Pioneer Valley Aquatic Club & Seekonk Dlphins
Team Specialty Meet at Springfield College
Saturday & Sunday June 30th - July 1, 2001
Sanctioned by:  New England Swimming Sanction #NE-01-48
Meet Manager:  Kelly Gonsalves – 413-525-2989

Site:  Springfield College, Alden St., Springfield, Mass.

Facility:  6 lane, 50 meter pool, with non-turbulent lane lines.  Plenty of seating and parking next to the building.  Bring lawn chairs as there is a large grassy area out front of the building.  

Timing:  Electronic timing – Colorado timing system.

Entries:  entries must be completed and received by Thursday, June 21, 2001. ** A swimmer may swim four events per session, except 8 & Unders may swim all five events offered for them.

Entries should be submitted on diskette using the HY-TEK program., with a hard copy of the entry enclosed.  Entry fees are $2.50 per event.  $3.00 per event if not on a disk.  Entries may be e-mailed using hy-tek, but they will not be considered received until the entry fees are received.  Checks should be made out to PVAC.  Completed forms should be mailed to:  Pioneer Valley Aquatic Club, c/o Isabelle Fraser, 125 Franklin Rd., Longmeadow, Ma. 01106.  Seed times should be in long course meters.

Eligibility:  All swimmers must be 2001 registered swimmers with United States Swimming, New England swimmers may register with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Rd., Needham, MA 02492.

This meet will be limited to New England Swimmers only. (If unders-ubscribed, the Conn. Teams that have talked to us will be notified and will be welcome if they still want to come).

Cuts:  Cuts will be made by date of receipt of hard copy and entry fees.  Sessions will be limited to four hours, the 8 & Under session will be limited to two hours.

Awards:  Ribbons will be awarded for the first six places.

There will be no scoring.

Admission:  $1.00 per day – Programs - $2.00 per session

Refreshments:  The College will have Grace Food service set up a concession stand.

Swim Supplies will be available.

Rules:  2001 US Swimming rules will govern all competition and decisions by the referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the swim heat being protested.

Special Instructions:  Swimmers are to abide by the directions of the marshals.  No swimmer is allowed to enter the pool or partcipate in warm ups until under the direct supervision of a USS registered coach.  All swimmers must enter the pool, feet first, in the shallow end.  No diving or racing starts are permitted unless your full warm up lane is in agreement.

DIRECTIONS TO SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE

FROM POINTS EAST AND WEST

FROM POINTS NORTH

FROM POINTS SOUTH