. No additional paper entry forms will be accepted after March 29, 2013.

Individual Deck entries will not be accepted!

RELAY ENTRIES: The relay events will be deck entered and seeded by time. Relay events may be combined. Relay entries will be accepted up to one hour after the beginning of the competition each day, except for the 800 Free relay, which is due by 9:30am Saturday. Swimmers participating only in relays must present a copy of their USMS card, pay a $20.00 surcharge, and sign the liability release at the time of the entry.
Relay entry fee is $10.00 per relay and is due upon submitting the relay entry.

ENTRY CONFIRMATION: All participants who enter on-line through Club Assistant will receive a confirmation email after they check out. If you don’t receive an email confirmation, your entries were not received. No confirmation will be sent for paper entries.

NUMBER OF EVENTS ALLOWED: Athletes may enter a maximum of five (5) individual and two (2) relay events per day.

SEEDING: Seeding will be fast-to-slow. Women's and Men's heats may be combined or alternated for distance events at the meet director’s discretion. Only distance events and relays may be deck seeded.

Conduct of Meet: All events will be seeded by gender and entry time and swum fastest to slowest, unless the meet director specifies otherwise. The 500, 1000, 1650-yard freestyles and the 400 yard individual medley will require a positive check-in on the following schedule:
400 I.M. – 5:30 PM Friday
1650 Free – 5:30 PM Friday
800 Free Relay – 9:30 AM Saturday
500 Free – 9:30 AM Saturday
1000 Free -10:00 AM Sunday

The relay events will be deck entered and seeded by time. Relay events may be combined. Relay entries will be accepted up to one hour after the beginning of the competition each day.

SCORING:
Individual Points:
1st-9 points, 2nd-7 points, 3rd-6 points, 4th-5 points, 5th-4 points, 6th-3 points, 7th-2 points, 8th-1 point.
Relay Points:
1st-18 points, 2nd-14 points, 3rd-12 points, 4th-10 points, 5th-8 points, 6th-6 points, 7th-4 points, 8th-2 points.

TSC Rules: As guests of The University of Texas, all must adhere to the Texas Swim Center (TSC) rules. Chewing gum and glass containers are not permitted in the building. Locks may not be left on lockers overnight. Wet swimmers cannot leave pool deck.
Spectators and athletes may not bring food or drink into the Texas Swim Center from outside sources.

AWARDS: Medals will be given for places one through three in each individual event in each Age Group.

T-SHIRTS: A meet T-shirts will be available for purchase for $15. Swimmers may pre-order shirts with their entries through Club Assistant during the entry process. There will be an additional small number available for sale at the meet.

PSYCH SHEET: The psych sheet will be available April 2, 2013 on the Longhorn Aquatics website.

DECK ENTRIES: No deck entries are allowed except relay entries.

RELAY ENTRIES: All relay swimmers must be USMS registered and on the same team. The youngest swimmer's age determines the age group of the relay team for short course (19+, 25+, 35+,...)

SPLIT TIMES REQUESTS: A form must be in place with the head official to have split times included in results for participants who request them.

EVENT RESULTS: Event results (including splits) should be posted as soon as possible after each event.

CLERK- OF- COURSE: A clerk table will be located immediately through the double doors leading to the deck. This is where deck seeded event check-in and relay entries will be.

HOSPITALITY: A hospitality area for the officials and volunteers will be located in the classroom located off deck, near the men’s locker room entrance.

CONCESSIONS: Concessions will be provided on the second level of the Texas Swimming Center during competition hours. O’s Campus Café is our concessions provider. They serve among other things: breakfast tacos, bagels, fruit, wraps, salads, smoothies, burgers, candy and drinks.

FIRST AID: An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) will be located on the pool deck in the medical/first aid room. Sports massage therapy services will not be provided.

HOTELS: Longhorn Aquatics needs you to support these hotels so that they continue to support our efforts to bring you the best events possible. We would not be able to host these events without the continued financial support of our hotel partners.

Thank you for your assistance with this hotel program. If you have any questions please contact me directly at:
Ann Nellis
Director
Longhorn Aquatics
University of Texas
(512) 471-7433

Hampton Inn & Suites, Downtown Austin: $179 hot breakfast, wireless Internet, pool, and fitness center

Crowne Plaza Austin: $115 with breakfast

Sheraton Austin: $139 2 Breakfast vouchers to the Landmark breakfast buffet included in rate

EVENTS:
Friday, April 5, 2013 - Session 1
Warm-ups start at 5:00 PM
Meet Session starts at 6:00 PM
Meet Session is estimated to end at 7:30 PM
# Gender Event
1 Women 400 Y IM
2 Men 400 Y IM
3 Women 1650 Y Free
4 Men 1650 Y Free

Saturday, April 6, 2013 - Session 2
Warm-ups start at 9:00 AM
Meet Session starts at 10:00 AM
Meet Session is estimated to end at 1:00 PM
# Gender Event
5 Women 800 Y Free Relay
6 Men 800 Y Free Relay
7 Mixed 800 Y Free Relay
8 Women 500 Y Free
9 Men 500 Y Free
10 Women 100 Y IM
11 Men 100 Y IM
12 Women 200 Y Back
13 Men 200 Y Back
14 Women 50 Y Breast
15 Men 50 Y Breast
16 Women 100 Y Free
17 Men 100 Y Free
18 Women 50 Y Back
19 Men 50 Y Back
20 Women 200 Y Breast
21 Men 200 Y Breast
22 Women 100 Y Fly
23 Men 100 Y Fly
24 Women 200 Y Free Relay
25 Men 200 Y Free Relay
26 Mixed 200 Y Free Relay
27 Women 400 Y Medley Relay
28 Men 400 Y Medley Relay
29 Mixed 400 Y Medley Relay

Sunday, April 7, 2013 - Session 3
Warm-ups start at 8:00 AM
Meet Session starts at 9:00 AM
Meet Session is estimated to end at 1:00 PM
# Gender Event
30 Women 100 Y Breast
31 Men 100 Y Breast
32 Women 200 Y Free
33 Men 200 Y Free
34 Women 50 Y Fly
35 Men 50 Y Fly
36 Women 100 Y Back
37 Men 100 Y Back
38 Women 200 Y Fly
39 Men 200 Y Fly
40 Women 50 Y Free
41 Men 50 Y Free
42 Women 200 Y IM
43 Men 200 Y IM
44 Women 200 Y Medley Relay
45 Men 200 Y Medley Relay
46 Mixed 200 Y Medley Relay
47 Women 400 Y Free Relay
48 Men 400 Y Free Relay
49 Mixed 400 Y Free Relay
50 Women 1000 Y Free
51 Men 1000 Y Free

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