SCRATCH AND POSITIVE CHECK-IN DEADLINES FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS EVENTS(S) ACTION REQUIRED DEADLINE

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1 SCHEDULE Pacific Northwest Swimming Thursday December 14, :00 PM --Coach Check-in Friday December 15, 2017 Saturday December 16, 2017 Sunday December 17, 2017 General Meeting: Coaches Meetings will be announced and held as necessary 3:00 PM --General Meeting It shall be the swimmers and coaches responsibility to acquaint themselves with all the information in this Meet Announcement and any information and changes announced at the General Meeting. The national championship check-in and scratch procedures will apply to this meet. Positive check-in and scratch deadlines are listed below. Officials' Meetings - Prelims Timers' Meeting Warm-ups - Prelims Competition - Prelims One hour before start of competition 8:30 AM 7:20-8:50 AM 9:00 AM Officials' Meetings - Finals Warm-ups - Finals Competition - Finals 4:00 PM One hour before start of competition 3:30 PM 5:00 PM No earlier than 3:30 PM -- Meet Referee will announce start times at Thursday's General Meeting No earlier than 4:30 PM -- Meet Referee will announce start times at Thursday's General Meeting SCRATCH AND POSITIVE CHECK-IN DEADLINES FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS EVENTS(S) ACTION REQUIRED DEADLINE Thursday 1000 Free Positive check-in 4:00 PM Thursday Friday Events Scratch 6:00 PM Thursday Saturday Events Scratch 30 min after scheduled start of Friday s finals Sunday Events except 1650 Free Scratch 30 min after scheduled start of Saturday s finals Sunday 1650 Free Positive check-in 30 min after scheduled start of Saturday s finals

2 MEET DIRECTORS: Lisa Battistoni MEET REFEREE: Ed Lesnick ADMINISTRATIVE REFEREE: Summer Truswell LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS 650 SW Campus Drive Directions from I-5: Take Exit 142B west on 348th. It becomes Campus Drive after crossing 1st Ave S. Pool is on the right side approximately 1 1/4 miles from I-5. Note: In the event of inclement weather, call the King County Aquatic Center Hotline: or toll-free FACILITY Site of the 1990 Goodwill Games and 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, and 2006 Spring National Championships, 2008 and 2014 NCAA Men s Division 1 Championships, 2009 U.S. Open, 2009 and 2014 Junior Nationals, and 2009 and 2015 Nationals. Two 25 yard, 9 feet deep, 8-lane competitive pools. The area between the bulkheads is closed at all times. The competition course has been certified in accordance with C(4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming. Diving tank will be available for continual warm-up 2500 spectator seats Omega electronic timing system with full-read scoreboard. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms, locker rooms or starting block area. Deck changes are prohibited. Operation of a drone, or any other flying apparatus, is prohibited over the venue (pools, athlete/coach areas, spectator areas and open ceiling locker rooms) any time athletes, coaches, officials and/or spectators are present. ONSITE AMENITIES Psych Sheet will be posted on the host team's web site Meet Heat Sheets: $2.00 per day Finals Program: $1.00 per session Results will be posted on the PNS web site Concessions: Under contract with King County; neither PNS nor the host team derive any benefit. Hospitality: Refreshments will be available for coaches and officials in the Hospitality Room. Swimmers, timers, and spectators are not allowed. Parking: Available at the Aquatic Center. Illegally parked cars will be ticketed and towed by the Federal Way Police Dept. Do not leave valuables in vehicles. Carpooling is strongly recommended. RV Parking: Contact the Meet Director to obtain a permit prior to meet. A limited number of permits are available for the north parking lot only. RV s parking in lot without a permit will be asked to move or towed if necessary. Dry camping--no sewer, water, or electricity. o RV s and trailers with pop-outs may not park in outside perimeter spaces on the west, north, or east (uphill) sides of the parking lot. Units with pop-outs may only park next to planter islands in the center pull-through spaces so that pop-outs overhang the islands. ELIGIBILITY & ENTRY INFORMATION: All swimmers must be registered with USA Swimming through a club domiciled in the State of Washington or themselves be legal residents of the State of Washington if their club team is domiciled in Oregon or Idaho. On-deck USA Swimming registration will not be permitted. On-deck transfer to any club will not be permitted. No