SWIM FOR GD TIMES!

 

2008 All City

Intro to Competitive Swimming

& Grade School Meet

  

  

 

Grades K – 6   Practice:  Friday, August 1    Swim Meet:  Sunday, August 3

 

Who:  Kindergarten through – 6th grade students from the Omaha area who can swim a minimum of 25 yards using one of the competitive strokes:  backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, crawl stroke

 

What:  One introductory swim team practice and one swim meet. Swimmers will practice stroke technique and racing skills for the backstroke, freestyle, and butterfly events.  Each swimmer may enter up to three individual events in the meet.  Participants may deck enter up to two relays per school.

 

Awards:  Ribbons for all participants in all events, a team trophy for the high point school, certificates of participation for each school entered.  Ribbons will be distributed at the meet.  Team Trophy will be delivered to winning school on Monday.  Certificates will be emailed to participating schools.

 

Weather Alert:  There is no rain date for this event.  Practices are being held at an indoor facility and will take place rain or shine.   Every attempt will be made to complete the meet at Hitchcock.  Should the meet have to be shortened or canceled due to inclement weather, rain-checks good for one open swim admission to B-T Aquatics at Brownell-Talbot School will be issued at the meet.

 

 

Practices

Friday, Aug. 1

Swim Meet

Sunday, Aug. 3

 

Order of Events

 

Locations

 

Kindergarten

3:00 – 4:00 PM

 

Grades 1 & 2

4:15 – 5:15 PM

 

Grades 3 & 4

5:30 – 6:30 PM

 

Grades 5 & 6

6:45 – 7:45 PM

 

Kindergarten

Warm-up: 10:00 AM

Meet Start: 10:30 AM

 

Grades 1, 2, 3

Warm-up: 12:00 Noon

Meet Start: 12:30 PM

 

Grades 4, 5, 6

Warm-Up: 3:30 PM

Meet Start: 4:00 PM

 

 

1 & 2      25 Yard Backstroke

3 & 4      25 Yard Breaststroke

5 & 6      25 Yard Freestyle

7 & 8      25 Yard Butterfly

9 & 10    50 Yard Freestyle

11 & 12  100 Yard Free Relay

 

 

Practices:  Brownell-Talbot School

400 N. Happy Hollow Blvd.  (Pool entrance is on the Underwood Avenue side of campus.)

 

Swim Meet:  Hitchcock Pool

5005 S. 45th Street, 402.444.4258

 

 

Registration Procedures

 

1. Online Registration (preferred):  Register Online

   

or

   

2. Registration Form:  Entries must be made on the official All City Registration Form.  Registration forms may be obtained at the Brownell-Talbot Pool and at all City of Omaha Parks & Recreation Swimming Pools - photocopied registrations will be accepted.   Return registration forms to any of those locations to enter.  Checks for entry fees to Brownell-Talbot School.

 

Entry Limit:  Each swimmer may enter up to three individual events.  The practices and meet will be limited to the first 100 swimmers in each grade. 

 

Entry Deadline:  We will accept entries delivered to sponsor pools through the end of business on Tuesday, July 29.

 

Relays:  Participants may enter up to two relays per school.  Relay cards will be available at the meet during the warm-up period.  Entries along with a $4 entry fee per relay must be turned into the registration table prior to the start of the meet. 

 

  

No experience necessary - New swimmers are welcome!

 


 

ALL CITY MEET SPONSORS

 

City of Omaha Parks & Recreation

Keeping Omaha Active

Winner of the 2008 National Aquatics Award of Excellence

 

Brownell-Talbot School

Inspiring. Exceeding. Leading.

 

Mutual of Omaha

Official Sponsor U.S.A. Swimming

 

 


 

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Questions?  Need more information?  Have helpful feedback?  aquatics@brownell.edu

Updated:  May 29, 2008 - 63 days before the All City Practice

 

www.btaquatics.org  We swim for good times!