The Bluefish 2001 Memorial Weekend Classic
(Long Course Trials & Finals for Seniors/Open and Timed-Finals for 12 & Under)
Proudly hosted by the Attleboro Bluefish and
Sanctioned by New England Swimming
Sanction #: NE-01-39

DATES AND LOCATION

Meet Manager: Walt Meissner (508) 384-2925 wcm@bu.edu
Meet Referee: Paul Maker (508) 384-8480 makerp@fcl-us.net
General information, warm-up schedules, timing assignments, and/or weather or emergency notices,
access the ABF web page at www.abfswim.com or call the ABF hotline at (508) 761-8992.

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 or arrives before the entry deadline (Tuesday, May 15, 2001). We will not accept an entry (either email or sent overnight mail) 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. You may prefer to hand deliver or overnight/express mail your payment. Once your payment and email entry is confirmed, you must also send a hard copy of your entry with your summary sheet to the address below (regular mail is acceptable provided it arrives before Tuesday, May 15).

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 checks cover meet fees on or before Tuesday, May 15, 2001. 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.

We will resist limiting the number of events or cutting by time. We will only consider it if we exceed the time limits due to entries from multiple teams arriving on the last day before the meet became oversubscribed.

Again, please take note, we are intent on being fair to all teams attempting to enter this meet, and entries will not be accepted until payment is received.

We are mindful of the fact that entries are usually submitted many weeks before the date of the meet and that many coaches may not yet have accurate times for their swimmers. It is particularly important for entries in this meet to have accurate times since both trials & finals and timed-final sessions will swim age groups in combined heats. We ask that coaches take care to submit good times for their swimmers so swimmers of similar ability, even if of different age, are swimming in the same heats. Therefore, we are permitting teams to update times up to May 15, 2001. This meet will run using Hy-tek Meet Manager program and Hy-tek allows for times to be updated electronically provided the updated entry file does not add, subtract, or change events of the swimmers from the original entry. Please email an updated entry file to Walt Meissner before May 15. We will manually update times only if the new time differs by more than :01 for 50 meter events, :02 for 100 meter events; :04 for 200 meter events; or :10 for 400 meter events.

All scratches and positive check-in must be submitted to the Clerk of Course’s Desk before the established deadline for the day’s events. Deadlines are:

Positive check-in is required for the 400-Free and 400 IM held on Friday, May 25 and must be confirmed at the Clerk of the Course’s Desk before 5:45 PM.

All scratches for each subsequent day’s events (Saturday, May 26 and Sunday, May 27) must be submitted to the Clerk of the Course’s Desk at least 45 minutes before the session begins (i.e. 6:45 AM for morning session and 12:30 PM for afternoon session). Any swimmer who fails to compete in an individual event heat in which he/she is entered and did not scratch before the session deadline will be barred from further competition for that day. The swimmer will also be automatically scratched from the following days’ events unless the Clerk of Course has been notified of the swimmer’s intention to compete by 7:00 PM the evening before the next day’s events. Finals are considered a continuation of events started with trials.

Any swimmer who competes in an individual trial heat and qualifies for championship, consolation, bonus or the special 14 & Under final heat and fails to notify the Clerk of the Course of his/her intention to withdraw from finals within 30 minutes of the announcement of the preliminary results and does not compete nor is excused by the Meet Referee, will be barred from all subsequent competition in the meet.

Ribbons for 1^st through 6^th will be given in each individual event in each age group (8&Under, 9-10, 11-12, and Open). As with this year’s championship format, the additional 14 & Under final heats will not be scored or eligible for awards. Awards will not be mailed or saved, and must be picked up by the end of Sunday final’s session.

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

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 USA 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, including on the patios and in the locker rooms. No smoking is permitted inside the building or patio areas. The Attleboro Bluefish Swim Team and the Attleboro Bluefish Booster Club IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS.

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 and the patio, or in the bleachers.

Meet officials will watch for swimmers or meet spectators who violate facility privileges. There will be NO HORSEPLAY tolerated. Parents must supervise younger children in attendance at the meet. Officials have the authority to dismiss swimmers and spectators from the facility. Coaches are responsible for communicating this to both swimmers and parents.

Refreshments will be available for all sessions.

From the North: Take 95 South into Rhode Island and get off at Exit 12A (Main Street) Route 113 East. Follow Route 113 East until the end (Route 117). Take a left at that light and bear to the left. At the next light taking a left onto Sandy Lane. The pool will be on the left approximately 300 feet after the light. (Mickey Stevens Complex)

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