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Eastern Zone Age Group Championship

2025 Long Course

CSI Zone Team Coordinator: 

• Seana Bedard

Meet Information:

•  Collegiate School Aquatic Center
  5050 Ridgedale Pkwy
  Richmond, VA 23234
• August 6-9, 2025
• Hosted by Virginia Swimming
• Meet Central Page
• Meet Announcement
• Time Standards
• Eastern Zone Swimming meet webpage
• Volunteer sign-up
• Application to officiate
• Advanced spectator tickets

Coaches:

Zones coaches will be chosen by the Age Group Committee.  All prospective coaches must be a current USA and CT registered coach in good standing and fill out an application.  

Zone Coach Application - coming soon

• All expenses (except souvenirs) paid by CT Swim
• Mileage to practices and meet if driving your own vehicle.
• Assistant Coaches will receive a $1000 stipend and Head Coaches will receive $1250 stipend.
• W9 Form for Zone Coaches
• Code of Conduct for coaches chosen as a CT Zones Coach

Zone Coaches:

•  - Head Coach -

Hotel Room Block

• There are ** hotels to choose from.  We couldn't get all the rooms we needed at one hotel and we are offering different price points.
• Must book by July ** to receive the group rate for any of the 3 hotel options. Please reference CT Swim
• Hotel Cancelation Policy is ** days prior to your arrival for all hotels!
  

Athletes:

IMPORTANT 2024 MEET INFORMATION
Swimmers will represent CT Swimming like in past years.  Swimmers will need to travel with their parents/guardians to the meet and meet the coaches on deck each day.  There will be no addition CT Swim imposed criteria to travel other than preregistering and making one (1) cut for the meet.  You have one cut and want to go, you are more than welcome to.  CT Swimming will provide coaches for each session of the meet and a block of hotels rooms is set aside at the hotel listed below.  Athletes can order Zone gear just like in prior years.  

Zone Team Entry

 

Zone Team Practice

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Zone Team Required - 2024 information

• This application is posted to all Swimmer/Parent FAST My Accounts. (Instructions).
  • Please note there are two deadlines July 14 at 11:59p & July 23 at 11:59p, first deadline you are guaranteed your gear size, second no guarantees you will get the size you ask for.
• Hold a current full year premium USA Swimming membership
• Swim in one CT USA Sanctioned meet since 9/1/23
• Make one cut since 8/2/23
• All participants MUST purchase Zone gear
• First time attendees MUST purchase Team backpack
• All selected swimmers MUST PAY the NON-REFUNDABLE FEE ($120) IN FULL before 7:00p, Monday, July 29th.  A final application will be emailed to selected athletes.
• Adapted athletes are encouraged to apply. Contact office@ctswim.org for information.
• Additional Eastern Zone criteria to enter Zone Meet
  • Eligibility of athletes with qualifying times for higher level meets 
    • Athletes who have competed in an Individual Event at the USA Swimming National Championships, the USA Swimming Spring Championships, US Open, the USA Swimming Summer Junior Championships or a USA Swimming Trials Class meet are not eligible to enter and compete at an EZ AG Championship meet.
    • Athletes 13 years of age and over who have achieved a qualifying time in an individual event for any of the above meets prior to the entry deadline for the EZ meet, may not enter and compete in an EZ AG Championship meet.
    • Athletes 14 years of age or younger who have achieved a qualifying time in an individual event for Winter Junior Nationals but have not competed in that event at Winter Junior Nationals, may enter and compete in that individual event (s) in prelims only at an EZ AG Championship meet, additionally, they may NOT swim those strokes/distances on relays. 

Parents: 2024 forms

Parents are to submit the following forms through their FAST Swimmer or Parent My Accounts

• Rules of Conduct for athletes
• Athlete's Travel Assistance
  • For the first time LC Zones is eligible for Athlete's Travel Assistance. Click link above for information.

Further information will be posted when available. .