Swim Times
There will be 3 Waves of swimmer.
Wave 1 - Everyone who registered by June 30
Wave 2 - Everyone who registered July 1 - July 24
Wave 3 - Everyone who registers July 25-race day
*Wave 3 start times will only be posted at the race site after 8am
Swim Times: All participants must submit a 100 yard swim time for seeding purposes. Being a pool swim with a staggered start, participants are seeded from fastest to slowest. It is in your best interest to submit an accurate 100 yard “pace” time for your swim. In other words, don’t submit your fastest 100 yard swim time, submit a 100 yard time that represents what you’ll do on race day over the event distance. By seeding yourself properly, you’ll end up swimming near people who swim the same pace as you. This will reduce the number of people who you will need to pass or the number of people who will be passing you.
**Swim times must be entered IN SECONDS. No special characters, no colons, no decimals, nothing but seconds. So if you swim 100 yards in 1:30, then you should enter 90 when you register. If you enter 130 then that is 130 seconds (2:10 when converted), which will have you seeded much later than you want. Also, make sure you time yourself on 100 yards, not 50 yards. That is a common mistake people make and then they are seeded much higher than they need to be.
If you need to change your swim time:
1. Log into your Run Sign Up profile
2. Go to MANAGE REGISTRATION for the Smiley Sprint Triathlon (be sure to click on "Manage Registration" and not the event name)
3. Use the menu bar to navigate to QUESTIONS
4. Make any edits and follow the on screen prompts to save
**The swim time should be entered IN SECONDS. If you swim 1:30 for 100 yards then your swim time entry should be 90
Seeding Order: All participants will be sorted by the submitted 100-yard swim time. Any athlete who registers at packet pick-up will be seeded AFTER the last pre-registered athlete begins. We will give a 4-5 minute break between the last pre-registered athlete and the first on-site registered athlete.
A couple hints to guide you with your swim time if this is your first time doing this:
50-80 SECONDS – (0:50 – 1:20): Super Fast (In contention to win the race and you swim competitively)
81-105 SECONDS – (1:21 – 1:45): Fast Enough (still starting in the first 1/3 of the event)
106-130 SECONDS – (1:46 – 2:10): Average Swimmer (Swim well enough and don’t need to stop at the end of each lane line
131-164 SECONDS – (2:11 – 2:44): Novice (Still getting used to this thing called triathlon)
165-259 SECONDS – (2:45 – 4:59): Complete Beginner/I want to start at the back
Please note these are ranges. The best thing for you to do is to time yourself in a pool to get your time. There is no substitute for this.
