RACE RULES & REGULATIONS
- In an emergency a swimmer will raise an arm overhead & call for or seek assistance. Once official assistance is rendered, the swimmer must retire from the race.
- Swimmers must be 12 years or older on the day of the event to compete in the Point Leo Swim Classic.
- Participants are not permitted to enter both the Nipper/Novice Swim and the Point Leo Swim Classic.
- Swimmers registered in the Point Leo Swim Classic are permitted to swim in only one age group.
- Swimmers may use any stroke to propel themselves and may tread water or float.
- Swimmers must start in the wave corresponding with their cap colour given to them at registration.
- A swimmer must be wearing the approved swim cap given to them at registration to start their swim.
- A swimmer must be wearing the transponder given to them at registration at all times during the swim.
- A swimmer shall not wear artificial propulsion devices of any kind including, but not limited to, fins, paddles, floatation devices or buoyancy suits of any kind. Wetsuits are allowed.
- A swimmer shall not dive under swim bouys
- Standing on the bottom shall not disqualify a swimmer.
- The referee’s decision is final.