deck entries will be permitted. Open competition. Each swimmer may enter up to a maximum of six (6) individual events and four (4) relay events, but no more than three (3) individual events per day. Entries exceeding this limit will be scratched without notification, and entry fees for entry count limitation scratches will not be refunded. Qualifying Times: With the exception of individual bonus swims clearly identified as such, entries must meet the published qualifying times. Entries that do not meet these standards will be scratched without notification and entry fees will not be refunded. o Swimmers must have met the 2017 Washington State Senior Short Course Championship qualifying time in USA Swimming sanctioned, approved, or observed competition between September 1, 2016, and the entry deadline. o The qualifying times for disabled swimmers will be the current CAN/AM times based on classification. Please submit proof of classification and of times not in SWIMS with your entry. All USA Swimming registration numbers will be verified with the PNS registration database. Swimmers registered with teams outside PNS must provide a proof of eligibility. PROOF OF TIME: With the exception of alternate acceptable times complying with PNS AD and documented CAN/AM times as indicated above, all individual entry times submitted both qualifying and bonus must be in USA Swimming s SWIMS database and will be reconciled with SWIMS. Entry times that are neither in SWIMS nor complying with PNS AS nor documented CAN/AM times will be scratched without notification and entry fees will not be refunded.

3 Converted times may not be used. BONUS SWIMS: A swimmer entered in one or more individual events may also enter a maximum of one (1) bonus event for the meet, subject to the event limits and proof-of-time requirements stated above. A bonus event should be entered with the swimmer's best-achieved provable time that is not a qualifying time. NT is not acceptable. Please be advised that bonus swims may not import into Meet Manager from non-hy-tek products. If entries are submitted using non-hy-tek products, hard copies of entries must accompany submission of entries with bonus events clearly marked. If hard copies do not accompany submission of entries, any non-qualifying times will be automatically scratched without notification and entry fees will not be refunded. ENTRY FEES: Surcharge: $15.00 Individual Event: $10.00 Relay: $16.00 No refunds or credits will be given for events entered but not swum. All fees must accompany entries. AWARDS AND SCORING: Individual events: Medals 1st - 8th places, ribbons 9th - 16th places. Individual high point: First place woman and man based on individual events only. High point award will be based on standard points as listed below. Relay events: Medals 1st - 3rd places, ribbons 4th - 16th places. Team trophy: 1st through 10th place teams Scoring: Individual events Relay events While there is no limit to the number of relay teams a club may enter in each relay event, no more than two relay teams per club will be awarded or may score in each relay event. MEET RULES: Current PNS and USA Swimming rules govern throughout the meet, including warm-ups. Seeding will be YSL - short course yards, short course meters, long course meters. Bonus swims will be seeded after qualifying swims. This is a prelim/final/consolation meet for all events except: All relays 1000 freestyle and 1650 freestyle There will be three heats of finals (A/B/C) for all prelims/final events. See Order of Events. Both pools may be used for all individual preliminary and timed finals events. All finals heats of prelims/finals events will take place in the dive tank end pool. Swimmers in events 400Y or longer must provide their own timers. Swimmers in freestyle events 500Y or longer must provide their own counters, if desired. The national championship eligibility and technical protest rules policy apply. Any published event start times are estimates. SCRATCH RULES: The USA Swimming National Championship scratch procedure and no-show rule will be used at this meet, unless otherwise specified below. These rules are described in the 2017 USA Swimming Rules. Preliminary Heats of Prelims/Finals Individual Events: Swimmers may scratch from an event in which they are entered by completing a scratch form and depositing it in the Scratch Box located at the Clerk of Course s desk by the stated deadline for that day s individual events. The scratch and check-in deadline for Thursday s events will be 4:00 PM on Thursday. The scratch deadline for Friday s events will be 6:00 PM Thursday, and the scratch deadline