New England Swimming

No one will be allowed in the building until 15 minutes before the start of warm ups, except coaches, officials and those affiliated with the New England Swimming committee running the meet.

MEET FORMAT: The meet will be conducted in a timed finals format.

SITE: The Competition Pool is a 6-lane, 50 meter pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. The pool is equipped with fully automatic, Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touch pads at the start end of the pool with six-line electronic display. The finish end of the pool is 12 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4 feet deep. Spectator seating is for 500. The pool is located inside the Springfield College Athletic Complex, 263 Alden Street, Springfield MA 01109

COURSE: Long-course 50 meter.

EVENTS: See attached list.

ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2007 New England 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. New England teams entering the meet are required to check their entries with the online registration check tool on the New England Swimming web site (http://www.neswim.com/tools/registration.html). Please contact the New England Swimming Office for registration information. Disabled swimmer forms are available from the New England Swimming Office. New England Swimming Office: 20 Cleveland Road, Needham MA 02492, 781-449-0270, office@neswim.com. Age eligibility is determined by the age of the swimmer the first day of the meet and must be shown on the entry form.

Any swimmer who is entered with incorrect swimmer information, or an incorrect or no ID, or is unregistered, will be scratched from the meet until corrections are made.

ENTRY INFORMATION: All entries, hand written, or emailed, must be received by July 23, 2007. Email entries with a standard HY3, SD3 or CL2 data file of your team’s entries attached are encouraged, provided a hardcopy of the proof of times entry report, with a signed entry cover sheet, arrives on or before July 27, 2007.

New events only accepted from the GMSC end of summer meet and are due by July 29, 2007 at 5:00 pm. New updated times only accepted from the GMSC end of summer meet and the open meet and are due by Tuesday July 30 at 5:00pm.

Email entries to mtscmeet@verizon.net. In the text of the email write all contact information, including team name, coach name, contact person, email address and phone numbers. Put team initials somewhere in email subject.

An entry will NOT be accepted without the hard copy and payment. Payment and hard copy are due by July 27, 2007. No fax entries will be accepted. All hard copies and checks should be sent by US Postal Service certified mail, or hand delivered. Please check the "no signature required" box on overnight deliveries. The hard copy of the entries should include the Proof of Times report that identifies the meet where each qualifying time was achieved.

All entries must be typed or legibly printed and must include all swimmer's USA Swimming numbers and ages. If there is a discrepancy between the hard copy and the electronic entry, the hard copy will be used as the official meet entry. Send the hard copy entries to: Mei Han (MTSC)

86 Green Meadow Drive

Longmeadow, MA 01106

One check for entries, the swimmer participation fee and travel fund surcharge should be made payable to MTSC.

Direct all entry questions to Jane Woodward and Bob Lajoie.

ENTRY FEES: $4.00 electronic entry/ $4.50 hand entry for all individual events. Distance events, anything 400M and longer are $5.00 electronic entry/$5.50 non-electronic entry. $16.00 electronic relay entry/ $16.50 hand relay entry. In addition, there is a $5.00 swimmer participation fee and a $2.00 New England Travel Fund surcharge for every swimmer listed on the entry including relay only swimmers.

ENTRY TIMES: Entry times must be achieved from July 20, 2006 thru July 22, 2007. Entry times will be seeded in the following order: LCM, SCY, SCM.

ENTRY LIMITS: A swimmer may swim in a maximum of 9 individual events with no more than 5 individual events per day, including time trials. A swimmer may enter as many events as he/she has qualified for, then scratch down to the allowed maximum 9 individual events for the meet with a maximum of 5 individual events per day.

RELAYS: All relays will be swum as timed finals at the beginning of each session. A team may enter relays according to the number of swimmers per sex entered in individual events with a maximum of 2 relays per team per event, both of which may score. At the Age Group meet, a team with 1, 2, or 3 swimmers of the same sex entered in at least one individual event may enter one relay in each relay event of that sex. If a team has 4 or more swimmers of the same sex entered in at least one individual event, the team may not have any “relay only” swimmers for relays of that sex.

TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be available at the discretion of the meet referee and meet director, and if time allows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. All time trial swimmers must provide two timers for their swims. Time trials are $5 for individual events and $20 for relays.

