Attleboro Bluefish 2001 Fall Pentathlon  
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The Attleboro Bluefish
Sanctioned by New England Swimming
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DATES AND LOCATION

Saturday, October 27, 2001
Attleboro High School, Attleboro, MA

CONTACTS

Meet Manager: Walt Meissner        (508) 384-2925           wcm@bu.edu
Referee: Paul Maker                              (508) 384-8480           makerp@fcl-us.net

For ABF Team information, warm-up schedules, timing assignments, and/or “day-of-the-meet” weather or emergency notices, access the ABF web page (www.abfswim.com) through the US Swim Link City pages or call the ABF hotline at (508) 761-8992.

SESSIONS

FACILITY

Attleboro High School has an eight lane, 25 yd pool with non-turbulent lane lines, Colorado Timing System (electronic touch pads and scoreboard) and bleacher seating for spectators.  Members of New England Swimming and their families are restricted to the pool, spectator stands and the concession area.  There is no smoking in the building or within 500 feet of the building.  Failure to abide by these rules may result in ejection from the facility.  Only people with proper credentials will be allowed on deck.

FORMAT

All events are swum as timed finals and will be deck seeded after the scratch deadline.  The scratch deadline will be 45 minutes before the start of each session.  Heat and lane assignments will be posted and handed out to coaches prior to each session.  There will be a bullpen for 8 & under swimmers.  The bullpen will be located at the shallow end of the pool.  All other swimmers are to report directly to their lane when their event is called.  Coaches are responsible for ensuring their swimmers are in the correct heat and lane.  Any swimmer who does not scratch an event but fails to swim will then be scratched from the remainder of his/her events for that day.

ELIGIBILITY

All swimmers must be 2001 US Swimming registered swimmers.  Please include USS number on the entry form.  Swimmers may register with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Rd., Needham, MA 02192.  Age eligibility is determined by the age of the swimmer the day of the meet and must be shown on the entry form.  All coaches on deck must be registered with US Swimming and present their coach membership cards.

ENTRY INFORMATION

No swimmer may enter more than 5 individual events and swimmers may swim in only one age group (i.e., Open or 8U, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14).  A swimmer 14 years old or younger will be allowed to enter the “open” competition only if their entry doesn’t cause the morning session to exceed the four-hour time limit.  Acceptance of an entry in the Open age group is at the discretion of the Meet Manager using this guideline.

Entries must be submitted to Walt Meissner and will not be accepted any earlier than Monday, September 17, 2001 or any later than Thursday, October 18, 2001.  All entries arriving on or before September 17 will be counted as arriving on September 17.  NT or “no time” entries are not allowed and will be scratched immediately upon receipt of the entry.  If a swimmer does not have an official time for a particular event, a coach’s time must be used instead. 

Email Entries:  Email entries with a standard SD3 or CL2 data file of your team’s entries attached are encouraged, provided the payment of the meet fees accompanies the entry.  Entries (either email or sent overnight mail) WILL NOT be accepted until all meet fees are paid.  If you are submitting your entry via email, you may pay your team’s meet fees using “Paypal”, a web based payment system that transfers money between two accounts.  If you do not already have a Paypal account and/or you need help paying by email, you may call or email Walt Meissner at 508-384-2925 or wcm@bu.edu  Make Paypal payments to wcm@bu.edu.  Once your Paypal payment and email entry is confirmed, send a hard copy of your entry with your summary sheet to the address below before October 18 (regular mail is acceptable provided it arrives before October 18).

Other Entries:  Send a diskette with a standard SD3 or CL2 data file and a hard copy of your entry, either using the enclosed form, or a computer print out containing the entry in a similar format, with your summary sheet and check made payable to Attleboro Bluefish on or before October 18.  United States Postal Service Overnight Mail is the preferred mailing method.  If Overnight Mail is used, indicate that the package be delivered even if no one is there to sign for it.

