New Wave Swim Club, Inc.

Relay Carnival

Charles C. White Pool

Haverhill High School Campus, Haverhill, Masschusetts

October 15, 2006

Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-06-89 and #NE-06-89-TT

 

Events List

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

Results

Results (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager

 

Meet Director: Mary Lee Kirby (mary.kirby.lee@fmr.com (978) 957-6197)

Meet Referee: Paul Memont (prmnes@verizon.net (978) 688-1727)

Entry Chairperson: Diane Lefebvre (dplefebvre@comcast.net (978) 957-9360)

 

MEET SCHEDULE: 7:30am warmup, 8:30am start

 

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. 

 

SITE: The Charles C. White Pool is a 6-lane, 25-yard pool with Kiefer Lane Control System. The pool is equipped with a fully-automatic Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touchpads at the finish end of the pool and six lane electronic display.  There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool.  The finish end of the pool is 13 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 5 feet deep.  There is spectator seating for 300. The pool is located on the campus of Haverhill High School at 95 Monument Street, in Haverhill Massachusetts 01832.  Directions may be found later in this document. 

 

COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).

 

EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.

 

ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2006 or 2007 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 30, 2006.  Entries received before September 30, 2006 will be considered received on September 30, 2006.  Entries must be received no later than October 11, 2006.  Make checks payable to “New Wave Swim Club, Inc”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Diane Lefebvre, New Wave Swim Club, Inc., Post Office Box 524, Lowell, Massachusetts 01853.  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. In order to make sure that the meet is neither oversubscribed or undersubscribed, all teams included in the 75% must submit their entry and check at least one week before the date of first acceptance.

 

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 dplefebvre@comcast.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: There is no limit to the number of relays that an athlete can swim.

 

ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated until three (3) days prior to the first day of the meet.  No new entries will be accepted after the October 11, 2006 entry deadline.  Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at dplefebvre@comcast.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: $14.00 for relays.  Non-electronic entries: $14.50 for relays.  

 

ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in short-course yard (25-yard pool) times.  Meter times must be converted to yard times. (Entries with “NO TIME” will be rejected.)

 

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.

 

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. No diving will be permitted in any part of the pool during warm-ups except in designated sprint lanes identified by the meet referee.

 

 

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 and $20.00 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.

 

AWARDS: All participating swimmers will receive a participation ribbon.

 

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

 

MISCELLANEOUS: New Wave Swim Club, Inc., the Haverhill Public Schools, and the City of Haverhill assume 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 Charles C. White pool.

 

DIRECTIONS: From the south: Take route  495 to exit 50,(Rt. 97), At the end of the ramp go directly across Rt. 97, through the lights, on to Monument Street. Proceed on Monument Street about ¼ mile, to the stop sign. Go straight through the intersection. Haverhill High School is on the right. The pool is the large building on the right as you enter the Haverhill High School campus.

From the north: Take route 495 to exit 50 (Rt. 97), at the end of the ramp go left on Rt.97. Stay in the left hand lane, cross over route 495 and take a left hand turn at the lights on to Monument Street. Proceed on Monument Street about ¼ mile, to the stop sign. Go straight through the intersection. Haverhill High School is on the right. The pool is the large building on the right as you enter the Haverhill High School campus.