2020 Wisconsin SCY at Pabst Farms YMCA

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Registration Schedule

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If you have not registered with USMS for 2020, or if you wish to register for a different club, please register with USMS beginning Nov 1st and then enter this meet.  If you are planning to swim relays, all swimmers on the relay must be registered with the same USMS club.  Once  you have registered for 2020 after Nov 1st, the registration is effective immediately and if you registered for a new club, that is now your club.

**** Please renew your USMS Registration for 2020 **** ( USMS Registration Link )

SANCTIONED BY: The Wisconsin LMSC for USMS, Inc. Sanction No. 200-S003

LOCATION: YMCA at PABST FARMS 1750 Valley Road, Oconomowoc, WI 53066

TIME: Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, doors open at 8:00 A.M. There is no access to the YMCA before 8:00 A.M. Warm-up 8:15 A.M.to 8:50 A.M. Meet starts at 9:00 A.M.

FACILITIES: 8 lane, 25-yard pool with anti-turbulent lane guides, starting blocks and backstroke flags. The length of the competition course without a bulkhead is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all swimmers 18 years and over as of Thursday, January 2, 2020. Because this is a USMS sanctioned event, current USMS or FINA membership is required for insurance reasons. There are two membership options:
1. Current USMS membership.
2. One Event membership. Online entry is required for One Event memberships. Times swum under one-event registration are not eligible for USMS Top 10 or records consideration. One Event memberships are not eligible for USMS or Wisconsin records, relays, All-American consideration or All-Star consideration. One event memberships can be converted to USMS membership.

DECK ENTRIES (on the day of the meet) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Relays:  Submit relay entries at the meet. Relays may be all men, all women, or mixed (two men and two women).

RULES: Official USMS Masters Rules will govern the meet. All events will be timed finals.

SEEDING: Heats will be computer seeded, slowest to fastest. Please submit a reasonably accurate seed time. A NO TIME will be seeded in the slowest heat. Age groups and sexes will be combined.

TIMING: Primary Automatic timing system. Secondary: Semi-automatic with 1 button, Tertiary: One watch. Note: The timing system precision qualifies as appropriate for setting USMS Records (per USMS Rules effective 1/1/2018).

WARM-UPS: Lanes 1-7 will be for circle swimming only-- NO DIVING STARTS are permitted from blocks or deck in lanes 1-7. Swimmers must enter the pool feet first in a cautious manner in lanes 1-7. Lane 8 will be the designated start/sprint lane with swimming one direction only, and exiting to the side or end. Hand paddles, kick-boards, fins, etc. may not be used at any time during the warm up period. Lane 8 will be the designated lane for warm up/warm down during the meet. No jumping, diving or socializing in lane while the meet is in progress.

ENTRY FEE: USMS Members $15.00 plus $5.00 per individual event.
One Event members $30.00 plus $5.00 per individual event.

Entry Limit: Six individual events plus relays. 500 yd Freestyle limited to first 28 entrants.

ONLINE ENTRY: On-Line entry is Preferred. Enter www.swim-wimasters.org for the link. The on-line meet entry deadline for the meet is Thursday, January 2, 2020 midnight CST. NO EMAIL, DECK OR LATE ENTRIES FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

PAPER ENTRY DEADLINE: Paper entries via US Mail with the Wisconsin Masters Swimming Universal Entry Form, one athlete per form. Mail entries must include a copy of the swimmer’s USMS registration card. The LIABILITY RELEASE page must be signed without any alterations. Paper entries must be in Larry Mueller’s hands no later than 6:00PM, Saturday December 28, 2019. Fees must accompany the entry form. Checks made payable to WMAC.

AWARDS: Ribbons for 1st through 3rd places.

CO-MEET DIRECTORS:
   Larry Mueller                                           Andrew Babcock
   4272 S. Taylor Ave
   Milwaukee, WI 53207
   414-769-0941                                         262-307-4808

Email: WMAC.Swim.MeetDir@Gmail.com

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