2026 MEET INFORMATION
2026 ROWDY GAINES MASTERS PROUD SPONSORS
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SANCTIONED BY: The Florida LMSC for USMS, Inc.
HOSTED BY: RSJ Event Specialists, LLC
TYPE OF MEET: 25-meter timed finals
DATE & TIME:
Session 1, Friday, January 30, 2026
---Warm-up 2:00 pm, Meet Start 3:00 pm
Session 2, Saturday, January 31, 2026
---Warm-up 8:00 am, Meet Start 9:00 am
Session 3, Sunday, February 1, 2026
---Warm-up 7:00 am, 1500 Free Start 8:00 am
---Warm-up 9:45 am, Meet Start 10:30 am
LOCATION: Rosen Aquatic Center, 8422 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819
FACILITY: Eight-lane, 25-meter SCM competition pool. Warmup and warm-down available (in 25-yard course).
POOL LENGTH CERTIFICATION: 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 SYSTEM: Colorado timing system with scoreboard. The primary timing system will be automatic timing. Times can be submitted for world records, USMS records, and USMS Top 10 consideration.
ELIGIBILITY AND RULES: Current USMS rules will govern the meet. All meet participants must be age 18 or older and be currently-registered members of U.S. Masters Swimming. Foreign swimmers must provide proof of current membership in their country’s Masters Swimming governing body.
COMPETITION AGE: Competition age is determined by the athlete’s age on December 31, 2026.
SEEDING: Times will be seeded Short Course Meters. No conversions by meet management. Please enter times for SCM. ALL EVENTS WILL BE SWUM SLOWEST TO FASTEST.
SPLIT RECORDING:
ENTRY LIMITS: Five (5) individual events per day, plus relays. No limit to the number of relays entered; indicate as “A”, “B”, “C”, etc. Swimmers over-entered will be removed from their last event on each day over-entered. The 800 Free and 1500 Free will be limited to the first 40 entrants.
ONLINE ENTRIES: Online entries are accepted with credit card payment (Visa, MC, Discover, AMEX). Please note that your credit card will be charged by “RSJEVENTS.COM” for this meet registration.
ENTRY DEADLINE: All individual entries must be received by SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, at 5:00pm.
DISTANCE EVENTS (800 & 1500 Free):
Relays are $10 each and MUST BE SUBMITTED online. No paper or deck relay entries at the meet. RELAY ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL.
ONLINE RELAY ENTRY: Relays may be submitted online, beginning Wednesday, January 28 at 9:00am until Sunday, February 1 at 10:30am. Entry for each relay closes per the schedule below.
Team Relay Entry Procedure (for Relay Captains):
RelaysFirm Relay Entry Deadline (Online ONLY)
Fri (M-W 800 FR, Mix 400 Med)3:30pm Fri, Jan 30
Sat (M-W 400 Med, Mix 200 FR,
M-W 200 Med, Mix 800 FR9:00am Sat, Jan 31
Sun (Mix 400 FR)9:30am Sun, Feb 1
Sun (Mix 200 Med, M-W 200 FR,
M-W 400 FR10:30am Sun, Feb 1
800 FREE, 400 FREE, AND 1500 FREE EVENTS: Please provide your own counter for these events.
SCORING:
OFFICIALS:
Head Referee:
John FoxChief Stroke & Turn:
Kyle Kliewer
Starter: TBD
Head Marshall: TBD
Admin Official (Computer):
Scott Rabalais & Joab Temotio
Meet Director:
Jillian Wilkins
INFORMATION:
Official Website: www.rowdygainesclassic.com
Scott Bay: [email protected]
Jillian Wilkins: [email protected] 407-415-9720
HOSTED BY: RSJ Event Specialists, LLC
TYPE OF MEET: 25-meter timed finals
DATE & TIME:
Session 1, Friday, January 30, 2026
---Warm-up 2:00 pm, Meet Start 3:00 pm
Session 2, Saturday, January 31, 2026
---Warm-up 8:00 am, Meet Start 9:00 am
Session 3, Sunday, February 1, 2026
---Warm-up 7:00 am, 1500 Free Start 8:00 am
---Warm-up 9:45 am, Meet Start 10:30 am
LOCATION: Rosen Aquatic Center, 8422 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819
FACILITY: Eight-lane, 25-meter SCM competition pool. Warmup and warm-down available (in 25-yard course).
POOL LENGTH CERTIFICATION: 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 SYSTEM: Colorado timing system with scoreboard. The primary timing system will be automatic timing. Times can be submitted for world records, USMS records, and USMS Top 10 consideration.
ELIGIBILITY AND RULES: Current USMS rules will govern the meet. All meet participants must be age 18 or older and be currently-registered members of U.S. Masters Swimming. Foreign swimmers must provide proof of current membership in their country’s Masters Swimming governing body.
COMPETITION AGE: Competition age is determined by the athlete’s age on December 31, 2026.
SEEDING: Times will be seeded Short Course Meters. No conversions by meet management. Please enter times for SCM. ALL EVENTS WILL BE SWUM SLOWEST TO FASTEST.
SPLIT RECORDING:
- INDIVIDUAL EVENT SPLITS: Split times for individual events must be requested in writing by the swimmer, and submitted to registration table, per USMS rules noted on the USMS split notification form. Split times will be taken from the automatic (primary) timing system where available and, if missing, will only be taken from backup (stopwatch) times if the swimmer made arrangements for watch split times to be recorded. Please submit all split request forms PRIOR TO a swim. Backstroke split requests MUST be submitted PRIOR TO the swim (USMS Rule 103.18.1).