Whether sent using email or regular mail, all entry forms must be accurate, legible and complete.  No fax, telephone, or deck entries will be accepted and all fees must accompany the entry.  Entries may not be changed after they are submitted.  Exceptions to this policy are at the discretion of the Meet Manager or Meet Referee.  Seed cards are not required.  Meet fees will not be returned or credited to new entries for scratches or errors in the entry.  PLEASE NOTE:  Your entry must include the email address of your team’s contact(s).  All future meet information will be sent to this address and you may have as many team email addresses for information distribution as you wish.

 The entry fee is $2.50 per individual event when submitting entry in with a standard SD3 data file as defined by US Swimming.  In accordance with the entry rules specified by New England Swimming, if an entry is not submitted on computer diskette in a standard SD3 format, the entry fee is an additional $0.50 per individual entry (e.g. $3.00 per event).  Please mail the hard copy of your entry to:
Attleboro Bluefish   c/o Walt Meissner 55 Jennifer Drive Wrentham, Ma 02093

PROCEDURES FOR CUTTING THE MEET

The number of entries will be limited so that no session exceeds the four-hour time limit.  If the meet becomes oversubscribed, entries will be cut by the date the entry and payment is received.  In the morning session, any swimmers 14 years old or younger entered in the Open category will be cut by date received and placed in their actual age group when necessary to keep the session within the time limit.  Again, please take note: we are intent on being fair to all teams attempting to enter our meet, and entries will not be accepted until payment is received.  If email entries are sent without payment, they will be ignored until a Paypal payment is received or the check for the entry arrives in the mail.

RULES

2001 US Swimming rules will govern all competition and the decisions of the referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the swim heat being protested.  Disabled swimmer forms are required by US Swimming and are available from the New England Swimming office.

OFFICIALS AND TIMERS

All teams are asked to provide an appropriate share of officials and timers.  Please include with your entry a list of your team’s eligible officials, their phone numbers, and the session(s) they are available to work.  The Referee for this meet will be Paul Maker, and officials are encouraged to contact Paul at (508) 384-8480 or email at makerp@fcl-us.net before the meet.  Teams will be asked to supply a number of timers for each session based on the number of swimmers entered.  Team lane and timer assignments will be posted on the ABF website, included in the coach’s packet, and noted in the program.

SAFETY AND IMPORTANT RULES TO NOTE

All team and individual warm-ups and warm-downs shall be under the direct supervision of the respective swimmers' coach, or individual designated by the referee.  Any swimmer participating in the meet without a US Swimming registered coach must report to the referee before the warm-up for the session.  Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups with the exception of the sprint lanes when they are announced.  Glass containers are prohibited in the pool area.

In accordance with New England Swimming policy, “There will be no shaving at any New England Calendar meet or at any other competition receiving a New England Swimming sanction.”  Therefore, no shaving is allowed in the showers, locker rooms, on the pool deck, in the bleachers or in any other location in and around the Attleboro High School property.

AWARDS

Swimmers’ times for all 5 events are added together and medals are awarded to the three lowest total times for each age group.  Swimmers must enter all 5 events in their respective age group to be eligible for the Pentathlon competition.  Any swimmer who scratches or is disqualified will be penalized by adding 5 seconds to the slowest time swum in that event.  Ribbons are awarded for the first 8 places in the individual events for each age group.

ADMISSION

Admission: none (we will not charge an admission fee to this meet)
Programs:  $3.00 for each session; $5.00 for both sessions

CONCESSIONS

Refreshments will be available for both sessions.

DIRECTIONS

Attleboro High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts is located on Rathburn Willard Drive.  Take I-95 to the Attleboro Exit #3A, Route 123 towards Attleboro Center.  Immediately after exiting off I-95, take a left at the Texaco gas station onto Lathrop Drive.  Follow approximately one mile and take a right onto Rome Blvd.  Rome Blvd will curve to the right and then back to the left before becoming Rathburn Willard Drive.  Attleboro High School will be on your right.  Enter the first large parking lot next to the School.  On this route, look for signs indicating the way to the high school.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Morning Session
Warm-up: 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM; Start: 8:15 AM
(revised Sept 21st) 

Afternoon Session
Warm-up from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM; Start: 2:15 PM