Greetings Parents! Is everyone excited for an adventure? It's our first three day meet of the season, yahooo!!! We're heading back to Markham's amazing PAN AM pool! Here are the details, it's bound to be AMAZING! -GCAC Coaching Staff-
MEET
2016 Alex Baumann Invitational
Hosted by the Mallards Swim Team!
DATES
November 25th + 26th + 27th
LOCATION
Markham PAN AM Centre
16 Main Street
Unionville, ON L3R 2E5
FACILITY
One ten-lane 50m tank divided into two 25m pools!
There
is plenty of spectator seating; there is limited parking with an overflow
lot in the field adjacent to the pool. There may or may not be a snack bar in
the lobby so you might want to pack lots of extra food and drinks! :)
SESSIONS
~Session 1~
All Ages - Friday Afternoon - Preliminaries/Timed Finals
Warm-ups @ 4:00-4:45pm / Starts @ 4:55pm / Finishes @ 7:55pm
~Session 2~
13+Overs - Saturday Morning - Timed Finals
Warm-ups @ 7:00-7:45am / Starts @ 7:55am / Finishes @ 11:25am
~Session 3~
12&Unders - Saturday Afternoon - Timed Finals
Warm-ups @ 12:00-12:40pm / Starts @ 12:45pm / Finishes @ 4:15pm
~Session 4~
13+Overs - Saturday Late Afternoon - Finals
Warm-ups @ 4:30-5:15pm / Starts @ 5:25pm / Finishes @ 6:50pm
~Session 5~
13+Overs - Sunday Morning - Timed Finals
Warm-ups @ 8:00-8:45am / Starts @ 8:55am / Finishes @ 12:25pm
~Session 6~
12&Unders - Sunday Afternoon - Timed Finals
Warm-ups @ 12:45-1:25pm / Starts @ 1:30pm / Finishes @ 4:30pm
MEET FEES
$11.00 per individual event
$13.00 for the 400m free & 400m IM
$15.00 for the 800m free & 1500m free
$15.00 per relay team ($3.75 per swimmer)
[$13.00 for deck entries 50s/100s/200s/400s]
[$20.00 for deck entries for the 800m/1500m races]
$20.00 coaching fee***overnight meet
Please submit meet fees by Wed., Nov. 23rd!
SCRATCH DEADLINE
Friday, November 4th!
OFFICIATING
The meet is in need of officials! Please
help support your swimmers and our club by volunteering! Please contact Mr. Jeff
Clemmensen or e-mail the Mallards Officials Chair directly at officialschair@mallardsswimming.com! Remember to let the referee know if you need a sign-off at the beginning of the session!
SPECIAL NOTES
~Please bring a lock to store your valuables in the locker rooom!
~All 13&Over 50m races are prelims/finals for the top ten swimmers!
~One START RULE; one false start is a DQ! (Be still on the block!)
~No food, no street shoes & NO minecraft on deck. Guess Who is permitted!
~Swimmers, please bring a chair so you don't get Coach Beth's chair wet again.
~Deck
entries times will count as official times, however will be considered
"exhibition" for scoring purposes and won't be eligible to win any
awards!
~Swimmers, please pack WARM deck clothes to wear between swims!
~Events seeded slowest to fastest; distance events seeded fastest to slowest!
~Positive Check-In required for all 400m, 800m and 1500m events!
~If your swimmer makes finals but cannot swim, they must scratch 30 minutes after their event results are posted or else they will be required to pay a penalty.
~Age groups will swim combined but will be separated in the results.
~Individual medals for 1st-3rd, 4th-10th will receive ribbons for 10&U, 11s, 12s, 13s, 14s, 15&O age categories.
