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2025 Indianapolis Junior Sprints

Overview and Welcome:
Saturday, May 3, 2025: Sculling
Sunday, May 4, 2025: Sweeping
Welcome to Indianapolis Junior Sprints, as this regatta has grown, our intent is to give crews a fantastic "pre- regionals" opportunity to race their crews, test their speeds, and hone their racing skills. We look forward to having you all in Indy!


HEAT SHEETS LIVE - 

C&A Meeting Thursday 5/1 at 8:00pm EST 
Recording here: 

https://zoom.us/rec/share/eC9JWhrDAIJZC4O5T7lijExFVyj0PGr8u8MkIReiZhD_ovH4hJZdESdR5-J0D2wz.nh4bNPh7kqO_gFmb

Passcode: !EVtcWi9

REGATTA STAFF:

• IRC Executive Director:  Angelia Thorpe ([email protected])
• IRC Director of Operations/Regatta Director: Chris Marr ([email protected])
• Chief Referee:  Eric Chiang

High Level Schedule:
4/2-4/8 - Early Registration
4/9-4/25 - Standard Registration
4/28-4/29 - Late Registration
Tuesday 4/29 - Lineups Due

Tuesday 4/29 Afternoon - Final Schedule Posted in Crew Timer. - https://www.crewtimer.com/heatsheet/r14658
Wednesday 4/30 Afternoon - Heat Sheets posted in Crew Timer

Friday 5/2 - Scratch Window Closes
Friday 5/2 3pm-8pm - Trailers may Arrive
Saturday 5/3 7:45am - 5pm - Racing
Sunday 5/4 8:30am - 5pm - Racing




REGISTRATION: 

All registrations must be completed through Regatta Central. 

Waivers:    

• This is a USRowing registered regatta.  All participating clubs must be registered with USRowing.
• Please make sure you have verified that all your athletes have signed a single waiver using the USRowing roster management tool. All waivers must be completed and submitted online before the event.  No “hard-copy” waivers will be accepted.
   

New in 2025:
--1V/2V/3V+ events for the u19 8+ and 4+ Events. "A" Entry, in the 1V, "B" in the 2V, "C" and beyond in the 3V+ Event. Club must have a 1V to enter a 2V, and a 2V to enter a 3V. 1 Entry in the 1V, 1 Entry in the 2V, All other Entries in the 3v+. If you would like your Boats to row up a category, please reach out to [email protected]. 

Scratches:  Rowers who scratch or withdraw before the deadline are entitled to a full refund.  Rowers who scratch after the deadline will  NOT be subject to a refund.

Hot Seating  Hot seating (of equipment or personnel) will be performed at the crew’s risk of missing an event but we recommend at least 30 minutes between events for hot seating to take place. If the same equipment is going out the hot dock will take place on the retrieval dock area.

ARRIVAL AND LOGISTICS
Trailer parking: As this event has grown, and with teams coming and going at different times and days, we are separating the trailer area from the boat yard to increase safety and efficiency of teams arriving and leaving at different times/days. There will be back in angle parking stalls in the lower beach parking lot directly adjacent to the boat yard. This parking lot is for shell trailers and team trucks only. Teams should off load equipment in the parking lot and cary equipment ~100m to the boat yard. Teams are welcome to keep boats on their trailer as well.
Trailers may arrive between:

Friday: 3-8pm

Saturday: 5:30-7am OR 3-8pm
Sunday: 5:30-7am

On-Water Practice: In interested in practicing on the water, visiting teams have 2 options. Bring your own launch, or rent one from IRC for $50/session. Please reach out to [email protected] to schedule ANY on-water practice session for your team. 

