2024 SCY COMSA Championship Meet

El Pomar Natatorium at Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction, Colorado

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Dates: April 26-28, 2024

Pool Features
  • The pool is 25 yards by 60 meters and will be set-up with bulkheads creating 10 short course yard, competition lanes.
  • Separate warm-up/cool down areas will be available throughout the meet.
  • Bleacher seating is available, with some on-deck seating available.  We recommend sitting in the bleachers. There are approximately 750 permanent balcony seats.
  • Colorado Timing Systems, 21-foot by 10-foot digital video display audio/video display system. Twenty-two loudspeakers surround the pool.
  • Paragon sand top starting platforms with quickset anchor.

Fees:  
  • $25 surcharge per swimmer 
  • $5 per individual event (max of 2 events Friday, 6 events on Saturday and 6 events on Sunday)
All fees must be paid at the time of registration.

Refund/Cancellation Policy: Meet registrations are non-refundable and non-transferable

Entry deadline: Sunday, April 21, 2024, at 11:59 pm.
Entries with a t-shirt order must be received by Wednesday April 10, 2024 at 11:59 pm 
All entries will receive an email confirmation from Club Assistant. 

Warm-up: 
  • Swimmers must enter the pool feet first in a cautious and controlled manner.
  • Swim equipment such as pull buoys, kickboards, fins, hand paddles, and snorkels are not allowed in the competition or warm-up pools.
  • Diving and backstroke starts are only allowed in designated one-way sprint lanes during the pre-meet warm-ups in the competition pool.
  • Continuous warm up lanes will be available in separate section of the pool throughout the meet. 

Timers (Back-Up Timers always helpful)
The 2024 COMSA State Meet is run in compliance with USMS sanction requirements and two back-up timers are required per lane for all lanes for all events. The Colorado Mesa University Swimming and Diving teams are there to ensure timing equality for all swimmers.

When needed, swimmers (when not swimming), family members, friends, fans, and spectators will be enlisted. On-deck timer training will be provided as needed.

Seeding: 
  • All events will be seeded slow to fast.
  • Entries without a time submission will not be accepted.
  • All events are timed finals.
  • Men’s and Women’s will be combined into mixed events for the 1000 and 1650 freestyle and may be combined in other events of 200 yards or longer at the discretion of meet officials.
  • Deck seeding is at the discretion of meet officials.
  • Swimmers who fail to appear at the starting platform ready to swim for the start of their assigned heat will be recorded as no swim (NS).

Distance Events & Positive Check In
A positive check-in for is required for the 1650, 1000, 500 Freestyle events, and the 400 Individual Medley event.

You may check in using the SwimPhone app or in person at the entrance to the venue.

Check in schedule is as follows:
  • 1650 and 1000 Freestyle: check in opens Thursday, April 25, 6:00 am, and closes at 12:00 pm, on Friday, April 26.
  • 400 Individual Medley: check-in opens Friday, April 26, 6:00 am and closes at 8:00 am on Saturday, April 27.  
  • 500 Freestyle: check-in opens Saturday, April 27, at 6:00 am and closes at 8:00 am on Sunday, April 28.

Psych Sheets (posted after entries close)
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
 
Schedule/Timeline

Because this is a multi-day meet, with any number variables out of the control of meet officials, any attempts at a calculated timeline will most likely be inaccurate. Please arrive early to ensure you do not miss your events. Accommodations will not be made for people who miss their assigned heat. The meet schedule is as follows:

Thursday, April 25 
6:00 AM - Check in opens for the 1650 Free, 1000 Free

Friday, April 26 
6:00 AM - Check In opens for the 400 IM 
11:30 am – 12:30 pm  Competition pool warm-up
12:00 pm - Check In Closes for the 1650 Free, 1000 Free
12:30 pm:  Events begin 

Saturday, April 27
6:00 AM - Check In opens for the 500 Free 
7:30 – 8:30 am:  Competition pool warm-up
8:00 AM - Check In Closes for the 400 IM 
8:30 am:  Events begin*

*TBD:  A 30-minute, competition pool warm-up will be available upon the conclusion of the 400 Individual Medley. 
*TBD:  Colorado Masters Swimming Association annual meeting and awards presentation (not longer than 10 minutes). Agenda will be posted on the COMSA website one month prior to the meet. 

Sunday, April 28
7:30 – 8:30 am:  Competition pool warm-up
8:00 AM - Check In closes for the 500 Free
8:30 am:  Events begin* 

*TBD:  A 30-minute, competition pool warm-up will be available upon the conclusion of the 500 Free. 

 
Brute Squad Award
Swimmers who complete the 200 Butterfly, 400 Individual Medley, and 1650 Freestyle events and will be presented with a free T-shirt upon the conclusion of the events. 

Sprint Squad Award 
Swimmers who complete the 50 Freestyle, 50 Butterfly, 50 Backstroke, 50 Breaststroke, and 100 Individual Medley events and will be presented with a free T-shirt upon the conclusion of the events. 
 

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