Etown Masters Invitational 2015

Saturday, January 24, 2015

USMS Sanction : 415-S002

Etown Dolphins

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E’Town KY Dolphins

“Masters Invitational 2015”

January 24, 2015

Sanctioned by Kentucky Masters Swimming for USMS, Inc. Sanction #415-S002

LOCATION: T.K. Stone Middle School indoor pool, Poplar Drive @ Beach Street, Elizabethtown, KY 42701. Take Exit 94 off I-65. Proceed West on US 62 (Mulberry St.). Turn right on Beech Street. Follow Beech until it dead ends onto Poplar Dr at the back of the school. You are now in the parking lot for the pool.

FACILITIES: 8 lane, 25 yards indoor pool with non - turbulent dividers; Colorado Timing/Start system; 8 line digital scoreboard; SR Smith starting blocks. The depth of the pool at the start end is 6 feet. The depth at the shallow end is 4 feet. 6 lanes will be used for racing. Lane 7 will be left open, lane 8 will be the warm-up/warm-down lane during the meet.

TIME LINE: Warm-up will start no earlier than 12:30pm, and we will have (1) 40 min warm-up. Meet starts at 1:30pm.

OFFICIALS: Meet Director/Entry Chair: Margaret Dugan (270-307-1034), etowndolphins@yahoo.com
Referee: Paul Godfrey; Starter: Dawn Brandenburg
FORMAT:

Lane Assignments: Each event will be seeded by the pre-entered seed time of each swimmer with the slower heats first. No time (NT) will be seeded in the slower heats. Swimmers will be pre-seeded according to time regardless of age. Women and men will be seeded in heats, together. Swimmers are responsible for reporting to the blocks on time for their appropriate heat and lane for each event. We will be running 6 lanes. One lane will be a warm-up/warm-down lane. One lane will be left open between the race lanes and warm-up/warm-down lane.

500 Freestyle: The 500 freestyle shall be limited to the first 32 entries, men and women, received. Men and women will be seeded together. There will be a positive check in for the 500 free. It will close at 1:20pm.

Team Representatives: All USMS registered teams should inform the meet director or entry chair of one official team representative before the start of event #1, or upon the team’s arrival.

Relays: Relay teams may be entered as MEN, WOMEN or MIXED, but teams of all types will be seeded together in the same heats, and then scored separately. No swimmer may swim on both a mixed and a same-sex team in the same event. All relays will be deck entered. Official relay cards are to be picked up from the Clerk of Course by the coach or team representative who is responsible for printing legibly all information required. Each card shall include: each swimmer’s name as registered with USMS in order swum on relay; first name, last name, age, and sex.

Protests: Any protests concerning seed times, awards, final results, eligibility, scoring or entries will be addressed to the Meet Director, or Referee. The protest shall be made by the team representative only.

Facility Restrictions: No smoking or alcoholic beverages are allowed on the premises of the school.

RULES:

All swimmers must be registered with United States Masters Swimming, Inc. Each swimmer is responsible for his/her USMS card and will be required to show it upon request by officials.

Proof of USMS Membership: To be entered, the swimmer's USMS membership must be verified during online meet entry OR, for paper entries, a copy of the swimmer’s current USMS registration card MUST accompany the paper entry form.

The meet entry form and event cards should display your registered name, number and team name, according to your USMS card. Unattached swimmers note “UNAT.” Each swimmer is eligible to swim a maximum of 5 individual events for the meet, plus relays.

Age: The age reported on your entry form must reflect your age as of 12/31/2015.

18-24 Swimmers: Swimmers 18-24 years old competing in USMS meets may jeopardize their NCAA eligibility.

Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms.

Changing into or out of swimsuits other than in locker rooms or other designate areas is not appropriate and is prohibited.

Warm-Up/Warm Down: Swimmers must enter the pool feet first in a cautious manner. Diving shall be permitted only in the designated lanes. USMS Rule 102.4 is in effect.

ENTRIES:

Online entry preferred. The fee for online entries is $25 for up to a maximum of 5 individual events and 2 relays. Online meet entry is paid by credit card to "ClubAssistant.com Events." Online entries close Friday, January 23th, 2015 at 9:00 pm EST. Paper entries can be sent to the address below. Please postmark by January 19th. The fee for the Deck Entries is $40.00 (for maximum of 5 individual event and 2 relays). Make checks payable to the Etown Dolphins. Deck entries will be accepted between 12:30 - 1:30 pm EST, the day of the meet.

Please enter short course yard times.

Entry Chair: Margaret Dugan (270-307-1034)

Relay Cards: 200 Medley Relay Cards are due at 1:30pm.

200 Free Relay Cards are due by completion of 100 Butterfly

LATE ENTRIES: Late/deck entries will be accepted at the discretion of the meet director. No refunds for scratches.

FEES:

$25.00 / 5 Individual Events plus 2 Relays.
Deck entry will be $40/ 5 Individual Events plus 2 Relays
Relay only swimmers are $10 / 2 Relays

AWARDS: Ribbons will be given for first through eighth place for each age group and gender. Team Representatives are asked to take awards at the end of the meet.

Real Time Results and event Psych Sheet will be posted on the Meet Mobile App under the meet name.

ORDER OF EVENTS:

Warm-ups start at 12:30 PM

Meet starts at 1:30 PM

#	Sex	Event
1	Mixed	500 Y	Free
2	Mixed	200 Y	Medley Relay
3	Mixed	100 Y	IM
4	Mixed	50 Y	Back
5	Mixed	100 Y	Breast
6	Mixed	50 Y	Fly
7	Mixed	100 Y	Free
8	Mixed	50 Y	Breast
9	Mixed	100 Y	Fly
10	Mixed	50 Y	Free
11	Mixed	100 Y	Back
12	Mixed	200 Y	Free Relay

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

Online Registration closed on 1/23/2015.

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