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)
New this year: 200-yard events eligible for awards will be held on Saturday; the same 200-yard events will be held as time trials on Sunday. Time trial times will be submitted to USMS, but winners of the time trials will not be eligible for awards. The 1000 Free will be held on Saturday; the 400 IM, 500 Free, and 1650 Free will be held on Sunday. A swimmer can now swim 6 events/day plus relays. And finally, we have four new awards!
Location: NOVA of Virginia Aquatic Center
12207 Gayton Road, Richmond, VA 23233
(you may need to use Henrico instead of Richmond if you are using a GPS)
(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 (day of) USMS registrations will be permitted. Virginia registration will also be available at the meet.
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 6 events per day, plus relays.
Entry Deadline: On-line entries are strongly encouraged. The deadline for on-line entries is Tuesday January 31, 2017. In order to be seeded, paper entries must be received by Monday January 23, 2017. 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 and Results: Ribbons will be given for first, second, and third place in each individual event. No ribbons for relays. Results will be posted at www.vaswim.org and will be uploaded to the USMS results database.
Special awards will be given to the male and female overall high point winners and to the male and female overall winners of three new award categories: Best Sprinters (lowest cumulative time in all four 50s); Best Middle-Distance Swimmers (lowest cumulative times in any four different 200s with no duplicates - swims can be done all on one day or over both days using the time trials); and Best Distance Swimmers (lowest cumulative time in 500, 1000 and 1650 Frees). These special awards are not based on age group).
Nearby Lodging (all of these are in Henrico, VA if you are using a GPS):
- Hilton Richmond Hotel & Spa, 12042 W. Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23233. Phone: (804) 364-3600.
- Aloft Richmond West, 3939 Duckling Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23060. Phone: (804) 433-1888