2010 Autumn Short Course Meters Meet

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Registration Schedule

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Sanction:  Sanctioned by LMSC for NC for USMS, Inc. Sanction #130-007

Meet Director:  Charlotte Swim Masters Inc.                      

Meet Referee:  Marty Fehr

Facility:  Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center, 800 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Charlotte NC. (704) 336-3483.  The pool is 50 meters by 25 yards, with a bulkhead dividing the competition area into an 8 lane 25 meter course. Continuous warm up/down lanes available in separate tank. Parking is across the street on Saturday.  The pool length has been certified with USMS.

Rules:  Swimmers must be registered with USMS for 2010. USMS One Day Registration will not be allowed. USMS rules govern the meet. Swimmers are limited to 5 individual events per day. When warming up, you must enter the pool feet first except in sprint lanes. No paddles or kickboards are allowed. 

Deadline:  Online entries only.  Online entries for individual swimmers and relay-only swimmers must be completed by 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, October 10, 2010.  No paper entries will be accepted and no deck entries will be accepted at the meet.  After the deadline for individual entries passes, we will open online relay team registration until 5:00pm EDT Oct 13.  This service is new to this meet and we encourage participation by the coaches.  Link to online entry may be found at www.ncmasters.org.

Fee:  $28.00 flat fee.  No charge for relays. There will be no refunds unless the meet is canceled, in which case $10.00 of the fee paid will be retained and $18.00 will be refunded.  Anyone can enter as a relay-only swimmer, the fee for which is $10.00.  There will be no refund of this if the meet is canceled.

Scoring & Awards:  Individual events will be scored 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1; relays doubled. No ribbons or individual high point awards will be given, but a paper plaque for peel-off stickers will be given to all entrants.  Team awards will be given for places 1-3 for in-state teams and out-of-state teams.

Seeding:  All events will be seeded by sex and time except the following events which will be seeded by time only: 1500, 800, 400 IM and 400 free. In order to be seeded in the 400 free, you must re-confirm at the pool that you will swim.  All events will be seeded from slow to fast except the 400 free, which will be seeded fast to slow.  “No Time” is not allowed.  The Meet Director reserves the right to combine sexes in any other events.

Max Entries for the 1500 Free and 800 Free:  The 1500 Freestyle will close after the 24th entry.  The 800 Freestyle will close after the 40th entry.

Schedule: 
Saturday morning: Warm up at 8:00 am; first heat of the 1500 starts at 8:45am.  
Saturday afternoon: Warm up 11:30 am; first heat of 100 fly starts 12:30pm. 
Sunday morning: Warm up 8:00 am; first heat of 50 fly starts 8:45am.

Lodging:  Hampton Inn $89 (breakfast free) 704-373-0917.  Mention Masters Swimming when you call. This rate will close after Sept 15, 2010. Motel is one block from the pool..

CHART OF EVENTS
Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Session 1

Warm-ups start at 8:00 AM

Meet starts at 8:45 AM

#	Gender	Event
1	Mixed	1500 M	Free
2	Mixed	800 M	Free

 

Saturday, October 16, 2010 - Session 2

Warm-ups start at 11:30 AM

Meet starts at 12:30 PM

#	Gender	Event
3	Female	100 M	Fly
4	Male	100 M	Fly
5	Female	50 M	Breast
6	Male	50 M	Breast
7	Female	200 M	Medley Relay
8	Male	200 M	Medley Relay
9	Female	100 M	Back
10	Male	100 M	Back
11	Mixed	400 M	IM
12	Female	50 M	Free
13	Male	50 M	Free
14	Female	200 M	Breast
15	Male	200 M	Breast
16	Female	200 M	Free
17	Male	200 M	Free
18	Female	100 M	IM
19	Male	100 M	IM
20	Mixed	200 M	Medley Relay

 

Sunday, October 17, 2010 - Session 3

Warm-ups start at 8:00 AM

Meet starts at 8:45 AM

#	Gender	Event
21	Female	50 M	Fly
22	Male	50 M	Fly
23	Female	200 M	IM
24	Male	200 M	IM
25	Female	50 M	Back
26	Male	50 M	Back
27	Mixed	200 M	Free Relay
28	Female	100 M	Breast
29	Male	100 M	Breast
30	Female	200 M	Back
31	Male	200 M	Back
32	Female	100 M	Free
33	Male	100 M	Free
34	Female	200 M	Fly
35	Male	200 M	Fly
36	Female	200 M	Free Relay
37	Male	200 M	Free Relay
38	Mixed	400 M	Free

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "CHARLOTTE SWIM MASTERS."