Simon’s Rock College Pool, Great Barrington, MA 01230
October 14 & 15, 2006
Sanctioned by New England Swimming NE-06-85
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team
Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Meet Director: Tammy Tavernia (malone18otis@aol.com,
413-269-0245)
Meet Referee: Bob Menck
Entry Chairperson: Jill Brown (Coachjlb@hotmail.com, 413-528-7775)
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.
SITE: The Simon’s Rock College pool is an 8-lane, 25-yard
pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. Fully-automatic Daktronic Time Systems
electronic timing with touchpads at the finish end of the pool with single-line
electronic display. There are no
touchpads at the turn end of the pool.
. The finish end of the pool is
seven feet deep; the turn end of the pool is four feet deep. Spectator seating for 250. The pool is located inside the Simon’s Rock
College Kilpatrick Athletic Center, 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington, MA
01230. Please enter through the main
entrance.
COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).
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. 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. 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.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted on and after September 19,
2006. Entries received before September
19, 2006 will be considered received on that date. Entries must be received no later than October
4, 2006. Make checks payable to “Snapper
Swim Team”. Mail completed forms
(including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry
chairperson: Jill Brown, c/o Snappers 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington, MA
01230. All entries must be typed or
printed legibly, and must use full names and registration numbers from USA
Swimming registration. All entries must
include a completed and signed entry cover sheet and waiver. No deck entries will be accepted. No refunds will be given for entries that are
accepted, or for entries that are rejected due to improper entry. 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 per the New England policy.
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 Coachjlb@hotmail.com. 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 enter and 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 October 4, 2006 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email
to the entry chairperson at Coachjlb@hotmail.com. 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. Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual
events. The Swimmer Participation Fee is
$1.00 per swimmer.
ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in short-course yard
(25-yard pool) times. Meter times must
be converted to yard times.
ENTRY CUTS: Entry cuts, if necessary, will be made by the date of
receipt. 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.
25-YARD EVENTS: 25-yard events will start at the finish end of the
pool. There are no touch pads at the
turn end and manual timing will be used for these events.
PROGRAMS: $5.00 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:
1.
Diving will be
prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint
lanes.
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.
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.
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.
AWARDS: Medals will be awarded to the top three finishers in
each individual event. Ribbons will be
awarded through twelfth place.
FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the
duration of the meet.
EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits,
goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS: Snapper Swim Team assumes no responsibility for lost
or stolen property. Pets of any kind and
smoking are not permitted within the facility.
PARKING: There is ample parking available in the parking lot
adjacent to the Kilpatrick Athletic Center and on the campus.
DIRECTIONS: The Simon’s Rock College Kilpatrick Athletic Center
is located at 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington, MA 01230. From points east: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-
90) to Exit 2 (Lee). Follow Route 102 west to Stockbridge. Turn left onto US -
7 south to Great Barrington, where it becomes Main Street. At fourth set of
traffic lights, just beyond St. James Episcopal Church, turn right onto Taconic
Avenue. The main college entrance is 1.8 miles on right. From points west:
Take the New York State Thruway (I-90) to Exit B3. Follow Route 22 south for
0.7 miles and turn left onto Route 102 east. Stay on Route 102 for 2.5 miles to
West Stockbridge. Turn right onto Route 41 south to Great Barrington, where it
becomes Main Street. At fourth set of traffic lights, just beyond St. James
Episcopal Church, turn right onto Taconic Avenue. The main college entrance is
1.8 miles on right. From Connecticut: Take I-84 or US 44 to US 7. Follow
US 7 north to Great Barrington, MA (Main Street). At the second traffic light,
turn left onto Taconic Avenue. The main College entrance is 1.8 miles on right.
ACCOMODATIONS: The following area hotels are suggested:
Holiday Inn Express, Great Barrington 1-877-270-6397
Comfort Inn, Great Barrington 1 413 644-3200
Days Inn, Great Barrington 1 413 528-3150