The 6th Annual Steve Barden Memorial Masters Swim Meet

Sponsored by: Asheville Masters Swimming, Inc.

 

Sanctioned by: LMSC for NC, for USMS, Inc. Sanction # Pending

 

Saturday September 10th: Biltmore Lake and Asheville School, Asheville, NC

 

Saturday Morning Session (Biltmore Lake)

Check-in begins: 7:45 AM

Warm-Up: 8:00-8:45 AM

 

Saturday Afternoon (Asheville School) 

Warm-Up: 12:30-1:00 PM

 

Sunday, September 11th: Asheville School, Asheville North Carolina

 

Sunday Morning Session (Asheville School)

Warm-Up: 9:00-9:45 AM

500 Free check in required before: 9:30AM

 

Biltmore Lake: 80 Lake Drive, Biltmore Lake, NC 28715

Take I-40 West of Asheville to exit 44. Turn right onto Smokey Park Hwy, also 19/23. Proceed 1 ½  miles south and turn left on Sand Hill Road. Turn Right into Biltmore Lake Subdivision. The lake is straight ahead on the right. No parking is available at the lakefront, all swimmers must park past the lake on-street.

 

Asheville School: 360 Asheville School Rd., Asheville, NC, 28806

Take I-40 West of Asheville to exit 44. Turn left onto Smokey Park Hwy, also 19/23. Proceed 1 mile north past hotels and shopping centers. Follow Asheville School signs to entrance drive on right. Pool is in fitness center past academic buildings.

 

Meet Director: Kitty and Joe Schmidt

 

Meet Referee: James Keogh (USA Swimming Certified Referee)

 

Facility: Asheville School competition pool, 360 Asheville School Rd, Asheville, NC, is a 25-yard x 6 lanes with non-turbulent lane lines and electronic timing. Five lanes will be used for competition and the sixth lane will be for continuous warm-up/warm-down. Water depth ranges from 4 feet at the shallow end to 12 feet at the deep end. Women and men’s locker rooms are available.

 

Rules: Swimmers must be registered with U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS). Please attach photocopy of current 2011 registration card to entry. The 2011 USMS rules shall prevail. Relay swimmers must swim at least one individual event.  

 

Fees: Open water race $20 flat fee. Pool Entries $30 flat fee. If entering both an open water race and any pool event, $40 flat fee (save $10!). Fees must accompany entries and are non-refundable. Four (4) individual pool events per day, please. Relay fees are payable on deck with the Meet Director. Late and deck entries may be accepted at the discretion of the Meet Director upon payment of the applicable fee.  

 

Entry Deadline: We strongly encourage entering this meet ONLINE. Online entries must be completed by 8:00 PM Eastern Time on September 8th, 2011. All hand written entries must be received by September 3rd, 2011. Entries received after date will not be seeded and will be considered a late/deck entry.

 

Awards: Awards will be given for 1st-3rd place in each age group in each event. Team awards will be given to the 1st-3rd place teams.

 

Scoring: Scoring will be 7-5-4-3-2-1 for individual events and 14-10-8-6-4-2 for relays.

Donations:  Please donate to the "Asheville YMCA swimming lesson scholarship fund," a program providing the wonderful life-skill of learning to swim, for those in need!  Donations may be made on the "Fees" page during online meet registration.  Or click here to donate (this link is for donations made outside of meet registration).  Thanks for your contribution!

 

Ramada-Asheville @ River Ridge

800 Fairview Rd., Asheville, N.C. 28803

(828) 298-9141

www.ramadariverridge.com (9 miles, 15 min. from swim sites) 

 

Renaissance Hotel, Downtown Asheville

31 Woodfin St, Asheville

(828) 252-8211

This hotel is in downtown Asheville right next to The Thomas Wolfe House and across the street from the YMC.

 

Grove Park Inn 

290 Macon St, Asheville

(828) 252-2711

This is a 4 Star Hotel in Asheville

 

Crowne Plaza Resort

1 Resort Dr. Asheville, NC 28806

(828) 254-3211

 

Four Points by Sheraton, Downtown Asheville

22 Woodfin St. 

(828) 253-1851

located next to I-240 and YMCA

 

Hotel Indigo, Downtown Asheville

151 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801

(828) 239-0239 or (800) 951-4667

 

 

Max of One (1) open water swim and four (4) individual pool events per day

W/M      Event

1/2         One Mile Open Water Swim  (please choose either the 1-mile or the 1/2-mile, not both)

3/4         ½ Mile Open Water Swim  

5            200 Mixed Medley Relay  

7/8         100 Freestyle  

9/10       200 Backstroke

11/12     50 Butterfly

13/14     200 Individual Medley  

15/16     100 Breaststroke

17/18     200 Butterfly 

19/20     50 Backstroke

21/22     100 CHOICE with FINS! bring own

 

 

Max of four (4) individual pool events per day

W/M       Event

23          200 Mixed Freestyle Relay  

25/26     500 Freestyle  

27/28     200 Freestyle  

29/30     100 Individual Medley  

31/32     200 Breaststroke  

33/34     100 Butterfly  

35/36     400 Individual Medley  

37/38     100 Backstroke  

39/40     50 Breaststroke  

41/42     50 Freestyle  

43          200 Mixed MYSTERY Relay

 

Meet T-Shirts are available in S, M, L, XL for $ 18

Saturday, September 10, 2011 - Session 1 - Open Water

Saturday, September 10, 2011 - Session 2 - Pool

Sunday, September 11, 2011 - Session 3 - Pool