1st Annual Virginia Beach Sprint Invite

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Registration Schedule

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Meet Results

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Sanctioned by the Virginia LMSC for USMS Inc.
Sanction number 120-S001

Sponsored by: Virginia Wesleyan University

Meet Director: Mike Ginder (mginder@vwu.edu)
Meet Referee:

Date: Sunday, January 12, 2020.  Warm-ups begin at 12pm and the meet starts at 1pm.

Facility: Eight-lane, 25-yard pool, with non-turbulent lane markers.  At least six lanes will be used for competition (may use seven lanes depending on total number of entrants); one or two lanes will be available for continuous warm-up and cool down.  Access to male and female lockers rooms will be available.  Bleachers will be available on-deck for seating.  Concessions will not be available.  Please bring your own snacks/beverages.  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

Parking: Ample parking is available in the Batten parking lot.  Please let the Security Gate know you are here for the swim meet and they will direct you where to park.

Directions: From I-64, take exit 282, Rte 13/Northampton Blvd/Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, and go north on Northampton Blvd.  Turn right onto Wesleyan Drive.  At the second light, turn right into Virginia Wesleyan University.  After the Security Gate, turn left onto Smith Drive and take the third right (before the traffic circle) into the Batten parking lot.  Enter the main doors to the Jane P Batten Student Center (by the painted Marlin on the sidewalk) and follow the hallway down to the rock wall.  Turn right at the rock wall, walk past the racquetball courts and into the fitness center.  The door to the pool will be on your right.  Signage will be posted inside the Batten Center.

Eligibility: The standard Masters age groups will be used (18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, etc).  Your age on 1/12/20 is your age for the competition.  All swimmers must be registered with USMS and must include a copy of their USMS card if entering with a paper entry form.

Entries: A flat entry fee of $30.00 will cover entry in up to 6 individual events.  Online meet registration is paid by credit card to “ClubAssistant.com Events”.  Paper entry forms are available at USMS Calendar of Events or from Mike Ginder at mginder@vwu.edu, and must be received by Monday, January 6.  Deck entries will be accepted up until 30 minutes prior to meet at a cost of $10.00 per event, plus a $10.00 facility fee.  Deck entries will only be made to fill up heats.

Relays:  Relays will be deck-entered and deck-seeded at no cost.  The deadline for the 200 Medley relays will be 30 minutes before the start of the meet, the deadline for the 200 Free relays will be at the start of Event 6, and the deadline for the 100 Free relays will be at the start of Event 23.  All relay deadlines are on the day of the meet.

Entry Deadline: Online entries are strongly encouraged.  To be seeded, paper-entries must be received by Monday, January 6, 2020.  Online entries close on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at 11:59 PM EDT.  No refunds and/or swimmer substitutions will be allowed.

Warm-up/Warm-down Procedure: Swimmers must enter the pool feet-first in a cautious manner.  Diving shall be permitted only from the blocks in the designated sprint lanes during warm-up.  ABSOLUTELY NO DIVING WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE WARM-UP LANES ONCE THE MEET HAS BEGUN.  Instructions given by the designated Safety Marshall shall be obeyed at all times.

Rules and Seeding: Current USMS rules for Masters Swimming will apply.  No one will swim alone in a heat.  Swimmers will be seeded according to times; heats will run slowest to fastest; men and women will swim together. “NT” will be seeded arbitrarily.  Women and Men will swim separately in all individual events.  For relays, Women, Men and Mixed relays will swim separately if entry levels warrant, but otherwise may be combined.  Age groups will be combined in all events.

Psych Sheets, Meet Results and Heat Sheets: Meet Results will be posted at www.vaswim.org and will be sent by e-mail to meet registrants.  Heat sheets will be e-mailed to meet participants by Friday, January 10, and will be posted at multiple locations on the pool deck.

Awards: Following the 100 Free Relay, we will take a short break to setup for 25s of each stroke (Women: Events 32, 34, 36, 38 and Men: Events 33, 35, 37, 39).  A King Neptune and a Queen Salacia will be crowned for the fastest woman and fastest man based on aggregate 25 times.  You must be entered and swim in all four (4) 25s in order to be eligible for the award.  There is no charge to enter in the 25s.  Results will be posted at www.vaswim.org and will be uploaded to the USMS results database.

Nearby Lodging:
DoubleTree by Hilton Norfolk Airport 
1500 North Military Highway, Norfolk, VA 23502
757.466.8000 

Hilton Garden Inn at Town Center 
252 Town Center Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23462
757.326.6200

Holiday Inn Virginia Beach-Norfolk Hotel and Conference Center
5655 Greenwich Rd., Virginia Beach, VA 23462
757-499-4400

Best Western Oceanfront
2809 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 23451
757.428.5370 

Order of Events – There will be two breaks: one before Event 15 and one before Event 32.

Warm-ups start at 12:00 PM
Meet starts at 1:00 PM

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