OHIO LSC REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - updated Feb. 18, 2022

*Please note change to warm-up times on Monday for 10 & Under session - see chart at end of update

Hello MAST Families

Please review general meet information provided by the meet host

The City of Mason is very excited to host the Ohio Swimming Regional Championships this year.

The meet will be sharing a lot of space with a dance competition on Saturday and Sunday.

SEATING AND DECK SPACE

• The high school commons will be limited for the swim meet on Saturday and Sunday to one third capacity.
• The dance competition will have the other 2/3 of the commons.
• Due to the space constraints on those two days, spectators are limited to two (2) per swimmer.
• There will be no limitations on Monday. 

MEET OPERATIONS

• Due to the dance competition on Saturday and Sunday, swimmers must be dropped off and enter through the Mason High School Natatorium entrance and not through the Mason Community Center entrance.
• Parents, coaches and officials must park and enter the building per map (posted on Events page).
• The doors will open at 7:00 a.m. on each morning.
• All swimmers will utilize the community center locker rooms.
• The natatorium locker rooms are reserved for the dance competition.

COMPETITION COURSE

• Eight (8) lanes for competition
• One (1) buffer lane
• Two (2) lanes will be available the entire meet for warm-up and warm-down.
• Horseplay will not be tolerated.
• Enter warm-up lanes at the pool end opposite the starting blocks.

SCRATCHES

• Swimmers who does not want to compete in the 10 & Under 200, the 11-12 200 Fly, Back, Breast, and all 400, 500 & 1650 must SCRATCH 30 minutes prior to the start of the preliminary session (8:30 am).
• The top 16 swimmers (except Top 8 for 1650, 11-12 200 Fly, Back, Breast, and 400 IM) will swim in finals.
• Swimmers who wish to scratch finals, MUST scratch within 30 minutes after preliminary results are announced at the Scratch Table.
• Per Ohio LSC scratch rules - swimmers who scratch OR do not swim their event(s) at finals, will forfeit their NEXT event.
• If this occurs on the last day they participate, they will be fined $50 per event missed. 
• A coach’s signature is required on the scratch slips.
• Relay sheets are due the day before, 30 minutes after the start of finals.
• Scratches for preliminaries must be done 30 minutes prior to the start of prelims.
• Swimmers may “no show” for a preliminary event without penalty but this will still count toward their total number of events for that day.

PARKING

• Swimmers may be dropped off at the Natatorium entrance.
• Park in the designated lots on Saturday and Sunday.
• Monday parking is open.
• Parking is not permitted next to the sidewalk in front of the building. This is for drop off and pick up only.

PSYCH SHEET

• The preliminary psych sheet is posted on www.masonswimming.org as well as meet mobile as of Monday, February 15.

PARENTS ON DECK

• USA Swimming rules do not permit parents on deck, unless they are working the meet.

VOLUNTEER TIMERS

• Each team must provide eight (8) timers for each session.
• Volunteer timers can sign-up up by using the following link:
• https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f44a4a723a2f4c16-rays

TIME TRIALS

• Time Trials will be conducted following the preliminary sessions each day on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
• Signups for Time Trials will close an hour prior to the end of the session.
• Entries will be taken at the Scratch Table.
• The cost for Time Trial events is $14.00 per event.
• Swimmers not entered in meet may not enter time trials.
• No events 400 yards and longer on Sunday due to the length of the prelim session.
• Swimmers are limited to three individual events per day, including Time Trials.
• A declared false start or no show is counted as one of these three individual events per day.
• A swimmer who wishes to scratch a prelim event to swim a time trial must do so 30 minutes prior to the start of prelims (8:30 AM).

MEET TIMES