Kraken Summer Heat SCM 2024 Swim Meet

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Registration Schedule

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Kraken Summer Heat SCM Swim Meet
Saturday, July 13, 2024
(Weather Make-Up Day- Sunday, July 14, 2024)
Sanctioned by ILMSA for USMS, Inc. #214-S010 

TIME:     
Pool open for warm-up     6:00 AM
Session 1 (400 Free)    6:30 AM
Warm- Up 2       7:45-8:05 AM
Session 2      8:10 AM

LOCATION: Centennial Park, 16028 127th Street, Lemont, IL 60439

FACILITY:  Short Course Meters 25-meter 6 lane pool with starting blocks. Stopwatch timing. Lemont Park District will provide some chairs, picnic tables, lawn space and shade umbrellas for swimmers on a first come first serve basis.  Swimmers and their supporters are welcome to bring their own chairs, blankets, and shade/stakeless pop-tent to be set up on the grass, pool deck on sides, or far end of the pool. There will be tents at the end of the pool for timers and swimmers waiting to go up to the block. Participants are welcome to bring food into the facility and are asked to clean up after themselves. No alcohol or glass containers permitted. 4 lifeguards will be on duty for warm-ups and meet. Facility has separate men’s and women’s locker rooms with bathrooms, 3 showers and limited lockers and changing area. Lockers are on a first come first serve basis and individuals are responsible for securing their belongings. There is also a non-gendered shower and bathroom facility with no lockers available. Anything left in the locker room should be secured and is not the responsibility of Lemont Park District or the meet organizers. Parking is available outside the facility in multiple lots.  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 106.2.1

Meet Procedure: Pool opens and warm up begins at 6:00am. 400 Free and 400 IM will be swam 6 lanes and limited to 6 heats maximum. There will be a 15-20 min warm up between sessions.  200 Medley Relay entries are due at 7:50am. Session 2 will begin no sooner than 8:10am.  Session 2 will have heats of 5 lanes with the 6th lane available throughout for warm-up and warm-down.  The Medley Relay (2, 3 and 4) and Freestyle Relay (13, 14, and 15) will be swam combined. Event 2-4 (Medley Relay) entries will be due at the start of warm-up 2. Event 13-15 (200 Free Relay) entries will be due at the conclusion of Event 11 (50 M Back). Each event will not start less than 10 min from the start of the previous event to allow competitors to recover if in back to back events.

Waterslide will be open after the conclusion of the last event. Must be 48 inches tall and under 300 lbs. Must be able to walk up 2 flights of stairs. Lifeguard instructions must be followed at all times.

ELIGIBILITY:  Must be 18 years of age or older and a current USMS member. In accordance with USMS rules, verification of membership registration must be provided with your entry, either a copy of membership card or verified through online registration. To register with USMS go to: https://www.usms.org/join

HOW TO ENTER:  Entry fee is $35 and $5 per event. No individual deck entries allowed. Relays will be deck entered and cost $5 for each relay.  All swimmers in relays are required to have registered for the meet. Register online at Club Assistant at:  https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=2517&smid=18751

T-SHIRTS: Meet T-Shirt included with registration! Guaranteed sizes for all entries signed up with entry fee paid prior to Wednesday, June 26th at noon. Additional shirts for entries submitted after noon on June 26th with sizing on a first come first serve basis.

ENTRY DEADLINE: 
Guaranteed T-shirt size:   Wednesday, June 26th at 11:59 AM Central
All Entry Deadline:   Friday, July 12, 2024 at 11:59  AM Central

MEET CONDUCT:  2024 USMS rules govern the conduct of the meet.  All events will be a stopwatch timed final. All events will be swum slowest to fastest with mixed age and gender. Participants are limited to four (4) individual events and two (2) relays. The 400 M Free is limited to the first 36  participants that register and pay.  Athletes can only enter one (1) Medley Relay (Event 2-4) and one (1) Freestyle Relay (Event 13-15) as they will be swam combined. Competitors attempting records must notify the starter to assure that three (3) timers are available for that individual’s race.  

Timing Regulations: Because the primary timing system at this meet will be manual, Official times will be eligible for ILMSA Records and USMS Top Ten, but ineligible for USMS National Records and FINA World Records.

MEET DIRECTOR: Meaghan Bower mbower@lemontparks.org
HEAD OFFICIAL: Sherrie VanderBelde, sherriev@ymail.com
 

Meet Course: 25 Meters

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "LEMONTPARKDISTRICT.ORG."