2015 Alaska Masters Swimming Short Course Yards State Championship

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Registration Schedule

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Bartlett Pool, Anchorage, AK
Sanctioned by ALASKA LMSC for USMS, Inc.

SCHEDULE: Saturday, Feb. 21 -Warm-up: 9 a.m. Meet starts at 10 a.m.
                      Sunday, Feb. 22 -Warm-up 9 a.m. -Meet starts at 10 a.m.

ENTRIES:
• You may enter up to six individual events (not including relays). No more than five individual events can be swum in one day.
• Online meet registration is preferred for speed and accuracy. Use Club Assistant software.
• Online meet registration closes at midnight on Monday, February 16, 2015
• Paper entries must be received by Saturday, February 14, 2015. Entries must be mailed to the meet coordinator. Hand-delivered entries will not be accepted.
• Late entries may be accepted on a case by case basis. Late entrants will not count for team or individual points. Once the meet is seeded, no new heats will be added to accommodate a late entry.
• Online meet registration accepts credit cards. The charge on your credit card will be to “ClubAssistant.com Events.”
• All Alaska LMSC and USMS rules govern this meet. It is your responsibility to know the rules.
Check out: http://usms.org/rules/ for current rules.
• Meet coordinator:
Ken Winterberger e-mail: kwinterberger@gmail.com

USMS REGISTRATION: This meet is open to all currently registered USMS swimmers. USMS registration must be done separately. There IS NOT a USMS registration option on the entry form.  USMS registration forms will not be accepted at the meet. USMS registration must be for the entire year in order to compete in the State Championships.
Send a copy of your USMS registration with your completely filled and signed entry form. Your USMS membership will be verified during on-line registration.

You may register with USMS at: http://www.usms.org/reg/ or you can download a registration form at:   http://www.akmswim.org/pdfs/usmsapp.pdf You must be registered with the workout group for which you intend to compete by the meet entry deadline in order for your points to count for that workout group.

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

500/1650 Freestyle: Check-in will be required by 11 a.m. for both the 1650 and the 500. Seeding is fastest to slowest regardless of age or gender, except that the two slowest seeds in the 1650 will swim in heat 1 (these swimmers will swim through into heat two until finished and will have manual times recorded. All 1650 swimmers must provide one timer and their own lap counter should they choose to use one.

POOL MEASUREMENT: The length of the competition course is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 107.2.1, but as a bulkhead course, is subject to length confirmation. Eligibility of times for USMS Top 10 and Records will be contingent on verification of bulkhead placement.

CHECK-IN: Please check in upon arrival and sign the waiver. Also, indicate if you do not want your 1st-8th place ribbons at check-in. If you are going to scratch an event, please do so at check-in.  Also, remember that positive check in for the 500 and 1650 free is separate from checking in for the meet.

RELAYS: Relays will be deck seeded at the meet. If you want to swim on a relay, indicate your interest by marking the relays you are interested in. Relay teams will be built based on expressed interest. If you plan to put your own relay team together, DO NOT mark the relays on the entry form or you will be assigned to a relay team that may not be the one you have planned.

AWARDS: Top three overall teams, gender/age-group highpoint, and ribbons for 1st - 8th place in each age-group by gender. Please indicate at check-in if you do not want your ribbons.

EVENT SPONSORSHIP: Sponsor your favorite event(s) and have your name printed on the heat sheet. Sponsor 1 event: $10. Sponsor 3 events: $25. See fee page for more information.

ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTIONS: The annual meeting will immediately follow the meet on Sunday. Food will be provided.

Order of business:
1. Reading and adoption of minutes
2. Reports of Officers
3. Reports of Committees
4. Unfinished business
5. Nominations & Elections
6. New business
7. Resolution and Orders
8. Adjournment.

Events:
Women's, Men's, Mixed Relays with breaks around relays as needed.

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "WWW.AKMSWIM.ORG."