2014 Oregon Masters Swimming Short Course Yards Championship Meet

HOSTED BY:

Mt. Hood Community College

26000 SE Stark

Gresham, Oregon

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

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 107.2.1.

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

DATE: Fri., Sat. & Sun. April 4-6, 2014

Friday:

Warm-ups: 2pm — Meet starts: 3pm

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 25th. Paper entries must be POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN Tuesday, March 25, 2014.

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 workout group must be registered for 2014 in order to score points.

400 IM (1)

1650 FREE (2)

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 6, 2014

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!

Friday, April 4: 400 IM – 2:30 PM / 1650 Free – 3:00 PM.

Saturday, April 5: 1000 Free – Between the start of the 100 Free and the start of the 200 Back.

Sunday, April 6: 500 Free - 8:30 AM.

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.

WORKOUT GROUP SCORING: Only workout groups registered by March 25, 2014, will be able to score points. There will be three group categories (Small, Medium, and Large) based upon the number of swimmers entered in the meet for each workout group. There will be a meeting of all the group representatives on Saturday, April 5, 2014 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 workout group competition. Full workout group names and their abbreviations are listed below and on the 2014 OMS registration form in the current issue of the Aqua Master. Someone from your workout group must register the group for 2014.

The workout group registration form is included in the current issue and online at www.swimoregon.org. Please make sure your group is registered.

The workout group you list in your meet entry is your workout group designation for the meet and no exceptions will be allowed. If you leave this workout group space blank you will be entered as representing the workout group listed on your 2014 USMS Registration for scoring purposes.

WORKOUT GROUP AWARDS: Awards for First, Second, and Third Place will be awarded for each group category.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AB0UT THE RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THIS MEET, PLEASE CONTACT: Wes Edwards, wesedwards.backstroker@comcast.net, (503) 460-7989.

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

Friday, April 4, 2014 - Session 1

Saturday, April 5, 2014 - Session 2

Sunday, April 6, 2014 - Session 3