2012 Pacific Masters Long Course Swimming Championships

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Registration Schedule

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Sanctioned by Pacific Masters Swimming, Inc. for USMS, Inc. Sanction # 38-12-12

Location: College of San Mateo & San Mateo Athletic Club, 1700 W Hillsdale Blvd. Building 5

Directions:
From Hwy 280: take Hwy 92 east towards San Mateo, West Hillsdale Blvd. exit. Turn left at signal and proceed uphill through 2nd traffic light. Turn right onto campus at College Heights Drive.
From Hwy 101: take Hwy 92 west towards Half Moon Bay, West Hillsdale Blvd exit. Turn right and proceed uphill through the traffic light. Turn right onto campus at College Heights Drive.

The Aquatic Center pool is adjacent to the new Health and Wellness Building 5, located up College Heights Drive on the right next to circular drop-off. Signs will be posted to direct you to pool entrance.

Parking: Ample free parking is available on campus in Beethoven Lot 2 on Saturday and Sunday. Do not park in Olympian Lot 12 or any Staff parking lots. Friday parking is $2; pay at permit machines in parking lot. See Campus map at: http://collegeofsanmateo.edu/map/docs/CSM%20Campus%20Map%202_12.pdf 

Course: Outdoor. Competition pool is 50 meters, 7 or 8 lanes will be used for competition. Instructional pool is 25 yards, 6 lanes will be available for warm ups

Time: Friday: Warm-up begins at 8:30 AM. Meet starts at 9:30 AM.
Saturday and Sunday: Warm-up begins at 7:00 AM. Meet starts at 8:30 AM.

Check-In:  All individual events that are 50 and 100 meters will be pre-seeded. The heat sheets for these events will be in the meet program and posted at the venue. All events 200 meters or longer will be deck seeded. You must check in for these deck seeded events. The program will also have psych sheets for all deck seeded events (those 200 meters or longer).

On Friday, you may check in for the 1500 Free and the 400 IM online on SwimPhone.com or in person at the meet. On Saturday and Sunday, you must check in for deck seeded events at the Clerk of the Course desk.

SwimPhone Procedure: Online check-in will open on Thursday, August 8 at 3pm and close on Friday, August 10 at 8:30am. Go to SwimPhone and click on the event for which you want to check in. Find you name and click on it, select your check-in status, enter your birth date as verification, and click the submit button to save your change.

In-Person Check In Procedure: Go to the Clerk of the Course desk, find you name on the Check-in Report, write your initials next to your name, and circle the X for that day’s events for which you are checking in. You must check-in each day, and be checked in 45 minutes prior to the estimated start of your event or you will be scratched! However, the check-in deadline for the first event each day is 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the meet.

Hints for Check In: On Friday, 8/10, the 400 IM will start sometime after 4:00pm. On Saturday, the 800 Free will start sometime after 3:00pm.

Rules: 2012 USMS Rules will govern this meet. You must be 2012 USMS registered. Maximum of 5 events per day, 7 events for three-day meet, excluding relays. This meet is long course meters. To convert SC yards times to LC meters times conversion tables can be found at swiminfo.com.

Age Groups: Individual events: 18-24, 25-29, etc. Relay events based on sum of the four swimmers' ages: 72-99, 100-119, 120-159, 160-199, etc. Age determined by your age on December 31, 2012.

Online Entries: Enter this meet online to receive immediate confirmation of acceptance via email.

Online Entry Deadline: Online entries must be submitted by Friday, August 3, 11:59 PM. No entries accepted after that time.

Online Entry Fee: 1 event: $18; 2-4 events: $38; 5-7 events: $43. Please note that the online processing fee of $1.50 plus 5% is included in these fees. Your credit card will be charged by ‘ClubAssistant.com Events’ for this meet. (No refunds). Bring a copy of your entry confirmation with you to the meet.

Mailed Entry Deadline: Mail-in entries must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, July 25, 2012, and/or received no later than Monday, July 30.

Mailed Entry Fee: 1 event: $18; 2-4 events: $38; 5-7 events: $43. (No refunds)

Relay Fees: $6 per relay.

Relays: Deck entered on yellow relay cards. Swimmers may swim only once in each relay event. Cards must show correct first and last names and correct age for each swimmer.

Seeding: Individual events will be deck seeded from slowest to fastest. We will swim events one-per-lane, including the 1500 meter freestyle, the 800 m freestyle, and the 400 m freestyle. Women and men will be seeded together for the 400, 800, and 1500 freestyle.

Snack Bar: A full snack bar will be open during the meet.

Meet Director: Henry Chan (650) 549-5727 hymc219@yahoo.com 

Referee: TBD

Scoring: Individual events: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (eight places). Relays: 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 for each age group. *NOTE* Only two relay teams per club may score per age group of a relay.

Awards: Ribbons will be presented to first through eighth place finishers. High point awards for each gender and age group. Team trophies will be awarded to the top teams in each PacMasters team size division.

Program: Available for $5.

Timing: SMM will provide at least one timer per lane during the meet. Swimmers from all teams are expected to assist with timing duties, too.

Accommodations: Contact Meet Director for an email or fax list of accommodations.

Schedule of Events (odd # events for women, even # events for men):

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10
(Warm-up begins at 8:30 AM. Meet starts at 9:30 AM)

1-2       1500 m freestyle (women and men seeded together)
3           800 m mixed free relay
5-6        400 m I.M.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11
(Warm-up at 7:00 AM. Meet starts at 8:30 AM)

7-8       200 m freestyle
9-10     50 m backstroke
11-12   400 m free relay
13-14   200 m backstroke
15-16   100 m butterfly
17-18   100 m breaststroke
19-20   50 m freestyle
21-22   200 m medley relay
23-24   800 m freestyle (women and men seeded together)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12
(Warm-up at 7:00 AM. Meet starts at 8:30 AM)

25-26   400 m freestyle (women and men seeded together)
27-28   200 m I.M.
29-30   50 m butterfly
31-32   200 m breaststroke
33         200 m mixed freestyle relay
35-36   100 m backstroke
37-38   200 m butterfly
39-40   50 m breaststroke
41-42   100 m freestyle
43         400 m mixed medley relay
 

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "ClubAssistant.com Events."