2008 Empire State Games
SWIMMING
Open Division - Men & Women
Scholastic Division - Men & Women
Eligibility: To determine if you are eligible for this sport you must read the NEW Eligibility Rules.
Rules: US Swimming, Inc. Rules to govern event.
Regional Team: Each Region will bring the top two (men &
women) swimmers in each event from the
Regional Tryout
to the Finals.
Swimmers will need to indicate their best 2007 or 2008 Short Course Yard Performance
when registering for the Regional Trial. The best performance times are to be
in yards only. Applicants may enter four events for the Regional Trial, but
may qualify for no more than three events for the Finals. The Finals will be
conducted in a 50M pool.
Order of Events and Events
(Swimmers will compete in this order for each event: Scholastic Women
/ Scholastic Men / Open Women / Open Men)
| Order | Event |
| 1 | 100M Breast |
| 2 | 200M Free |
| 3 | 100M Fly |
| 4 | 200M I.M. |
| 5 | 800M Free |
| 6* | 800M Freestyle Relay* |
| 7 | 50M Free |
| 8 | 400M I.M. |
| 9 | 200M Breast |
| 10 | 100M Back |
| 11 | 400M Free |
| 12* | 400M Medley Relay* |
| 13 | 200M Back |
| 14 | 100M Free |
| 15 | 200M Fly |
| 16 | 1500M Free |
| 17* | 400M Freestyle Relay* |
Note for Relay events - swimmers for the relay events will be selected after the Regional Trials are completed. Relay events do not count towards a Swimmers maximum of 3 events at the Finals.
For information on the new tryout registration process, please visit the How to Register page.