Washington State Senior Games
Swimming
Date:
Sunday, July 23, 2017
Time:
8:30 am - Warm-up
9:30 am - Competition begins (Event Schedule)
9:30 am - Competition begins (Event Schedule)
Venue:
Commissioner:
Events:
(All distances shown in yards)
- Backstroke - 25, 50, 100, 200
- Breaststroke - 25, 50, 100, 200
- Butterfly - 25, 50, 100, 200
- Freestyle - 25, 50, 100, 200, 500
- Individual Medley - 100, 200, 400 (deck entries allowed for the 400 IM)
- Relays - 200 Freestyle, 100 Medley
Fees:
- Registraton fee: $33 ($23 if postmarked by May 26th)
- Event fee: $9 per person per event
- More information on fee details
Registration Rules:
- No on-site registration is authorized.
- Participants may enter a maximum of 9 events, not including relays.
- Swimmer's age division for competition will be determined by their age as of December 31, 2017.
- Swimmers must provide their own suits, caps, goggles, towels, etc.
- If available, please indicate seed times on your application form. If none are available, seeding will be by age group, oldest to youngest and slow to fast.
Facility:
- 25 yard, 6-lane competition pool with starting blocks; electronic timing; 81.5 degrees F.
- A separate warm-up pool is available.
Rules:
- No diving is allowed during warm-ups except when announced by an official and only in designated sprint lanes.
- No equipment, i.e. fins, paddles, etc., will be allowed at any time.
- Participants may start in the pool, dive from the deck, or from the blocks.
- The meet will be conducted in accordance with the USMS rules as modified by the National Senior Games Association (NSGA) rules of competition.
- Recognition status received from USMS, #366-R001
Format:
- Warm-up time is from 8:30 am to 9:20 am. There will be a mid-meet break and additional warm-up and cool-down time.
- The 500 yd. freestyle requires an on-deck positive check-in by 9:00 am.
- The breaststroke and butterfly turns must be done with both hands touching the wall simultaneously.
- The order of strokes in the individual medley is: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
- For all events except the 500 yard freestyle, women will swim first, by age division, then men, by age division.
Relays:
- Relays will be deck seeded.
- Relays will be organized at poolside from names taken from the registration form. If there are insufficient registrants, volunteers will be solicited.
- Relays will have aggregate age groups of the combined ages of the relay members (i.e., 200-223, 224-247, etc.).
- The mixed relay requires two men and two women.
Refreshments:
- Water and fruit snacks will be provided for athletes.
- Other snack items will be available for sale to all.