DISTANCE EVENTS: The 800M Free and 1500M Free will be swum with the women’s event first followed by the men’s event and will be swum fastest to slowest.

All swimmers in the 400M Free, 800M Free, and 1500M Free must provide at least 2 timers with watches and 1 counter for the 800M and 1500M swims.

SCRATCHES: Scratches for Friday, 8/3 are to be made via email to Bob Lajoie mtscmeet@verizon.net or via phone or email to Jane Woodward jfwood43@aol.com or at 413-265-9192 by no later than Thurs. 8/2 at 11:30 am and should include swimmer’s name, gender, age, team, event and phone #.

Scratches for Saturday and Sunday are to be made at the Clerk of Course table on deck.

Sat. 8/4 are due by Friday 8/3 at 5:00 pm

Sun. 8/5 are due by Sat. 8/4 at 12:30 pm

POSITIVE CHECK IN: All 400, 800, and 1500 Freestyle swimmers and all relays must confirm their intention to participate with a positive check-in for those events.

Relays – positive check in with relay cards are due as follows:

Friday, 8/3 by no later than 2:15 pm

Saturday, 8/4 by no later than 9:45 am

Sunday, 8/5 by no later than 9:45 am

800M Freestyle by no later than the beginning of event 19 (11-12 girls 400 IM)

400M Freestyle by no later than the beginning of event 41 (10-U girls 200 IM)

1500M Freestyle by no later than the beginning of event 65 (11-12 girls 200 Br)

Failure to check-in will result in a swimmer being eliminated from the event. Any swimmer or relay team that does affirm his/her/their intent to swim and does not compete, unless excused by the referee, will be barred from further competition, including relays and time trials.

SPECIAL SCRATCH NOTES:

1. Coaches and swimmers are expected to understand the scratch, verification and relay rules before the meet begins.

2. Any swimmer who fails to compete in an individual event heat in which he/she is entered and has not been scratched will be barred from further competition for that day, including relays and time trials. The swimmer will be also automatically scratched from the following day’s events unless the clerk of course has been notified of the swimmers intention to compete by ½ hour before the next event.

VERIFICATION & RULES: There will be a verification table on deck. At this meet teams must submit to the verification table a copy of their meet entry with verification of all times indicated. Teams must also include a copy of any non-New England calendar meet results used for entry times. Any swimmer unable to verify entry time will be barred from the rest of the meet. If several swimmers from one team are unable to verify entry times the swimmers and the coach may be banned from the remainder of the meet.

The 2007 USA Swimming rules will govern except as otherwise stated herein and the decision of the referee will be final. Disabled swimmer forms are required by US Swimming and are available from the New England Swimming Office.

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.

WARM UP: USA Swimming warm-up policies will be in effect for the meet. There will be assigned warm-ups. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups. One way sprint lanes will be announced during warm-ups for starting practice only. Coaches must instruct their swimmers to obey these rules. Failure to comply with a designated safety marshal’s orders could result in disciplinary action. All swimmers participating in the meet without a USA Swimming registered coach shall report to the referee before warm-ups prior to each session.

SAFETY:

1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. Athletes should enter into the pool from the starting block end of the pool.

2 No shaving is permitted at the competition site.

3 No glass containers are permitted within the facility.

4 Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach. If a swimmer arrives at the meet without a coach, the swimmer should notify the referee before he/she warms up. The referee will assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.

5 No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.

6. No smoking is permitted inside the building.

7. Springfield College, New England Swimming, Mei’s Typhoon’s swim team will not assume responsibility for lost or stolen articles.

8. Parents are in charge of supervising younger children in attendance at the meet.

AWARDS: Medals will be awarded for the first 8 places, in individual events, and medals for the first three places in relays and ribbons for 9^th -16^th place in individual events and 4^th to 8^th place in relays. The top eight high point winners for women, men and teams will be awarded a plaque. The high point ceremony will take place on Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the session. Coaches are responsible for making sure their swimmer is present to receive their award.

SCORING:

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Individual	20	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Relay	40	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	18	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Please note that the top 16 places will be scored for team awards and high point awards. Only 2 relays per team, per event will score.

