Long Beach Grunions SPMA SCM Championships

December 1-3, 2006

Sanction number: 336-045

The Long Beach Grunions are once again hosting the SPMA Short Course Meters Championship Meet at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach from December 1st to 3rd. They are hard at work to make the meet even better than last year and are hoping to have 500 swimmers compete this year. Swimmers are expected from all over the United States and commitments have already been received from teams in Ohio, Utah, and Arizona with interest from teams in Florida, Michigan,

and Northern California. The goal is to make this the fastest and best short course meters meet in the United States. On-line meet entry information will be available at the Grunions’ web site at lbgrunions. com. The order of events and some of the meet information appears below and the complete meet entry form will be available in the next newsletter.

Fees: Flat fee of $40.00 if postmarked before Friday November 17th, 2006. Entry fee includes a meet T-shirt.

Awards: Individual: SPMA medals for places 1 to 3, and SPMA ribbons for places 4 to 6 for each age group and gender.

Social event: The Grunions hope to be able to have a social on Saturday evening and are working with local facilities to assure that they can handle the anticipated crowd. Look for more information in the November/ December newsletter.

Questions: Call (714) 273-8793 or send an email to Kenny Brisbin, ken@supersource.com. For hotels, information, and directions, go to www.lbgrunions.com and click on “2006 SCM Regionals.”

Friday, December 1, 2006

Warm-up 10:00 a.m., Meet starts at 11:00 a.m.

1. 1500 m Freestyle (Women, Men)

2. Women’s 400 m Individual Medley

3. Men’s 400 m Individual Medley

4. 800 m Freestyle (Women, Men)

Saturday, December 2, 2006

Warm-up at 8:00 a.m., Meet starts at 9:00 a.m.

5. Women’s 200 m Freestyle

6. Men’s 200 m Freestyle

7. Women’s 50 m Butterfly

8. Men’s 50 m Butterfly

9. 200 m Freestyle Relay (Women, Men, Mixed)

10. Women’s 100 m Backstroke

11. Men’s 100 m Backstroke

12. Women’s 100 m Breaststroke

13. Men’s 100 Breaststroke

14. Women’s 200 m Butterfly

15. Men’s 200 m Butterfly

16. *400 m Medley Relay* (Women, Men, Mixed)

17. Women’s 50 m Freestyle

18. Men’s 50 m Freestyle

19. Women’s 200 m Individual Medley

20. Men’s 200 m Individual Medley

21. *800 m Freestyle Relay* (Women, Men, Mixed)

Sunday, December 3, 2006

Warm-up at 8:00 a.m.; Meet starts at 9:00 a.m.

Check in for the 400 m Freestyle closes at 8:30 a.m.

22. Women’s 400 m Freestyle

23. Men’s 400 m Freestyle

24. Women’s 100 m Butterfly

25. Men’s 100 m Butterfly

26. Women’s 50 m Breaststroke

27. Men’s 50 m Breaststroke

28. Women’s 200 m Backstroke

29. Men’s 200 m Backstroke

30. 200 m Medley Relay (Women, Men, Mixed)

31. Women’s 100 m Freestyle

32. Men’s 100 m Freestyle

33. Women’s 200 m Breaststroke

34. Men’s 200 m Breaststroke

35. Women’s 50 m Backstroke

36. Men’s 50 m Backstroke

37. Women’s 100 m Individual Medley

38. Men’s 100 m Individual Medley

39. *400 m Freestyle Relay* (Women, Men, Mixed)