June Update: MOC & All Stars INFO

SEASON UPDATE

TOPIC: Regular Season Meets 1-3. No Divisions.

No dual meet team scoring Not easy to put divisions together. Too many “team switch swimmers”.
Can’t measure/predict strength. Don’t want anyone to get annihilated with no good way to divide.
Meets must be conducted in a meet format with SJs. Starter can be stroke judge.

- Must follow bylaws

- - No shopping for best time
  - Swimmer gets ONE TRY for time, be honest. (ex: (not twice over 2 days, take best time)

- Follow Event Schedule with Numbers (3 events for 11Up, 2 events 10Under)
- No relays for Meets 1-3

Submit Team Manager Results:

- - Wednesday following Meets 1-3, by 12noon.
  - ZERO exceptions.

- - Meter times will be converted to SHOW YARDS

- - SHRSL will use DEFAULT (1.11) course conversion
  - Affects CW & MW only.

- - Entries must follow bylaws, too many results, results in ILLEGAL swimmer.

- - - 10Under – 2 events

- - - 11Up – 3 events
  - Illegal Swimmer: Loss of ALL TIMES for illegal swimmer, for the meet. Could result MOC eligibility issues.

- Competition:

- - Meet 1 must be June 15 or 16th. Per last month’s meeting. This follows Texas laws
  - Meet 2-3. Get it in between Sat & Tuesday

- - Same “submission” rules for Meets 1-3.
  - AWARDS: Award with your allotted ribbons. You have extra DQ ribbons.

TOPIC: Meet of Champions – Meet 4 on July 6 | Use July 7 as Weather Day

MOC meet file will be shared for MOC Entries & Results. Use is mandatory.
Must use regular meet format with Timers, 2-4 SJ, Starter

- Suggested format:

- - 10 Unders in AM

- - 11 Ups in PM
  - Awards – see below

- NO BLOCKS ALLOWED
- Sell MOC as a qualifier for All Stars this year (info below)
- Everyone swims all qualified events

- - One Meet Attendance rule for 2020
  - Must swim LEGAL event in at least one meet

- Awards:

- - No MOC/League Awards due to COVID (use normal ribbons)

- - Award all heats like Meet 1-3. If short on awards
  - Consider Awarding 10U only.

- Relays at MOC: Teams’ choice.

- - Teams can choose to do relays at MOC or not.
  - All Star relay relay entries will need to be submitted post-MOC

- - If relays at MOC, winning relay time can be entered.

- - If no relays, add 4 times together, submit ENTRIES accordingly
  - SUBMIT NAMES for All Star relays – Names can be changed between MOC & All Stars
  - Suggestion: Combine relays to save time (ex: boys & girls together)
- Meet Manager will be used by League to move swimmers from MOC to ALL STARS.

- - Teams will get a standard meet file to set entries for MOC – Use Required

- - More info later

- RESULTS:

- - MOC results must submitted by noon on Tuesday, July 7 to [email protected]
  - ZERO EXCEPTIONS

TOPIC: ALL STARS

DATE: July 10 | Site TBA

All Star Advancers: Individual & Relays

- Top 16 Individuals advance from combined Meet of Champions

- - Using ONLY Meet of Champions (July 6 times)
  - No Call Ups
- Relays
  - One Relay per team/per event
  - Need relay names by July 7 at 12:00pm
  - Relays will be seeded

- NOTE: If we get in trouble with Nat usage: Top 8 advances as the fall back
Scratches needed by END OF MOC (Monday, July 6). 10:00pm. Need a LIST

- Ask DURING MEET OF CHAMPS for All Star scratches
- Ask VIA SWIMTOPIA prior to Meet of Champions about All Stars

MOC Results & All Star Advancers: July 7 (MOC results due by noon on 7/7)
- MOC: Results & Top Times will be posted on Wednesday by 3:00pm (pending good results from MOC)

- All Stars: Will post TOP 16 + Next 4 (alternates) as ALL STAR ADVANCERS + ALTERNATES by 7:00pm on July 7
  - NOTE: Top 16 List will have first round of scratches removed
  - NOTE: Next 4 will be included so swimmers as alternates
- FINAL All Star Advancers + 2 Alternates will be posted by 2pm on July 8

Scratches to Melanie ([email protected])
- Mel’s Phone: 281-543-7803
- Extra info: [email protected] or [email protected]

SPECTATORS: Seated outside doors/gates, under own management. Please socially distance from families outside of your own.

- 2 tickets/spectators per event/swimmer allowed In viewing area during swimmers’ specific event.
  - Yes, this will take some organizing and cooperation on everyone’s part
  - Yes, this will require monitoring. NEED VOLUNTEERS.
- Will print swimmers’ “events” to be used for viewing races:
  - Might ask for spectators names’ prior to All Star for easy management
  - Names will be on list OR two tickets per swimmer, will be allowed
  - Still working out the details
Volunteers necessary to “work door/gate” – we’ll need a few volunteers here.

- Texas Law up to 50% for arenas at this time.
- If something changes between now and July 10, some of these steps might be unnecessary.
AWARDS:
- Pre-packaged by award, in folders.

- No labels (lessens contact with awards)
- Pick Up Outside doors/foyer/gate. Normal pick up procedure.
- We will post results as fast as we can, on a wall/gate somewhere
  - Parents/Swimmers record times
  - Results will be posted on July 11 on the Website (Facebook, Twitter)

COACHES:

- One per team on deck.
- No exceptions. Please don’t ask.
- Might need help in heating area.

TIMELINE:

- 10U in AM:
- Relays First:

- - Swim 6U Free Relay, Clear Facility
  - Swim 10 & Under MEDLEY Relays, Clear Facility
  - Swim 10 & Under FREE RELAYS, Clear Facility

- **Individual events with at least :30 min between start of next age group event

11 & Up in PM: After 2pm

- Relays First:
  - Swim 11 & Up MEDLEY Relays, Clear Facility
  - Swim 11 & Up FREE RELAYS, Clear Facility
- **Individual events with at least :30 min between start of next age group event
**Normal Procedure: 30 minutes between age group events (ex: 11-12 IM to 11-12 Free will be at least 30 minutes)

Texas Law up to 50% for arenas at this time. Some of these steps might be unnecessary.

All of this is of course subject to change, but we’ll communicate to the best of our ability!

June Update: MOC & All Stars INFO

Melanie Remy

2024 SHRSL Teams

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