33rd Carol Chidester Memorial Swim Series Meet No.1

Location: Dancell Family YMCA 4331 Montgomery Rd Ellicott City, MD 21043 Schedule: Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026 Warm-ups start at 2:00 PM Meet starts at 2:45 PM Meet is estimated to end at 6:45 PM COURSE: Short Course Yards (SCY) -The length of the competition course without a bulkhead is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1. - Timing: Primary 1ST Automatic touchpad. Secondary Semiautomatic button. Tertiary Stopwatch. . In the unlikely event that a malfunction occurs, the meet will continue on schedule with the use of hand held stopwatch times. - Times from this competition will be eligible for world record, USMS record and Top 10 consideration Reminder: -The meet fee is $25.00 to Maryland LMSC members that register on line. -There is a $30 deck entry fee for Maryland LMSC member ($25.00 ages 65 and over). -There is a $35.00 On Line entry fee for non Maryland LMSC members. -There is a $40.00 deck entry for non Maryland LMSC swimmers. -Deck entry is payable by cash or check made payable to Maryland LMSC. -Current USMS membership is required. -New Maryland LMSC registrations will be pemitted and are exempt from deck entry fee. -USMS renewal will not be permitted on deck **College Club Swimmers (CCS) may enter in the meet with the USMS bridge ID. **One-Event (OEVT) registration is an option with online registration for swimmers who are NOT current members of U.S. Masters Swimming but are willing to pay an additional $20 fee to swim in this meet. OEVT participants are not eligible for Top 10 or USMS or World records. Swimmers are encouraged to have an annual USMS registration (https://www.usms.org/join-or-renew). - Each swimmer will be allowed to swim up to three (3) individual events and two (2) relays per meet (one medley relay and one freestyle relay). Relays may include all women, all men or exactly two men and two women. - Men and women will compete under the same event number and will be seeded by time without regard to gender. - A warm up/warm down lane will be available during the meet. Meet Course: 25 Yards Warm-ups start at 2:00 PM Meet starts at 2:45 PM Meet is estimated to end at 7:00 PM # Sex Event 1 Mixed 100 Y IM 2 Mixed 200 Y Back 3 Mixed 50 Y Fly 4 Mixed 100 Y Breast 5 Mixed 50 Y Free 6 Mixed 200 Y Breast 7 Mixed 50 Y Back 8 Mixed 200 Y Free Relay 9 Mixed 200 Y Medley Relay 10 Mixed 100 Y Fly 11 Mixed 200 Y Free 12 Mixed 100 Y Back 13 Mixed 50 Y Breast 14 Mixed 200 Y IM 15 Mixed 100 Y Free 16 Mixed 200 Y Fly Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "USMS MARYLAND LMSC."