Competition

SPONSORED BY: Lakeside Masters Swim Team

LOCATION: Lakeside Swim Club, 2010 Trevilian Way, Louisville, KY 40205-2142, (502) 454-4585

POOL: 10 lane, 50 meters, non-turbulent dividers, automatic timing, 3 lane 25 yd Warm-up plus ample warm up space

SCHEDULE:
Saturday, August 3, 2013
    Session One – 9:00 am EDT, Warm up 8:00 am
    Session Two – 1:30 pm EDT, Warm-up 12:30 pm
Sunday, August 4, 2013
    Session Three - 9:00 am (EDT), Warm up 8:00 am EDT 30 minute warm-up after the Men’s 400 free
Friday, August 2, 2013 - Pre Meet Warm up 5:00pm–8:00pm EDT Only pre registered swimmers will be able to use facility for warm-up. USMS Card must be presented to attendant for entry into Lakeside Club

ELIGIBILITY: All swimmers must be registered with United States Masters Swimming, Inc. and may be asked to show their USMS card upon request by officials. A COPY OF YOUR USMS REGISTRATION CARD MUST BE INCLUDED WITH YOUR WRITTEN ENTRY. The meet entry form and event cards should display your registered name & number as it is on your USMS card. All swimmers must be USMS registered before an entry can be accepted.
Swimmers may register with USMS on line at www.usms.org. Each swimmer is eligible to swim A MAXIMUM OF 6 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS FOR THE MEET (Limit 5 per day), plus relays.

AGE: The age reported on your entry form must reflect your actual age as registered with USMS. A swimmer's age on December 31, 2013, shall determine his/her age for the meet.

19-24 SWIMMERS: Swimmers 18-24 years old competing in USMS meets may jeopardize their NCAA eligibility.

ENTRY DEADLINES: On-Line entries close at 9:00 pm EDT, Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Written entries are to be received by Sunday, July 28, 2013. All entries, written and online, received by 9:00 pm EDT, Sunday, July 28th, will receive a Meet Shirt and packet. Packets may be picked up at the Meet Entrance. Only swimmers, whose entries, written and on-line, are received by the Sunday deadline, will receive a meet shirt and packet.

ENTRY FEES: An entry fee of $30.00 will be charged for on-line entries for one or both days - www.lakesideswim.org   An entry fee of $35.00 will be charged for written entries for both days and $25.00 will be charged for written entries on one day. These fees are for written entries received by the entry deadline or late entries, accepted before the first day of the meet. (6 Individual event limit for the meet, 5 events per day, plus relays) Checks are preferred.

WRITTEN LATE & DECK ENTRIES: This meet will be Deck-Seeded. Late & Deck Entries will be seeded into the meet following the deck entry deadline. Heat Sheets will then be posted around the competitive course following the closing of deck entries.
Deck entries for the 1500 and 800 Freestyles will be accepted if space available.
Deck Entry Deadline: Session One events 8:30 am EDT, Session Two events 12:45 pm EDT
and Session Three events, 8:15 am EDT
A deck entry fee of $40.00 will be charged for written entries taken on either day of the meet
Deck entries are limited to 6 Individual event limit for the meet, 5 events per day, plus relays,

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: LAKESIDE MASTERS

MAIL WRITTEN ENTRIES TO:

2013 LAKESIDE MASTERS INVITATIONAL
c/o MARY GRAVES
2010 TREVILIAN WAY
LOUISVILLE, KY 40205-2142

1500 & 800 FREE: The 1500 freestyle shall be limited to the first 60 entries (Men And Women) received and the 800 freestyle shall be limited to the first 30 entries. Swimmers may enter either the 800 or 1500 Freestyles, but not both events. Check-in is required for the 1500 and the 800 freestyle. All swimmers must be checked in for the 1500 freestyle by 8:30 am on Saturday, August 4th. All swimmers must be checked in for the 800 freestyle by 10:30 am on Saturday, August 4th. Any swimmer who has not checked in with the Clerk of Course by these deadlines will be scratched. Swimmers may check-in by phone by calling 502-454-4585 ext 225 or by email, mtgraves@lakesideswim.com, on Friday, August 2nd, only. Any entry received after the first 60 in the 1500 and the first 30 in the 800 shall be considered a standby and shall check in at the Clerk of Course. These swimmers will be placed in the event, upon a scratch. Men and women will be seeded together for the 1500 and 800 freestyle events only. Swimmers shall provide their own personnel to count for them. Lap Counters will be provided

