Sanctioned by Pacific Masters Swimming for U.S. Masters Swimming, Inc. Sanction #

Meet Registration: The meet organizers have agreed with the facility about the amount of time for the meet. There will be a limit of 125 entries. However, at 125 entries, a timeline will be created to evaluate if more entries can be accepted and stay within the timeline.

FACILITY Carson Aquatic Facility is located in Carson City, Nevada just 30 minutes away from Reno and 20 minutes away from Lake Tahoe. The facility is located in Mills Park in the center of Nevada’s capital and is an aquatic center with four pools, including an eight-lane Olympic size pool, six-lane 25-yard pool, therapy pool, and a kid’s pool. This center has hosted a wide variety of meets from the Nevada High School State Championships to the Far Western Championships Meet, and is the only one of its kind in Northern Nevada.

LOCATION: Carson Aquatic Facility, 841 N Roop Street, Carson City, NV 89701.

ALTITUDE: The Carson Aquatic Facility lies in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. The altitude is 4,800 feet. U.S. Masters Swimming altitude adjustment time for Nationals is Article 104.5.3c (1)

DIRECTIONS: From Business HWY. 395 go two traffic lights East on Hwy. 50 (E. William St.). Turn right on Roop St. and go one block south. Turn left behind the Carson City Community Center. From Reno on Hwy. 580, take exit 39. Turn right and travel West approximately 1 mile. Turn left into Mills Park and the Carson City Community Center. Additional parking is available at the northwest corner of Roop St. and Hwy. 50 (Williams St.) in the business parking lot.

RULES: United States Masters Swimming rules will govern. Current Pacific Masters meet procedures will be enforced and take precedent over any errors or omissions on this form. The meet referee will be in charge of the meet. Any questions regarding the conduct of the meet should be directed to that person. All events are timed final. Swimmers are limited to a total of 6 individual events. Age on December 31, 2025, determines age group for the meet. You must be at least 18 to compete.

TIMING SYSTEM: The primary timing system will be automatic timing. Times can be submitted for world records, U.S. Masters Swimming records, and U.S. Masters Swimming Top 10 consideration. Pacific Masters requirements for records and Top 10 consideration are the same as those for U.S. Masters Swimming.

COURSE: Indoor 25-yard by 50-meter pool with up to 8 lanes for competition. An additional 6 lanes SCY may be available for warm up/cool down throughout the competition. The 6-lane pool may be undergoing renovation, if that is the case then lane 8 of the 50-meter pool will be used for warmups. An automatic Colorado Timing system will be used. The minimum water depth in the competition course as measured in accordance with Article 106.2.3 is at least 10 feet at the start end and 4 feet at the turn end. The length of the competition course without a bulkhead is in compliance and on file with U.S. Masters Swimming in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1. The copy of such certification is on file with U.S. Masters Swimming. All events except events of 50 meters will start at the start (deep) end of the pool. The 50-meter events may start at the turn (shallow) end.

TIME: Warmups begin at 9:30 am. Meet begins at 10:30 am. Using last year’s numbers with a 6-lane competition course, as well as factoring in two 10- minute breaks with the 400m races, the meet will finish in about 3 hours by about 2:30pm. That still allows for some wiggle room if we have a larger meet, including using 7-8 lanes for competition or limiting some of the breaks.

ENTRY LIMITS: Maximum of 6 events per day. This meet is long course (LC) Meters. To convert SC yards times to LC meters times, conversion tables can be found at swiminfo.com. No late or individual deck entries will be accepted.

ENTRIES: On-line registration – [Club Assistant]. Entry registration opens on May XX, 2025. The entry deadline is 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on Friday, July X, 2025. No Deck Entries.

ENTRY FEES:
For swimmers age 30+ $XX.00 per swimmer flat fee. For swimmers aged 18-29, $XX.00 per swimmer flat fee. Age for determination of entry fee is as of your date of online registration due to Club Assistant processing procedures.

NO REFUNDS: All entry fees are nonrefundable in the event the swim is cancelled for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to registered swimmer non-participation, cancellation of the event at any time for any reason, or for any other reason not listed.

PARKING is free.

SEEDING: All events are timed finals and will be deck seeded fastest to slowest by entered time. Men and women swim combined together.

NO CHECK INS: A pre seeded meet.

HOSPITALITY: will be provided for all working officials at the meet.

SNACK BAR: There MAY be a limited snack bar onsite. There is a Smith’s grocery store within 2 blocks (west) and fast food and sit-down restaurants within a mile of the facility.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Meet Director: John Pettibone johnp@SierraNevadaMasters.org , 775-234-5612
Meet Referee: Michael Moore michael@pacificmasters.org