39th Annual Sunbelt Meet

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Registration Schedule

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Sanctioned by LMSC for NC for USMS, Inc. Sanction # 133 s001

Meet Referee: Charlotte Swim Masters Inc.
Meet Referee: Marty Fehr

Facility: Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, 800 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Charlotte NC. (704) 336-3483. The pool is 50 meters by 25 yards, with a bulkhead dividing the competition area into an 8 lane 25 yd course. Continuous warm up/down lanes available. Parking is across the street on Saturday. The pool length has been certified with USMS and will be measure before and after this meet.

Rules: Swimmers must be registered with USMS for 2013. USMS One Day Registration will not be allowed. USMS rules govern the meet. Swimmers are limited to 5 individual events per day. When warming up, you must enter the pool feet first except in sprint lanes. No paddles or kickboards are allowed.

Deadline: Online entries only by 11:59 pm EDT Sunday January 13, 2013. No paper entries will be accepted and no deck entries will be accepted at the meet, except relays. Relay entries will be accepted at the meet by filling out relay cards and turning them in to the computer operator well before the relay event.

Fee: $34.00 flat fee. No charge for relays.
Online meet entries are paid by credit card to ClubAssistant.com Events.
There will be no refunds unless the meet is cancelled, in which case $10.00 of the fee paid will be retained and $24.00 will be refunded. If inclement weather occurs, the staff at the aquatic center determines late Friday if the center will or will not open the following morning; if it opens, the meet will be held.

T-Shirt for Sale: Adult sizes, $15

Scoring & Awards: Individual events will be scored 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1; relays doubled. No ribbons or individual high point awards will be given, but a paper plaque for peel-off stickers will be given to all entrants. Team awards will be given for places 1-3 for in-state teams and out-of-state teams.

Seeding: All events will be seeded by sex and time except the following events which will be seeded by time only: 1650, 1000, 400 IM and 500 free. In order to be seeded in each of these events, you must re-confirm at the pool that you will swim. All events will be seeded from slow to fast, except the 500 free, which will be seeded fast to slow. The Meet Director reserves the right to combine sexes in any other events.

Schedule:
Saturday morning: Warm up at 7:45am; first heat of the 1650 starts at 8:30am.
Saturday afternoon: Warm up at conclusion of 1000 - approx 11:15am.
Then outstanding swimmer awards presented.
Then the first heat of 100 fly starts at approximately 12:45pm.
Sunday morning: Warm up 8:00am; first heat of 50 fly starts 8:45am.

Lodging: Crowne Plaza 704-372-7550. $109.00. Mention Masters Swimming when you call. Sooner is better than later due to a large Cheerleader contest the same weekend. The hotel is at East 4th & S. McDowell, two blocks from the pool.

Order of Events
W/M

Saturday January 19, 2013
Warm up 7:45 am – Meet start at 8:30 am

1/1       1650 yd Freestyle – Limited to first 24 entries
2/2       1000 yd Freestyle – Limited to first 40 entries

Warm up 11:15 am – Meet start at approximately 12:45 pm

3/4       100 yd Butterfly
5/6       50 yd Backstroke
7/8       200 yd Medley Relay
9/10     200 yd Backstroke
11/11   400 yd IM

Break

12/13   50 yd Freestyle
14/15   100 yd Breaststroke
16/17   200 yd Freestyle
18/19   100 yd IM
20/20   200 yd Mixed Medley Relay

Sunday January 20, 2013
Warm up 8:00 am – Meet start 8:45 am

21/22   50 yd Butterfly
23/24   200 yd IM
25/26   50 yd Breaststroke
 
Break
 
27/27   200 yd Mixed Free Relay
28/29   200 yd Breaststroke
30/31   100 yd Backstroke
32/33   100 yd Freestyle
34/35   200 yd Butterfly
36/37   200 yd Freestyle Relay
38/38   500 yd Freestyle

RECONFIRMATION REQUIRED FOR THE 1500, 1000, 400 IM and 500 FREE
The 500 Free will be seeded FAST to SLOW

The standard USMS waiver must be checked when completing the online entry process.

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