CLUB COMPETITION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

HOW TO ENTER COMPETITIONS

Each competition will have a brief description of the event (who can enter, number of events that the club covers, the entry deadline).
The Ocean members’ entry deadline is 2 days before the hosting meet entry deadline to allow time submit entries to the host club.
Each competition will have a dedicated entry form. Open the form and enter chosen events by referencing the posted event schedule. Include your best performance (Seed Time/Performance) for each event as this is helpful in getting you into the correct section.
You will receive confirmation of your entry after the entry is submitted. Host clubs do not provide refunds once entries are made. Ocean entries will not be listed on the confirmation page (if one is provided) until after the Ocean registration deadline.

OCEAN HOSTED EVENTS:

Ocean hosted events are free for Ocean members.

MEET FEES

Club membership fees include supported meet entries fees for Seahorse, Junior Development and High School athletes, up to a maximum of 2 plus a relay (when offered). Athletes entering additional events are responsible for the entry fee of those events.

SEED TIME

A Seed Performance is a competition result used to place athletes in particular heats or sections of the competition. A seed performance must have been achieved in a sanctioned meet. It cannot be an estimated nor a ‘hoped for’ performance nor a performance based on a time/distance/height achieved in practice. Do not ‘round down’ or ‘round up’ legitimate performances. Submit them to the hundredth for track events and to the cm for field events. For example - athlete A runs 52.81 in the 400m - seed time should be 52.81, it cannot be 52.0. Athlete B throws the shot put 12.61m - seed performance should be 12.61m, not 13.0m.

LATE REGISTRATIONS

Many meets do not accept late entries. If late entries are accepted, they are the responsibility of the athlete. Please save yourself the cost of a late entry fee by getting entries in as early as possible.

MISSED MEETS

If an athlete registers for an event, and elects to not participate in the meet for any reason, the athlete is required to reimburse Ocean for the full cost of their registration in the meet. Athletes will not be entered in subsequent meets until outstanding fees are paid.