Competition

2023 Kingston “First Capital”  SCY Masters Swim Meet
At Kingston and Ulster County YMCA, Kingston, NY

Adirondack–Local Masters Swimming Committee/United States Masters Swimming
Sunday, October 8, 2023
Warm-up at 9:45. Meet starts at 11:00.

Hosted by: Kingston and Ulster County YMCA & Kingston YMCA Hurricanes. Sanctioned by: Adirondack LMSC for United States Masters Swimming in accordance with Article 202.1.1, USMS Sanction #033-S002.

Location: YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County, 507 Broadway Kingston NY 12401. Short Course 25 Yard Pool, 6 lanes.  Water Depth: Depth of Pool at starts is 10 feet 8 inches and depth at turn end is 3 feet 4 inches deep. The length of the competition course is in compliance without a bulkhead and on file with USMS in accordance with Article 105.1.7.
    
Meet Directors:  Naisha Scott, Nscott@ymcaulster.org, 845-338-3810 ext. 114, and Douglas Koop, douglaskoop@aol.com, 845-339-9945.

Eligibility:  Open to all swimmers, 18 & older, as of October 18, 2023.  All swimmers must be registered with USMS (or the equivalent FINA organization).  When registering for the meet, your USMS membership will be verified. If you need to join or renew USMS membership, please visit https://www.usms.org/join-usms/join-or-renew and follow the instructions. The age of a swimmer is his or her age on October 8, 2023.

Events:  This is a pre-seeded meet with each event being swum slowest to fastest.  A swimmer may enter up to six individual events.  Swimmers entered in the 500 free and/or the 400 Individual Medley must check in at 9:45. A swimmer may compete in the 1000 freestyle OR the 1650 freestyle, but NOT both. Swimmers entered in the 1000 free or the 1650 free must check in by 11:45. Breaks will be inserted at the discretion of the meet directors. 

Relays: Participants in any relay must be registered for the meet and swimming in at least one individual event. The relays will be by deck entry on race day. All relays may be Men’s, Women’s, or Mixed (two men and two women). Swimmers planning to swim in any relay must check in by 10:15. Important Reminder – As per USMS Article 102.9.1, relay teams must be composed of USMS members of the same club (i.e. Adirondack Masters ADMS, Binghamton University Masters BUMS, Rochester Area Masters Swimming ROCH, New England Masters Swim Club NEM, etc), and that club must be a member of USMS. USMS/LMSC members who are unattached to a club (UC) may not swim in relays. Please direct questions related to relay teams to the meet director in advance of the meet.

Rules:  Current USMS rules govern this meet. This includes no diving or backstroke starts in warm-up or cool
down lanes except in the one-way designated sprint lanes. One lane will be available throughout the meet for continuous warm-up and cool-down.

Results:  Results will be posted at www.adms.org and will be emailed to participants by way of Club Assistant. Official times will be submitted for USMS records and Top Ten.

Timing: IST electronic timing system using Hy-Tek Meet Manager software with touch pads on starting end of the pool and back up buttons.

Entries: Payment and registration must be completed online through Club Assistant.  “WWW.ADMS.ORG” will be the charge on your credit card statement. Entry fee is $6.00 per individual event plus a $6.00 meet surcharge. No charge for relays. No deck entries for individual events will be accepted on race day. No paper entries. Submit entries online by Monday, October 2, 2023, 11:59 pm. The USMS waiver for participating in this event will be signed as part of the online entry through Club Assistant.

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