LANE ASSIGNMENTS: Each event will be seeded by the submitted seed time of each swimmer; the slower heats will swim first and no time (NT) will be seeded in these heats. Swimmers will be seeded according to time regardless of their age. Women and men will be seeded in separate heats, except for the 1500 & 800 freestyles. Swimmers are responsible to report to the blocks for each event, on time for their appropriate heat and lane. A Psych Sheet will be posted on Thursday, August 1st, after 6:00pm EDT, at www.lakesideswim.org

TEAM REPRESENTATIVE: All USMS registered teams should inform the Meet Director or Clerk of Course of one official team representative before the start of Event 1.

RELAYS: All relays are deck entered. Blank relay cards are to be picked up from the Clerk of Course by the coach or team representative and are responsible to print legibly all information required. Each card shall include: swimmer's name as USMS registered in order of relay swim; first name, last name, age, and sex.

Relay Cards shall be returned to Clerk of Course by the following deadlines.

200 Medley Relay 1:00p
200 Mixed Free Relay, the end of the Men’s 200 Freestyle,
200 Mixed Medley Relay, the end of the Mens 400 Freestyle
200 Free Relay, the end of the Men’s 50 Freestyle.

OFFICIAL SPLITS: Splits for the 800, in the 1500 Freestyle, and the 400, in the 800 Freestyle, shall be recorded in the official results. Any swimmer wishing a split time recorded in any other individual event, shall pickup a split request form from the Clerk of Course, fill it out and return it to the Clerk. All Split times will be recorded in accordance with USMS Rule 105.2.2.

AWARDS: Team Awards will be given to the top three visiting teams. Individual awards will be given for 1st through 8th place by age groups and sex from 18-24 through 100+. Awards will be given for relays for 1st through 8th, by age group, 72+, 100+, 120+, 160+, 200+, 240+, 280+, 320+

HIGH POINT AWARD:  A High Point Award will be awarded to the Male and Female in each age group, based on the team points scored in each individual event.

TEAM POINTS: Team Points will be awarded by the age group with men and women being scored separately.
Individual: first through eighth: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Relays: first through eighth: 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

PROTESTS: Any protest concerning seeding, awards, final results, eligibility, scoring or entries will be addressed to the meet director or referee. (USMS Rule 102.16) The Team Representative is the only person who can make the protest.

FACILITY RESTRICTIONS: Please enter through the swim meet entrance Street parking only; No on-site parking available  Smoking is prohibited in the facility.  No alcoholic beverages, glass containers or cans are permitted on Lakeside Club property. Coolers may be inspected by club personnel.

SWIM EQUIPMENT: Swim gear will be available for sale during the meet, in the Lakeside Swim Shop, which is located on the ground floor of the business office, by the meet entrance.

MEET DIRECTOR: William Tingley 2107 Eastview Ave Louisville, KY 40205-1025, phone (502) 548-4129 after 6pm EDT  btingley4510@gmail.com

FACILITY MANAGER: Mary Graves 2010 Trevilian Way Louisville, KY 40205-4125, phone 502-454-4585 mtgraves@lakesideswim.com

MEET HOUSING: Visit www.louisville.com/Visitors/Hotels for housing information Approximately Five miles from Center City. Near Bardstown or Newburg Roads

ORDER OF EVENTS
All Events Are Timed Finals

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Session One 9:00 am -Warm up 8:00 am

   1 1500 M Freestyle 
   2 800 M Freestyle

Session Two 1:30 pm – Warm-up 12:30 pm

  3-4 200 M Medley Relay
     10-Minute Break
  5-6 100 M Freestyle
  7-8 200 M Breaststroke
 9-10 100 M Backstroke
11-12 50 M Butterfly
13-14 400 M Individual Medley
15-16 50 M Backstroke
17-18 100 M Butterfly
19-20 200 M Freestyle
21-22 50 M Breaststroke
   10-Minute Break
23 200 M Mixed Free Relay

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Session Three 9:00 am, Warm-up 8:00 am

24-25 400 M Freestyle
30-Minute Warm-up
26 200 M Mixed Medley Relay
   10 Minute Break
27-28 200 M Butterfly
29-30 100 M Breaststroke
31-32 200 M Backstroke
33-34 50 M Freestyle
35-36 200 M Individual Medley
    10 Minute Break
37-38 200 M Freestyle Relay