for Saturday s and Sunday s events will be thirty minutes after the scheduled start of the previous evening s finals. For Friday s events only, scratches for swimmers whose coach has not yet checked in will be accepted only between 4:00-5:45 PM Thursday, but receipt cannot be guaranteed unless acknowledgement is received. The address is pnsmeetsops@gmail.com. In all events where preliminary heats are necessary, after the heats have been seeded, any swimmer who fails to compete in an individual event in which such swimmer entered and has not been scratched will be barred from all further individual and relay events of the day. The application of this penalty shall pertain to the order in which the events/heats are swum, not the numerical order of the events. Additionally, that swimmer shall not be seeded in any individual events on succeeding days unless that swimmer declares an intent to swim prior to the close of the scratch box for that succeeding day s events directly to the Admin Referee. Finals Heats of all Preliminary/Finals Individual Events: Any swimmer qualifying for a A, B or C (final, consolation final or bonus final) race of an individual event who fails to compete in said final shall be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet unless properly scratched. Intention to Scratch: Once the swimmers qualifying as finalists, consolation finalists, or bonus finalists are announced, those swimmers have thirty (30) minutes to declare their intention to scratch with the Administrative Referee, and until thirty (30) minutes after the completion of their last preliminary (not timed finals) event to finalize their intention to scratch. There is no penalty for scratches during this time. Intentions to scratch and final/definite scratches must be made directly with the Administrative Referee, unless otherwise announced at the Coaches meeting. Athletes not announced as a finalist, consolation finalist, or bonus finalist thirty (30) minutes after the announcement of an event's results, will not be penalized for a failure to scratch. However, reseeding may result from scratches during that period.

4 Reseeding due to scratches made after the initial 30-minute deadline will be at the discretion of the Meet Referee. Timed Finals Distance Events: 1000/1650 Freestyle: A positive check-in by the stated deadline is required to swim. Swimmers must provide their own timer and counter, if desired, for these events. Lanes with no timer go unprotected Freestyle: All heats will be seeded and swum fastest to slowest, alternating heats of Women/Men. The slowest heat may be seeded with combined genders at the discretion of the Meet Referee Freestyle: The fastest heat of women and the fastest heat of men will swim in finals in event number order. All other heats will be swum at the end of preliminaries fastest to slowest, alternating heats of Women/Men. The slowest heat may be seeded with combined genders at the discretion of the Meet Referee. See Order of Events for more information. Relays: All relay events will be pre-seeded timed finals events. 200 Free, 200 Medley, and 400 Medley Relays: The fastest two heats (by seed time) of relays for each event will swim in Finals. All remaining heats will be swum during Prelims as indicated in the Order of Events. 800 Free Relays: The fastest one heat (by seed time) of relays for each event will swim in Finals. All remaining heats will be swum during Prelims as indicated in the Order of Events. 400 Free Relays: All relays will be swum during the Preliminary session as indicated in the Order of Events. Each club may have no more than two relay teams swim during the Finals sessions. While there is no limit to the number of relay teams a club may enter in each relay event, no more than two relay teams per club may score or place in each event. Completed relay cards, with the first and last names of at least four swimmers, must be turned into the Clerk of Course no later than one hour before the estimated start of the event. Swimmers must take the lane (pink) copy of the relay slip with them to give to the timer in their lane to verify the order of participating swimmers prior to the start of the heat. All relays will swim in both pools, as indicated on order of events. WARM-UP PROCEDURES: Circle swim counter-clockwise only. Last half hour of each warm-up period: Lanes 1 & 8 pace lanes, no diving Lanes 2 & 7 sprint lanes, dive starts, return in lanes 3 & 6 Lanes 3, 4, 5 & 6 general warm-up, no diving Additional sprint lanes may be made available upon request to the Meet Referee. Pool closed promptly ten (10) minutes prior to the start of