Cinco De Mayo 500 Postal Event

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Registration Schedule

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Hosted by South Davis Masters

Sanction #344-S007 with Utah Masters

Date: The Cinco De Mayo Postal must be swum in its entirety on any date from May 1st - May 5th.

Deadlines:
All entry submissions must be submitted online by 11:59PM HT on May 10, 2014.
No mail in entries accepted.

Description: Celebrate the 5th of May by swimming 500 yards as fast as you can.  Submit your 50 splits and final 500 time online so you can compare your performance to other swimmers around the country.  

Location: Swimmers shall swim the 500 yards in any 25 yard pool. Please submit all your 50 yard splits up to the full 500 yards.

Eligibility: This is a USMS-sanctioned event and all participants must be registered for 2014 with USMS on or before the day of their swim.

Individual Events: Men and women compete separately in age groups of five-year increments: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34,…100+. The swimmer’s age on the day he or she actually completes his or her swim will determine his or her age group. Swimmers who change age groups during the event may enter twice, but must swim the event twice, once in each age group.

Fees: $5.00 for each individual USMS entry. Fees are non-refundable. Online entries must be paid by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover) to "ClubAssistant.com Events".

Rules: The 2014 USMS Rules govern these events, including USMS Rule 102.12.1 regarding swimwear. Drafting, flotation, and propulsive devices (pull buoys, fins, paddles, snorkels, wet suits, etc.) are not permitted. No more than two swimmers may share a lane. If a lane is shared, each swimmer must stay on his or her side of the lane during the entire race (i.e. no circle swimming). An adult acting as a starter/head timer/referee shall be present at all times during the swim. Each swimmer must have a verifier to count laps and record cumulative splits every 50 yards. The timing of the event may be done with a stopwatch or electronic timing device.

Unsporting Conduct: Any act of fraud, deception or dishonesty in connection with this event or knowingly providing false information including name, date of birth, age or gender on this event entry form may result in disciplinary action by USMS pursuant to USMS Rule 402.3, 402.4.3 and 402.4.4

Splits: Cumulative split times must be recorded to the nearest second (final times for national records to the nearest 100th) on the official event split sheet available at http://www.usms.org/longdist/1hr_3000_6000_splits.pdf. Any split submitted without tenths or hundredths will be defaulted to .99 second. Any split submitted with tenths (.x) will be defaulted to .x9 second. Do not enter .00 if you have no tenths or hundredths of a second as a documented split. This split sheet must be kept for each swimmer.  Please take a picture of your split sheet so it may be provided upon request of the event director.
Please note that your online registration is not complete until you have received an automated confirmation of your entry via email. If you do not receive an entry confirmation email, please contact the event director.

Awards: The top 3 finishers in each age group in the individual event. A special award is available for the fastest male and female with descending (or matching) 50 splits on every 50 split.  If even one 50 split is slower than the previous split, then the entry is not qualified for this award.

Results: Complete results will be available via the internet. Preliminary results will be posted on the USMS website at www.usms.org by May 21, 2014 for two weeks. All corrections must be sent to the event director during those two weeks. Final results will be posted approximately one week later.

Questions: Contact Event Director Gordon Gridley at: coach@saltlakeopenwater.com or 801-784-0502

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