2015 Pacific Masters Long Course Championships

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Registration Schedule

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Positive check-in is required for ALL events.

• For the 1500 Meter Freestyle, process your check-in (or scratch) online on SwimPhone.com between now and 5am Friday.  Or check in at the pool in person between 7am and 8am Friday.
• For all other events, you must go in person to the check-in table at the pool to declare or scratch each day.  Check-in deadline is at least 45 minutes prior to the estimated start of your event. However, check-in deadline for the 200 Free (Saturday) and 400 Free (Sunday) is 8:00am. Failure to check in will result in your being automatically scratched from your events.

Sanctioned by Pacific Masters Swimming, Inc. for USMS, Inc.

Location: Gunderson High School: 622 Gaundabert Ln, San Jose, CA 95136

Directions:

• From Hwy 87: take Hwy 87 south. Exit Santa Teresa Blvd. Turn Right at Thornwood Dr. signal and proceed to Winfield Blvd. Turn right onto Winfield Blvd, proceed to Chynoweth Ave. Go through the stop light, under freeway and the location is on your right.
• From Hwy 85 south: take Hwy 85 south. Exit Santa Teresa Blvd, turn right. Turn Right at Thornwood Dr. signal and proceed to Winfield Blvd. Turn right onto Winfield Blvd, proceed to Chynoweth Ave. Go through the stop light, under freeway and the location is on your right.
• From Hwy 85 North: take Hwy 85 N. Exit Santa Teresa Blvd. Turn Left onto Santa Teresa. Turn Right at Thornwood Dr. signal and proceed to Winfield Blvd. Turn right onto Winfield Blvd, proceed to Chynoweth Ave. Go through the stop light, under freeway and the location is on your right.

Pool is around the back of the school. The largest covered lot is next to the pool and football stadium.

Parking:  Overflow parking is in the front of the school.

Course:  Outdoor Competition pool is 50 meters, 8 lanes will be used for competition. The diving well pool is 25
yards, 5 lanes and will be available for warm ups. 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 107.2.1.

Time:  Friday, Saturday and Sunday: Check-in and warm-up at 7:00 a.m. Meet starts at 8:30 a.m. You must check-in
each day, and have checked in 45 minutes prior to the estimated start of your event or you will be scratched! However,
the check-in deadline for the first event each day is 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the meet.

Rules:  2015 USMS Rules will govern this meet. You must be 2015 USMS registered. Maximum of 5 events per day, 7
events for three-day meet, excluding relays. This meet is long course meters. To convert SC yards times to LC meters
times conversion tables can be found at swiminfo.com. Meet director can request a ½ hour break if time line is over
1.5 hours ahead of schedule. Teams may be asked to provide timers based on number of swimmers.

Age Groups:  Individual events: 18-24, 25-29, etc. Relay events based on sum of the four swimmers' ages, 72-99, 100-119, 120-159, 160-199, etc. Age is determined by your age on December 31, 2015.

Online Entries:  Enter this meet online on ClubAssistant software.  You will receive immediate confirmation of acceptance via email.

Online Entry Deadline: Online entries must be submitted by Sunday, July 19, 11:59 pm. No entries accepted after that time.

Online Entry Fee: 1 event: $18; 2-4 events: $38; 5-7 events: $43. Your credit card will be charged by
‘ClubAssistant.com Events’ for this meet. (No refunds).

Mail Entries:  Mail-in entries must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, July 14, 2015, and/or received no later than Friday, July 17, 2015.

Relay Fees:  $6 per relay team.  Relay-only swimmers must enter online (no charge) and bring a copy of your entry confirmation with you to the meet.  Relay-only swimmer online entry opens on July 20 and closes on July 23.
Deck enter relays on yellow relay cards. Swimmers may swim only once in each relay event. Swimmers may swim in either the gender or mixed relay of a particular type, but not both.  Cards must show correct first and last names and correct age for each swimmer. The cards must show the order of the swimmers.

Relays Seeding:  Fastest to slowest.

Seeding:  Individual events will be deck seeded from fastest to slowest.. Women and men will be seeded together for
the 400, 800, and 1500 freestyle. All events will be swum one per-lane. For the distance events, swimmers need to
provide a lap counter and someone to turn the lap counter.

Snack Bar:  Available

Meet Director:  Lucas Salles-Cunha    Please contact the meet director by July 14, 2015, if you require the use of a
service animal. Animals other than service animals will not be permitted on deck at the venue.
Lucas Salles-Cunha 760-521-0126, Lucas@sagemasonins.com or
Sara Fernandes 408-309-4794, sarafernandes526@gmail.com

Referee:  John King, Karyn Kakuta

Scoring:  Individual events: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (eight places). Relays: 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 for each age group. *NOTE*
Only two relay teams per club may score per age group of a relay.

Awards:  Ribbons will be presented to first through eighth place finishers. High point awards for each gender and age
group. Team trophies will be awarded to the top teams in each PacMasters team size division.

Program:  A program listing the psych sheets for each event will be available for $5 at the meet.

Timing:  QSS will provide at two timers per lane during the meet.

Accomodations:
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT | SAN JOSE SOUTH
6111 San Ignacio Avenue, San Jose, CA 95119 Phone: 408-226-7676 Fax: 408-226-9916
www.marriott.com/SJCRI, Say you are with the Pacific Masters Swimm ing Block

Schedule of Events:
(odd # events for women, even # events for men)

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