Schedule: Saturday & Sunday
Registration/Check-In – 9:00am-9:30am
Warm-ups – 9:00am-9:50am
Meet – 10:00am-3:00pm(approx)
Meet Location: University of St. Thomas AARC, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105
Entry information: You must be USMS registered to participate ($52 annual fee).
Link to Register for USMS
One-Event membership not available for this meet. Online registration closes April 5 –
events will be pre-seeded and heat sheets published in the meet program & online.
Deck entries: All deck entries close 30 minutes prior to Meet Start Time on each day. All deck entries will swim in open lanes in existing heats or in added heats.
Entry fees:
Paper Entry Form Link.
Course: 8 lane, 25yd pool, using 8 lanes for competition. There is a 3 lane, 25 yard diving well that can be used for warm-up and cool down. 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.
Meet Conduct: All events will be timed finals. All 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 5th. Deck entrants may be placed into separate heats. The 1000 free and 1650 free will be swum combined Men & Women together.
Positive Check-in: Positive check-in is required for the 1650 free(events 25 & 26), the 500 free(events 29 & 30) and 1000 free(events 50 & 51). You may be scratched if you do not check-in at the registration table.
Relays: Relay entries will be accepted up until the start of the session before each relay. All relays must complete a relay entry card complete with first and last name, and age of each swimmer. Each card must have the club/workout group name (all 4 members must be registered with that club/workout group; circle the distance and type of relay.
Results: Will be posted at the meet and online at
www.minnesotamasters.com within one week.
Registration: Participants may enter a maximum of 6 individual events per day(you do not need to sign up for 6 however, and do not forget about relay options). Entry fees are nonrefundable. Online entries are paid by credit card to ClubAssistant.com Events. To deck enter you must be a USMS member
Event T-Shirt: If you register by end-of-day Sunday, March 26, you will have the option to pre-order a Minnesota Masters 2017 Short Course Yards State Meet t-shirt. Short sleeve shirts are $12, and Long sleeve shirts are $18. ***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 26th, 11:59PM TO ORDER A MEET T-SHIRT.
EVENT SCHEDULE
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***The "will not start before" times listed by each group are to assure adequate rest between events. This is not meant to act as a timeline. For well attended meets, the group start times will be later than the time listed by each group. There will be a minimum of a 5 minute break between groups, and sometimes greater if the meet is running ahead of the group "will not start before" times.