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RULES AND REGULATIONS

OF THE

ORINDA/MORAGA POOLS ASSOCIATION, INC.

Revised: March 2007

A Partner with Positive Coaching Alliance

P.O. Box 451, Orinda, CA 94563

www.ompaswim.com

Table of Contents

Article I. Swimmer Eligibility.. 4

Section 1.01 USA Swimming Training/Competition.. 4

Section 1.02 OMPA Team Membership. 4

Section 1.03 OMPA Age Groups. 5

Section 1.04 Swimmer Transfer from Team to Team... 5

Section 1.05 Procedure. 6

Article II. Dual Meet Procedure. 7

Section 2.01 Time of Dual Meets. 7

Section 2.02 Warm-up Procedure. 7

Section 2.03 Order of Events. 7

Section 2.04 Age Group Participation.. 8

Section 2.05 Dual Meet Distances. 9

Section 2.06 Relay Event Procedure. 9

Section 2.07 Maximum Events per Swimmer.. 10

Section 2.08 Lane Assignments. 10

Section 2.09 Scoring.. 11

Section 2.10 Awards and Meet Results. 11

Section 2.11 Stroke and Turn Judging.. 11

Section 2.12 Officials. 12

Section 2.13 Place Determination.. 13

Section 2.14 Exchange of Meet Line-Ups. 13

Section 2.15 False Start Procedure. 13

Section 2.16 Dual Meet Protests. 16

Section 2.17 Rule Deviations. 16

Article III. “B” Meets.. 17

Section 3.01 Purpose and Eligibility.. 17

Section 3.02 “B” Dual Meet Procedure. 17

Section 3.03 Events. 18

Section 3.04 Heats. 18

Section 3.05 Scoring.. 18

Article IV. “A/B” Meets.. 19

Section 4.01 Purpose and Eligibility.. 19

Section 4.02 Events. 19

Article V. Championship Meet.. 21

Section 5.01 Name. 21

Section 5.02 Eligibility of Swimmers. 21

Section 5.03 Order of Events. 21

Section 5.04 Age Groups. 22

Section 5.05 Distances. 22

Section 5.06 Relay Events. 22

Section 5.07 Maximum Events per Swimmer.. 22

Section 5.08 Scoring.. 22

Section 5.09 Awards. 24

Section 5.10 Stroke and Turn Judging.. 26

Section 5.11 Seeding.. 26

Section 5.12 Automatic Scratch Rule. 26

Section 5.13 Alcoholic Beverages. 26

Article VI. Coaches Conduct..