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2011 Swim Meet:
Adult & Masters Championships
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SPECIFIC INFORMATION |
Date: |
Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
Site: |
Cobb Aquatic Center at Larry Bell Park
520 Fairground Street
Marietta, GA
Venue phone number: 770-528-8465 |
Host: |
Cobb County Parks & Recreation |
Time: |
See the order of events for complete check-in and starting times. This meet will start at
2:00 PM and run into the evening. |
Entry Fee: |
Register Online: $20 for athlete registration (pool surcharge included)
$5.00 per individual event
$5.00 per relay event |
Entry Deadline: |
Entries must be received by June 14, 2011 before 5:00 PM
Mail to:
Georgia Games
PO BOX 2043
Kennesaw, GA 30156
Hand Deliver: Call for delivery details |
Eligibility: |
Any swimmer whether they are USMS, GRPA, YMCA, Recreational etc.
No additional memberships are required. |
Contact: |
Georgia Games
info@georgiagames.org
770 528-3580 |
Directions: |
From North:
Take I-75 South to Exit 267-B, take US-41 ramp, turn left onto Cobb Pkwy NE, turn right onto North Marietta Parkway, and turn left onto Fairground St.
From South:
Take I-75 North to Exit 265, take the US-41 ramp, turn left onto Delk Road, and turn right onto Fairground St. |
ENTRY
FORMS & REGISTRATION INFORMATION |
Online Registration: |
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Registration: (Paper Format): |
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www.marriott.com
Atlanta Marriott Northwest , 200 Interstate North Parkway , Atlanta, GA 30339
1-800-228-9290
Reserve under Georgia Games block
Special Room Rate of $62
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COMPETITION
INFORMATION & REGULATIONS |
Endorsed by: |
State of Georgia, GHSA, USOC, GRPA |
Host: |
Cobb County Parks & Recreation |
Facilities |
A 25-yard indoor pool with 10 competitive lanes for finals. There will be 10 lanes for
warm-ups. Outdoor patio and surrounding area available for tents. |
Timing: |
Electronic in-deck timing system with 10 lane scoreboard. Back-up button and stop watches will also be used. |
Rules: |
2011 United States Swimming Short Course rules will govern the conduct of the meet for
preliminaries and finals, as well as the GRPA Athletic Manual where applicable.
(A participant may be disqualified from an event for a second false start.) |
Eligibility: |
Open to all GRPA and recreational swimmers statewide. |
Entry Level: |
Each entrant may enter six swimming events and two relays. |
Seeding: |
Each swimmer shall be seeded in their designated amount of heats according to the USA
Swimming Guidelines. Finals will be seeded in 10 lanes.
Age groups may be combined where necessary to make meet run efficiently. |
Awards: |
Awards will be given to the top three finishers. |
T-shirts: |
All registered swimmers receive a Gerogia Games Championship t-shirt. |
Awards Presentations: |
Medal presentation will be held four times during the meet.
After the 50 free, 500 free, 200 medley relay, and final event. |
Disqualification & Protests: |
A participant may be disqualified from an event for failure to swim a stroke correctly, false start or unsportmanlike conduct. Any protests or clarification of decision must come from
participants coach or agency representative only. No parents shall be allowed to file a protest or approach any official while the meet is in progress, subject to the disqualification of the swimmer for the duration of the meet. A written protest may be filed with the Meet Director, who then has the authority to take it to the State Athletic Committee, if deemed necessary, or make a ruling on the spot. |
2011 Georgia Games Adult Swimming Order of Events |
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1-1000 Yard Free
2-200 Yard Butterfly
3-200 Yard Freestyle
4-50 Yard Breaststroke
5-200 Yard Individual Medley
6-100 Yard Backstroke
7- 50 Yard Freestyle
Early Medal Awarding
8-200 Yard Breaststroke
9-200 Yard Backstroke
10- 100 Yard Butterfly
Relay entries due before Event # 12
11-500 Yard Freestyle
Mid-Meet Medal Awarding
12-50 Yard Butterfly
13-100 Yard Breaststroke
14-50 Yard Backstroke
15- 100 Yard Freestyle
16- 400 Yard Individual Medley
17-Mixed 200 Free Relay—see relay information below
18-Women’s 200 Free Relay
19-Mens’s 200 Free Relay
20- Mixed 200 Medley Relay
Medal Awarding except relays and 1650
21- 1650 Yard Free
22-1650 Yard Free
Medal awarding for relays and 1650 |
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Separate Women’s and Men’s heats will be held except 1000, 500 and 1650 free which will be mixed heats ,women and men combined. Heats will be organized by age, with older swimmers before younger swimmers, except in the last event the 1650 and relay events where young swimmers will race first to provide older swimmers more rest after the relays. |
Relays |
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Each swimmer is limited to 2 relays. There will be 3 separate relay age brackets for each of the 4 relay events based on total age of 4 swimmers -- under 160, 160 to 239 and 240 Example a team with swimmers 24,44, 45, and 46(total of 159) would race in the under 160 age bracket group while a team of swimmers 80,75, 43 and 42 would swim in the 240+ age bracket.
Mixed relays consist of 2 men and 2 women in any order. Masters swimmers are limited to their club relays while Unattached Masters swimmers and non-Master swimmers are permitted to assemble “pick-up” relays at the meet. All relays will be “deck entries” the day of the meet and cost $5 per relay. Relay entry forms will be available at the check-in desk the day of the meet and due before event #12. Each swimmer is limited to 2 relays. |
| From I-75 North: |
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Take the Delk Road/GA-280 Exit and follow 280
for 4.2 miles. Turn right onto S Fairground St SE. The pool will be on your
left.
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| From I-75 South: |
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Take Exit 263 S Marietta Pkwy/GA-120 Loop. Turn
right at GA120-Loop. Go about 1.8 miles. Turn left onto S Fairground St SE.
The pool will be on your right. |
VIRTUAL TRIATHLON INFORMATION |
Each person who enters ALL three events will be AUTOMATICALLY entered into this three stage virtual triathlon.
Triathlon Information Page: Click Here |
| 1) To register for Cycling-Road Race Click Here: Registration Link |
| 2) To Register for 1K Open Water Swimming Click Here: Registration Link |
| 3) To Register for 5K Road Race Click Here: Registration Link |
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