2021 COMSA Masters Virtual Short Course Regional Swimming Meet

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Registration Schedule

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COMSA invites you to the 2021 COMSA Masters Virtual Short Course Regional Swimming Meet, March 14-28, 2021!

** INSTRUCTIONS for RESULTS SUBMISSION - CLICK HERE **

Description: Colorado and Wyoming Virtual SCY regional swimming meet hosted by COMSA. As a virtual meet, swimmers register on-line via Club Assistant and submit their times via Swim Phone.  Registration opens January 18, 2021. Events must be swum between March 14 and 28, 2021 at your home pool.  Your home pool is where you practice regularly these days. If your home pool is meters, a link to a conversion calculator from SCM or LCM to SCY is available at the top of the registration page where you enter events and seed times. That same link will be available when you submit your results. Because there are no officials, multiple timers or pool measurements; local, regional, national or international records can be neither challenged nor top 10 swims be considered. Trophies for the top three teams, regardless of where in the country you swim, will be based on the number of registrants as indicated by the team rosters tabulated by Club Assistant. In lieu of charging a per event fee, COMSA is offering you the opportunity to help out four different aquatic entities in our region. This is a USMS calendar event only.    

Meet information: Details can be found below.

Venue: Your home pool is where you swim regularly these days. If your home pool is meters, a link to a conversion calculator from SCM or LCM to SCY is available at the top of the registration page where your enter events and seed times. That same link will be available when you submit your results.

Eligibility:  This is a U.S. Masters Swimming recognized virtual meet event. Swimmers must be at least 18 years of age on the day they swim. A valid 2021 United States Masters Swimming (U.S. Masters Swimming) membership is required to compete, and must be furnished with the entry. Online U.S. Master Swimming registration is linked on the COMSA website (comsa.org). Contact the 2021 COMSA Masters Virtual Short Course Regional Swimming Meet Coordinator, Andrew Le Vasseur at swimmin4fun@msn.com with questions.

Rules:  All current U.S. Masters Swimming rules apply, including a NO FALSE START RULE and whistle alerts announcing the start of each race. Pull buoys, kickboards, fins, hand paddles, and snorkels are not allowed in the competition or warm-up pools.

You are under the honor system to follow the rules as officials can not be provided for this virtual meet.
Results will not be considered for local, regional, national or international records or National Top 10 consideration.

No relays will be swum at this meet.

For the warm-up/warm-down procedure at your home pool, except in the actual competition, swimmers must enter the pool feet first in a cautious and controlled manner. No diving or backstroke starts are allowed except in designated sprint lanes. One or two lanes will be designated as one-way sprint lanes during the pre-virtual timing warm-up sessions in your competition pool only.

As long as all participants are U.S. Masters Swimming members at your home pool, like a swim practice, your participation will be covered by U.S. Masters Swimming insurance. As always, if there are non-U.S. Masters Swimming swimmers at your home pool, U.S. Masters Swimming insurance does not apply.

Entries and Fees: There will be a $5.00 flat fee per individual. Individuals may swim up to a max of 18 events during the two week competition period, March 14-March 28, 2021.

There will be no pool surcharge per swimmer, there will be no relays. In lieu of a pool surcharge, participants are encouraged to offer a donation of any amount to any of the following non-profit organizations.

1) USMS Swimming Saves Lives Foundation: Help adults who don’t know how to swim; The USMS Swimming Saves Lives Foundation works hard to reduce these risks by serving as a financial and educational resource for programs nationwide that provide adult learn-to-swim lessons. Since 2012, SSL has awarded more than $700,000 in grants to adult learn-to-swim providers and programs.  You may make a donation to this worthy cause in the merchandise section of your on-line registration.

2) Swim Across America-Denver: Swim Across America is a National non-profit that hosts 21 Open Water Charity Swims, along with other pool events, to raise funds for critical cancer research & clinical trials that stay within the community in which the funds are raised!

Swim Across America-Denver’s sole beneficiary is Children’s Hospital Colorado Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders. Since our Inaugural Open Water Swim Event at Chatfield Reservoir in 2018, SAA-Denver has granted over $335,000 to fund two groundbreaking cancer research projects at Children’s Hospital Colorado! Our mission doesn’t stop. We are looking forward to hosting many more Open Water Charity Swims & Pool Events in future years to help fund further research projects. Please join us in Making Waves in the Fight against Pediatric Cancer in Colorado. Your generous donation in the merchandise section of your on-line registration will help save Children’s lives! 

3) Colorado Mesa University Division 2 College Swimming: CMU was going to provide timers at the 2021 state meet as a fund raising effort for their team.

