24th Annual Sacramento Valley Meet of Champions

August 1-2, 2026

www.meetofchampions.com

LOCATION: Elk Grove Aquatics Center, 9701 Big Horn Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95757

COURSE: Outdoor 50m pool using 10 lanes for competition, plus additional lanes for warm-up/cool-down. 10 lanes used for prelims and 8 lanes used for finals. Tim Drops Wireless Swim Timing System will be used.

TIME: Facility Opens:6:30 AM

Warm Ups: 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Trials: 9:00 AM

Finals: Finals will start 45-min after the conclusion of prelims.

Please note: these times are for both days.

RULES: USA Swimming rules will be in effect. USA Swimming warm-up procedures will be in effect. All individual events are trials/finals. Swimmers may compete in any event that they qualify for plus one “bonus event.” This meet is open to any Greater Sacramento Valley area summer league swimmer that meets the qualification guidelines. 12&U swimmers may not wear tech suits with bonded/taped seams or woven fabrics extending past the hips.

CHECK-IN: Swimmers do notcheck-in for this meet. Volunteers must check-in to receive their name tag and reporting time. Volunteers need to report to their shift at the designated time.

RELAYS: All relay events will swim as timed finals. 6 & Under relays will swim at the conclusion of prelims on Saturday. All other relays will swim during finals. Orderof events can be found on the last page of this meet sheet.

RESTRICTIONS: No tobacco products, alcohol, drugs, or dogs are permitted inside the pool facility.

ELIGIBILITY: All swimmers must be a current recreation league swimmer. Swimmers are eligible to swim any event in which they place in the TOP 10 of their recognized summer league championship meet OR meet the qualifying time standard for each event (see qualification times chart).Proof of qualification will be the responsibility of each swimmer and/or coach. Swimmers/coaches may be asked to provide proof of qualification at the Meet Director’s request (meet results, ribbons, etc). No unattached or incomplete entries will be accepted. All relays must be entered prior to the meet.

TIME STANDARDS: Swimmers may qualify for events by meeting the published time standard for each event. Time standards may be achieved at any meet during the 2025 swim season. Swimmers using time standards to enter are not required to have placed in the top 10 at their championship meet. Time standards can be found on our website and below on this meet sheet.

BONUS EVENT: Swimmers will be allowed to enter ONE additional event over and above the events they qualified for. This can be any event on either day. Relay-only swimmers will NOT be allowed to enter a bonus event.

CORRESPONDING EVENT: Should a league not offer the same distance of a particular stroke, swimmers may enter the corresponding event that is being offered at The Sacramento Valley Meet of Champions. Swimmers should use the times achieved in the events they swam and will be seeded accordingly. Ex: Your league swims the 100 fly for 15-18s but at MOC, we offer the 50 fly. You may enter the 50 fly at MOC as long as you finished in the top 10 at your league’s championship meet in the corresponding event.

SCRATCHES: Preliminaries – This is a pre-seeded meet. It will be the responsibility of each swimmer to report to the blocks for each race. No refunds will be given for missed races. There will not be a “ready bench.”

Finals – If a swimmer makes it to finals but does not plan to swim, please notify the meet referee so alternates can be notified. Any swimmer who misses their event during finals will be scratched from the remainder of the swim meet entirely.

REGISTRATION:All swimmers must register, sign the waiver and pay the flat fee on our webpage at www.meetofchampions.comby July 27, 2026. Individual fee is $50 per swimmer. Relay-only swimmer fee is $25. Late registration will NOT be accepted.

ENTRIES: A coach or team representative will enter all qualified swimmers and relays for their respective team using the Hy-Tek swim management software. Meet entries are due on Monday, July 27, 2026 at 9:00pm. Coach/admin, please email the entry file to [email protected]. All swimmers are required to register for the meet individually. This includes signing the waivers and paying the $40 fee. All swimmers need a current account on our MOC webpage. See the “Reg Info” tab on our website for more information about how to register for MOC. Late registration will NOT be accepted.

FEES: $50 fee per swimmer ($25 fee for relay-only swimmer). This will cover splash fee and all eligible entries,plus a link to the program. All swimmers, including the relay-only swimmers, must register on our MOCwebpage.

ADMISSION: Free admission!

AWARDS: Individual:DISTINCTIVE MEDALS will be awarded 1st through 8th place

DISTINCTIVE RIBBONS will be awarded 9th through 16th place

Relays: DISTINCTIVE MEDALS will be awarded to 1st through 3rd place

DISTINCTIVE RIBBONS will be awarded 4th through 8th place

Team: TROPHIES will be awarded to the TOP 3 scoring teams in two divisions (large andsmall). Divisions will be determined based on the number of entries per team.

Individual Scoring: 1st through 16th places20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Relay Scoring: 1st through 16th places40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

HOSPITALITY: Hospitality will be available for meet officials, coaches, and timers. A snack bar will be available.

