Competition

Sanctioned by Oregon Masters Swimming, Inc. for USMS, Inc. • Sanction #371-04

HOSTED BY:

Mt. Hood Community College

26000 SE Stark

Gresham, Oregon

8 lanes competition, elec. timing. Separate area for warm-up/down.

ELIGIBILITY: Currently registered USMS swimmers, 18 years and older.

DATE: Fri., Sat. & Sun. April 1-3, 2011

Friday:

Warm-ups: 3pm — Meet starts: 4pm

Saturday:

Warm-ups: 8am — Meet Starts: 9am

Sunday:

Warm-ups: 8am — Meet Starts: 9am

MEET DIRECTORS: Dennis Baker, (503) 679-4601, bakeswim@yahoo.com & Aubree Gustafson, (971) 404-6968

DIRECTIONS TO THE POOL: Take I-84. Use Exit 17. Follow Frontage Road to 257th and take a right. Follow 257th past Stark St. to 17th St. and take a left. Take the first left after the soccer field and left again into the aquatic center parking lot.

ENTRY DEADLINE: Online entry preferred. Online entries due 11:59 PM Pacific Time, Tuesday, March 15th. Paper entries must be POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN Tuesday March 15, 2011.

AGE GROUPS: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, etc. up to 100+. Relay age groups: 18+, 25+, 35+, 45+, 55+, 65+ and 75+. You may enter a maximum of 6 individual events plus unlimited relays with no more than 5 individual events per day. Enter relays at the meet. Only 200 yard relays will be counted for team points. You may swim the 200, 400 & 800 yard distance of each relay only once. The 400 IM, 500, 1000 & 1650 freestyles will be deck seeded. See guidelines page posted online or in the current issue of Aqua Master for times regarding check-in deadlines for these events and for relays. All events will be seeded SLOW TO FAST. Your team must be registered for 2011 in order to score points.

Championship meet entry fee $25.00.

Friday, April 1, 2011

400 IM (1)

1650 FREE (2)

Saturday, April 2, 2011

200 IM (3)

50 BACK (4)

200 BREAST (5)

100 FREE (6)

* break*

MEDLEY RELAYS (7-10)

50 BREAST (11)

200 BACK (12)

100 FLY (13)

* break*

MIXED FREE RELAYS (14-16)

1000 FREE (17)

Sunday, April 3, 2011

500 FREE (18)

Break- 20 minute warm-up, event 19 will not start before 10 am

50 FREE (19)

200 FLY (20)

100 BACK (21)

* break*

FREE RELAYS (22-27)

50 FLY (28)

200 FREE (29)

100 BREAST (30)

100 IM (31)

* break*

MIXED MEDLEY RELAYS (32-33)

Please plan to attend the OMS Annual Meeting on Saturday at 5:00 PM - Mt. Hood Comm. College - and be a part of this great organization!

OFFICIAL RULES AND GUIDELINES

DISTANCE EVENTS: CHECK-IN DEADLINES

Friday, April 1: 400 IM – 3:30 PM / 1650 Free – 4:00 PM

Saturday, April 2: 1000 Free – Between the start of the 100 Free and the start of the 200 Back

Sunday, April 3: 500 Free - 8:30 AM

RELAYS: CHECK-IN DEADLINES

Saturday, April 2: Medley Relays – 9:30 AM / Mixed Free Relay - By the end of the 50 Breast

Sunday, April 3: Free Relays – By the end of the 50 Free / Mixed Medley Relays - By the end of the 50 Fly

THE EVENTS LISTED ABOVE WILL BE OFFICIALLY CLOSED AT THE STATED TIMES.

SEEDING FOR DISTANCE AND RELAY EVENTS WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT THESE TIMES.

THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS FOR LATE ENTRIES OR LATE CHECK-INS.

TEAM SCORING: Only teams registered by March 15, 2011, will be able to score points. There will be three team categories (Small, Medium, and Large) based upon the number of swimmers entered in the meet for each team. There will be a meeting of all the team representatives on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 8:45 AM to vote on the breakdown of the teams into these three categories. Swimmers from LMSCs outside of Oregon are allowed to enter but are not scored in the team competition. Full team names and their abbreviations are listed below and on the 2011 OMS registration form in this issue of the Aqua Master. Someone from your team must register the team for 2011.

The team registration form is included in this issue. Please make sure your team is registered.

As of February 1, 2011, there were 23 teams registered (NOTE: Full team names and their abbreviations are listed below and on the 2011 OMS registration form in this issue of the Aqua Master)

What you write down on your entry form is your team designation for the meet and no exceptions will be allowed. If you leave this Local Team space blank you will be entered as representing the team listed on your 2011 USMS Registration for scoring purposes.

TEAM AWARDS: Awards for First, Second, and Third Place will be awarded for each team category

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AB0UT THE RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THIS MEET, PLEASE CONTACT: Tim Waud, Twaud@aol.com, (503) 341-3152

ACCOMMODATIONS:  The following hotel information is provided for your convenience.

Best Western Inn & Suites: (503) 491-9700

Best Western Pony Soldier: (503) 665-1591

Comfort Suites: (503) 661-2200

Days Inn & Suites: (503) 465-1515

Embassy Suites: (503) 460-3000

Four Points by Sheraton: (503) 491-1818

Hampton Inn: (503) 669-7000

Hawthorn Inn & Suites: (503) 492-4000

Holiday Inn Express: (503) 492-2900

Phoenix Inn: (503) 669-6500

Shilo Inn: (503) 907-1777

Sleep Inn: (503) 618-8400