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3000/6000 yard Postal Meet Information

FEES: $10 for each individual entry and $18 for all team entries.

SCORING: Each Club will be entered automatically in the Club
scoring. Club point scoring will be calculated based on Quality Points,
which are ratios of each individual time to the corresponding USMS
Record for the gender & age group. The faster the swim the more
Quality Points a swimmer earns. Club totals will be the sum of the
Quality Points of its swimmers. Since every swimmer will receive
Quality Points, every swimmer counts!
AWARDS: The top six finishers in each age group in the individual
and top three in the team events will receive USMS Long Distance
National Championship medals. First place finishers in each individual
and relay age group will also receive a USMS championship patch.
Only one patch per event will be awarded. Awards will be presented to
top three teams in each division.

RULES: The 2007 USMS Rules govern these events. Drafting,
flotation, and propulsive devices (pull buoys, fins, paddles, wet suits,
etc.) are not permitted. No more than two swimmers may share a lane,
with each swimming on one side of the lane during the entire race (i.e.
no circle swimming). An adult acting as a start/head timer/referee shall
be present at all times during the swim. Each swimmer must have a
verifier to count laps, record cumulative splits and time the event with a
stop watch. Times must be recorded to the nearest hundredth of a
second. The verifier must sign the official entry form. One person may
serve as a counter for no more than two swimmers per heat.
Swimmers submitting incomplete entries will be contacted by
collect phone call or e-mail.

T-SHIRTS/CAPS: A 2007 USMS 3000/6000 Postal National
Championship T-shirt is available at a cost of $17 and a cap for $6.
(International orders please add U.S. $5 postage for each shirt).

RESULTS: Complete results will be available by mail or via the
internet. Awards will be mailed by December 25, 2007.

QUESTIONS: Contact event director, Jeff Erwin, 430 Summit Ridge
Rd., Boise, ID, 83702 at 208-389-9847 before 9:00pm MST or email:
rudderboy@aol.com.