Competition
Sponsored By: Virginia Masters Swim Team
Sanctioned By: LMSC for Va. for USMS, Inc.
Meet Directors: Heather and Chris Stevenson (hnsrva@gmail.com or chrislstevenson@gmail.com)
Meet Referee: Bob Rustin
Location: NOVA of Virginia Aquatic Center
12207 Gayton Road, Richmond, VA 23233
(804) 754-3401
This is a 10-lane, 25-yard indoor pool with a fully electronic timing system. The length of the competition course without a bulkhead is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 107.2.1.
Eligibility: The standard Masters age groups will be used. All swimmers must be registered with US Masters Swimming and must include a copy of their LMSC card. One event memberships to USMS (one day memberships) will be permitted. Virginia registration will also be available at the meet. A novice swimmer is defined as anyone who has not placed in the top three for that stroke in Masters competition.
Entries: $4.00 per individual event plus a $8.00 surcharge to help defray the costs of data entry, automatic timing, and printing. Relays will be deck-entered and deck-seeded at no cost. Deck entries will be accepted up until 30 minutes prior to meet starting time each day at a cost of $8.00 per deck entry. A swimmer may enter a maximum of 5 events per day, plus relays. NOTE: The 200-yard event entered on Saturday by the swimmer may not be repeated on Sunday. The results of heats swum on Saturday and Sunday in each of these events will be combined, and results will be published on Sunday.
Entry Deadline: On-line entries are strongly encouraged. The deadline for on-line entries is Tuesday February 2, 2016. In order to be seeded, paper entries must be received by Monday January 25, 2016. Entries received after the applicable dates will be considered deck entries and additional fees will apply.
Rules: Current USMS rules for Masters swimming will apply. No one will swim alone in a heat. Sexes and age groups will be combined where necessary. "NT" will be seeded arbitrarily.
Warm-up/Warm-down Procedures: Swimmers must enter the pool feet-first in a cautious manner. Diving shall be permitted only from the blocks in the designated sprint lanes during warm-up. There will be continuous warm-up/warm-down lanes available during the entirety of the meet; ABSOLUTELY NO DIVING WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE WARM-UP LANES ONCE THE MEET HAS BEGUN. Instructions given by the designated Safety Marshall shall be obeyed at all times.
Awards: Ribbons will be given for first, second, and third place in each individual event. No ribbons for relays.
Results: Results will be posted on our website at www.vaswim.org.
Social: Join us for our Masters potluck after the meet on Saturday, February 6th. $10.00 per person covers food and drink.
Please enclose payment with your entry and indicate the number of people who will be attending on your entry form.
Nearby Lodging: Holiday Inn Express, 9933 Mayland Drive, Richmond, VA 23233. Phone: (804) 934-9300
The Holiday Inn is at the Gaskins Road South exit off I-64.
Please note:
A 200-yard event entered on Saturday (events 1 through 8) by a swimmer may not be repeated on Sunday (events 101 through 108). The results of heats swum on Saturday and Sunday in each of these events will be combined, and results will be published on Sunday.
No Refunds:
If you enter two of the same event, ie events 1 and 101, you will be removed from the later appearance (101) and will not be refunded the per event fee.