What is Battle of the Ages?  

  • 2 day Saturday-Sunday Invitational Meet open to Stingrays between 5-18 year of age (no 4 year olds)
  • Unique meet in that swimmers compete only against swimmers of their same age (so a 13 year old swimmer only swims against 13 year old swimmers, not 13 AND 14 year old swimmers)
  • You and your child pick which events your child swims
  • ALL participating families are required to fulfill a volunteer shift (including board members, core volunteers, and those who have bought out of their volunteer requirement).  This does NOT fulfill one of your 4 meet volunteer jobs for the season.  

Date

  • Saturday, June 28th - Sunday, June 29th, 2025
  • Meet starts at 9:00 am both days and ends at approximately 4:00 pm

 

Location

  • ​College Park High School,  201 Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
  • Note, that we are back at the 2023 location, which is different from the 2024 location of Pleasant Hill Middle School

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Entry Fees

  • $35 per swimmer​
  • This is a flat fee per swimmer, and each swimmer may select a maximum of 4 events to participate in over the two days 
  • PLUS $30 per adult volunteer in your family (more information below)

 

Registration 

  • We will begin accepting registration forms on Monday, May 19th
  • Registration deadline:  Monday, June 9th.  Late registrations cannot be accepted
  • Registration forms can be printed and turned in at the pool.   If you do not have access to a printer, a few printed hard copies will be available at the pool in a manila envelope on the family folder cart. 
  • Fill out one registration form per family and turn it into the black mailbox attached to Family Folder Cart.  
  • Payment
    • Attach a check made payable to Benicia Stingrays (note "Battle of the Ages" AND swimmer's first and last name in the check note), place in an envelope, and turn in with the registration form 
    • OR pay electronically via Zelle only 
      • Name = treasurer@bsrswim.org
      • ​Note in memo:  "Battle of the Ages" and "Swimmer's Name"
      • If paying via Zelle, do NOT submit your reg form unless you have already paid via Zelle.  

 

Volunteer Assignments

  • ALL families will be assigned a volunteer shift. The job assignment will be emailed to you closer to the event date.  
  • EVERY adult who volunteers MUST pass a background check (you must repeat the background check this year, even if you were checked for last year's Battle or were recently checked through a different organization).  This is dictated by the insurance that Pleasant Hill requires for this meet; this is not because of a Stingray requirement or issue.  
  • If you register your swimmer to participate, it will cost you $30 for the background check.  Please include this $30 with your registration payment.  Results of your background check will be kept confidential.  If you plan to split your shift with another adult in the family, both adults will need to be background checked and it will cost $60 for both of you to get background checked.  
  • Details on the background check will be emailed to Battle Families shortly.  It should be forward and does not require fingerprint scans, etc.  
  • If you elect to not participate in the background check so that you can not volunteer, fail the background check so that you can not volunteer, or no show on your assigned volunteer shift, the credit card on file will be billed $150.

 

TEAM AREAS AND SET UP

  • Every participating team is assigned a team area in the school hallways. Please represent our team well, clean up after yourself, and remove all garbage before leaving each day.
  • We are on a school campus.  Pets, alcohol, and controlled substances are not permitted.
  • Teams may begin set up from 4:00-6:00 pm on Friday. Battle of the Ages does not accept responsibility for lost, stolen, or damaged items left overnight.

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Programs: $10 for hard copy, $7 for digital (once hard copies sell out). Sales start on Friday from 4:00-6:00 and continue through the weekend.

 

Warm Ups

  • 7:30-7:55 am:  Ages 11-18*
  • 7:55-8;20 am Ages 9-12*
  • 8:20-8:45:  8/under (optional on Sunday as 8/unders will not swim until about 12:30pm on Sunday)
  • 11/12's may warm up at either time

 

Lanes 11 & 12 are for warmup and cooldowns for 13-18 year old swimmers only for the duration of the day.  

 

​Schedule of Events

Saturday 

  • 15-18:  50 free half distance, 100 breast, 100 fly
  • 9-14:  100 free double distance, 50 breast, 50 fly
  • 7-8:  50 free double distance, 25 breast, 25 fly
  • 5-6:  25 breast, 25 fly

Sunday

  • 15-18:  100IM, 100 Back, 100 Free
  • 9-14:  100IM, 50 back, 50 free
  • 7-8:  25 back and 25 free
  • 5-6:  25 back and 25 free

 

CLERK OF THE COURSE:  All swimmers must check-in at Clerk of the Course before their race.  The area in Clerk of the Course and immediately around the pool is a secure area – only competing swimmers, coaches, and officials will be allowed in this area.

 

COMMUNICATIONS:  Results will be posted on a wall near the pool. They will also be posted on Meet Mobile.  For up-to-the-minute announcements and calls to the clerk of the course, follow on Twitter/X @phdolfins.  Hard copy programs were available last year for $10.

 

Snack Bar:  Will be available.

 

Vendor Fair/T-SHIRTS:  Usually available at the vendor fair. 

 

Popped Time Awards:  Visit Battle HQ for your Popped Time Award!!!

 

Raffle:  Raffle tables are next to Battle HQ.