The GYM Snowman Swim Meet

Recognition #024-R001

Time/Date: Sunday, February 25th, 12:00pm warm-up / 1pm start.  Positive check-in is required for all swimmers by 12:30pm.  Deck changes must be in by 12:45pm.  NO deck entries will be accepted.

Directions: The Granite YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown, 116 Goffstown Back Road, Goffstown, NH 03045 (Google Maps).  From Exit 6 on Rte 293: Follow to Amoskeag St/Amoskeag Traffic Circle to Goffstown Road/Goffstown Back Road to Allard Center.  Please use second entrance to West Lot.  Enter through the main entrance doors located in the Upper Lot.

Facility: The Allard Center Competition Pool is a 6-lane, 25-yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. The timing system includes a fully-automatic Colorado electronic timing system with touchpads at the finish end of the pool with 6-line electronic display.  There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool. The finish end of the pool is 9 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 3.5 feet deep.  Spectator seating is for 240.

Pool Ceritfication Statement: The length of the competition course without a bulkhead is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1

Warm-up/Warm-down: Lane 6 will be available during the meet as a warm-up/warm-down lane, except during the 1650 event in an effort to speed up the meet.  

Meet Director: Adam Gaulin

Contact: Adam Gaulin, agaulin@graniteymca.org or (603) 232-8680. Office Hours 11am-4pm, Mon-Fri.

Eligibility: Open to all swimmers aged 18 and older. Your age is your age on the day of the meet. If USMS-registered, please include your full USMS ID# in the online form. You can get a copy from your online USMS account at USMS Membership Card. Online USMS membership registration is available at USMS Join or Renew.

Fees: $30/person for up to 5 individual events for entries received by Feb 16, 2023.  Late entries until Wednesday, Feb 21 will be accepted at a cost of $40/person.  Swimmers are permitted to enter a MAXIMUM of five (5) individual events.

Entries: Select up to 5 individual events. Please enter short-course yards times for all selected events. Seeding will be from slow to fast regardless of age and gender. If you do not enter a seed time, you will be seeded with No Time and placed in the first heat.

Relay Entries: Unlike years past, we will not be deck seeding relays. Please email Adam Gaulin directly with your intended relay teams. You will be able to change swimmers and relay order until 12:45pm February 25, 2024.

Record Times: Times from this competition will be eligible for USMS record and Top 10 consideration, but not for world records. Any swimmer who intends to post a National Record during the meet should bring it to the attention of the Meet Official prior to your event.

Awards: No place awards will be given.

Rules: Current USMS rules for Masters Swimming will apply. Swimmers will be seeded in heats according to times; heats will run slowest to fastest regardless of age or sex. No equipment is allowed at any time, to include smart watches. No diving during warm-up except in designated lanes.

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