competition. Warm-ups may be modified at the discretion of the Meet Referee to accommodate the number of swimmers entered. SAFETY: No diving from the blocks or sides of pool except for designated sprint lanes during designated times in main pool. Jumping into the pool is not allowed. The space between the bulkheads is closed at all times. Backstroke swimmers enter the water feet first in rotation; no diving over persons in the water. Deck Marshals will be assigned to supervise the warm-up. Deck Marshals and the Meet Referee have the authority to remove any swimmer, coach, or club who does not follow the safety rules during warm-ups or the meet. Coaches are responsible for their team s swimmers throughout the meet, including warm-ups and warm-downs. All participating swimmers must be under the supervision of a USA Swimming member coach and may not enter the water at any time unless under the supervision of said coach. The Meet Director or Meet Referee may assist a swimmer in making supervision arrangements, but it is the swimmer s responsibility to make arrangements prior to the start of warm-ups and to so notify the Meet Referee. Any swimmer entered in the meet must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from within the water. When unaccompanied by a member-coach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. Shaving is not permitted in the facility. OTHER NOTES: It is understood and agreed that USA Swimming shall be free and held harmless from any liabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. It is further understood that Pacific Northwest Swimming, the King Aquatic Club Boosters Association, and the King Aquatic Club shall be free and held harmless from any liabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. Only credentialed athletes, coaches, officials, authorized volunteers and facility employees are allowed on deck or in the locker rooms. All volunteers must check in prior to their assigned shift for a name tag which must be displayed while on deck. All others must remain in the designated spectator area or in public lobbies and are not allowed in the natatorium unless timing for an event in which swimmers must provide their own timers. In order to be on deck and serve in their official capacity, all coaches, officials and any other person required by sanction to be members of USA Swimming shall visibly display their membership credentials at all times. All persons acting in any coaching capacity must be coach members of USA Swimming. Alcoholic beverages, tobacco products of any kind, and glass containers are not allowed in the swimming venue.

5 Any act of theft, vandalism or similar action will result in immediate disqualification from the meet and the loss of any points accumulated toward team standings by the individual. Team Areas: Please keep your area clean, and pick up all trash before leaving each session. Lost and Found: Items will be left in place during the meet. After the meet, contact KCAC. Team Banners: Banners must be fabric. No helium balloons or paper signs. Timers: All participating teams are asked to provide timers during sessions where two courses are in use, except as noted under Timed Finals Distance Events." Lane timing assignments will be ed to participating teams and posted on the PNS web site. The host team will provide timers for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Finals sessions. TIME TRIALS: Time Trials will be conducted on a time-available basis and may be limited to one hour each day. Time Trial entry will be at the Clerk of Course. Each day's Time Trial entries closing time will be announced. Time Trial fees must be paid at sign-up. Time Trial entry fees are $10.00 per individual event and $16.00 per relay event. A swimmer must be pre-entered into the Meet--listed on a Master Entry Summary and Meet Surcharge paid prior to the Meet Entry deadline--to be eligible for Time Trials. Each swimmer, including relay-only swimmers, may enter up to two (2) Time Trials for the meet, subject to the daily event limitations. Swimmers must provide their own timer and counter, if desired. OFFICIALS We appreciate the help of certified officials from all teams. The dress will be white over navy. If you are attending this meet, please return the Application to Officiate. In order to be considered for an assigned position, applications must be received by Sunday, November 26, This meet has been designated as a training meet for N2 Officials Certification. Preference will be given to those who agree to work all sessions. Instructions for certification will be provided during the Officials' Meetings.

6 ENTRY SUBMITTAL INFORMATION: Before processing your entries, click on "Enforce Qualifying Times" and "Use Since Date" filter and set "Use Times Since" to September 1, Please click on your team management s proof of time option, too. Bonus swims must be identified as such. They should be circled on all printed reports. Entries will only be accepted upon receipt of all of the following prior to the entry deadline, December 6, 2017: 1. Entry file from Team Manager or equivalent. 2. Meet Entry Reports for individual (Proof of Time format sorted by swimmer) and relay (sorted by event) events from Team Manager preferred or equivalent hardcopy. Include proof of time for all individual events and clearly identify all bonus events. 3. Meet Entry Fee Report from Team Manager preferred or equivalent hardcopy. 4. Master Entry Summary Form Completed and hand-signed hardcopy only (original or faxed); typed signatures will not be accepted 5. Meet Entry Fees one check payable to King Aquatic Club Boosters Association. 6. Proof of Washington State residency if required--see Entry Information. Submittal Formats: Electronic files: Include items 2 and 3 above in Word for Windows format with your entry file. Items 4 and 5 must still be received by the entry deadline. Hardcopies of Items 4 and 5: mail or hand-deliver. If sending via express mail, waive signature requirement. Please be advised that proof of time and bonus swims may not import into Meet Manager from non-hy-tek products. The host club is not responsible for errors or omissions resulting from the use of non-hy-tek products. Submittal Notes: Late, incomplete, or paper entries will not be processed. Bonus swims must be clearly identified as such. See Bonus Swims for more information. Entry times achieved in compliance with PNS AD must be clearly identified as such. See Proof of Time for more information. Swimmers with a disability using CAN/AM times must provide the necessary documentation. See Eligibility and Entry Information. Relay-only swimmers must be listed on the Meet Entry Report or equivalent, and appropriate surcharges must be included with the entry. Proof of Washington State residency must be included if required. Recheck all entries as no additional entries or corrections will be accepted after the deadline. Your cooperation is appreciated in facilitating the entry process by making your entries complete, orderly, and legible. Mail entries to Lisa Battistoni 5447 Champery Pl NW Issaquah, WA entries to: kingmeetentry@gmail.com Meet entry questions should be directed to the Meet Referee with a cc to the Administrative Referee.

7 Event # 2017 Washington Senior SC Championships Order of Events DAY 1 AFTERNOON SESSION 1, yd Freestyle Timed Finals DAY 2 Event # Preliminaries Event # Finals 3, yd Free Relay See note #1 3, yd Free Relay See note #1 5, yd Freestyle 5, yd Freestyle 7, yd Breaststroke 7, yd Breaststroke 9, yd Backstroke 9, yd Backstroke 11, yd Butterfly 11, yd Butterfly 13, yd IM 13, yd IM 15 minute break 15 minute break 15, yd Medley Relay See note #1 15, yd Medley Relay See note #1 DAY 3 Event # Preliminaries Event # Finals 17, yd Medley Relay See note #1 17, yd Medley Relay See note #1 19, yd Butterfly 19, yd Butterfly 21, yd Freestyle 21, yd Freestyle 23, yd Freestyle 23, yd Freestyle 25, yd Breaststroke 25, yd Breaststroke 27, yd Backstroke 27, yd Backstroke 15 minute break 15 minute break 29, yd Free Relay See note #1 29, yd Free Relay See note #1 DAY 4 Event # Preliminaries Event # Finals 33, yd Butterfly 31, yd Freestyle See note #2 35, yd Freestyle 33, yd Butterfly 37, yd IM 35, yd Freestyle 39, yd Backstroke 37, yd IM 41, yd Breaststroke 39, yd Backstroke 43, yd Free Relay See Note #1 41, yd Breaststroke 15 minute Break 31, yd Freestyle See note #2 Note #1: Relays are timed Finals. The fastest two heats of relays (200/400 Medley and 200 Freestyle) for each gender will swim in Finals. The fastest one heat of 800 Free relay will swim in Finals. Each team may only swim two relays in Finals. The remaining relays will swim in Prelims. All 400 Free Relays will swim in Prelims. Note #2: The 1650 Freestyle is a timed finals event. The fastest heat for each gender will swim in Finals. The remaining heats will swim in Prelims.

