Short Course Meters Challenge, 2024

Registration:  Participants may enter a maximum of 5 individual events.  Entry fees will be refundable if the meet is canceled. Registrants may instead donate refunds to the Adult Learn to Swim Program or the Minnesota Masters Foundation.  Fees are paid by credit card to “MINNESOTA MASTERS.”  Entries enabled via Club Assistant online only. Those needing to drop from the Meet should e-mail vandammn6@aol.com  by  11:59am 12 Dec. 2024 .

Registration Discount:  Use the discount code from the Square Lake coupon when signing up for the meet for a $10's off your registration.  Discounts were emailed to all participants in the Square Lake swims.  Discount expires May 31, 2025, only one discount use is persimssible. 

College Club Swimmers:  If registered with CCS contact Collegeclub@usmastersswimming.org to obtain USMS registration number.  

Course:  8 lane, 25 Meter pool, using 8 lanes for competition.  Space in the adjacent pool will be available throughout the meet for warm-up and cool-down.  The length of the competition pool, which features a bulkhead, will be measured for compliance with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1.

Positive Check-in:  Positive check-in 30 minutes prior to the session start for the 1500 free,  by event #2 for the 400 free and event #11 for the 400 IM. Swimmers who do not confirm their entry at the meet director’s table will be scratched from those events.

1500/800 Free:     1500 will be limited to 16 swimmers, a standby signup list will be available at the Meet Director table at 10:00am for the swimmers hoping for an open lane.  (Maximum number of individual events is 5) Swimmers swimming the 1500 free will have the 800 free split automatically recorded.

Results:  Heat Sheets and results will be posted at the meet venue and unofficial real-time results will be uploaded to Meet Mobile. Final results will be available at www.minnesotamasters.com by 18 Dec. Times swum by non-Minnesota LMSC members are not eligible for Minnesota LMSC records.  All swimmers must be full-year USMS members.

Seeding:  Event seeding and lane assignments will be assigned prior to the meet and posted at the pool and Meet Mobile, psych sheets will be available online during the entry period.  Some changes in heats or lanes may occur on the day of the meet.  All individual events 400 meters and shorter and all relays will be seeded slow to fast.  All individual events longer than 400 meters will be seeded fast to slow.  

Relays:  All relays must be submitted no later than 30 minutes prior to the respective relay to the Meet Director.   All relay teams must either e-mail their information to vandammn6@aol.com by noon on 11 Dec or complete a relay entry card complete with first name and last name, age and gender of each swimmer on the day of the meet (30 minutes prior to the relay estimated start).  Each card or e-mail must include the club/workout group name.  For the relay to be official, none may be "unattached".  All relay members 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.  Women's, Men's and Mixed relay heats may be combined depending on the number of entries. 

USMS Split Request: Official split requests for individual events and relays must be submitted using the USMS Split Notification Form.  Per USMS rules, for backstroke events, and relays you must notify the meet referee/director if you need to record an initial split time before swimming that event, and for individual events other than backstroke you must notify the referee/director before the meet ends.

​​​​​​Record Breaking Swims:  Any Masters swimmer who believes they may break a USMS National or World record should notify the meet referee/director before that event.     

Locker Rooms:  Men's and Women's locker rooms are available for use during the meet.

Warm-ups start at 9:30 AM

Meet starts at 10:15 AM

Meet is estimated to end at 4:15 PM