2024 Pacific Masters Swimming Kerry O'Brien Short Course Meters Championships

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Registration Schedule

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2024 Pacific Masters Swimming Kerry O'Brien Short Course Meters Championships
Hosted by Walnut Creek Masters
October 4 - 6, 2024

Sanctioned by the Pacific Masters for USMS, Inc. Sanction # 384-S015

LOCATION: Clarke Swim Center, 1750 Heather Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94598

DIRECTIONS: From I-680 North: take Ygnacio Valley Road Exit. Turn right onto Ygnacio Valley Rd and drive east about 2 miles to San Carlos Dr. Enter the left turn lane and turn left onto North San Carlos Dr. Go one block to Heather Dr turn left. The Clarke Swim Center is on your right. From I-680 South: take the North Main exit going south. Continue south on N. Main St to Ygnacio Valley Rd. Turn left onto Ygnacio Valley Rd and continue east on Ygnacio Valley Rd to San Carlos Dr, as above.

FACILITY: All deep six (6) lane 25 meter course for competition with separate six (6) 25 yard lanes provided for warm-up and warm-down throughout the meet; bleachers and lawn seating and snack bar. The length of the competition course without a bulkhead is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1. The primary timing system will be automatic timing (Colorado Timing System). Times may be submitted for USMS records and USMS Top 10 consideration. Pacific Masters requirements for records and Top 10 consideration are the same as those for USMS.

TIMING CHAIRS DURING MEET: Participating teams will be assigned timing chairs according to the number of their swimmers entered in the meet. Teams shall be advised of their timing responsibilities approximately 1 week before the meet starts.

TIMING CHAIRS DURING RELAYS: *New* Due to the large number of swimmers who participate in relays, it is difficult to fill the timing chairs. We request that each relay team be responsible for timing the relay in the heat before them. This will require relay teams getting to their lane ahead of time. We thank the coaches in advance for their help and support with this.

PARKING: Available at the swim center (please do not park on the basketball court), on the street, and extra parking in front of Heather Farm Field 1, located at 502 N San Carlos Drive. Please secure vehicles and contents. 

TIME:
Friday, October 4:  Warmups at 7:30 AM; Meet starts at 8:30 AM
Saturday, October 5 and Sunday October 6:  Warmups at 7:00 AM; Meet starts at 8:00 AM

RULES & ELIGIBILITY:  Current USMS rules will govern the meet. Age on December 31, 2024, determines age group for meet.  All participants must be age 18 or older on October 4, 2024, and be currently registered members of U.S. Masters Swimming. Foreign swimmers must provide proof of current membership in their country’s Masters Swimming governing body.

ENTRY LIMITS:  Maximum of 6 events per day, 6 events for three-day meet, excluding relays. If the meet is deemed too large, an athlete’s sixth event will be dropped. Swimmers entering six events must indicate at registration which event is to be dropped in case the timeline is too long. This meet is short course (SC) meters. To convert SC yard times to SC meters times, conversion tables can be found at swiminfo.com.

EVENT CAPS: THERE WILL BE NO WAITING LIST FOR THESE EVENTS

• 1500M Free Mixed – capped at 10 heats (60 swimmers, men and women together)
• 800M Free Mixed – capped at 10 heats (60 swimmers, men and women together) 
• 400M Free Mixed – capped at 10 heats (60 swimmers, men and women together)

ONLINE ENTRIES:

• Individual entries close Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 11:59 PM. 
• You will receive an immediate entry confirmation via email. No paper entries accepted - online entries only. 
• Relay only entries close Sunday, September 29, 2024, 11:59 PM. 
• Relay team entries close Saturday, October 5, 2024, 11:59 PM – relay team entries may be entered after relay only online entries close.

Note:  No late or individual deck entries will be accepted. Relays may be deck entered. No refunds will be made. Incomplete entries cannot be processed and will be returned. The Meet Director is forbidden to accept late or incomplete entries.

Entry Fees: $30 for one event, $60 for 2-4 events, and $70 for 5-6 events.

DECK ENTRIES: Only for relays.  

CHECK-IN: This is a partially pre-seeded meet. Swimmers are considered checked-in for all individual events with a distance of 100M and less.

• Online check-in available at SwimPhone.com for the 1500M Free, 400M IM, 800M Free, and 400M Free. 
• Online check-in opens at 6PM the day before the event and closes at 6AM the day of the event.
• Check-in is also available at the meet.  
• In person check-in required for all 200M events.

In person check-in closing times below:    

• 400M IM (Events 1 and 2) (Friday, October 4) will close at 8:00AM
• 1500M Free Mixed (Event 7) (Friday, October 4) will close at 11:00AM
• 800M Free Mixed (Event 31) (Saturday, October 5) will close no earlier than 1:00PM
• 400M Free Mixed (Event 55) (Sunday, October 6) will close no earlier than 1:00PM

Athletes who do not check-in will not be seeded and will not be allowed to compete in that event.

SEEDING:  All events will be seeded FASTEST to SLOWEST. Enter short course meter times for seeding purposes. Because this is a Championship meet, NT (No Time) entries are not allowed. Women and men will swim together for the 1500M Free Mixed (event 7), 800M Free Mixed (event 31), and 400M Free Mixed (event 55).

RELAYS:  

• Swimmers may swim in either the gender or mixed relay of a particular type, but not both.
• Cards must show correct first and last names and correct age for each swimmer.
• Relay swimmers not participating in individual events must enter online (no charge).
• Teams are encouraged to enter relays online and Teams may pay relay fees online as well. Coaches may contact the meet director for additional assistance if necessary. 
• It is best for one coach/representative to submit ALL of the relays for their club on one credit card.  This card will not be charged until after the meet concludes based on the actual number of relays for club.   

Relay Entry Fees: $10 per entered relay.  Relay entries are required 90 minutes prior to the relay events being swum.

SCORING: Individual events: 21-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and double for relays for each age group. *NOTE* Only two relay teams per club may score per age group of a relay.

AWARDS: Ribbons will be presented first through eighth place. High point awards for each gender and age group. Team awards will be given for the top three teams in large, medium and small divisions.

PSYCH SHEET: Emailed to all participants prior to start of meet.

HOSPITALITY: Snack bar available.

HOTELS:
Residence Inn Walnut Creek, 2050 N California Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Marriott Walnut Creek, 2355 N Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

MEET DIRECTORS: Gordon Bell, gordon.ed.bell@gmail.com, 925-285-7024
                                  Jon Boone

MEET REFEREE: John King

EVENTS: Women’s events are numbered (Odd) and Men’s events are numbered (Even). The 1500, 800 and 400 free events will be combined women and men (mixed).
 

Meet Course: 25 Meters

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "SWIM4WCM.ORG."