2012 2011 USA Swimming Grand Prix Meets

The Austin Grand Prix is the next in this series. Fri Jan 13th - Sun 15th I was just looking at the MEET INFO Some highlights from it were: THIS MEET WILL BE CAPPED AT 700 SWIMMERS Special Needs: A disability is defined as a PERMANENT physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Please notify the Texas Swimming Center at 512-471-7703 in advance of this event with the name and age of any member on your team who needs assistance to enter the building. The Texas Swimming Center Staff will make reasonable accommodations for swimmers coaches, or spectators who wish to enter and use our facility. In any meet sanctioned or approved by South Texas Swimming, Inc., which may include one or more swimmers with visual, hearing, mental, or physical disabilities; the judging of such competitors shall be in strict accordance with the current USA Swimming Rules and Regulations, i. e., Article 105.Coaches and / or athletes must notify the Meet Referee before the event begins if they are to be considered to be judged under Article 105. Swimmer Photographs: There may be one or more photographers on deck at this meet. In the event photographers are on deck, parents or guardians of swimmers under the age of 18 who do not wish to have photographs of their athletes taken, are required to contact the Meet Director prior to the beginning of competition. Cell phone restrictions: The presence and/or use of cell phones, and any other equipment capable of producing photographic or video images, in locker rooms is strictly and specifically prohibited at all times. There are no exceptions to this prohibition. Violators are subject to disqualification from the meet, disbarment from the facility and arrest. The QTs for this meet are: Women LCM SCY / Event / Men SCY LCM 1:00.19 0:52.89 100 FR 0:47.09 0:53.99 2:44.99 2:24.29 200 BR 2:09.79 2:29.79 4:30.69 5:03.29 400 FR 4:39.59 4:09.79 1:05.79 0:58.49 100 FL 0:51.89 0:58.89 5:09.69 4:33.09 400 IM 4:08.09 4:43.89 2:09.09 1:54.19 200 FR 1:43.09 1:58.09 2:25.99 2:06.99 200 BK 1:54.79 2:12.39 0:27.79 0:24.59 050 FR 0:21.69 0:24.79 2:24.19 2:07.39 200 FL 1:54.89 2:10.59 1:16.79 1:06.89 100 BR 0:59.49 1:10.09 1:07.89 0:59.09 100 BK 0:53.09 1:01.39 2:27.59 2:09.49 200 IM 1:56.29 2:13.59 9:15.99 10:21.29 800 FR / 1500 FR 16:13.69 16:41.69 then the meet info also says Racing Start Proficiency: (Unaccompanied Swimmers) Swimmers entered in this meet must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from in the water. When unaccompanied by a member-coach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement.

The Austin Grand Prix is the next in this series. Fri Jan 13th - Sun 15th I was just looking at the MEET INFO Some highlights from it were: THIS MEET WILL BE CAPPED AT 700 SWIMMERS Special Needs: A disability is defined as a PERMANENT physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Please notify the Texas Swimming Center at 512-471-7703 in advance of this event with the name and age of any member on your team who needs assistance to enter the building. The Texas Swimming Center Staff will make reasonable accommodations for swimmers coaches, or spectators who wish to enter and use our facility. In any meet sanctioned or approved by South Texas Swimming, Inc., which may include one or more swimmers with visual, hearing, mental, or physical disabilities; the judging of such competitors shall be in strict accordance with the current USA Swimming Rules and Regulations, i. e., Article 105.Coaches and / or athletes must notify the Meet Referee before the event begins if they are to be considered to be judged under Article 105. Swimmer Photographs: There may be one or more photographers on deck at this meet. In the event photographers are on deck, parents or guardians of swimmers under the age of 18 who do not wish to have photographs of their athletes taken, are required to contact the Meet Director prior to the beginning of competition. Cell phone restrictions: The presence and/or use of cell phones, and any other equipment capable of producing photographic or video images, in locker rooms is strictly and specifically prohibited at all times. There are no exceptions to this prohibition. Violators are subject to disqualification from the meet, disbarment from the facility and arrest. The QTs for this meet are: Women LCM SCY / Event / Men SCY LCM 1:00.19 0:52.89 100 FR 0:47.09 0:53.99 2:44.99 2:24.29 200 BR 2:09.79 2:29.79 4:30.69 5:03.29 400 FR 4:39.59 4:09.79 1:05.79 0:58.49 100 FL 0:51.89 0:58.89 5:09.69 4:33.09 400 IM 4:08.09 4:43.89 2:09.09 1:54.19 200 FR 1:43.09 1:58.09 2:25.99 2:06.99 200 BK 1:54.79 2:12.39 0:27.79 0:24.59 050 FR 0:21.69 0:24.79 2:24.19 2:07.39 200 FL 1:54.89 2:10.59 1:16.79 1:06.89 100 BR 0:59.49 1:10.09 1:07.89 0:59.09 100 BK 0:53.09 1:01.39 2:27.59 2:09.49 200 IM 1:56.29 2:13.59 9:15.99 10:21.29 800 FR / 1500 FR 16:13.69 16:41.69 then the meet info also says Racing Start Proficiency: (Unaccompanied Swimmers) Swimmers entered in this meet must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from in the water. When unaccompanied by a member-coach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement.