The regional swimming championships for A rookies will begin tomorrow at the Olympic swimming pool in Trapani. There will be 20 clubs registered for a total of 252 athletes. The most numerous are Mimmo Ferrito (46), Poseidon (42) and Aqua Fit (24), for Aquarius, Athon, Cus Palermo, Muri Antichi, Ita12001, Idra Altair, Kiran Club, Sicilia Nuoto, Sun Club, Swim Power, Match Ball, Tc3 and Unime have around ten A rookies registered, the least represented will be Power Team and Ulysse, both with 5 participants, Water Sun (3), Dimarca Nuoto (1).
Each athlete will be able to participate in a maximum of five individual races plus relays. Points will be awarded to the first sixteen, 17 to the first, 15 to the second up to 1 to the sixteenth, these are doubled in the relays. In this regard, only Aqua Fit, Mimmo Ferrito and Poseidon have the maximum number of eight, while Dimarca Nuoto and Water Sun do not have enough athletes to compete in them, Sicilia Nuoto is also registered with 0 relays.
In the last edition, Poseidon won the title, ahead of Mimmo Ferrito and Sport Club Erea. The numbers of participants suggest that Mimmo Ferrito and Poseidon will compete for first place in the rankings.
The Trapani competition program
The program will take place with the heats in the morning and the A and B finals in the afternoon with the exception of the 400 medley, 800 and 1500 freestyle and relays which will be held in series, relays always in the afternoon and the other three races with the first and second series in the afternoon. For these long races and the relays all 10 lanes will be used, unlike the finals of the other races where there will be swimming in eight lanes, this will give the possibility of competing in the long races entirely in the afternoon with 20 participants or less.
Friday 21 June: 100 breaststroke, 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 backstroke, 400 medley.
Saturday 22 June: 400 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 100 backstroke, 200 butterfly, 4×100 freestyle.
Sunday 23 June: 100 freestyle, 200 medley, 800 freestyle (women only), 1500 freestyle (men only), 4×100 medley.
Here is the complete program.
In backstroke races the start facilitation device will not be used, the organization also makes it known that it will not be possible to set up gazebos in the stands, except in the highest steps. Athletes will instead be able to benefit from a pre- and post-race service, such as a physiotherapist who will carry out various treatments.
