Entering a USA-S meet?

I want to swim a USA-S meet but I want the times to count for USMS, how do I go about doing that at the meet? There are two issues: making sure your Top Ten Recorder knows about the meet (and your times in it) and making sure that the pool length has been certified. For USA-S meets, both are your responsibility. Alerting your TTR is easy enough. Do it before the meet and have him/her check that your pool has already been measured. Here is a reasonably current (updated 4-15-10) list of pools that have been measured for all courses: www.usms.org/.../poollengthdb.xls If your pool has no movable bulkheads and has already been measured, you're in luck. All you have to do is point your TTR to the official posted results after the meet and s/he should take it from there. If the pool hasn't been certified, or has a movable bulkhead, then you'll have to get the pool measured. The form is here and the procedures are on the back of the form: www.usms.org/.../gto_rectab_pool_measurement.pdf Contact the meet director before the meet to arrange to have this done. Usually the aquatics staff will be able to do that for you. Note: if your pool hasn't been certified and you arrange to have it done, send a copy of the form to your TTR and another to Walt Reid, who maintains the national pool length database. He is also the guy who receives record applications so his address is on that application form: www.usms.org/.../gto_rectab_record_application.pdf Good luck!

I want to swim a USA-S meet but I want the times to count for USMS, how do I go about doing that at the meet? There are two issues: making sure your Top Ten Recorder knows about the meet (and your times in it) and making sure that the pool length has been certified. For USA-S meets, both are your responsibility. Alerting your TTR is easy enough. Do it before the meet and have him/her check that your pool has already been measured. Here is a reasonably current (updated 4-15-10) list of pools that have been measured for all courses: www.usms.org/.../poollengthdb.xls If your pool has no movable bulkheads and has already been measured, you're in luck. All you have to do is point your TTR to the official posted results after the meet and s/he should take it from there. If the pool hasn't been certified, or has a movable bulkhead, then you'll have to get the pool measured. The form is here and the procedures are on the back of the form: www.usms.org/.../gto_rectab_pool_measurement.pdf Contact the meet director before the meet to arrange to have this done. Usually the aquatics staff will be able to do that for you. Note: if your pool hasn't been certified and you arrange to have it done, send a copy of the form to your TTR and another to Walt Reid, who maintains the national pool length database. He is also the guy who receives record applications so his address is on that application form: www.usms.org/.../gto_rectab_record_application.pdf Good luck!