Events	2000 Meter Events 500 Meter Events
Registration	Age Restrictions Entry Deadline Walk In Entries Day of Event Entries Fees Entry Scratches Entry Mailing Address Confirmation
Race Day	Check-in Lightweights Weigh-in Waiver Form Directions Parking Awards

 

2000 Meter Events

Master (30-39) Senior (40-49) Veteran (50 & up) Junior (definition below) Lightweight (Men-165lbs, Women-135lbs) Novice (definition below) Open (no restrictions) Collegiate (definition below)

Novice is defined as a rower who has never raced a 2K on the water or at an indoor regatta before 02.09.08. It is intended for rowers entering their first spring season and have not engaged in a 2K sprint race on the water or at an indoor regatta before.

Junior event participants must have been born on or after January 1, 1991 and not be on a collegiate program. No one under the age of 14 may row in the 2000 meter juniors racing.

The Collegiate division is restricted to entrants from U.S. colleges. The fastest collegiate rowers will be eligible to win the overall award for the Open or Lightweight Event.

Qualifying Times for 2000 meter races  All are welcome! You do not need a qualifying time in order to race at the Shocker Sprints, but we do ask for your 2k erg score so that we may seed you appropriately.

 

500 Meter Events

WSU Greek or Organization - Men & Women WSU Student - Men & Women WSU Faculty/Staff - Men & Women Open - Men & Women Lightweight - Men & Women Junior - Men & Women Master - Men & Women

 

Registration

Use the registration page(s) for entry in both the 2000 meter and 500 meter races.  Please fill out the form for each event you are racing.  You can race as many events as you are eligible to race.

Age Restrictions  Junior event participants must have been born on or after January 1, 1991. If they are over 18, they must be currently in high school and not be in a collegiate program. No one under the age of 14 may row in the 2000 meter juniors racing. Under 14 may compete in the 500 meter events. For all other events, age is as of race day.

Entry Deadline Online and Walk Up Entries January 13, 2009 - Friday 12:00:00 AM CST

Walk in Entries Prior Friday February 13, 2009 at 10 AM, contestants may register at the front desk of the Heskett Center.  Payments for online registrations can also be dropped off at the Heskett Center front desk.

Day of Event Entries Last minute entries are welcome. Late entrants are not guaranteed a spot to race in their exact event category, but scores will be recorded with the correct event, unless administratively impossible.

Entry Fees $12 per athlete for each 2000 meter event Free for the 500 meter events USRA Membership not required.

Late Fees None.  However, late entries may not be assured an entry.

Entry Scratches After the entry deadline all entry fees are non-refundable. Prior to the deadline, refunds - minus a $5 processing fee - may be requested via email to tori.breithaupt@wichita.edu.

Entry Mailing Address After filling out the form, please submit payment to guarantee an entry via postal mail to: Tori Breithaupt WSU Rowing 1845 Fairmount St. Wichita, KS 67206-0126

Entry confirmation Seedings and race time will be posted after the close of registration. This may be subject to change so please check back again before race day as well as when you check in on race day.

Waiver Form Waiver form (PDF) for juniors/minors - under 18 as of race day. All minors must bring a signed waiver form from a parent or guardian to the race. All other competitors must sign a waiver at the registration table on race day. (Please do not mail any waivers as they will not be valid - please sign on race day at check-in table.)

Race Day

Race Day Check-In Check-in and race day registration opens at 9:00 A.M. Last minute entries are welcome. Late entrants are not guaranteed a spot to race in their exact event category, but scores will be recorded with the correct event, unless administratively impossible.

Lightweights Weigh-in 165 lbs or less for men; 135 lbs or less for women Lightweight Athletes must weigh-in on race day. Names will be checked against scheduled starting times in the weigh-in rooms. In order to compete in the lightweight category, a competitor MUST be stamped by a weigh-in official upon successfully weighing in. Any competitor missing a stamp verifying they have successfully weighed in will not be allowed to compete in that category. Any competitor who failed to weigh in will race in his/her originally seeded time slot, but the score will then count in the OPEN division of that particular event. Time Rule: The weigh-in must be completed at least 30 minutes before your event. Your name, event number, or erg number will be checked against existing heat entries. Weigh-in will open at 9am and will close 30 minutes before the start of the last lightweight event.

Waiver Waiver form (PDF) for juniors/minors - under 18 as of race day. All minors must bring a signed waiver form from a parent or guardian to the race. All other competitors must sign a waiver at the registration table on race day. (Please do not mail any waivers as they will not be valid - please sign on race day at check-in table.)

Directions Wichita State Campus (pdf)

Parking Parking is free on the WSU campus on Saturdays.  The closest parking is in the Heskett Lot.  The next closest lots are near 21st street and north of the Heskett Center.  Please see the map.

Awards 2000 meter races Medals will be awarded for 1st place, 2nd and 3rd place. We encourage you to attend the awards ceremonies scheduled throughout the day. If you must leave early please notify the check-in table as to where you would like your award mailed. 500 meter sprints Medals will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.  The first place winners’ name (and organization for the Greek/WSU Organization event) will be posted on a plaque.  The plaques will be hung at the Heskett Center for WSU events and at the BG Boathouse for non-WSU events. Please Note: If you enter the lightweight division of an event, you will be eligible to win a prize only as a lightweight. In other words, we will not be awarding multiple medals to one athlete (even if, for example, a lightweight's score puts him or her among the top three open weight rowers in his or her event).

Interpretation of Rules
The meaning and application of these rules will be determined solely by the Shocker Sprints Committee. All decisions and deliberations of the Race Committee will be secret, arbitrary, and final. NO WHINING...