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The Contra Costa County Championship Swim Meet, the County’s premiere recreational swim meet, is open to all recreational swim teams in Contra Costa County. County Meet Guide is also available in PDF.

Divisions
There are three divisions in the meet. Teams will be entered in a division based on the number of entries in the meet. Team competition will be within the respective divisions only.

Team Scoring
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Points20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11  97 6 5 4 3 2 1
Relay 4034 32 30 28 26 24 22         
Awards
Medals and ribbons may be picked up by the swimmer or his/her coach at the Awards Desk. A responsible adult must accompany all 8 and under swimmers. The Awards Desk will be open each afternoon, beginning with the first final events of the day. Championship pins may be picked up by a team coach/representative to distribute to their team’s county qualifiers.

High Point Swimmer awards, Outstanding Relay awards, and Division Team trophies will be presented during the ceremony at the end of the meet on Sunday.

Entries
Each contestant may enter two individual events for which he or she qualifies. The Individual Medley is considered an individual event. Each contestant may also swim in both relays, in addition to the individual events entered. Each team may enter two relay teams per event. Relay swimmers need not have met a County qualifying time.

Fees
Swimmer Entry (“Splash Fee”): $8.00 per swimmer
Individual Event Fee: $8.00 per individual event
Relay Fee for each Relay: $16.00 per relay

Rules
Current USA rules, including the “whistle start” and “no recall” rules, will govern strokes, turns, starts, finishes, etc., with compliance enforced by the referees, starters, and stroke and turn judges.

Swim Suit Rules
Female: the swim suit shall not cover the neck, extend past the shoulders or past the pelvis.

Male: the swim suit shall not extend above the navel or below the knees.

Swimmers reporting to Clerk of the Course wearing a swim suit that does not meet these requirements will be subject to review and possible delay or disqualification.

Heats and Finals
Individual Events
Preliminary heats will be held for all individual events except for the IM, which will be timed finals. The top eight swimmers in each event will then participate in the Finals for 1st through 8th place medals. Swimmers who finish in 9th through 16th place will compete in the Consolation Finals held immediately before the Finals of the event. All finalists, including alternates, must check in at the Clerk of the Course when that final event is called.

Relays
There will also be preliminary heats and finals for relays. The individual and relay finals are held in the afternoon following the completion of all preliminaries. The relay finals will be held following the finals of the individual events.

Names of the 4 swimmers in each relay and any alternates must be submitted with your team entries and in writing on the relay worksheets included in this packet. The final four relay names must be reported to the Meet Director prior to NOON the day of the relay event. Any possible relay swimmer must be entered into the Meet as an “Athlete” by August 10th. Any swimmer swimming in a preliminary relay must swim on the same relay team in the finals.

Scratches
Scratches in preliminary heats are allowed and need not be reported to the desk; no replacements are allowed.


Clerk of the Course
Every swimmer must check in and be seated at the Clerk of the Course prior to swimming his/her event. Coaches or parents should make sure all swimmers arrive at the Clerk of the Course when their events are called. Only swimmers, and coaches of 10 and under swimmers, will be allowed inside the Clerk of the Course.

Warm Ups
Please see Warm-ups and Pool Safety guidelines for swimmer warm-up information. Warm-up times are open to all swimmers from 7:15 to 8:30 AM both Saturday and Sunday, with 8 and under warm-ups from 8:30 to 8:50 AM both days.Swimmers remaining in the pool after 8:50AM may be disqualified, and at the discretion of the Meet Referee and Meet Director, the entire team may be removed from the Meet.