Awards Ceremonies will be held throughout the meet. Awards for all events will be available at the designated awards table upon request of the swimmer during the meet.

RESULTS: Event results will be posted on the pool deck and in the spectator area immediately after each event.

ADMISSION: $1.00 per session per person.

PROGRAMS: $4.00 per session for heat sheets.

HOSPITALITY: Coaches and officials will be served food during the meet. Cold drinks and snacks will be available throughout the meet. No food is allowed on deck.

VENDOR: A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.

FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.

TIMERS AND OTHER WORKERS: According to New England Swimming policy, MTSC will make timing assignments for this meet based on the size of your team’s entry. Please be cooperative and punctual. We need the full cooperation of all teams, large and small, to adequately run this meet. All teams will be given timing/work assignments based on the number of entries. Teams treating this meet as a team travel meet need to assure that they have enough parental workers at the meet to fulfill their team obligation. The timing assignments will be posted on the web page with ample time to get workers.

All swimmers in the 400, 800, and 1500 free are reminded that they must provide at least 2 timers and 1 counter for the 800 and 1500 distance events.

OFFICIALS: Officials are requested to help with the pre-meet planning for this meet by stating their availability to help as soon as possible. Please provide the information requested on the Application to Officiate for this meet, found on the New England Swimming web site (www.neswim.com). Host Team officials are reminded that they also need to submit an application. All applications that are received by the meet entry deadline July 23, 2007 will count towards the work requirements for the official's team. Applications to officiate that are received at least ten days prior to the meet, and declare a commitment to serve at most of the meet, will be given priority consideration in deck assignments. Please do not submit an application within three days of the meet. "Walk-on" officials are always welcome and will be assigned to positions that are not filled.

COACHES NOTES: All coaches should check-in with the control table upon arrival at the pool. Coaches' information will be available at the beginning of warm-ups at each session from the office. These will include the heat sheets for that session and any notes that may be needed. There will be a coaches meeting on Friday at the start of the 2^nd warm up session, and after that, when needed.

Coaches are responsible for the behavior of their swimmers at all times. Any damage to the premises or equipment is the responsibility of those doing the damage.

Swimmers, parents, coaches, and spectators are restricted to the pool, spectator stands and concession area.

There will be absolutely no food on deck. Swimmers caught with food will be asked to leave the meet. Each team is responsible for cleaning up their area.

Please do not ask to change entry times or events after the entry deadline, except as indicated in the entry information. No deck entries will be accepted.

PARKING: There is ample parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Springfield College Art Linkletter Natatorium.

DIRECTIONS: The Springfield College Art Linkletter Natatorium is located at 263 Alden Street, Springfield MA 01109.

From points east and west: Take Massachusetts Turnpike to Exit 6. Turn left to Rte. 291 West. Proceed one mile to Exit 5 (East Springfield – Indian Orchard). After you turn right at the end of the exit ramp onto Rte. 20A, get into the left lane on Rte. 20A. Take immediate left at traffic signal onto Roosevelt Avenue. Proceed three miles to Alden Street. Turn right onto Alden Street and proceed one-half mile to campus. The pool is on the right.

From points north: Take Rte. 91 South. Exit onto Rte. 291; take Rte. 291 to Exit 5B. Then follow the above directions from Exit 5.

From points south: Take Rte. 91 North. Exit onto Rte. 291; take Rte. 291 to Exit 5B. Then follow the above directions from Exit 5.

LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:

Springfield Marriott, 1500 Main Street, Springfield, MA (413)-781-7111 – We have a block of rooms under NE swimming reserved for the weekend with a 2 double room for $109/night. They will hold the rooms for us with this rate until 7/31. Please make your reservations before this date and tell them you are with NE Swimming for the swimming championships.

Crown Plaza Hotel, 1 Bright Meadow Blvd, Enfield, CT 06082 (860)-741-2211

Red Roof Inn, 5 Hazard Ave, Enfield, CT 06082 (860)-741-2571

Sheraton Springfield, One Monarch Place, Springfield, MA 01103 (413)-781-1010

Hilton Garden Inn, 800 W. Columbus Ave, Springfield, MA (413)-886-8000

Holiday Inn Springfield, 711 Dwight, Springfield, MA (413)-781-0900