Setting Up The Meet

You need to ensure the meet options are set up properly, including DQ codes, region information, etc. If you don’t pay attention to this, the results will not upload properly to the national results portal.

Procedure - Meet Setup

1. In Meet Manager, select Setup->Meet Setup.
2. Set Base Country to AUS.
3. Enter appropriate details in the Meet Name, Facility Name and address fields.
4. If your meet lasts only one day the Start Date and End Date should be set to the Meet Date. If your meet is a postal, the Start Date and End Date should be the Entry Deadline date.
5. Set Age-Up Date to 31/12/YYYY where YYYY is the year of your meet.
6. Set Entry Deadline to the date you have chosen as the deadline for accepting entries.
7. Set the ID Format to Other.
8. Set Class to Masters.
9. Set DQ Codes to FINA DQ Codes.
10. Set Meet Type and Meet Style to Standard.
11. Set Course to either LC Meters if your meet is in a 50m pool or SC Meters if your meet is in a 25m pool.
12. Click Ok.

Precedure - Athlete/Relay Preferences

1. Select Setup->Athlete/Relay Preferences.
2. In the Athlete Preferences section, the following items only should be checked:
   • Enter Ages
   • Enter Birth Dates
   • Enter Athlete Status
3. In the Relay Preferences section the only option which should be checked is the Allow anyone from any team on a relay(only if you wish to allow composite relay teams).
4. In the Competitor Numbers section, uncheck Auto Increment competitor numbers.
5. Click Ok

Procedure - Scoring Setup

The default point scoring setup in Meet Manager is incorrect for MSA swim meets. Use the system in the Masters Swimming Australia Meet Points Score table.

1. Select Setup->Scoring Setup->Standard.
2. Edit the Individual and Relay Pts fields for each place as per Masters Swimming Australia Meet Points Score table.
3. Click Ok to confirm.

Procedure - Scoring Preferences

1. Select Setup->Entry / Scoring Preferences.
2. On the Scoring/Awards tab, ensure the "Score 'A' Relays only" box is unchecked, if applicable.
3. On the Entries/Entry Limits tab, fill in the needed details. Check "warn if entry limits are exceeded". This should warn someone who is using Team Manager if they exceed the limits, but it won't check other Meet Entry rules(Entry Manager will do that.)

Procedure - Seeding Preferences

In general Seeding Preferences can be left detail. However there are occasions where you may want to use more complicated seeding configurations. See the article Custom Lane Seeding for more details. The default Standard Lanes settings will put the fastest swimmers in the middle lanes.

1. Select Setup->Seeding Preferences.
2. On the Masters Meets tab, in the Youngest Age Group section, set Low age for Individual Events to 18.
3. Set Low age for Relay Events to 72.

Note that in 10 lane pools in Australia, lanes are numbered from 0 to 9.

Acknowledgements

This article has been based on the guide produced by Aqualicious for running their meet. Thanks to Kevin Spencer for providing this.

Related

• Meet Recording Timeline
• Custom Lane Seeding
• Meet Points Score