Swimming

Sunday, July 20, 2025

8:30 am - Warm-up
9:30 am - Competition begins (Event Schedule)

Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Pkwy NW
Olympia, WA 98505

Henry Valz
henryvalz@yahoo.com

(All distances shown in yards)

• Backstroke - 25, 50, 100, 200
• Breaststroke - 25, 50, 100, 200
• Butterfly - 25, 50, 100, 200
• Freestyle - 25, 50, 100, 200, 500
• Individual Medley - 100, 200, 400 (deck entries allowed for the 400 IM)
• Relays - 200 Freestyle, 100 Medley

• Registration fee: $35 ($25 if postmarked by May 20)
• Event fee: $10 per event
• More information on fee details

• No on-site registration is authorized.
• Participants may enter a maximum of 9 events, not including relays.
• Swimmer's age division for competition will be determined by their age as of December 31, 2025.
• Swimmers must provide their own suits, caps, goggles, towels, etc.
• If available, please indicate seed times on your application form. If none are available, seeding will be by age group, oldest to youngest and slow to fast.

• 25 yard, 6-lane competition pool with starting blocks; electronic timing; 81.5 degrees F.
• A separate warm-up pool is available.

• No diving is allowed during warm-ups except when announced by an official and only in designated sprint lanes.
• No equipment, i.e. fins, paddles, etc., will be allowed at any time.
• Participants may start in the pool, dive from the deck, or from the blocks.
• The meet will be conducted in accordance with the USMS rules as modified by the National Senior Games Association (NSGA) rules of competition.

• Warm-up time is from 8:30 am to 9:20 am. There will be a mid-meet break and additional warm-up and cool-down time.
• The 500 yd. freestyle requires an on-deck positive check-in by 9:00 am.
• The breaststroke and butterfly turns must be done with both hands touching the wall simultaneously.
• The order of strokes in the individual medley is: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
• For all events except the 500 yard freestyle, women will swim first, by age division, then men, by age division.

• Relays will be deck seeded.
• Relays will be organized at poolside from names taken from the registration form. If there are insufficient registrants, volunteers will be solicited.
• Relays will have aggregate age groups of the combined ages of the relay members (i.e., 200-223, 224-247, etc.).
• The mixed relay requires two men and two women.

• Water and fruit snacks will be provided for athletes.
• Other snack items will be available for sale to all.