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This meet is sanctioned by USA Swimming and Ohio Swimming, Inc.

The current USA Swimming open water rules will govern the Meet as outlined in Part Seven of the USA Swimming Rules and Regulations Handbook. USA Swimming Rules 202.3.2 - At a sanctioned competitive event, USA Swimming athlete members must be under the supervision of a USA Swimming member coach during warm-up, competition, and warm-down. The Meet Director or Meet Referee shall assist the athlete in making arrangements for such supervision.

Cincinnati Aquatic Club

Visit the Ohio Open Water website for up-to-date meet information: www.OhioOpenWater.com

The competition will be organized according to these age classifications: 

10 & under; 11-12; 13-14; and 15 and over. Swimmers will compete in these distances:

Swimmers will compete as individuals. However, swimmers may also compete on relays. A relay will consist of three (3) swimmers in the same age group/same sex from the same club. The cumulative finishing times of the three fastest swimmers in each age group/sex will make up the A relay. The second fastest cumulative times will make up the B relay, etc. The fastest cumulative time will be used to determine the winners and the place. Teams may have an unlimited number of Relays, however only 2 Relays per Team per Event will score points.

The Meet will be conducted at East Fork Lake - Batavia, OH

This lake course is a 500 Meter Straight Line Course

Swimmers must report to the check-in table appropriate for their age and sex and report to the Meet Volunteer that they are present and prepared to swim. At that time the swimmers will be given a packet containing their swim caps, competitor number, and Champion Chip along with any other information regarding the competition deemed necessary.

Different colored swim caps will be issued to swimmers in each age group so that Meet Officials can monitor swimmers progress through the course. Swimmers are required to wear the cap provided. Any swimmer refusing to wear the cap provided at any time during the clinic, warm-ups or competition will be removed from the water and scratched from competition.

There will be a mandatory Pre-race Instruction held before competition begins to discuss the course, rules and safety procedures. The Referee may remove any swimmer from competition who does not attend the instruction or is found to be inattentive during the instruction.

The course will be patrolled by qualified personnel.

Athlete conduct will be governed by Part Seven of the USA Swimming Rules and Regulations Handbook. Intentional obstruction, interference or intentional contact with another swimmer may be deemed "Unsporting Impedance" and lead to disqualification. Swimmers shall maintain clearance from other swimmers except at the start, turn, and the finish or where the course or race conditions dictate otherwise. Parents and swimmers should be advised that if there are a significant number of entrants, open water swimming may be expected to involve inadvertent contact with other swimmers.  It is important that swimmers keep a cool head while in the water.

Swimmer(s) must be registered with Ohio Swimming to be accepted into this meet. Age as of June 25, 2008 shall determine the swimmer's age for the Open Water Championships. Swimmers shall have the National BB time for the 200/400/500 freestyle distance for his or her age group (see below). This cut shall have been achieved during any USA Swimming sanctioned event since January 1, 2007 through the Entry Deadline. Pre and or post verification of the entry times is not required. USA Swimming registered athletes from other LSC’s may swim in this meet, but are not eligible for awards or points.

$25.00 per individual event - nonrefundable, plus $2.00 Ohio Swimming Surcharge.

Teams submitting entries for three or more swimmers per event will be eligible for relay competition. Relay fees are free per each group of three swimmers, per age group, per event, per team.  There is no limit on the number of team relays, but only the top 2 relays per team per event will score.

Any swimmer failing to turn in the Champion Chip ankle strap and computer chip following competition will be assessed a fine of $50.00.

Please make checks payable to Cincinnati Aquatic Club

If any team has unpaid fees at the start of competition, the entire team will be scratched.

Please submit all Hytek Team Manager entries via e-mail (preferred) or via US Mail with a 3.5 inch entry diskette, USA Swimming certification, and fees to: Chip Carrigan - 710 Miami Avenue, Terrace Park, OH 45174 - MeetEntry@swimcincinnati.org  The hardcopies of entries, membership certification, and check should be sent via us mail to the same address.

ENTRY PROCEDURES/

DEADLINE

Entries and Fees must be received on or before June 14, 2008.  Hard copy entries must be received by Monday, June 16, 2008.

We encourage HYTEK entries. The HYTEK entries may be sent either: (a) via Email to MeetEntry@swimcincinnati.org in the same format and with a print out to the entry chairperson at the address listed below, or (b) on a 3.5 inch disk using meet event numbers and accompanied by a print out.

Host will send an Entry Report and Exception report (if any) back to entering club/unattached swimmer by Wednesday, June 18 at 8:00 p.m. via e-mail.

The e-mailed Entry Report sent to you confirming your entry, along with all subsequent Entry Reports notifying you of changed or updated entries, shall be the official record of your entry. No other information will be considered if there is an entry error or discrepancy.

There will be no deck entries allowed for this meet.

IMPORTANT REMINDER Entering clubs/swimmers need to remember to check all data BEFORE submitting. Entering club / unattached swimmer also needs to check all entry reports (and any exception reports) that the host returns. It is the responsibility of the entering club/unattached swimmer to heed deadlines and be responsible for the accuracy of club entries.

Girls & Boys for each Age Group will be combined for seeding into waves. Each wave will contain 10 swimmers. We will swim fastest wave to slowest wave for each Age Group.

Automated timing of individual races will be provided using Champion Chip Timing System. Each swimmer will be issued a Champion Chip computer chip worn on a Velcro strap on their ankle at check-in.

Mike Rice, 7425 Algonquin Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45243 (513) 272-1221 (home), MeetDirector@swimcincinnati.org

Individual events will be scored as follows:

20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Relay events will be scored as follows:

40, 34, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 [Only 2 Relays Per Team Will Score]

Team competition will be scored as follows:

The combined points scored by attached members of the team shall determine the team score.

The JP Morgan Ohio Open Water Championships will be scored separately and independently from any other OSI sponsored state championships.

Individual Events: 

1st through 8th place will receive medals. 

9th through 16th will receive ribbons.

Relay Events:

1st through 3d place will receive medals.

Team Awards:

1st through 3rd place will receive trophies

Bonus Awards: - Provided by TYR

Individual Event Winner - TYR Jacket - embroidered

Relay Event Winner - TYR Swim Backpack - embroidered

Ceremony:

The awards ceremony will be conducted at the conclusion of each race.

There is no admission fee for Ohio LSC Championship Meets

The warm-up procedures for the open water events will be described during the Clinic for Participants. See page 1 for all times. An area adjacent to the competition will be available for continuous warm-up and warm-down during competition. Swimmers found in the water outside of the designated area and not engaged in competition will be scratched from the meet regardless of whether or not they have completed their events

Meet Program will be for sale at the open water competition.

Final results will be posted to OhioOpenWater.com
 

Concessions will be provided

Parking is free with over 1,000 spaces available