Our Elmbrook swim club is combine age group and masters and we would like to run a regional invite meet at a new pool with both groups swimming their events at the same meet. The meet would go over 2 days and would have separate events for age group and masters groups. My question is what's the offical position USMS has on running a meet like this, will this meet be reconized by USMS and be insured. I would like to know if this was ever done before. With good pools getting more and more expensive, a meet like this could actually make a profit for the club and allow the masters in this state to swim in a top level pool. We would like to run this meet in fall as a SCM meet. Please help with your fee back. Thank you.
Mark
Mark,
I am happy to hear about your team wanting to host a meet. It's awesome to have a SCM meet, we need more of them.
FYI-INDY has one scheduled in 3rd weekend Oct, KY has a few in first weekend in Nov, first weekend in Dec. IL doesn't have anything scheduled, Michigan and Lake Erie LMSC usually has a couple meets.
IF you have the USA Sanction for your meet and If the master swimmers are USA members then your fine and no other sanction is required. That means everyone that swims is a USA registered swimmer. The master swimmers times will count for USMS but not FINA top ten (since it's SCM).
If you want to get a dual sanction, meaning the meet is sanctioned by USA and USMS. The USA swimmers and USMS swimmers must swim warm-ups, downs, and events separately. The USMS swimmers can swim men and women together.
For example:
Warm-up/downs: Masters lane 1-3, USA 4-8
Events: 12 and Under girls
12 and Under boys
13 and Over girls
13 and Over boys
USMS
Contact your LMSC Sanctions Chair. I think it's Eric Jernberg (sp?).
IF you need any other info, I would be happy to help. Also, contact John and/or ***.
Let me know if you have a meet. I know some of the Illinois swimmers would love to swim too.
Nadine
Mark,
I am happy to hear about your team wanting to host a meet. It's awesome to have a SCM meet, we need more of them.
FYI-INDY has one scheduled in 3rd weekend Oct, KY has a few in first weekend in Nov, first weekend in Dec. IL doesn't have anything scheduled, Michigan and Lake Erie LMSC usually has a couple meets.
IF you have the USA Sanction for your meet and If the master swimmers are USA members then your fine and no other sanction is required. That means everyone that swims is a USA registered swimmer. The master swimmers times will count for USMS but not FINA top ten (since it's SCM).
If you want to get a dual sanction, meaning the meet is sanctioned by USA and USMS. The USA swimmers and USMS swimmers must swim warm-ups, downs, and events separately. The USMS swimmers can swim men and women together.
For example:
Warm-up/downs: Masters lane 1-3, USA 4-8
Events: 12 and Under girls
12 and Under boys
13 and Over girls
13 and Over boys
USMS
Contact your LMSC Sanctions Chair. I think it's Eric Jernberg (sp?).
IF you need any other info, I would be happy to help. Also, contact John and/or ***.
Let me know if you have a meet. I know some of the Illinois swimmers would love to swim too.
Nadine
