Competition
Warm-ups at 9:00am. Deck entries until 9:30am. Meet starts at 10:00am.
Conducted at the Akron General Health & Wellness Center - North. The natatorium is a premier facility built in 2007 and has six lanes with anti-turbulent lane lines along with a spa and liesure pool. Five of the six lanes will be used for the meet with the sixth lane available for warm ups and cool downs. The natatorium is part of a state of the art, 96,400 square foot health and fitness center. Click here for a good description of this facility.
Event Director: Kevin McCardle/Tom Gorman
Email Address: kmccardle@clevelandymca.org
Eligibility: 2014 U.S. Masters Swimming rules will govern conduct of the meet. Because of insurance requirements, all swimmers must be registered with U.S. Masters Swimming for 2014. If not registered, swimmers can register online with USMS after the entry due date or at the meet, but swimmers must be USMS registered before swimming any events. The USMS Release of Liability must be signed electronically during online meet entry or must be signed on paper for mailed entries.
Online Entry Fee for O*H*I*O Masters members: $25
Online Entry Fee for NON-O*H*I*O Masters members: $35
Online entries are paid by credit card to "ClubAssistant.com Events"
Paper Entry Fee O*H*I*O Masters Member: $30
Paper Entry Fee Non-O*H*I*O Masters Member: $40
Deck Entry Fee: $50
Relay-only swimmer entries are free. Click here to begin relay-only swimmer entry. Relay-only swimmers are asked to enter online for easy USMS member verification and entry into the meet database.
Deadline: Online Entries close at Noon, Saturday, October 25, 2014. Paper entries must be received by Wednesday, October 22, 2014.
AGE GROUPS: Age of competitor on October 26, 2014 will determine age group. Age groups are: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, . . . , 80-84, 85-89, etc. For relays: age group is determined by the age of the youngest swimmer: 18+, 25+, 35+, 45+, etc.
AWARDS: To be eligible for the Pentathlon Award, swimmer must compete in all 5 of the mini or all 5 of the maxi pentathlon events. There will be a high-point Pentathlon award given for each age and gender group based on a total time in the 5 events. Results will be posted on www.ohiomasters.com usually within a day or two.
SEEDING: Heats formed by submitted times, regardless of age or sex, and progress from fast to slow to "No Time" and deck entries.
SOCIAL: To be announced at the meet.
Driving Directions to the Akron General Health & Wellness Center - North:
- Directions from Route 8 South: Traveling on Route 8 South, exit at Steels Corners Road. Take a left and go over the bridge. Turn left on Allen Road. The Health & Wellness Center is located at 4300 Allen Road.
- Directions Traveling on Route 8 North: Exit at Steels Corners Road. Take a right. Turn left on Allen Road.
- Directions from 77 South/North: Traveling on 77, merge onto Route 8 North. On Route 8 North, exit at Steels Corners Road. Take a right. Turn left on Allen Road.
- From 271 South: Traveling on 271 South, exit to Route 8 South. Follow Route 8 South. Directions Above.
EVENTS:
Enter one Pentathlon Event - either the Mini-Pentathlon (50’s with the 100 yard IM) or the Maxi-Pentathlon (100’s with the 200 yard IM). You can also swim individual events if you do not wish to swim the Pentathlon. (maximum of 5 events) Please enter seed times or "No Time" (00:00.00) for each of your events.