ILMSA State Championships 2012

 

Location: University of Illinois @ Chicago, 901 W. Roosevelt Road, 60608

 

Host Club(s): Evanston Masters, Chicago Masters, Wildkit Swimming Organization

 

Meet Director: Paul Moniak (pmoniak@uic.edu)

 

Entry Chair: Kevin Auger (swim@wildkitaquatics.com) or 847-424-7371

 

Website: www.wildkitaquatics.com/masters

 

Facility: The UIC Pool is a 50 meter eight-lane pool. Short course competition occurs in the 25 yard, eight-lane cross length with Kiefer Advantage II Wave Eater non-turbulent lane lines in 16 feet of water depth. Starting blocks are located at the west end. A Daktronics automatic timing system with touch pads and an eight-lane display board will be used. Seating capacity in the 50 meter pool is 550. No smoking is allowed on UIC grounds.

 

Eligibility: Swimmers will be required to show proof current (2012) USMS registration to participate. Contact Erik VanEtten at registrar@ilmsa.com or 309-824-0393 if you need to register for the current year. USMS designated age groups for short course yards apply per USMS rules. Age as of the first day of the meet shall determine age for the entire meet.

 

Entry Limit: Swimmers may enter and swim up to 4 events a day, plus relays. No swimmer may compete in more than 9 individual events for the meet.

 

Entry Procedures: Online entry hosted by ClubAssistant.com is preferred. Team entries may be submitted via email using a HyTek file, a hard copy and a check or credit card #. The deadline for submitting online entries is Monday April 9th 8:00 PM Central Time. All paper entries must be post marked by Friday April 6th. No late entries will be accepted.

 

Entry Fees: $20 swimmer surcharge, plus $4 per individual event. Swimmers may choose to get a meet shirt for $10 during sign up; there will be no shirts sold at the meet. Relay fees are $10 per relay.

 

Events: All events will be timed final events. Events will be offered in the following age categories: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90-94, 95+. The 1000 will be limited to the first 144 entries received, session preferences will be on a first come first serve basis (72 per session). The 500 Free and 400 IM will be limited to the first 120 entries received.

 

Relay Events: Relay forms will be available at the scorer’s table. A completed form along with $10 payment must be returned to the scorer’s table in order to be entered in the relay according to the following schedule:

Saturday: Mixed 200 Medley Relay – Prior to 9:00 AM, Men/Women 200 Free Relay – Prior to 12:00 PM

Sunday: Mixed 200 Free Relay – Prior to 9:00 AM, Men/Women 200 Medley Relay – Prior to 12:00 PM

 

Seeding: All events 200 yards and shorter will be pre-seeded. Swimmers who enter the 400 IM, 500 Free and 1000 Free must positively declare their intent to swim for those events. Swimmers who do not check in for those events by the published deadlines will be scratched from the event. The 400 IM, 500 Free and 1000 Free will be swum mixed gender and seeded slowest to fastest by entry time. For all other events seeding is from slowest to fastest by entry time for each gender and events will alternate women then men.

 

Check In: Swimmers may check in online at SwimPhone.com or at the meet. On-site and online check in will open Thu April 19, 2012 2:00 PM, check in will close according to the following schedule:

1000 Free (Thu, Apr 19) — April 19 @ 2:00 PM — April 19 @ 4:00 PM — April 19 @ 5:00 PM

1000 Free (Fri Apr 20) — April 20 @ 2:00 PM — April 20 @ 4:00 PM — April 20 @ 5:00 PM

400 IM (Sat April 21) — April 20 @ 2:00 PM — April 21 @ 2:00 PM — April 21 After event 19/20

500 Free (Sun April 22) — April 20 @ 2:00 PM — April 22 @ 7:00 AM — April 22 7:30 AM

 

Warm Up: The competition pool will be open on April 19 & 20 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. April 21 the pool will be open from 7:00-7:50 AM, and April 22 6:45-7:30 AM. There will be continuous warm up and warm down in the shallow end of the 50 meter pool.

 

Warm Up Procedures: Swimmers must enter the pool feet first in a cautious and controlled manner. No diving or backstroke starts will be allowed, except in designated sprint lanes. One or two lanes shall be designated as one-way sprint lanes during the pre-meet warm-up sessions in the competition pools only. Any swimmer who acts in an unsporting or unsafe manner within the swimming venue may be considered for appropriate action or penalty by the referee (rule 102.15.3). Pull-buoys, kick boards, fins and hand paddles are not allowed in competition or warm-up pools.

 

Scoring Individual events: 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

 

Relays: 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

 

Awards Individual: Medals 1-3, Ribbons 4-8

 

Relay: Ribbons: 1-3

 

High Point Award: One male and female in each age group

 

Team Trophy: Trophies 1-8

 

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Contact: Michelle Pondexter

 

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625 S. Ashland Ave.

312-491-1234

 

 

(Women-Men)

 

1         Mixed 1000 Free

 

2         Mixed 1000 Free

 

3-4       100 IM

5-6       200 Backstroke

7-8       50 Freestyle

9-10     100 Butterfly

11         200 Mixed Medley Relay

13-14   200 Freestyle

15-16   50 Backstroke

17-18   100 Breastroke

19-20   200 Free Relay

21         Mixed 400 IM

 

23         Mixed 500 Freestyle

25-26   200 Butterfly

27-28   50 Breastroke

29-30   100 Backstroke

31-32   200 IM

33         200 Mixed Free Relay

35-36   200 Breastroke

37-38   50 Butterfly

39-40   100 Freestyle

41-42   200 Medley Relay

 

Thursday, April 19, 2012 - Session 1

Friday, April 20, 2012 - Session 2

Saturday, April 21, 2012 - Session 3

Sunday, April 22, 2012 - Session 4