Warm up schedule will be posted in the pool.  It may be by teams depending on numbers.

All teams are expected to follow this schedule.  Absolutely no diving except in designated sprint lanes. 

 Springfield College Art Linkletter Natatorium.  A six lane 25 yard facility with non-turbulent lane lines and electronic touch pad timing. 

All contestants must be 2002 registered athletes with United States Swimming.  New England swimmers may register with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Rd., Needham, Ma. 02492.  All coaches on deck must be registered with U.S. Swimming.

 In order to be included in the Pentathlon scoring swimmers must compete in the five events for their age group.  A swimmer may enter and swim fewer events for time, but they will not be included in the scoring for awards.  There will be no cut off times for this meet, but we will not accept No Time - please include a coaches time for a swimmer so we can time out the meet.  All entries should be on a disk that is readable by the Hy-tek Meet Manager program. If entries are e-mailed, they are not considered received until the check is received.   A paper entry is also required.  

No phone entries will be accepted.   Entries must be received by Dec. 26, 2001 (Wed).

 Checks must accompany all entries.  Please make out one club check.  Checks should be made out to PVAC.

   Individual Events $2.50    Relays  $7.00 (disk entries) $3.00 for hand entries

 All coaches will be given a scratch sheet.  This should be turned back into the Clerk of Course one half hour before the start of each session.  All the events for the session will then be seeded.  The Clerk of Course is located where the computer and timing system are located, next to the door on the side of the pool.

 Cutting the meet:    **The meet will be cut by time, and date of receipt.  This is so we can cut by session so We can stay within the four hour rule.  Any team cut will be notified by Jan. 2, 2002.

Individual Trophies will be awarded to the top 6 scorers in each age group for a total of 48 trophies.  Swimmers must participate in all five events to be scored. Individual scoring is the addition of the 5 times swum.  The swimmer with the lowest score wins.  An overall high point team award will also be made.  The scoring for this

award will be based on the top 6 individual scorers in each division with the following points awarded:

PLACE                               1ST       2ND       3RD       4TH       5TH       6TH

Individual                           7             5             4              3            2            1

Relays                                                 14           10            8              6            4            2

Team:   Individual and relay scores will be added together to determine the overall

high point team winner.  Individual trophies will be awarded at the conclusions of

the A.M. session and the P.M. session.  The team award will be awarded at the end

of the Sunday session.  There will also be heat awards.