Description

Florida Swimming mandates that all persons on the pool deck or in the facility during a Florida
Swimming sanctioned/approved meets must wear a mask at all times and is enforceable by meet
management and/or facility.

**IMPORTANT**
COVID Protocols for each facility are listed at the conclusion of the Meet Announcement

COVID-19: In applying for this sanction, SITE HOST agrees to comply and enforce all health and
safety guidelines of USA Swimming, Florida Swimming and the city of the event.
An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are
present. COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to severe illness
and death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, senior
citizens and individuals with underlying medical conditions are especially vulnerable.
USA Swimming, Inc., cannot prevent you (or your child(ren)) from becoming
exposed to, contracting, or spreading COVID-19 while participating in USA
Swimming sanctioned events. It is not possible to prevent the presence of the
disease. Therefore, if you choose to participate in a USA Swimming sanctioned event, you may be exposing yourself to and/or increasing your risk of contracting or
spreading

COVID-19.
BY ATTENDING OR PARTICIPATING IN THIS COMPETITION, YOU VOLUNTARILY
ASSUME ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 AND FOREVER
RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS USA SWIMMING AND FLORIDA SWIMMING AND
EACH OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR OTHER
REPRESENTATIVES FROM ANY LIABILITY OR CLAIMS INCLUDING FOR PERSONAL
INJURIES, DEATH, DISEASE OR PROPERTY LOSSES, OR ANY OTHER LOSS, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLAIMS OF NEGLIGENCE AND GIVE UP ANY CLAIMS YOU MAY
HAVE TO SEEK DAMAGES, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, FORESEEN OR
UNFORESEEN, IN CONNECTION WITH EXPOSURE, INFECTION, AND/OR SPREAD OF
COVID-19 RELATED TO PARTICIPATION IN THIS COMPETITION.
Hosted By & Location:
SOUTH:
Clearwater Aquatic Team
1501 N Belcher Road
Clearwater, FL 33765
 

Date & Time: ALL warm up information has been sent to families and details while be discussed with athletes.

Thursday, March 11 - Timed Finals 5:00 PM
Friday & Saturday, March 12 and March 13 - Prelims TBD-AM, Finals 5:00 PM
Sunday, March 14 - Prelims TBD-AM, Finals 4:30 PM

Type of Meet: 25 yd. Short Course
A-Finals, B-Finals, and C-Bonus Finals – Senior Events
A-Finals, B-Finals – 15-16 year old Events

All age groups will swim combined in preliminary events and will be broken out by age group for finals events.
In the Finals Sessions, the order of events shall be A Final, B Final, C Final, if applicable (Fast to Slow). The C
Final is limited to those athletes 18 years and younger.
**Preliminary sessions may be combined or separated. The final decision regarding order of events will be made
by Senior Chair, meet hosts, and meet referee following the close of entries.**
Flyover and/or Chase starts may be used at the discretion of the meet referee. No changes in meet operation will
occur without concurrence of the Sr. Chair & Committee. Warm up assignments will be made by Sr. Chair or
designee if needed.

Distance Events:
Swimmers may swim the 1000 free if they have the 1650 cut or they may swim the 1650 if they have the 1000
cut.
Thursday night events will be the 1000 yd. freestyle for Men and Women. Meet management has the option of
alternating Women and Men and flighting if it is necessary by swimming 4 F/M heats then starting relays.
In the event of flighting, 400’s and above will also be consolidated and swam fast to slow while possibly
alternating women and men. The fastest four heats of each swimming in session 1.
Sunday will be the 1650 for Men and Women and will be consolidated by gender. The fastest two heats 1 M/F of
1650 will be swum at the beginning finals. Check in deadline for 1650 will be 8:15 AM Sunday

Entry Limit: Total of six (6) individual events for the meet, but no more than three (3) per day, plus relays. Teams may enter a maximum of two (2) relay teams per event and they must be designated "A" and "B". Over-entries will be automatically dropped when the limit is met for the meet and/or day.
Bonus Events: The "Bonus Event" Rule will be in effect for this meet. The formula is as follows: Swimmers qualified in one or
more events may swim up to two (2) bonus events during the course of this meet, subject to the meet rules on
limitations on number of swims and qualifying bonus standards must be met. Each bonus swim entered must be a
provable time. NT entries will not be accepted. In the OME system, select "Enter as Bonus" to enter bonus
events. No Bonus Events for 1000 and 1650.

Deck Registration: Deck Registration will not be permitted.
Entry Fee:
$6.00 per individual event
$10.00 per relay
$15.00 facility fee per swimmer
$1.00 per swimmer LSC Swimmer Support.
Relay Only swimmers pay the Facility fee and the swimmer LSC Swimmer Support fee.
OME is set up with zero entry fee charges to allow all teams to pay by check.