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RULES & ELIGIBILITY FOR 2024

Please make sure entries are accurate at the registration deadline. Any scratches after the registration deadline will be subject to the full entry price. We cannot guarentee the acceptance of late entries.

Entries submitted after the Registration Deadline will not be accepted.

Each athlete must complete a release form, to be posted, to be eligible for competition.

There is no food of drink permitted inside the gym area except water and sports drink. There are two cafe locations in the main lobby of the RPAC that competitors and spectators can feel free to eat at!

Doors open at 8AM. Participants and spectators should get credentials from the RPAC welcome desk.

Consistent with prior years, gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded for all events with 5 or more competitors. Gold and sliver medals will be awarded for events with 4 or fewer competitors.

In lieu of medals for relay events, a trophy will be awarded for the winning team.

Points will be awarded in the junior events to the first six finishers. A points trophy (A GPS CoxBox!) will be awarded to the junior program with the most overall points (coxswain events do not count towards the points tally). See the points system here.

Lanes are assigned after registration is closed and are subject to change.

Headphones are not permitted for athletes during their race.

Masters Events:

• We will not offer events for specific age categories. All Master's events will use a USRowing handicapping algorithm to determine competitors' final times. A course multiplier of 2.0 is used. Handicaps shown are raw. Actual times are based on the final entry pool (compared with the youngest competitor) as well as the category spread of the entry pool. Handicaps are not final. Birthdates and handicaps are subject to verification by regatta personnel.

Lightweight Specifications:

• Junior Lwt Men: 155lb. max
• Junior Lwt Women: 135lb. max
• Open & Masters Lwt Men: 165lb. max
• Open & Masters Lwt Women: 135lb. max

Weigh-ins will be open from 8:20AM to 2:00PM.  Please weigh in no less than one hour prior to your scheduled race.

If you participating in the Relays here are the details:

• All 4 athletes will be exchanging on/off 1 machine
• The other team members are allowed to hold the rowers feet down, help them strap in, and give the rower the handle
• The handle does not have to be racked during each exchange
• The handle can be held by another team member during the exchange
• The handle CAN NOT be purposefully pulled by another teammate during the exchange to keep the fan moving
• Every member of the team must pull 500 meters at one time (250-exchange-250-exchange… is NOT allowed)
• The Erg screen will say “Exchange” after each 500m is pulled