8 WASHINGTON STATE SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DECEMBER 14-17, 2017 QUALIFYING PERIOD: September 1, 2016-December 6, 2017 WOMEN MEN LCM SCM SCY EVENT SCY SCM LCM :29.39 :28.59 : Free :23.19 :25.79 : : :02.29 : Free :50.49 :56.09 : : : : Free 1: : : : : : /500 Free 5: : : : : : /1000 Free 10: : : : : : /1650 Free 17: : :27.49 :33.19 :32.59 : Back :27.79 :30.79 : : : : Back : : : : : : Back 2: : :27.09 :39.19 :38.19 : Breast :30.89 :34.29 : : : : Breast 1: : : : : : Breast 2: : :42.69 :32.79 :32.09 : Fly :26.59 :29.59 : : : : Fly : : : : : : Fly 2: : : : : : IM 2: : : : : : IM 4: : : : : : FRR 1: : : : : : FRR 3: : : : : : FRR 7: : : : : : MR 1: : : : : : MR 4: : :33.49 Swimmers may swim 6 events for the meet, maximum of three per day. One bonus swim for those who have one to five events qualified. All individual qualifying times must be in SWIMS or Pacific Northwest Swimming AD /4/2017-JS

9 MASTER ENTRY SUMMARY Please complete this form and send with your entries (disk or hard copy). Failure to submit this form will delay your entry processing and may result in your entries being rejected. TEAM NAME: TEAM CODE: COACH: ADDRESS: TEAM MAIL ADDRESS: CITY, STATE, ZIP: ENTRY INFORMATION PREPARED BY: LSC CODE: HOME PHONE: OFFICE PHONE: CELL PHONE: POOL PHONE: PHONE: MEET ENTRY FEES ENCLOSED: SURCHARGE: X $15.00 $ INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: X $10.00 $ RELAYS: X $16.00 $ SUBTOTAL: $ LESS OUTREACH VOUCHERS: ($ ) TOTAL: $ Make one check payable to King Aquatic Club Boosters Association. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT MUST BE SIGNED: I attest that all swimmers entered hereon are properly registered athlete members of USA Swimming, Inc., and legal residents of the State of Washington. Signature of Coach or Team Representative Date Phone Number Important Note: Upon processing of the pre-meet exception report, PNS will register as a full-year USA Swimming athlete member any swimmer not then registered. PNS shall require the club or responsible party to pay an amount equal to the current full-year USA Swimming athlete registration fee, including the PNS surcharge, plus a $15.00 fine for each athlete who is registered from the pre-meet exception report. The fines are due prior to the entry deadline of the next meet entered by the team being fined or within 15 business days after the receipt of the fine statement, whichever occurs first. See PNS AD for additional information.

10 2017 WASHINGTON STATE SENIOR SHORT COURSE CHAMPS December 14 17, 2017 APPLICATION TO OFFICIATE You are hereby invited to officiate at the 2017 Washington State Senior Short Course Champs to be held at the in. The meet will be conducted over a 3 1/2 day period. Thursday's Timed Finals will start at 5:00 PM. The remaining days' Prelims will start at 9:00 AM, and the Finals start times will be announced each day. A mandatory officials briefing session will be held one hour prior to each session. This meet has been designated as a training meet for N2 National Championship Officials Certification. The dress is white shirt/blouse for prelims and finals; navy pants, shorts, or skirts (no shorts at finals); white socks; and white shoes. Officials desiring an assigned position must submit their application no later than November 26, Preference will be given to those who agree to work all sessions. All other officials planning to attend the meet are also welcome! Name: LSC: Address: Team: City, State, Zip: Phone: Athlete Protection expiration date: Background Check expiration date: I will be able to work all sessions: I will only be able to work the following sessions: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday finals prelims finals prelims finals prelims finals Key position(s) desired: (Deck Ref, Starter, Assistant Admin Ref, Chief Judge, Stroke & Turn) Current certifications: Position Certified Expiration PNS N2 N3 Shirt size: Women: S M L XL XXL Other Men: S M L XL XXL Other (Sizes may be unisex. Even though we ask for shirt size, we are unable to guarantee that a shirt will be provided.) Please return this form by November 26, 2017 to Ed Lesnick at edwardlesnick@msn.com. Again, all officials are welcome, even if you don t apply in advance.