EASTERN ZONE ALL STAR SWIM MEET
NEW ENGLAND SWIMMING

August 8-11, 2007

Erie Community College Flickinger Aquatic Center and

University of Buffalo Alumni Arena Pool in Buffalo, NY

 

New England Summer Long Course

 

Post-Meet Zone Team Report

Letter from Zone Coordinator Laura Matuszak

2007 LCM NE Zone Team Entries (Adobe PDF)

Team Member Packing List (Adobe PDF)

Team Itinerary (Adobe PDF)

Code of Conduct (Adobe PDF)

Directions (Adobe PDF)

Information for 10 & Under Swimmers (Adobe PDF)

 

To participate in the zone meet, New England swimmers must have at least 2 long course qualifying times and complete an application.  The deadline for applications for ALL swimmers will be at the conclusion of the 13 and Over Championship Meet at Harvard, on Monday, July 30th, 2007.  The meet entry deadlines must be adhered to, thus there will be no exception to the swimmer application deadlines. Swimmers and parents may NOT enter the meet on their own.  This is a New England Team Travel event.

 

Meet Application for New England Swimmers (10 & under swimmers) (Adobe PDF)

Meet Application for New England Swimmers (11 & over swimmers) (Adobe PDF)

Coach Application for New England Coaches (Adobe PDF) Current USA Swimming Certification and Background check REQUIRED

Chaperone Application for Parents (Adobe PDF) 

Time Standards (Adobe PDF)

Official Meet Information and Order of Events (Adobe PDF)

 

Special Travel Information:  The New England Zone Team (all swimmers ages 11 and older) will travel to the meet as a team.  All 10 and younger swimmers will travel to the meet with their parents. 10 and under parents will be 100% responsible for meals, lodging and transportation for their swimmers. Swimmers must arrive on time for their assigned warm-up each day and will be completely cared for at the meet on deck by the coaches. All parents may volunteer to officiate or time in order to be on deck at the meet. Otherwise, all parents must view the meet from the spectator seating area. Only parents who are assigned New England Zone Team chaperones may be seated with the team on deck.

 

Dates: August 8-11, 2007 (Wednesday - Saturday)

 

Location: Erie Community College Flickinger Aquatics Center for 11-12 finals, 13-14 prelims and finals, and 15-18 prelims and finals.  University of Buffalo Alumni Arena Pool for 10 & under timed finals and 11-12 prelims.

 

Facilities:  Erie Community College Flickinger Aquatics Center, 21 Oak Street, Buffalo NY 14203.  The Flickinger Aquatics Center has an 8-lane 50-meter pool with a 5-lane 25-yard pool for warm-up and warm-down.

University of Buffalo Alumni Arena Pool, North Campus, Amherst NY 14226.  The Alumni Arena Pool has an 8-lane, 50-meter pool with a 20-yard diving pool for warm-up and warm-down.

 

Warm-up: Lanes will be assigned to each LSC.  We are required to warm-up at our designated time in our designated lane.  All swimmers participating in the session, including relays, are to swim in warm-up with the team or risk being scratched from the meet.  Swimmers not participating in the session are to attend the entire session, providing great team spirit and support of the New England Team.  All 11 and older swimmers will attend finals as a team.

 

Practice time: The pool will be open for team practices on Tuesday, August 7.  The New England practice time will be determined later.  All New England team members will attend our practice session and warm-up as a team.

 

Volunteer Responsibilities: Each LSC is required to provide one official and two timers per session.  All New England chaperones will be required to time or officiate at most of the sessions.

 

Trials and Finals: For all 11 and older swimmers, the top 8 swimmers from the preliminary sessions will be required to race in finals in the evening.  All 10 and under events will be swum as timed finals.  All 11 and older relays will be swum at finals at night.  All 10 and under relays will be swum in the morning session as timed finals.

 

Meet Times:  12 & Under Events at University of Buffalo  

8:00 a.m. warm-up, 9:30 a.m. meet start

13 & Over Events at Erie Community College

7:00 a.m. warm-up, 8:30 a.m. meet start

Finals (for 11 and Older Top 8 Swimmers from Prelims and 11 and Older Relays) at Erie Community College

4:00 p.m. warm-up, 5:30 p.m. meet start

 

Programs and Admission:  To be determined

 

Parking: Parking will be available in the college parking lots at the University of Buffalo.  Parking will be available at various rates in large municipal lots adjacent to the Flickinger Aquatic Center.

 

Swimmer Conduct: Proper conduct at all times will be enforced by the coaches, chaperones, parents, meet marshals, and meet directors.  Any swimmer found in marked out-of-bounds areas will be barred from the remainder of the meet.  All trip rules and regulations will be set at the New England Zone Team Meeting prior to the trip.  Swimmers who fail to abide by the trip rules will be subject to immediately dismissal from the trip at the full expense of the child’s family.

 

Rooming Assignments:  Swimmers will be assigned to sleep 3 or 4 swimmers to a room.  Swimmers will be sharing beds with one another and may prefer to bring a sleeping bag.  Swimmers are asked to be open to sharing a room with swimmers from other teams.

 

Zone Team Travel Trip Hotel (the block is reserved for the New England Zone Team travel trip participants.  All 10 and Under parents and families traveling separately from the team are required to find their own hotel accommodations):

Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites

601 Dingens Street, Buffalo, NY  14206

(716) 896-2900

Click here for hotel website

 

Recommended Hotels for 10 and Under families:

Courtyard Marriott

4100 Sheridan Drive

Amherst, NY 14221

716-626-2300

Click here for their website

 

Comfort Inn

1 Flint Road

Amherst, NY 14226

716-688-0811

Click here for their website

 

Hampton Inn

10 Flint Road

Amherst, NY 14226

716-689-4414

Click here for their website

 

Holiday Inn

1881 Niagara Falls Blvd

Amherst, NY 14428

716-691-8181

Click here for their website

 

Marriott Inn

1340 Millersport Highway

Amherst, NY 14226

716-689-6900

Click here for their website

 

Ramada Hotel [formerly the University Inn]

2402 N. Forest Road

Amherst, NY 14226

716-636-7500

Click here for their website

 

PLEASE NOTE: 

This is a New England Team travel event.  All 11 and older swimmers, coaches and chaperones must travel together on the team busses to Buffalo.  While in Buffalo, we will travel as a team to all preliminary sessions.  All 11 and older swimmers will travel as a team to all finals sessions.  Any swimmer who wishes to leave the meet with a parent must submit a written request to the coaches before the start of the trip.  No swimmer will be allowed to leave the trip unless it is authorized by a New England coach and the swimmer’s parents.

 

We will have a team meeting and practice in August.

 

Swimmers who wish to compete in the Eastern Zone Open Water Swimming Competition may do so at their own expense.  New England Swimming will not be responsible for meet entry, staffing or supervision of any kind for this competition.