43rd Annual Sunbelt Meet

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Registration Schedule

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Sanctioned by North Carolina LMSC for USMS, Inc.

Meet Host: Charlotte Swim Masters Inc.
Meet Referee: Marty Fehr

Facility: The Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center is located at 800 East Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Charlotte NC 28202. Parking is across the street on Saturday and in the facility parking lot on Sunday. 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 lacement.

Rules: Swimmers must be registered with USMS for 2017. USMS One Day Registration will not be allowed. USMS rules govern the meet. Swimmers are limited to 5 individual events per day. When warming up, you must enter the pool feet first except in sprint lanes. No paddles or kickboards are allowed.

Deadline: Online entries only by 11:59pm EST Sunday January 15, 2017. No paper entries will be accepted and no deck entries will be accepted at the meet. Relay entries will be accepted at the meet by filling out relay cards and turning them in to the computer operator during the warmup session.

Fee: $45.00 flat fee which includes a stainless steel water bottle. No charge for relays. There will be no refunds unless the meet is cancelled, in which case $15.00 of the fee paid will be retained and $30.00 will be refunded. If inclement weather occurs, the staff at the MCAC will determine by 7:00pm Friday January 20 if the Aquatic Center will or will not open the following morning. If it opens, the meet will be held.  

Scoring & Awards: Individual events will be scored 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1; relays doubled. No individual high point awards will be given, but a box of ribbons will be available until they run out. A slick paper plaque for peel-off stickers showing your place and time for each event you swim be available to all entrants. Team awards will be given for places 1-3 for in-state teams and places 1-3 for out-of-state teams. 

Seeding: All events will be seeded by sex and time except the following events which will be seeded by time only: 1,650, 1,000, 400 IM and 500 free. In order to be seeded in each of these events, you must re-confirm at the clerk of course that you will swim. All events will be seeded from slow to fast, except the 500 free, which will be seeded fast to slow. The Meet Director reserves the right to combine sexes in any other events.

Schedule:
Saturday morning: Warm up at 7:45am; first heat of the 1650 starts at 8:30am.
Saturday afternoon: Warm up at conclusion of 1000 - approx 11:15am.
Saturday Noon: NC Swimmers of the Year awards will be presented, after which the first heat of 100 fly will be called. 
Sunday morning: Warm up 7:30am; first heat of 400yd Medley Relay starts at 8:15am.

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Events
1650 yd Freestyle – Limited to first 24 entries
1000 yd Freestyle – Limited to first 40 entries
500 yd Freestyle - Seeded Fast to Slow
RECONFIRMATION REQUIRED FOR THE 1500, 1000, 400 IM and 500 FREE

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Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "CHARLOTTE SWIM MASTERS."