_ The 2019 Aqua Dog 50yard Free Sprint Tournament:

• Open to all competitors!
• Everyone will compete in a 50 Freestyle. Each person will get to swim the 50 twice, to post the fastest possible time.
• The 6 fastest women and 6 fastest men will compete in a series of round robin races, where everyone will swim, head to head, in a one on one race, against every other swimmer.
• The swimmers with the top 4 win-loss records will go into a bracket (1 vs 4), (2 vs 3), with the winners of those two, going on to the championship swim.
• T-shirts will be for sale at the event.
• All Participants who register before March 23rd, 2018 will receive a commemorative cap.
• The winners receive Aqua Dog trophies.
• The fastest swimmer in each age group (10 & U, 11/12, 13/14, 15/16, 17/18 and USMS categories) will receive Aqua Pup ribbons.

Time Line:

• Athlete Check-In: 4:30p
  Warm ups begins: 4:30p
  Competition begins with preliminary heats: 5:30p
  Round Robin Heats: immediately following preliminary rounds, until approximately 9p
  Championship Coronation: immediately following Championship Final

FAQ's

1.)  I'm a Comp swimmer. Will my best time count like a regular meet? 
Yes! A false start/DQ will also be called if applicable.

2.)  I am an adult swimmer and I don't know how to/it's been 30years since I used a block. Must I? 
No--you can push or dive from the wall too. If interested watch Facebook page for a start clinic prior to Aquadog!

3.)  How will the heats be seeded for my two 50 free races? 
When you register you will be asked for a seed time. They will be seeded competitively by time, not by age. However, there will be some special heats depending on entries. There will be a registration field to make heat requests or also suggestions. For example, it would be fun to see a heat of past Gold Nugget Tri winners compete in the 50free, or of certain kids who may have overtaken their parents in speed.

4.)  While heats will be seeded by competitiveness, times, and/or community interest, RESULTS will be organized by age group.