Alaska Masters Swimming Short Course Yards State Championship

 

 

Ken Winterberger

3000 Capstan Drive

Anchorage, AK 99516

e-mail: kwinterberger@gmail.com

 

USMS Membership: This meet is open to all currently registered USMS swimmers. USMS registration forms will not be accepted at the meet. It is your responsibility to be USMS registered. Your USMS membership will be verified during on-line registration. If you need to join or renew your memberships, links for this are presented during on-line meet registration. You may also locate membership registration info at www.akmswim.org and www.usms.org/. You must be registered with the workout group for which you intend to compete by the electronic meet entry deadline (8 February 2012) in order for your points to count for that workout group.

 

Other Paper Entry Information: Entry forms must be completely filled out and signed. Send form along with the entry fee and a copy of your 2012 registration card. Write one check for all applicable fees. Make checks payable to Alaska Masters Swimming.  

 

Rules and eligibility: All AKMS and USMS rules govern this meet. It is your responsibility to know the rules. Check out www.usms.org/rules/ website for a link to the current rules. Entries received after the electronic entry deadline will not be eligible for individual or team points.

 

Seeding: Events (except the 500 and 1650 freestyle and relays) will be pre-seeded slowest to fastest regardless of gender or age group. The 500 and 1650 free will be deck seeded fastest to slowest, regardless of age or gender. Relays will be deck seeded.

 

1650 freestyle: is open to the first 22 swimmers signing up for this event. You must provide your own lap counter. Seeding is fastest to slowest regardless of age or gender. This event may be reseeded after check-in.

 

Check in and Relays: There will be a check in table. Please check in upon arrival. All relays will be deck-seeded. If you are interested in being on a relay, check the box for “available for this relay” on the on-line event entry form (or on paper form, fill out "relay interest" portion). Individuals expressing interest in relays will be assigned to relays if there are enough swimmers available. There will be 10-minute breaks after the relays (if requested by relay swimmers) to accommodate those with individual events right after the relays. Positive check in will be required for the 500 and 1650 Free. 1650 Free swimmers will need to check in by 7:00 PM on Friday and 500 Free swimmers must check in by 10:30 AM on Saturday. If you are going to scratch an event please do so at check-in.

 

Awards: Top three overall teams, gender/age-group highpoint, and ribbons for 1st - 8th place in each age-group by gender

 

Annual Meeting: The pizza party and our annual meeting will immediately follow the meet on Saturday.

 

Order of business:

1. Roll Call.

2. Reading and adoption of 2011 minutes.

3. Reports  of Officers 

     Chairperson, Vice-Chair/Secretary, Treasurer

4. Reports of Committees - Registrar, Top Ten, Sanctions, Officials, Coaches, Webmaster, Convention, Scholarship

5. Unfinished Business

6. New Business

     A. Check-Off Challenge

     B. 2013 Zone Open Water Championships

     C. By-Laws Review 

     D. Monetary donations / advertising to support AKMS

     E. Fitness Chair position

7. Resolutions and Orders

8. Adjournment

 

 

31   Men's 400 medley relay

32   Mixed 400 medley relay

Warm-ups start at 5:00 PM

Meet Session starts at 6:00 PM

Warm-ups start at 9:00 AM

Meet Session starts at 10:00 AM