2012 Short Course State Championship

 

 

LOCATION: North Central High School, 1801 E. 86th St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 (located just south of 465 between Keystone and Meridian). Directions, hotel and dining information are at bottom of this page.

 

FACILITY: The Washington Township Aquatic Complex is an indoor 50 meter pool. The pool configuration for the GRIN State meet may be 2 Ten (10) lane 25 yard courses using the second pool only for the long distance events (1650 and 1000) depending on the number of entries for those two events. Swimmers will be notified before the meet if 2 pools will be used. The second pool will be available for warm up throughout the meet. Seating for 250 swimmers and 1000 spectators; Dakronics Electronic Timing System with 10-lane Daktronics State of-the-art Display Board; Hy-tek Meet Manager Software will be used for the meet.

 

MEET CONDUCT: Current USMS rules will govern the conduct of the meet.

 

ELIGIBILITY: All entrants must be registered with United States Masters Swimming, Inc. Each swimmer is eligible to swim a maximum of four individual events per day (total of 8 for both days), excluding relays.  

 

AGE GROUPS: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, etc.

 

ENTRY FEES: Online entries are preferred. As an added benefit to being a member of USMS and Indiana, your meet entry is FREE if registering online. For swimmers not a member of GRIN LMSC, meet fees are: $30.00 Online; $40.00 Paper Entry; Relays: Free.

 

DEADLINE: For speed, accuracy and lower fees, register online by March 20, 2012 at 11 PM EDT. Mail in entries must be received no later than March 16, 2012.

 

SEEDING: All heats will be seeded slowest to fastest. If there are enough entries the, 1000 & 1650 Free will be swum in both pools. All distance events 500, 1000, 1650 Free, and 400 IM MUST have entry times and will be mixed gender. All of these events will be positive check-in (you must tell us you will be in the event!) events. “No Time” entries will not be accepted for the long distance events. Scratches for the long distance events will be accepted up until 7:45 AM on the day of the event for the 1000 and 1,650 and by 12:00 noon for the 400 IM and the 500 free. Failure to scratch may jeopardize the swimmer from swimming in other events. The long distance events and 400 relays will be swum as mixed gender events, but scored by gender and age group.

 

AWARDS: Each participant will receive a participant award and a commemorative card suitable for posting times swum.

 

RESULTS: Will be posted free on GRIN website www.GRINswim.org and available for downloading.

 

 

ORDER OF EVENTS: Women’s events are ODD numbers/Men’s events are EVEN numbers.

 

1          1650 Free (Mixed)

3          200 Medley Relay (W/M) - Deck Enter

4          200 Mixed Medley Relay - Deck Enter

5/6       200 Freestyle

7/8       200 Individual Medley

9/10     50 Butterfly

11/12   100 Backstroke

13/14   50 Breaststroke

15/16   100 Butterfly

17/18   200 Backstroke

19        200 Mixed Free Relay - Deck Enter

21        400 Individual Medley (Mixed)

 

23        1000 Freestyle (Mixed)

25/26   200 Freestyle Relay - Deck Enter

27/28   100 Breaststroke

29/30   50 Free

31/32   200 Butterfly

33/34   50 Backstroke

35/36   200 Breaststroke

37/38   100 Freestyle

39        100 Individual Medley

41        400 Free Relay (W/M) - Deck Enter

42        400 Mixed Free Relay - Deck Enter

43        500 Freestyle (Mixed)

 

RELAYS: This year, there will be no charge for relays. Age groups are 18+, 25+, 35+, 45+, etc., (10 year increments as high as necessary). The age of the youngest relay team member shall determine the age group. Relays for events 3 and 41 allow for a mixed relay but you must choose between M/W or Mixed, not both.

 

Directions to North Central High School: North Central High School is just south of 465, between the Keystone and Meridian exits. In addition, it is east of Westfield Blvd. The closest entrance to the pool is the northwest entrance just east of the fire station. Drive south and park close to entrance number 24 West.

 

Hotels: Go to this website for hotels near North Central: www.visitindy.com.

 

Saturday, March 24, 2012 - Session 1

Sunday, March 25, 2012 - Session 2