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Let The Games Begin:
Information
for the first ever Virtual Dual Meet Series!
Dual meets every
Tuesday for early a.m. & p.m. & Wednesdays for other groups.
This will be for the month of October.
We need your support so please come swim and cheer your
team mates on!
Please come and help
make this work!
Preferred size is 15
to 20 swimmers, but 10 to 25 will work
A - FWM morning
group
B - FWM brunch group
C- FWM evening group
D - TBD, possibly combined FWM late morning group + Covington ?
E - TBD
F - TBD
Results - 10/03/06:
Early AM vs Brunch
PM vs Late AM & Covington
Week 1 (Oct. 3)
A vs. B; C vs. D; E vs. F
Week 2 (Oct. 10)
A vs. C; B vs. E; D vs. F
Week 3 (Oct. 17)
A vs. D; B vs. F; C vs. E
Week 4 (Oct. 24)
A vs. E; B vs. D; C vs. F
Week 5 (Oct. 31)
A vs. F; B vs. C; D vs. E
Note: may need to
swim on different date due to Halloween
Proposed order of events:
Goals:
Complete in one hour practice session, including warm-up
15 swimmers can fill most of the slots
Assume two heats for
all individual events (one women's and one men's) and 1 heat for
relays. Allow 1.5 minute for 50s, 2 minutes for 100s and 3 minutes for
200s.
Total time in
minutes
50 – 1.5 minutes x 2
heats 3
100 – 2 minutes x 4 events x 2 heats per
event 16
200 – 3 minutes X 6
heats 18
Total of 37 minutes
If we allow 15 to 20
minutes for warm-up, we should be able to complete in about an hour.
There are seven
individual events and two mixed relays. Assume 3 swimmers for each
gender for individual events and 3 relays in each relay event. That
means 14 x 3=42 individual slots and 24 relay slots or 66 slots total.
If we allow 4 splashes per swimmer, 15 swimmers should be able to fill
most of the slots.
Scoring should
encourage participation. I suggest 9, 6, 4, 2, 1 for individual events
and double for relays. Individual events will be handicapped by age
with results separated by gender. Relays will be mixed gender and
handicapped by age,
Proposed Rules & Officiating:
USMS rules apply.
However, certified officials are not required. At least one person
should be designated starter/stroke and turn judge for each heat.
Can rotate so officials can swim. Goal of two watches per lane, but can
use one. I suggest that we limit each swimmer to four splashes (can be
all individual events or combination of individual events and relays).
I will provide you
with a spreadsheet that can be used to enter times. I have attached a
draft version so that you can see what it looks like. I will update it
before our first meet. You can print out a "blank" form and use it to
plan who swims in each event. Just enter each swimmers name, then mark
which events they will swim. We can also print out one for each lane
for the timers to use. Someone can enter the times in the spreadsheet
then email it to me. I'll merge the two spreadsheets from each team and
compile the results. I will eventually make the process easier so that I
don't need to be involved, but I suspect that I'll need to compile the
results for at least the first two weeks.
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