Sweetheart Swim 2024

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Registration Schedule

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Meet Results

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Sweetheart Swim
Short Course Masters Meet
Hosted by Dads Club Swim Team
Saturday February 10, 2024
A Short Course Yards Meet
LOCATION: WW Emmons Natatorium, 10404 Tiger Trail, Houston, TX 77043.
Map link to the pool – WW EMMONS NATATORIUM-SPRING BRANCH ISD  

FACILITIES: 25 Yard, eight (8) lane indoor pool with regulation starting blocks, bulkhead separating competition pool from diving well, Colorado electronic timing system, eight lane scoreboard. Diving well will be available for continuous warm up and cool down. Locker room facilities available. Facility seats 800.

POOL LENGTH CERTIFICATION: The length of the competition course is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 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.

MEET REFEREE: Herb Schwab herb.schwab@gmail.com

MEET DIRECTOR: Nicole Christensen, ncr@creativewaters.net, 281-352-8434

DATE: Saturday February 10, 2024. Warm up begins at 12 PM. The Meet will begin at 1 PM.

RULES: Current USMS Short Course Rules will govern the conduct of the meet.

PARKING: Parking is available in the Natatorium parking lot and additional parking is available in the High School lot next.

Here is an aerial view of the facility:


DIRECTIONS: Take I-10 and exit Gessner exit. Facility is near Hammerly and Gessner on the North side of I-10. Heading north on Gessner, turn left onto Tiger Trail off of Gessner before you reach Hammerly. Pool will be on your right past high school.

SANCTION: Sanctioned by Gulf Master Swim Committee for USMS, Inc. Times achieved at the meet will be submitted to USMS and eligible for Top Ten consideration and USMS records.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all currently registered USMS and FINA swimmers. Swimmers not currently registered with USMS will be given an opportunity to register with USMS while doing their online entry.

AGE: Athlete age at the meet is determined by their age on the day of the meet.

AGE GROUPS:

• • • • Individual: 18-24,25-29,30-34,35-39,40-44,45-49,50-54,55-59,60-64,65-69,70-74,75-79, etc.
      • Relays: 18+, 25+, 35+, 45+, 55+, 65+, 75+, 85+, 95

Note: The age of the youngest relay team member shall determine the relay age group.

RELAY ENTRIES: Relays will be deck entered and there will be no additional charge. Relays are composed of four men, four women and two men and two women for mixed relays. All relay swimmers must be registered to the same club. Swimmers will fill out relay cards located at the clerk of course table.

ENTRIES: Online entries only at https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=2587&smid=17900. A maximum of 5 individual events may be entered. Enter with short course yard times or convert your meter times to short course yard. Swimmers MAY NOT enter with NT (no time). Please make up a good, estimated time if you do not have a time in that event.

FEES: Meet entry fee is $50 – you may enter as many events as you like up to the limit of 5 individual. Online entry deadline is Friday February 9, 2024 AT NOON. There will be no day-of or deck entries.

SEEDING: All events will be swum slowest to fastest EXCEPT the 1650 Free which will swim fastest to slowest. All events 200 yards and shorter will be pre-seeded. The 400 IM, 500 and 1650 Free will require positive check-in (see deadlines below) and will be deck seeded. All individual events will swim with women and men seeded together but separated for scoring.

DISTANCE CHECK IN:
500 Free             12:30 PM
400 IM                Immediately after event 1 – 500 free
1650 Free            By event 20 – 400 IM
All swimmers not checked in by the above deadlines will be scratched from the event.

SCORING: Individual and Relays through 8^th place.
Individual:          9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1               Relays: 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

AWARDS: No awards will be given out.

PSYCH SHEETS AND HEAT SHEETS: Psych sheets will be emailed to the swimmers after entries close. Swimmers are asked to notify the Meet Director at ncr@creativewaters.net if they know BEFORE 4 PM on Friday Feb 9^th that they are not going to swim an event to avoid empty lanes. The meet will then be seeded and heat sheets will be emailed to the swimmers Friday PM. THIS IS A GREEN MEET AND NO HEAT SHEETS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE SWIMMERS AT THE SWIM MEET. Copies will be posted at the venue in several locations. Swimmers are asked to save them to their phones or print them out and bring them with them.

RESULTS: Results will be posted during the meet on MeetMobile as well as SwimPhone. Hard copies will also be posted at the meet. Final results will be posted on the Gulf Masters web site at www.GulfMastersSwim.org , and the Zone web site www.usmssouthcentralzone.org and on www.usms.org

CONCESSIONS: There will be no concessions available however swimmers may bring any food and drink that they may want.<

QUESTIONS: Meet Director Nicole Christensen at ncr@creativewaters.net 281-352-8434
 

Sweetheart Swim
	Order of Events
	Saturday February 10, 2024
	Warm Ups 12 PM, Meet Starts 1 PM
Swimmers may enter up to 5 events. All times will be assumed to be Short Course Yard times. Please convert Meter times to Yards. Swimmers may NOT enter with NT. Use an estimated time if you have not swum the event before.   1 Mixed 500 Free * 15-minute break - open pool for 2nd warm up 2 Mixed 100 Fly 3 Mixed 50 Breast 4 Mixed 400 IM 5 Mixed 100 Free 6 Mixed 200 Breast 7 Mixed 50 Back 8 Mixed 100 IM ***9 Women 200 Free Relay ***10 Men 200 Free Relay ***11 Mixed 200 Free Relay 5-minute break IF NEEDED ***12 Women 200 Medley Relay ***13 Men 200 Medley Relay ***14 Mixed 200 Medley Relay 15 Mixed 200 Free 16 Mixed 50 Fly 17 Mixed 200 Back 18 Mixed 100 Breast 19 Mixed 50 Free 20 Mixed 200 IM 21 Mixed 100 Back 22 Mixed 200 Fly ***23 Women 400 Free Relay ***24 Men 400 Free Relay ***25 Mixed 400 Free Relay 5-minute break IF NEEDED ***26 Women 400 Medley Relay ***27 Men 400 Medley Relay ***28 Mixed 400 Medley Relay **29 Mixed 1650 Free* *500 and 1650 Free Swimmers MUST supply their own counter!

**1650 swimmers may get an official time in their 1000 if they turn in a Split Request form. Split request forms may be turned in for any event.
*** Mixed relays are a combination of two men and two women who are all on the same team. Unattached is not a team. Depending on number of relays entered, medley and freestyle relays of the same distance may be combined into one heat to swim at the same time. Plan your relays accordingly.
 

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "CREATIVE WATERS EVENTS."