Colorado Mesa University is one of the fastest improving teams in the country. They are poised to make a run at a national title; however they need your help. In order to compete at the highest level they must fundraise up to 40% of our operating budget. These fundraised dollars are used to support scholarships, travel expenses, and provide the gear necessary to compete and train. If you would like to make a donation to this program, you may do so in the merchandise section of your on-line registration.    

4) Aquatic Parks Rangers of Colorado: Several of our COMSA swimmers have been using the Chatfield gravel pond, Boulder reservoir and Aurora reservoir as their open water swimming and training venues for several years and especially this past summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We are offering you an opportunity to donate to the Aquatic Parks Rangers that keep these open water venues open and safe for swimming in the merchandise section of your on-line registration.

Fees and donations must accompany your registration, and must be paid in U.S. Dollars by credit/debit card.

Entry Deadlines: All entries will be online using Club Assistant starting Monday, January 18, 2021 at 12:00am and must be completed by Friday, March 12, 2021 at 11:59pm.

Entry Confirmations: All entry confirmations are via email from Club Assistant. Online entries will receive email confirmation. No entry verification will be made via telephone.

How to submit your result times via SwimPhone: 
Click here to read all tips and instructions.

Psych Sheets: Will be available on Swim Phone, Saturday, March 13, 2021.
Contact the 2021 COMSA Virtual Short Course Regional Meet Coordinator, Andrew Le Vasseur at swimmin4fun@msn.com with corrections to errors found on the psych sheet.

Age Groups: Age for the meet is determined as of the last day of the meet, March 28, 2021. Swimmers must be a minimum age of 18 on the day that they are swimming.
Individual Event age groups: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39,…100+

Results: Results will be available on swim phone after the close of competition by 12:00pm on Monday, March 29, 2021.

Team Awards: Team awards will be based upon numbers of participants from each team as tabulated by Club Assistant. All swimmers must be registered for the meet under the same team to count towards team awards.

The Jack Buchannan Service Award: This award is announced during the 7:00pm Zoom meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 to the male and female swimmers who have made major contributions to Masters Swimming. Nomination forms are available at www.comsa.org. This award will be presented to the recipient. Heather Melrose at heather.m.melrose@gmail.com will contact you about the presentation.

The Lou Parker Coaches Award: This award is announced during the 7:00pm Zoom meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 to the outstanding COMSA Coach of the Year. Recipients must be current U.S. Masters Swimming members. Nomination forms are available at www.comsa.org. This award will be presented to the recipient. Heather Melrose at heather.m.melrose@gmail.com will contact you about the presentation.

COMSA Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of the Colorado Masters Swimming Association will be held in a 7:00pm Zoom meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. An agenda will be available on the COMSA website. Here is a link to the COMSA web page with the entire Zoom log in information. https://www.comsa.org/page.cfm?pagetitle=Current+Schedule 
This meeting typically lasts about 10 minutes.  We encourage your participation.

Best to you,
Andrew Le Vasseur, 2021 COMSA Virtual Regional Swimming Meet Coordinator
Swimmin4fun@msn.com
303-968-6464

2021 COMSA Virtual regional Swimming Meet FAQ:

If my home pool is a Short Course Meters or Long Course Meters pool, may I still participate in a Short Course Yards event? YES

How do I submit Entries and Final times?

When registration opens at 12:01am on January 18, 2021, you will find on the Club Assistant events and entry times page there is a times converter link at the top of that page. You may use that link to SwimSwam conversions to convert your entry times from SCM or LCM to SCY.

That same link will appear in your "How to I submit my times via swim phone" email coming out on March 13, 2021, the day between the when registration closes on March 12, 2021 and the first day of the two-week competition period, March 14-28, 2021 . You may use that same link to convert your times from SCM or LCM to SCY and enter your results.

Description: Colorado and Wyoming Virtual SCY regional swimming meet hosted by COMSA. As a virtual meet, swimmers register on-line via Club Assistant and submit their times via Swim Phone.  Registration opens January 18, 2021. Events must be swum between March 14 and 28, 2021 at your home pool.  Your home pool is where you practice regularly these days. If your home pool is meters, a link to a conversion calculator from SCM or LCM to SCY is available at the top of the registration page where you enter events and seed times. That same link will be available when you submit your results. Because there are no officials, multiple timers or pool measurements; local, regional, national or international records can be neither challenged nor top 10 swims be considered. Trophies for the top three teams, regardless of where in the country you swim, will be based on the number of registrants as indicated by the team rosters tabulated by Club Assistant. In lieu of charging a per event fee, COMSA is offering you the opportunity to help out four different aquatic entities in our region. This is a USMS calendar event only.   

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "COMSA MEETS."