Second Annual Growler Invitational

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Registration Schedule

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Sanction   This meet is sanctioned by the South Carolina LMSC for USMS, Inc.

Host Club   Palmetto Masters

Location    LTP Swimming and Tennis Club, 1513 Mathis Ferry Road, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

Facility    The facility is an outdoor facility with an eight lane, 25 yard pool. Two lanes will be designated as warm up/ warm down lanes and six lanes will be used for competition except for the 1650 and 500 freestyle and 400 IM events. For these three events, warm up will be before the event and all eight lanes will be used for competition.

Meet Director    Cathy Hallman-Kenner

Eligibility    This meet is open to all swimmers with a current USMS registration. A one-day membership to USMS may be purchased for non-members of USMS - this $15 "One-Event Membership" is available in online meet entry.  Your age group eligibility will be determined by your age on the last day of the meet.

Entries    Individual entries for the meet are by online entry only. No deck entries will be accepted for individual events. Substitutions may be made at the discretion of the Meet Director. Individuals may enter no more than a total of ten (10) individual events, not to exceed five (5) individual events per day. Due to time constraints, the 1650 freestyle, the 500 freestyle, and the 400 IM events are limited to the first forty (40) entries received. Relay entries will be deck entries on the day of the event.  The deadline for online entry is midnight Sunday, August 16, 2015.

Fees    There is a $40 entry fee for each swimmer.  Online entries are paid by credit card to ClubAssistant.com Events.

T-Shirts    T-Shirts with Growler Theme, available for sale at the meet for $15.00.  See Growler logo at right.

Seeding    All events will combine men and women and will be seeded based upon the entry time submitted. The 1650 and 500 freestyle events will be seeded fastest to slowest with NT (no time) entries swimming in the final heats. All other events will be seeded slowest to fastest with NT entries swimming in the first heats.

Psych Sheets    A psych sheet for all events will be available on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.

Check In    Check in will be required for the 1650 and 500 freestyle and 400IM events at least thirty (30) minutes prior to their scheduled start. Swimmers who do not check in will be scratched. There is no required check in for any other events.

Heat Sheets    Heat sheets for the 1650 and 500 freestyle and 400IM events will be available at least ten (10) minutes prior to the scheduled start of these events. Heat sheets for all other events will be available online no later than Friday, August 21, 2015. A limited quantity of heat sheets will be available at check in Saturday morning. It is strongly suggested that each swimmer print and bring a copy of the heat sheets.

Meet Conduct    Current USMS rules will be used. Scoring will be to eight (8) places. In water starts will be allowed for all
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Meet Times

• On Friday, warm up for the first session of the 1650 freestyle event will start at 2:00pm. The first heat will start at 3:00pm.
• Warm up for the second session of the 1650 freestyle event will start no later than 5:00pm. The first heat will start at 6:00pm.
• On Saturday, the pool will open at 8:00am for warm up. The first event will start at 9:00am.
• On Sunday, warm up for the 500 freestyle event will start at 8:00am. The first heat will start at 9:00am.
• There will be at least a one (1) hour warm up period between the completion of the 500 freestyle and the start of the 200 Mixed Freestyle Relay events.
• The 200 Mixed Freestyle Relay will not start before 10:00am.

Note About the 1650 Free   We are attempting to encourage triathletes to participate in swim meets. So we will have two sessions for the 1650 freestyle. We should be able to complete five heats in each session – allowing up to eighty swimmers to participate in this event. For registration and seeding purposes each session will be treated as a separate event. In other words, you may select the session in which you wish to participate and each session will be seeded fastest to slowest. The results from both sessions will be combined to determine final results, placement and points. 

Awards    Individual event ribbons will be given for 1st thru 8th place in each age group (men and women) for each individual and relay event. High point awards will be given for each age group (men and women). High point awards require entry in at least five (5) individual events. Team awards for the top three teams.

Hotel info   There is a block of rooms reserved at the following hotel:        

Hampton Inn & Suites Charleston/Mt. Pleasant-Isle Of Palms
1104 Isle of Palms Connector  Mount Pleasant, SC   29464
843 284 4448
http://www.charlestonisleofpalmssuites.hamptoninn.com

The link for the meet is: 

http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/C/CHSMPHX-GRI-20150821/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

Group Name: Growler Invitational
Group Code: GRI
Check-in: 21-AUG-2015
Check-out: 23-AUG-2015
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Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "PALMETTO MASTERS."