© Copyright 2010-2014 Ontario Swimming Officials’ Association 47 Preparing for Finals Scratch Deadlines as per Meet Package 30 minutes following the prelims session for the matching finals session Eliminate swimmers who will not be swimming their position in the finals session Allows alternates to move up immediately Scratches, Seeding, and Printing of documents occurs 30 minutes prior to running the finals session Eliminate swimmers as per Meet Package rules for scratch can be due to illness, injury, or multiple races Alternates move up without reseeding 2 heats of finals – FINA rules