QUESTIONS: Tyson Frenn (Meet Director)[email protected]

DISCLAIMER: Participation of teams, coaches and swimmers are offered at the sole discretion of the Meet of Champions Meet Director. The MOC Meet Director reserves the right to deny or revoke participation ofindividual swimmers, coaches, parents, and teams before and during the competition.

2026 Sacramento Valley Meet of Champions

Order of Events

* will swim at the start of finals

^ will swim at the end of prelims

Please note, the 6&U awards ceremony will take place at the end of prelims on Saturday (after the 100 free relay)

2026 Sacramento Valley Meet of Champions

Order of Events

* will swim at the end of finals

Awards Ceremony to begin 15 min after the conclusion of finals on Sunday

2026 Meet of Champions Time Standards

Hoos Swimming Pool - Sacramento City College

The Sacramento Stingrays are so excited to welcome you to our pool and spend our Saturday with you at our upcoming meet! 

Parking/Pool Entrance

Although the school address is on Freeport Blvd, you will enter off of Sutterville Rd and turn into the campus at the football stadium.

You may park in the small lot near the pool entrance (West lot), in the parking structure (we expect it to be open), or in the very large lot behind the parking structure. The facility does technically require a parking pass, which can be purchased at the stations in the small lot and on the second floor of the parking structure for $2. The school has not been ticketing, but parking without a pass is at your own risk and your mileage may vary.

Pool/set-up location

Please note that the pool itself is INDOORS and will be noisy, and it can be very hot and humid.

Although we will have the door open on the north side of the building for ventilation, everyone must enter the pool from the south door. Team areas are noted below and must be set up on the grass, but you may set up anywhere on the grass. We must keep walkways clear for campus police. We recommend sharing tents if possible so that you aren’t too far away! There is limited bleacher space inside, so we request that families do not camp out on the bleachers.

Restrooms

Restrooms are located in the baseball stadium, which is right next to the pool entrance. There are locker rooms with restrooms on the pool deck, but these will be used for last minute swimmer restroom visits only.

Snack Bar

We have a Snack Bar with a variety of fresh and packaged food items. We accept cash, card or tap, but far prefer card or tap pay, when possible.

Estimated Timeline

6:45-7:45 Swimmers check-In

7:00: Facility opens

7:10-7:40 Other teams warm-up

7:50-8:20 Carmichael Beavers warm-up

8:00 Stroke & Turn and Timers meetings on deck

8:20 Team cheers

8:25 Timers to their seats

8:25 6u and 7-8 relays to the blocks

8:30 Meet begins!

Note: we ask that the 6u and 7-8 relays head to the blocks instead of the ready bench for the first relay to get things moving a little faster!

Meet programs/heat sheets will be printed for coaches, stroke & turn, and team parents. Team parents will receive one sheet per gender per age group. Sheets will be delivered to you as soon as they are ready, please do not come to the computer tables. We will also push the meet out to Meet Mobile if possible.

Goooooo Beavers!

SETTING UP

• Visiting team areas are shown on the parking map. Please set up only in the designated visiting team area.

• Please keep walkways clear for swimmers, families, volunteers, and emergency access.
• Families may watch from the bleachers. Please share space so everyone can see their swimmers.

PARKING

• Please park only in the approved yellow parking areas shown on the map.
• Zone 1 is above the park near the baseball field. Zone 2 is the yellow marked area across the street.
• Do not park in the Ace Hardware lot. Follow posted signs and volunteer directions.

THE MEET

• Pool-deck access is through the main entrance only.
• Ready bench entrance is for swimmers only. It does not access bathrooms or snack shack; non-swimmers will be redirected.
• Our team uses SwimTopia. Meet times, heats, and events will be added and recorded in the app.
• Swimmers not checked in on time may be scratched from the meet.

SAFETY

• No running on the pool deck.
• Listen for announcements and follow volunteer directions.
• For swimmer safety, photos may be taken from the bleacher side only. No photography is allowed from either end of the pool, per USA Swimming protection guidelines.

BATHROOMS

• Pool bathrooms are across from the bleachers.
• Additional bathrooms are outside in the park near the playground.
• Ready bench entrance does not access bathrooms.

SCHEDULE

Swimmer Check-In: 6:30–7:00 AM
Scratches Due to Computers: 7:05 AM
Warm-up Times:
• 7:00–7:30 AM – Amador Polar Bears Swim team warm-up
• 7:30–8:00 AM – Carmichael Beavers Swim team warm-up
Stroke & Turn Meeting: 7:30 AM
Timer Meeting: 7:50 AM; report to benches after meeting
Coaches Meeting Check-In: 8:00 AM
Team Cheers: 8:10–8:15 AM
National Anthem: 8:25 AM
Meet Start Time: 8:30 AM

SNACK SHACK*

• Use the purple-arrow entrance on the playground side at the rear of the building.
• We will have a variety of goods, including a breakfast special, burritos, and lunch
items such as hot dogs and hamburgers.
• Hot drinks and cold drinks will also be available.
• Please do not use the ready bench entrance to access the snack shack.

*Please note that this information may be updated.

Gooooooo Beavers!