2015 NAC Masters Sprinting Turkey Classic: ONE EVENT ENTRY

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Registration Schedule

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RULES: 2015 USMS Rules and Southeastern LMSC Safety guidelines and warm-up procedures will govern. Safety guidelines specify feet-first entry during warm-ups, except for designated sprint lanes. All events will be timed finals.

HOST CLUB: Nashville Aquatic Club Masters

LOCATION: Tracy Caulkins Competition Pool at Centennial Sportsplex
222 25th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37203 (615) 321-3510
Directions to the Sportsplex can be found on www.swimnac.com.

ELIGIBILITY: All swimmers must be registered with United States Masters Swimming, Inc.  If not yet registered, swimmers can register online with USMS after the entry due date or at the meet, but swimmers must be USMS registered before swimming any events at the meet.

MEET DATE/START TIME:
Saturday, November 21, 2015

OPEN Warm-ups: 5:30pm;  Meet Start: 6:15pm

Sunday, November 22, 2015

OPEN Warm-ups: 8:00am;  Meet Start: 9:00am

SEEDING: All events will be seeded slowest to fastest without regard to age or gender. Swimmers with no seed time may indicate “No Time” or “NT” in the time slot and will be seeded as slowest times. Results will be tabulated by gender and age group, as defined by USMS.

DISABLED SWIMMERS: An information sheet for disabled swimmers is available to prepare the facility and meet officials. Please contact the Meet Director.

ENTRIES & FEES:  You are now on the registration page for a single event entry. This registration will allow you to enter only one event, ie the 1500 freestyle, and the fee is $25.
If you are in the wrong place, and you want to enter more than one event, click here to go to the primary meet entry for this meet, where the entry limit is 11 events for the whole meet.

A swimmer may enter up to five (5) individual events electronically for a $45 flat fee, which also includes as many 25’s as desired. All paper entries will require a $50 flat fee. Late entries, as well as deck entries, will be accepted with an additional $15 fee. Age for entries is determined by the swimmer’s age on December 31, 2015.

ENTRY CHAIR:  Doug Wharam, Nashville Aquatic Club   dwharam@swimnac.com  (615) 321-3510             

MEET DIRECTOR:  Ashley Whitney, awhitney@swimnac.com

DEADLINE: All entries and fees must be received by Tuesday, November 17, 2015. Any entries arriving after that date will be considered late and require an additional $15 fee.                               
    
AWARDS: Awards will be given to the overall male and female Sprinting Turkey Champions (will be given based on each swimmer’s aggregate time in the 25’s). A swimmer must compete in all four 25’s to be eligible for this award. Other event winners will receive a congratulatory handshake.

POOL DESCRIPTION: The competitive pool at the Sportsplex is 50 meters, divided by two bulkheads, with each course 25 meters with 8 nine-foot wide lanes. The meet will employ one 25 meter course with 8 lanes. Pool depth is a minimum of 7 feet. It is equipped with Colorado Timing, Swimming systems and is certified by USMS. Warm-up/warm-down lanes will be available throughout the meet.

COMPETITION COURSE COMPLIANCE: 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.

FACILITY RULES: The Centennial Sportsplex respectfully asks that no outside coolers, food, or drinks be brought into the building. Additionally, no food or drinks (with the exception of water bottles) should be brought into the pool area. Only swimmers, coaches, and meet personnel will be allowed on the pool deck at any time.

SPECIAL NOTES:
All men’s, women’s, and mixed events will be swum separately, however, the Meet Director reserves the right to combine heats and/or events in order to facilitate the conduct of the meet.
The Meet Director reserves the right to limit the number of entries in any event in order to run the meet within the time allocated.
The Meet Director reserves the right to insert additional breaks to provide sufficient rest for the swimmers between events.
The Meet Director reserves the right to cancel Saturday, 11/22 events if registration numbers are not sufficient.
The HYTEK event file, psych sheet, results, and other meet information will be posted on the NAC website (www.swimnac.com) as they become available.

REFRESHMENTS: Drinks and light snacks will be provided at no charge for participating swimmers throughout the meet on Sunday.

HOTEL:
Holiday Inn Vanderbilt
Meredith Schakel, Sales Manager
Holiday Inn Nashville-Vanderbilt
2613 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
E: meredith.schakel@ihg.com
615-321-8250 (office)
615-320-4850 (fax)
www.holidayinn.com/bna-vanderbilt

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "NASHVILLE AQUATIC CLUB."