May 5 & 7, 2006
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-06-53(TT)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (no time trials)
Meet Director: Kyle Schack (kyleschack@gmail.com, 248-797-9391)
Meet Referee: Guy Lechance
Entry Chairperson: Jack Leblanc (leblanc.v@cox.net,
401-821-0439,
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as timed-finals. Each session will be seeded by computer based on positive check-in at the beginning of each session. Coaches will receive a positive check-in sheet before each session, which must be returned no later than 30 minutes before the beginning of the session. Heat sheets will be posted around the pool deck. Coaches will be able to pick up heat sheets for each event at the control office. The 1650 freestyle will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men.
SITE: The Brown University Pool is an 8-lane,
50-meter pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. Brown is equipped with Fully-automatic
Colorado Time Systems, electronic timing, with touch-pads at the finish end of
the pool, and single-line electronic display.
There are no touch-pads at the turn end of the pool. The finish end of the pool is 10 feet deep;
the turn end of the pool is 5 feet deep.
Spectator seating is available for 500 people. The pool is located inside the Brown Athletic
Complex, on
COURSE: Long Course Meters (50-meters).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2006 USA
Swimming registered athletes. All swimmers must be registered before the
entry is submitted. Teams that enter
unregistered swimmers will be subject to a fine of $100 per unregistered
swimmer.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted on and
after May 4, 2006. Entries received
before May 4, 2006 will be considered received on May 4, 2006. Entries must be received no later than May 4,
2006. Make checks payable to “Ocean
State Squids”. Mail completed forms
(including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry
chairperson: Jack Leblanc
ELECTRONIC ENTRIES: Electronic entries (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software) that are in CL2 or SD3/SDIF format may be emailed as an attachment to the entry chairperson at leblanc.v@cox.net. Please check that your team name, address, and contact information are listed correctly in this file. For email entries, payment and hardcopy of the entry (including signed entry cover page and waiver) must be received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of receipt of the email entry. If payment is received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of the email entry, the email receipt date will be considered the date of entry. If payment is received more than four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, after the email entry, the payment receipt date will be considered the date of entry.
ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may swim in a maximum of 5 events per day.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated until 7 days prior to the first day of the meet. No new entries will be accepted after the May 4, 2006 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at leblanc.v@cox.net. Entry time updates must be sent as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times. (New entries will be automatically excluded.)
ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $3.50 for individual events, $10.00 for relays. Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events, $10.50 for relays. All fees are payable to “Ocean State Squids”.
SWIMMER SURCHARGE: There will be a $10.00 swimmer surcharge for each swimmer entered in the
meet.
ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in long course meters (50-meters pool) times. Yards times must be converted to meters times.
ENTRY CUTS: Entry cuts, if necessary, will be made by the date of receipt. Friday night events (800m Free and 400 IM) will be limited to the top 8 and 6 heats respectively. Teams will be notified that they have been accepted or cut from the meet within seven days of receipt of entry. If the meet becomes oversubscribed, a random selection of those entries received on the date the meet becomes oversubscribed will be conducted in accordance with New England Swimming guidelines. Teams that are cut from the meet will have their entry fee returned within four days of being cut.
RELAYS: There will be no relays.
PROGRAMS: $2.00 per session.
ADMISSION: $1.00 per session.
WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups one-hour before the beginning of each session. The pool will close five minutes before the beginning of each session. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.
SAFETY:
RULES: 2006 USA Swimming rules will govern all competition. Decisions by the meet referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the heat swum.
TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be offered at the discretion of the meet referee if time allows. Time trials are $5.00 for individual events and $10.00 for relays.
DECK ACCESS: Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck. All non-athletes on the pool deck must display their USA Swimming registration card at all times. Individuals without their USA Swimming registration card will be removed from the pool deck, and will be subject to a fine by New England Swimming.
SCORING: The meet will not be scored.
FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.
EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A swimming equipment vendor may be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS:
PARKING: There is ample parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Brown Athletic Complex.
DIRECTIONS: From the North Exit 95 S at
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
Holiday Inn,
Hilton Hotel,
Comfort Inn,