Competition
Sanctioned by Utah Masters for USMS, Inc. Sanction # 344-S009
Meet Director: Gordon Gridley, Phone 801-784-0502; Email: ggridley@gordongridley.us
Facility: South Davis Recreation Center is a 10 Lane 25 yard pool.
Location: 550 North 200 West, Bountiful, UT 84010 Phone: 801-298-6220
Directions: From SLC take I-15 north to the 400 North Exit in Bountiful. Take exit and go east. Turn left on 200 West and South Davis Recreation Center is located on the right.
Sign up: Sign up on ClubAssistant.com
Meet Conduct: 2014 USMS Rules will govern conduct of this meet. Click here for the rules.
Eligibility: All swimmers must be registered with USMS, USMS/Utah Annual registration for 2015 will be offered at check-in. If registered after Nov. 1st, 2014 your annual registration will be good for 13 months or through Dec. 31, 2015. If you do NOT have an annual membership card, the USMS/Utah one time swim meet event registration will be $15.
Age Group Classification: According to Rule 102.2, your age group classification is determined by your age as of November 8th, 2014 (The day of the meet).
Entry Fee: $25 fee for this meet for USMS members. Non-USMS members have three options:
- Register online with USMS on your own (preferred method). Go to http://www.usms.org/reg/ to register. Then use your USMS membership number.
- If you do not want to pay for a year membership an additional $15 will be charged for one day event insurance with USMS.
- Register on deck on Friday morning (an additional $10 late fee for this option), and pay your yearly USMS membership there at the meet. Paper membership form for 2015 will need to be filled out, and additional check made out to Utah Masters. Be aware that USMS's price for 2015 will be $37 and Utah LMSC fee is $8, for a total of $45 for UNAT swimmers. Additional club fees may apply.
Relay Age Groups: —18+, 25+, 35+, 45+, 55+, 65+, 75+, 85+, 95+… (10-year increments as high as is necessary). The age of the youngest relay team member shall determine the age group.
Seeding: All events will be timed finals with heats seeded by time, slowest to fastest. Genders will swim together (mixed).
Please note: Participants may only swim 7 events total: 5 individual events, and 2 relay events.
Records: Swimmers attempting to set records during the meet should notify the Starter to assure that three official timers will be present.
Heats: Heat sheets will be posted around the deck. Swimmers who miss their heats may not swim in another heat unless successfully protested to Meet Director and Referee. Swimmers without seed times may be placed in the slowest (earliest) heats.
Registration: Online registration at ClubAssistant.com.
Last Day to register online: Thursday, November 6th, 2014.
Same Day Deck Entries ($10 late fee will be assessed): You may register on-deck on Saturday between 6-8am. No deck entries after 8am. It is better for you and for us if you register online!
Warmup/Cooldown: Saturday Nov 8th, warmups start at 6:00am, competition begins at 7:00am. If you are not registering for the first two events, the third event will start at 9am. Warmup/Cooldown will be conducted in the 5 lanes north of the bulkhead.
Relays: Swimmers must be entered in the meet to swim on relays and must be registered with the same USMS registered club. Relay cards may be obtained at the relay card pickup table and at the meet check-in.
Guess Your Time: Event #4, 50 Freestyle: Thanks to our sponsors for providing the male and female swimmer closest to their seed time wins a swim suit.
The length of the competition course is not on file with USMS. Eligibility of times achieved in this meet will be contingent upon pool length measurement and approval with USMS; if bulkheads are present, their placement must also be confirmed by measurements at the meet (USMS articles 105.1.7 and 107.2.1).