Carlsbad Swim Masters 2016 Long Course Meters Meet

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Registration Schedule

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SANCTIONED BY: San Diego-Imperial Local Masters Swimming Committee (SI LMSC) for USMS, Inc

POOL: 50m x 25y outdoor pool with bulkhead, Alga Norte Aquatic Center, 6565 Alicante Road, Carlsbad CA 92009. Pool phone: 760-268-4777. 

ELIGIBILITY: All persons holding a 2016 United States Masters Swimming (USMS) membership card or a foreign FINA member equivalent may participate provided that a legible masters card copy and completed entry form are submitted and the liability release is signed.  USMS on-line membership is available at http://www.usms.org/lmsc/lmscinfoform.php?LMSCID=44. A membership form can be downloaded from the membership section of the SI LMSC web site at http://www.SIMasterSwim.org.

ENTRY FEE: $20 individual pre-entry fee; $30 day-of-meet individual deck entry fee (prior to 8:30 am); $10 flat fee for "Relay Only" swimmers.  Pay online meet entry with credit card to "ClubAssistant.com Events".  There will be NO REFUNDS for cancellations or no shows.

SPECTATOR FEE and CONCESSIONS: The City of Carlsbad has a $2 spectator fee per guest entering the facility. Full concessions will be available for the duration of the meet.

TO ENTER ONLINE: https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=2210&smid=7817
TO ENTER BY MAIL: Send completed entry form with signed liability release (pages 1&2), a legible copy of your 2016 USMS/foreign card, and a $20 check payable to City of Carlsbad, Mail to Carlsbad Swim Masters Meet, c/o Jeanette Gant, 6565 Alicante Road, Carlsbad CA 92009.

ENTRY DUE DATE: Online entries are due by 8 pm on 6/3/16; mailed entries must be postmarked by 5/27/16.

TO ENTER ON DECK: Bring completed entry form w/ signed liability release (p 1&2), a legible copy of your 2016 USMS/foreign card, & $30 cash or check payable to City of Carlsbad to the meet administration desk by 8:30 am.

RULES: USMS Rules govern the meet.  Officials are certified.  Failure to act in a sportsmanlike or safe manner or to cooperate with the officials can result in disqualification from the meet.  A USMS Rule Book will be available on deck.  The length of the competition course is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with USMS Rule Book articles 105.17 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. 

EVENTS: Swimmers may enter up to 5 individual events.  Enter accurate long course meters times or estimates; do not omit an entry time or enter “no time.”   All events are seeded from slow to fast by entry time regardless of age or gender.

CHECK IN: Check-in is required for the 1500 & 800 meter Freestyles.  Check-in closes at 8:45 am for the 1500 and at the end of Event 17 for the 800.  Please notify the meet director if you check in and later decide not to swim.  All other events are pre-seeded.

AGE GROUPS: Individual Events: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, etc. in five-year increments as needed.  

AGE DETERMINATION: For meters meets, the swimmer’s competition age is determined as of 12/31/2016 (end of the year).

TIMING: Electronic Timing - Colorado Timing System 6 and two timers per lane. All clubs and participants are required to assist with backup stopwatch timing during the meet.

RELAYS: $4 each; deck entered; entries due before Event #17. Relay-only swimmers must submit a completed entry form with signed liability release, a USMS card copy, & $10 relay-only entry fee.   All 4 swimmers on each relay must belong to the same USMS-member club.  Relays must be composed of 4 women, 4 men, or 2 women & 2 men (mixed).  A swimmer may swim only once per relay event.  Cumulative age of relay members determines relay age group: 72-99, 100-119, 120-159, 160-199, etc. in 40-year increments as needed.  

DIRECTIONS FROM THE NORTH or SOUTH: From the 5 Freeway, exit at La Costa Avenue and head east on La Costa Avenue. Turn left onto El Camino Real. Turn right onto Poinsettia Avenue. Turn left onto Alicante Road. Alga Norte Community Park and Aquatic Center is on the left.

INFORMATION: Visit http://www.SIMasterSwim.org for Entry Form and post-meet results.  
Contact Jeff Gross,, Meet Director, (760) 522-7097, jeff@fullcommitment.com

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