2009 Long Course National Championships
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IU Natatorium on the IUPUI Campus
Indianapolis, IN, August 6-10, 2009

Meet Information

Swimmers can read the complete meet information here, as well as an article about the meet and the Indianapolis area from the May/June issue of USMS SWIMMER magazine. The meet will run a 5-day format from Thursday through Monday, with the distance events (800 and 1500) held on Monday. Saturday will be an all-relay day, offering all relays from the 200s up to the 800 free relay. Swimmers will be able to participate in up to 4 relays on Saturday in addition to up to 6 individual events.

Online Entry

Online entry is available and encouraged for this meet. Swimmer using the online entry system receive immediate confirmation of their entry, help to reduce mistakes due to handwriting issues and help to reduce staff time required to manually process the entries.

Entry Deadlines / Variable Surcharge

Early entries incur a lower meet surcharge, so please get your entries in during the early entry period:
Early Entries ($40 surcharge) are those postmarked by June 16 or received by June 23, or entered online by June 23.
Late Entries ($50 surcharge) are those postmarked June 17-23 or received by July 3, or entered online by July 3.
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY MIDNIGHT JULY 3. Later entries will not be accepted.

Application to Officiate

An application to officiate at the meet is now available. Applications are due to Meet Referee Lucy Duncan by June 30.

Hotels

The host hotels, both within walking distance of the pool, are the University Place and the Marriott Courtyard at the Capitol. Details for these and other hotels in the area are available on the travel page. The discounted hotel room blocks will be held for swimmers to reserve until February 1, 2009, so make your reservations early. There will not be a shuttle service for this meet due to the availability of hotels within walking distance of the pool.

Qualifying Times

The national qualifying times for this meet are available here in PDF format. Swimmers may swim up to 3 events without meeting the qualifying times in those events. A total of up to 6 individual events may be entered if you meet the qualifying times in your 4th - 6th events.

Meet Host Newsletters

Meet Host Indy SwimFit will publish a series of pre-meet newsletters containing helpful information for swimmers leading up to the meet. All newsletters will be available here for download in PDF format.

Newsletter 1 - General Information

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