Competition

Competition Name

2019 SCY State Championship Meet

Meet Dates

Sat, 4/13/2019 - Sun, 4/14/2019

Description

Schedule:  Please note different start times for Saturday and Sunday.  T-shirt registration deadline is March 31st.    

	Saturday, April 13th	Sunday, April 14th
Registration	10:00AM - 10:30AM	8:00AM - 8:30AM
Warm-up Period	10:00AM - 10:50AM	8:00AM - 8:50AM
Events (End Times are Approximate)	11:00AM - 4:00PM	9:00AM - 2:00PM

Meet Sanction:  309-S003

Meet Director:  Shannon Swartz (shannonswartz@comcast.net)
Entry Changes: David Bergquist (david.bergquist@minnesotamasters.com)

Online Entry Link:  https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=1156&smid=11716

Entry Information:  Entrant Must be a USMS registered member for 2019. No One-Event or Non-Member rate available.

Entry Type	Early Bird	Normal Rate*	Day of Meet**
Deadline	March 17, 11:59 PM	April 10, 11:59 PM	April 13-14, by 10:30 AM
One-Day of Competition (Saturday or Sunday)	$20.00	$30.00	$45.00
Both Days of Competition (Saturday & Sunday)	$40.00	$50.00	$70.00

  *In order to prepare event seeding and psych sheets, registration is suspended from this date and time until the day of the meet.
  ** A swimmer may pay the annual USMS registration fee of $56 and the corresponding “Day of Meet” fee of either $45 for 1 day or     $70 for both days on the day of the meet.  No non-member registrations are available for this meet.  We strongly encourage all     swimmers to pre-register with USMS and pre-register for the meet prior to the Normal Rate deadline.  

Registration:  Participants may enter a maximum of 6 individual events per day.  Entry fees are non-refundable.  Online entries are paid by credit card to “ClubAssistant.com Events.”  Deck entries on the day of the meet are limited to new or existing USMS members.  Deck entries to be paid by check or cash only.  No credit cards on day of meet. 

Course:  8 lane, 25 yard pool, using 8 lanes for competition.  3 Lanes in adjoining diving well area will be available throughout the meet for warm-up and cool down.  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.

Meet Conduct: All events will be timed finals.  Events will be swum slowest to fastest by gender with the women’s heats going first followed by the men’s heats.  Seeding will take place after pre-registration closes on April 10th.  Deck entrants may be placed into open lanes or separate heats.  The 1000y free and 1650y free will be swum as mixed gender events.  The 500 free may be swum as a mixed gender event or separated by gender. 

Positive Check-in:  Positive check-in is required for the 500y free by 9:30 AM, the 1,000y free by 1:30 PM, and 1,650y free by 11:30 AM. Positive Check-in may be required for all 200y events.  Swimmers who do not check-in at the registration table may be scratched from the event. Check-in requirements and procedures will be announced in the meet program that will be published Friday before the meet.

Relays:  Relay entries will be accepted up until 15 minutes prior to the respective relay.  All relays teams must either e-mail their information to david.bergquist@minnesotamasters.com by 11:59 PM on Thursday, April 11th or complete a relay entry card at the Meet complete with first and last name, age and gender of each swimmer.  Each card or e-mail must include the club/workout group name. For the relay to be official none of the four members may be “unattached,” all must be registered with the same club but may be from different workout groups. The distance and type of relay must be circled or otherwise indicated.   Participants may only compete once in each relay.  Women’s, Men’s, and Mixed relay heats may be combined depending on entries. 

Scoring: At the conclusion of the meet, an Overall Team Champion will be crowned.  The “Team Champions” will win bragging rights along with the coveted Minnesota Masters Swimming Loon Trophy. The winning team will be the Minnesota LMSC based Club or Workout Group who has the most cumulative points at the end of the meet.  Athletes & Relays will score points for their respective USMS Clubs and workout groups. Points will be awarded as follows; for Individuals: 9,7,6,5,4,3,2,1; Relays: 18,14,12,10,8,6,4,2.  Note:  all 4 members of the relay must belong to the same Workout Group for that Workout Group to receive any points.  Club MINN Athletes & Relays will not score points towards overall team totals, but workout groups under Club MINN will.

Results:  Will be posted at the meet, on Meet Mobile throughout the meet and online at www.minnesotamasters.com within one week.  Times swum by non-USMS Members are not eligible for USMS Top 10 or records consideration. (Article 201.1.3B). Times swum by non-Minnesota LSMC members are not eligible for Minnesota LMSC records.

Event T-Shirt: If you register by 11:59PM Sunday, March 31st, you will have the option to pre-order a Minnesota Masters Swimming 2019 Short Course Yards State Meet t-shirt. Short sleeve shirts are $12, and Long sleeve shirts are $18.  Note:  The t-shirts are only available via pre-order. They will not be available for purchase at the event.  YOU MUST REGISTER BY SUNDAY MARCH 31st, 11:59PM TO ORDER A MEET T-SHIRT.

Abbreviation

SCY

Pool

St. Thomas University AARC Pool

Street

2115 Summit Ave

City, State, ZIP

St Paul, MN 55105

Map

Google

Course Description

25 Yards / Indoor

Date Entry Due

Wed, 4/10/2019

Deck Entries

Yes