ABOUT THE CENTRAL ZONE
Central Zone is one of the four geographical divisions of USA Swimming. Fifteen (15) Local Swimming Committees (LSCs) are part of the Central Zone (CZ) – Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Lake Erie, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri Valley, Midwestern, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ozark, South Dakota, Wisconsin.

EVENT BACKGROUND
The Central Zone holds two 14 & Under championship meets at the end of the Long Course season. Each host will receive half of the USA Swimming’s sponsorship funds designated for each Zone’s 14 & Under Zone Championship meet (other Zones host only one meet). The CZ House of Delegates may vote to change the dates or to combine the two meets.

EVENT DATES
The event will be a four-day event with the format of the meet prescribed by the Central Zone. The meet may be held on either the first or second full weekends (Thursday – Sunday) in August. Each meet will be targeted to 700-800 swimmers. The LSCs attending each meet will be recommended by the Site Assignment Committee based on balanced competition from LSCs (quality of swimmers), travel distance for LSC teams, distribution of numbers of swimmers, geographical rotation, facilities, desired date of each participating LSC if the meets are held on separate dates, and preference of LSC as ranked for site.

COMPETITION FORMAT
- All events will be Long Course (50m) competitions and will be four (4) full days, Thursday through Sunday.
- Current time standard is the NAG AAA standard with option for LSCs to enter swimmers if only one or no qualifying swimmers in an event.
- Central Zone will provide the meet information book for general meet information as well as a template for site specific information.
- Central Zone will set the event entry fees. (currently $6.00 individual event, $12.00 relay, $1.00 CZ splash)
- Central Zone will provide a Meet Manager file to the Zone host ready for entries, which will include current time standards, zone records, and NAG records through April.

BID PROCEDURE
Bids shall be submitted to the CZ Directors sufficiently in advance of the distribution of the Agenda and Information Packets to be included in the current business meeting of the Central Zone delegates.  No bids for meets will be accepted from the floor during these meetings. Bids may be submitted for meets scheduled for up to 2 years in advance of competition. This form may be revised and updated by the CZ as requirements and expectations of the CZ delegates deem appropriate.

BID SPECIFICS
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