Greetings Parents! Is everyone excited to attend our first meet at McMaster of the year? Best wishes to our swimmers who are 'in the hunt' for those qualifiers; we're going to have a fantastic meet! -GCAC Coaching Staff-
MEET
2017 Joanne Malar Invitational
Hosted by the Hamilton Aquatic Club
HISTORY
Joanne
Malar is one of the Hamilton Aquatic Club's most successful athletes.
This swim meet is named in her honour. She began with the club at an
early age and quickly moved up the ranks, setting national records at
all ages along the way, with many of her records still standing to this
day. She competed in 3 Olympic Games, making it to the finals 5 times!
She has won over 70 international medals, including gold medals at the
Pan American Games in 1995, 1999, 2003, the Pan Pacific Games in 1999,
the Commonwealth Games in 1998. She was ranked number one in the world
in 1995-1996 and 1999-2000!
DATES
January 21st + 22nd
LOCATION
McMaster University
Ivor Wynne Centre
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON L8M 1E2
905.525.9140 ext 24612
FACILITY
One 50m 6-lane pool divided into two 25m pools, with a scoreboard!
The shallow end will be open for warm-up & warm-down during the meet.
There
is ample spectator seating, and parking fees are applicable. The
viewing area is warm so parents might want to wear light clothing and pack
extra water!
SESSIONS
-SATURDAY+SUNDAY MORNING-
Warm-ups @ 9:30-10:15am / Starts @ 10:20am / Finishes @ 2:30pm
MEET FEES
$10.00 coaching fee
$7.00 swimmer splash fee
$10.00 per individual events
Please remit fees by Wed., Jan. 18th
SCRATCH DEADLINE
Wednesday, January 4th
ELIMINATOR
-600m Free Eliminator:
-Freestyle event, 600m elimination race.
-Last swimmer to make contact with the wall is eliminated.
-The last swimmer to make contact with the wall at 200m is eliminated.
-Swimmers will be granted 30s rest before the next 100m.
-Race will be restarted after each interval.
-Swimmers will be eliminated after each 100m until the race is done & only 1 remains.
-The final 2 will be placed in the middle lanes for the final 100m meters.
-Elimination will be based on the time for each interval; that is the last one to touch.
-In the event of a tie, there will be a 50m free swim off!
AWARDS
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: ribbons for 1st-6th places;
HIGH POINT TROPHY: for each age + gender classification
(10 & Unders, 11s, 12s, 13s, 14s, 15 & Overs)
SPECIAL NOTES
~ONE START rule, one false start is a DQ!
~Please bring a lock to store your valuables in the locker room!
~Food and GO FISH are not permitted on deck; Rummikub only!
~Meet
management reserves the right to enter 2 swimmers/lane for the 400m and
800m free events if necessary to meet the session time limits!
~The shallow end of the pool will be available for warm down the entire meet! -Distance event heats will be swum fastest to slowest!
