Senior Championships
February 1-4,
2007
Blodgett Pool,
Events List
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results:
Thursday Timed Finals [Team Scores after Thursday]
Friday Prelims
Friday Finals [Team Scores after Friday]
Saturday Prelims
Saturday Finals [Team Scores after Saturday]
Sunday Prelims
Sunday Finals [Final Team Scores]
Full Results
Full Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 Export for Team Manager (no time trials)
Hy-Tek CL2 Export for Team Manager (time trials only)
Sanctioned by: New England Swimming,
Inc NE-07-17, NE-07-17TT
Presented by:
Meet Director: Mariella Allard (mariallard@comcast.net), 508-655-7012
Entry
Chairperson: Carol
Healey (nemeetentries@comcast.net)
781-444-2014, 47 May Street,
Meet Referee: Larry Thomas (lthomas@upromise.com)
508-543-6196
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Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
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Warm Up Prelims |
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7:30 AM |
7:30 AM |
7:30 AM |
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Prelims Begin |
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9:00 AM |
9:00 AM |
9:00 AM |
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Warm Up Finals |
4:00 PM |
5:00 PM |
5:00 PM |
4:00 PM |
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Finals Begin |
5:30 PM |
6:00 PM |
6:00 PM |
5:00 PM |
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be conducted
in a trials/finals format. In the evening there will be 3 heats: championship,
consolation and bonus in all individual events except the 1000 and 1650 yard
freestyle events, which will be timed finals. The relays will be conducted as
timed finals in the evening. The top heat of women and men in the 1650 Free
will be swum at finals.
SITE:
COURSE: Short course yards (25
yards).
EVENTS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be
2007 United States Swimming registered athletes. Any swimmer registered with
United States Swimming and with qualifying times is eligible to swim in this
meet. 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.
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 6:00 PM, January 23,
2007. Email entries with a standard SD3 or CL2 data file of your team’s entries
attached are encouraged, provided a hardcopy of the entry, with a signed entry
cover sheet, arrives on or before the entry deadline of January 27, 2007.
Email entries to nemeetentries@comcast.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 Saturday, January 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.
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: Carol Healey 47 May Street,
One
check for entries, the swimmer participation fee, and the travel fund surcharge
should be made payable to New England Swimming.
Direct all entry questions to Carol Healey (nemeetentries@comcast.net,
781-444-2014)
ENTRY FEES: $5.00 electronic entry/
$5.50 hand entry for all individual events. $20.00 electronic relay entry/
$20.50 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
between January 1, 2006 and the entry deadline of January 27, 2007. Entry times
will be seeded in the following order: SCY, LCM, SCM.
ENTRY LIMITS: A swimmer may swim in a
maximum of 9 individual events with no more than 3 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 3 individual events per day.
RELAYS: All relays will be swum as
timed finals at the end of the evening sessions. 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 Senior 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.
Relay cards must be turned in by 7:00 PM to the clerk of course the day of the event. Relay name or order changes may be done at the clerk of course table until the event is called.
TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be
available at the discretion of the meet referee and meet director, and if time
allows, after the Trials sessions 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
1000 Free and 1650 Free are timed finals. Both events will be swum fastest to
slowest. The fastest heat of women and men in the 1650 Free will be swum at the beginning of the finals on Sunday. All of the
other heats will be conducted during prelims. The meet director reserves the right to run
heats of the 1000 and/or the 1650 with 2 swimmers to a lane if the events are
over subscribed. All distance swimmers must provide
at least 2 timers with watches and 1 counter for their swims.
The 500 Free and the 400 IM will be swum slowest to fastest with the women’s event first followed by the men’s event. All swimmers in these two events must provide at least 2 timers.
SCRATCHES: Scratch forms will be
located at the clerk of course table on deck. Scratch deadlines for Friday,
Saturday and Sunday are 6:00 PM the night
before the next day of trials. Scratches for Thursday events only need to be
e-mailed to Carol Healey (nemeetentries@comcast.net) by 6:00 PM on
Wednesday. Scratches for Friday events can be
phoned in (if you are unable to be at the pool) on Thursday by 6:00 to Mariella Allard (508-633-8821).
POSITIVE CHECK IN: All 500, 1000, 1650
Freestyle, and 400 IM swimmers and all relays must confirm their intention to
participate with a positive check-in for those events. Positive check-in for
the 1000 is 5:00 PM on Thursday. The deadline for all the others is 8:30 AM on
the day of the individual event. Relay check-in is by 6:00 PM the day of the
event. 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 at this meet, 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 5:30
PM. NOTE: Finals are considered
continuation of events starting with trials.
3. Any swimmer who competes in
an individual heat and qualifies for Finals and fails to notify the clerk of
course of his/her intention to withdraw from the finals within 30 minutes of
the posting of the results and qualifiers for that event, and does not compete
nor is excused by the meet referee, will be barred from all subsequent
competition in the meet, including relays and time trials.
4. On Sunday, any team whose
swimmer competes in an individual heat and qualifies for Finals and fails to
notify the clerk of course of his/her intention to withdraw from the finals
within 30 minutes of the posting of the results and qualifiers for that event,
and does not compete nor is excused by the meet referee, will be fined $100.
The meet referee may waive the fine, if based on his judgment, the swimmer was
ill or the reason for missing the final was beyond the control of the swimmer.
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
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:
SAFETY:
1. Diving will be prohibited
during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes.
There
will be no diving in the warm-up and warm-down areas at any
time. Athletes must, at all times, enter the
pool only from the starting block end. This applies to the
warm-up area also.
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.
AWARDS: Medals will be awarded for
the first 8 places, in individual events, and medals for the first three places
in relays.
The top eight
Scoring: 1-8 9-16 17-24
Individual 32-29-28-27-26-25-24-23
20-18-17-16-15-14-13-12 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Relays 64-58-56-54-52-50-48-46
40-36-34-32-30-28-26-24
18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2
Awards Ceremonies will be held throughout the finals session. 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.
PROGRAMS: $3.00 per session.
HOSPITALITY: Coaches and officials will
be served food during Trials and Finals sessions. Cold drinks and snacks will
be available throughout the meet.
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, NES 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 1000, 16500, 500 free and 400IM
are reminded that they must provide at least 2 timers and 1 counter for the
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 (January 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 at 8:40 on Friday, 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. No glass bottles are allowed in the pool areas or locker
rooms. No smoking is permitted inside the building.
Please do not ask to change entry times
or events after the entry deadline. No deck entries will be accepted.
DIRECTIONS: The street address for Blodgett
Pool is
From the West: Take the Massachusetts
Turnpike east to Exit 18 (Allston/Cambridge). After paying toll, bear left at
fork towards Allston. Turn right at second set of lights onto
From the North: Take I-93 south to
From the South: Take I-95 north to I-93
north. Follow I-93 to Exit 20 (
Via M.B.T.A. (subway/bus): The Red Line subway stops at
PARKING: All parking will be located at the Harvard Business
School parking lot the parking charge will be between $5.00 -$10. Any
vehicles parked in the athletics complex or around the football stadium will be
towed.
LODGING: Identify when making
reservations as New England Swimmers.
2
617-494-6600
2.2 miles to pool
Residence Inn
by
6
617-349-0700
2.2 miles to pool
2.2miles to pool
Doubletree
Guest Suites
400 Soldier's
617-783-0090
1.0 mile to pool