Booster and Food Trailers: Food trailers will have designated stalls near the spectator area. Please do not park with the shell trailers. Picnic shelter area available for reservation. Leave the tent and table in the booster trailer and reserve the waterfront picnic shelter. Only 3 spots available first come first serve.: Reservation Link

Park Entry Fee and Regulations: There is a $6.00 Marion County/$7.00 all others for cars to enter Eagle Creek Park ($15 for vans and buses).  Park gates will be open at 6:30 am.  Teams will be given a pass for the shell trailer tow vehicle to enter the park.  All other vehicles (team buses, vans, spectators, rowers, coaches, etc.) will have to pay the park entry fee.  Eagle Creek Park is one of the country’s largest city parks and will be open during the regatta.  Please follow all posted parking instructions and park rules. Primary parking for spectators and competitors will be in the parking areas of Eagle Beach Drive and the swimming area. 

Team Tents:  Team tents are welcome.  When you arrive, you will be shown the area reserved for tents and grills.  The last 250m of the race course is in the swimming area of the park.  This fenced in area will be in use by the public.  Team tents and spectators will have to set up and watch from the boat storage area/recovery docks, or in the IRC boathouse area.

Concessions and Merchandise: Water will be available at the boathouse, but you must bring your own refillable water bottle. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted on park property. Regatta merch will be sold on site.

Trash/Recycling:  Please bring extra trash bags for your team area.  The trash bins can fill up quickly.  We will also have a few recycling containers throughout the venue.  Please use these to dispose of your plastics.

Security: Eagle Creek Park is a public park.  Please be sure to bring your personal valuables with you to your team area, or lock them in the trunk of your car.  DO NOT leave valuable items visible in your vehicle (on the seats or dashboard).  The gates to Eagle Creek Park are locked from sunset to sunrise.  All trailers will be in an area that is gated, locked and enclosed.

RACE SPECIFIC
Coaches & Athletes Meeting: The C&A  meeting will be on Thursday, May 1st  at 8:00 PM. A Zoom Link will be Posted here.  All crews will be responsible for the information delivered at the meeting, regardless of attendance.

Electronic Timing: Heat Sheets and Results on CrewTimer

Locking on: Crews must be able to lock onto the starting platform by the 2 minute warning and scull their bow to maintain point. Crews unable to meet this basic safety and racing requirement will be excluded by the referees.

Launching:  Launch officials at the launch docks will launch boats on time. It is your responsibility to report to the starting line on time, no calls will be made. A representative must check-in with the dock master before launching for every race. 

Race Day Traffic Pattern:  Maps will be posted at the regatta site with the traffic pattern and the pattern will be covered in detail at the C&A Meeting.  

To reach the warm-up area, cross south of the 1500m mark. Continue in the warm up zone with a clockwise pattern. On entering the course crews will have to back into stake boats. The furthest lane from the warm up zone(closest to the shore) will be lane 1.

When crews finish, you may turn to port and row back to the recovery docks on the outside of the course. You may also turn to starboard and commence a counter-clockwise cool down on the west side of the course.  In order to reach the recovery docks, you MUST row to the end of the course and cross to the east side of the course when the area is clear.

Bow Number:  Bring your own bow numbers! IRC does not provide bow numbers.

Equipment:  The Launch Dock Coordinator will be checking bow balls and quick release foot stretchers before crews launch.  Boats without these minimum requirements will not be allowed on the water.

Progression:

1-8 Entries - Straight Final
9-10 Entries - 2 Heats, top 3 from each heat + Next fastest time to 7 boat final.
11-16 Entries - 2 Heats, top 3 from each heat + 2 next fastest times to 8 boat final
16-24 Entries - 3 Heats, Top 2 from each heat + 2 next fastest times to 8 boat final
24-32 Entries - 4 Heats, Winner of Each Heat + 4 next fastest times to 8 boat final

Awards:  Medals will be awarded as results are finalized in CrewTimer. Medals awarded to first, second, and third place for event. Medals may be picked up at the gazebo by the launch dock.   Note that medals will not be mailed to winners.  ALL medals must be picked up prior to teams departing the regatta venue.