BOWIE CITY RELAY GUIDELINES

Rules:

The rules of the Prince‑Mont Swim League will govern the conduct of this meet (except as noted below):

1. A swimmer may swim in no more than two relay events and the Crescendo Event.

2. Girls are permitted to swim in boys-only relays or in one or both of the two boy positions in mixed relay events.  Boys are not permitted to swim in girls-only relays or in any girl position of mixed relay events.

3. Since the individual City Relay events are not scored, a swimmer may “swim-up” in any higher age group for one or more events including the Crescendo Relay.

4. A Parents Relay event will be conducted between teams consisting of four Mothers and four Fathers from each club swimming 25 meter legs (200 Meters total).  Each swimmer must have a son or daughter at least five years old and registered on the club’s swim team.

 

Scoring:

There will be no scoring for the Bowie City Relay Events.

 

Awards:

Ribbons will be awarded to every relay team’s swimmers placing first through fourth according to their actual place of finish.  The Bowie City Relay Trophy will be awarded to the winner of the Crescendo Relay.  This trophy is rotated among the winning clubs.

 

Crescendo Relay:

The Crescendo relay team consists of a boy and girl from each of the five age groups.  The event consists of 450 meters of freestyle (eight 50 meter legs and two 25 meter legs swum by 8 & Unders).  The order of the legs may be either girl or boy first but must be 8 & Under followed by 10 & Under, 12 & Under, 14 & Under, and 18 & Under.

 

Protests:

The results of all events will be official three (3) days following the conclusion of the meet.  Any protests must be filed with the league representative of the host pool within three (3) days of the end of the meet.  Protests shall be acted upon within 48 hours of receipt by a committee composed of the league representatives from the participating pools and the referee of the meet.

 

Rain/Thunderstorms:

1.  If the meet is stopped due to electrical activity on the first night, we will wait a maximum of one hour from the time swimmers are pulled from the water.  If we cannot resume the meet within one-hour time limit, we will go to the rain date.  A majority agreement of the Team Reps can extend this one-hour time limit in 30-minute increments.  If we resume the meet and additional electrical activity occurs, we will immediately postpone to the rain date (the next day).

2.  If, on the rain date, electrical activity occurs, the rules above will be applied.  If additional electrical activity occurs preventing swimmers from re-entering the water, the meet will be declared finished.

3.  Given the weather’s unpredictability, an agreement of Team Reps may change the order of events as needed to accommodate the Crescendo and Parents Relays.

4. The meet will be official and the Crescendo Relay trophy will be awarded if, on the rain date, events through Event #18 and the Crescendo Relay have been completed.  For any completed events, if a relay record has been broken it will stand.