- RELAY LEADOFF SPLITS: Automatic split recording (USMS Rule 103.18.2) will be performed for relay leadoff splits, provided the split time is available from the automatic (primary) timing system.
- NATIONAL OR WORLD RECORDS FROM SPLIT TIMES: If a swimmer believes they may swim a split time (either individual split or relay leadoff split) fast enough for a USMS or World record, PLEASE notify the registration table PRIOR TO THE SWIM. This helps to ensure that the proper record paperwork can be generated at the meet.
ENTRY LIMITS: Five (5) individual events per day, plus relays. No limit to the number of relays entered; indicate as “A”, “B”, “C”, etc. Swimmers over-entered will be removed from their last event on each day over-entered. The 800 Free and 1500 Free will be limited to the first 40 entrants.
ONLINE ENTRIES: Online entries are accepted with credit card payment (Visa, MC, Discover, AMEX). Please note that your credit card will be charged by “RSJEVENTS.COM” for this meet registration.
ENTRY DEADLINE: All individual entries must be received by SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, at 5:00pm.
DISTANCE EVENTS (800 & 1500 Free):
- The 800 Free and 1500 Free events are limited to the first 40 entries.
- In each event, once 40 entries are received, an additional FOUR online entrants will be allowed to enter the event on a waitlist in the online entry process.
- The waitlisted swimmers will be added to the event if there are scratches.
- Entrants in the 800 or 1500 Free MUST NOTIFY THE EVENT DIRECTOR as soon as they know they will be scratching the event, to allow a waitlisted swimmer to take their place.
- $30.00 Facility Charge plus $8.00 per event, payable during online entry
- Relay-only swimmers pay the $30.00 Facility Charge
- Relays are $10.00 per relay, paid ahead of time online
Relays are $10 each and MUST BE SUBMITTED online. No paper or deck relay entries at the meet. RELAY ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL.
ONLINE RELAY ENTRY: Relays may be submitted online, beginning Wednesday, January 28 at 9:00am until Sunday, February 1 at 10:30am. Entry for each relay closes per the schedule below.
Team Relay Entry Procedure (for Relay Captains):
- ONLY one person from each club should act as the Relay Captain and enter all of the team's relays. Anyone who is a USMS-registered member of that club may serve as the Relay Captain.
- A credit card must be submitted when entering and updating relays online. The card will NOT BE CHARGED until the week following the conclusion of the meet. The card on file will only be charged for the number of relays entered and seeded in the heat sheet, regardless of number of updates made.
- After online relay entry opens, click the button above to register your relays. You'll first go through the USMS member verification page and then be asked for your address, email, etc.
- Once you get through the biographical pages, you'll see a list of relays. Click on a relay event to enter your swimmers into that event.
- You'll be presented with a form that allows you to select your swimmers to fill the four relay spots. You don't have to designate a relay as "A," "B," etc. The software will automatically do that for you.
- Enter an estimated seed time for the relay (guessing is fine).
- Select the four swimmers for that relay, IN THE ORDER THEY WILL SWIM.
- Continue for each relay event and relay team. You'll get to a page that allows you to review the relays before you submit.
- You'll then see a final page where you can click a final Submit button. You will be asked for a valid credit card, however it will NOT BE CHARGED until the week following the meet.
- CHANGES to relays, adding new ones, or scratches will be allowed at the meet by the same deadlines as for Deck Entries. Swimmers may change the names (or swim order) on the relay cards before they swim the event.
RelaysFirm Relay Entry Deadline (Online ONLY)
Fri (M-W 800 FR, Mix 400 Med)3:30pm Fri, Jan 30
Sat (M-W 400 Med, Mix 200 FR,
M-W 200 Med, Mix 800 FR9:00am Sat, Jan 31
Sun (Mix 400 FR)9:30am Sun, Feb 1
Sun (Mix 200 Med, M-W 200 FR,
M-W 400 FR10:30am Sun, Feb 1
800 FREE, 400 FREE, AND 1500 FREE EVENTS: Please provide your own counter for these events.
SCORING:
- Individual: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
- Relays are double points
- Individual and Relay events: 1st through 3rd place: Medals
- Age-Group High Point Awards
- Teams: 1st through 3rd place, both Regional and Local club categories
OFFICIALS:
Head Referee:
John FoxChief Stroke & Turn:
Kyle Kliewer
Starter: TBD
Head Marshall: TBD
Admin Official (Computer):
Scott Rabalais & Joab Temotio
Meet Director:
Jillian Wilkins
INFORMATION:
Official Website: www.rowdygainesclassic.com
Scott Bay: [email protected]
Jillian Wilkins: [email protected] 407-415-9720
Schedule of Events
Friday, Jan 30, 2026
Warm-ups start at 2:00 PM
Meet Session starts at 3:00 PM
Meet Session is estimated to end at 7:00 PM
Saturday, Jan 31, 2026
Warm-ups start at 8:00 AM
Meet Session starts at 9:00 AM
Meet Session is estimated to end at 5:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 1, 2025
Warm-ups start at 7:30 AM
Meet Session starts at 8:00 AM
Meet Session is estimated to end at 3:00 PM
Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "ClubAssistant.com Events."
Friday, Jan 30, 2026
Warm-ups start at 2:00 PM
Meet Session starts at 3:00 PM
Meet Session is estimated to end at 7:00 PM
Saturday, Jan 31, 2026
Warm-ups start at 8:00 AM
Meet Session starts at 9:00 AM
Meet Session is estimated to end at 5:00 PM
Sunday, Feb 1, 2025
Warm-ups start at 7:30 AM
Meet Session starts at 8:00 AM
Meet Session is estimated to end at 3:00 PM
Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "ClubAssistant.com Events."