Meet Name

Special TSC Rules#

#The Meet Management may adapt the starting procedures and timelines to accommodate unusually large, or small, meets. 

# Deck entered relays swim morning only.

# In the event that the pre-scratch heat sheet shows less than 2 hours between prelims and finals, chase starts will be used.

Time Standards*

*     A swimmer proving an automatic time standard

       may enter ANY event at ANY TSC meet.

SC Sectionals

  • 3 1/2-day format
  • All of SC Sectionals prelims seeded fastest to slowest
  • 4 heats of every event in finals
  • Finals start at 6 pm/5 pm on Saturday
  • Sectional Standards
  • 2 bonus events (200 or less).  Only swimmers in the 1650/1500, the 1000/800, and/or the 500/400 can bonus enter those events. 
  • Proof-of-Time must have been achieved within 2 years of the first day of the meet.
  • Limit out-of-Section swimmers to 100 (i.e. out-of-Section entries will close with the team that puts out-of-Section entries over 100.)

LC #1

  • 2-session, timed-final
  • 1 Sectional Time Standard qualifies the swimmer for the entire meet

LC #2

  • 4-session, timed final
  • 5 pm start on Friday
  • 9 am / 6 pm on Saturday
  • 9 am on Sunday
  • 1 LC Time Standard qualifies the swimmer for the entire meet

LC #3

  • 3-day, prelim / final
  • ALL prelim heats (200 and shorter) circle-seeded, fastest to slowest
  • 400s: 3 fastest womenÕs heats/3 fastest menÕs heats, then alternate
  • Same order of events prelims and finals
  • 400 MR&FR only: 3 heats in finals.  Other relays in am.
  • 50s in all strokes.
  • 2 relays/team/event
  • 1 bonus event (200m or less) for every LC standard achieved.

LC #4

  • ¯ 50s in Olympic year.  Olympic events only.
  • Non-conforming times seeded like Nationals
  • 3 heats in finals
  • 400s: 3 fastest womenÕs heats/3 fastest menÕs heats, then alternate
  • 1 bonus event (200m or less) for every LC standard achieved.

LC Sectionals

  • Full 4-day format
  • 4 heats of every event in finals
  • Finals start at 6 pm/5 pm on Saturday
  • Sectional Standards
  • 2 bonus events (200 or less).  Only swimmers in the 1650/1500, the 1000/800, and/or the 500/400 can bonus enter those events. 
  • Proof-of-Time must have been achieved within 2 years of the first day of the meet.