Seacoast Swimming - Seekonk
Mayers Natatorium –
January 5-6, 2008
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-08-25 & NE-08-25TT
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Meet Director: Ray Grant (grant.raymond@comcast.net, 508-336-9982)
Meet Referee: David Saunders (dsaund9910@comcast.net, 401-439-5233)
Entry Chairperson: Ray Grant (grant.raymond@comcast.net, 508-336-9982)
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 desk.
SITE: The Mayers Natatorium is a 6-lane, 25-yard pool
with seven and one half foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. Fully-automatic Colorado Time Systems
electronic timing with touchpad’s at the finish end of the pool with
single-line electronic display. There
are no touchpad’s at the turn end of the pool.
Attached to the main pool is a diving well area that is available for
warmup and warmdown, approximately 40x20 feet in size. The finish end of the pool is 12 feet deep;
the turn end of the pool is 4 ½ feet deep.
Spectator seating for 300. The pool is located inside
COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2008 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.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted on and
after December 7, 2007. Entries received
before December 7, 2007 will be considered received on December 7, 2007. Entries must be received no later than
December 30, 2007. Make checks payable
to “Seekonk Aquatics, Inc.”. Mail
completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to
the entry chairperson: Ray Grant,
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 grant.raymond@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: 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 the December 26, 2007 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at grant.raymond@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: $4.00 for individual events, $5.00 for distance events (400 & longer).
Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual events, $5.50 for distance events (400 & longer).
Swimmer participation fee: $5.00 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. (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. Saturday evening distance events may be cut by time at the discretion of the meet director.
DISTANCE EVENTS (400 IM & 500 FREE): Swimmers will be required to provide their own timer and counter for these events. These events will be run fastest to slowest.
25-YARD EVENTS: 25-yard events will start at the deep end of the pool.
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. The diving well area will be available during the meet for warmup and warmdown. .
SAFETY:
RULES: 2008 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.
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: Ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each individual event.
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: Seekonk Aquatics, Inc. and Seekonk Swimming assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property. Pets of any kind are not permitted within the facility. Smoking is not permitted anywhere on school grounds.
PARKING: There is ample parking available in the
DIRECTIONS: The Mayers Natatorium is located at
From South of Providence take Rt. 95 North to Rt. 195 East proceed on 195 East to Exit 1 in Massachusetts (Rt. 114A Seekonk). Take exit 1 and turn left at the top of the ramp onto Rt. 114A North. Stay straight, pass through 1 traffic light, you will reach a fork in the road stay straight (do not bear left onto 114) you should have the Grist Mill Restaurant and a golf course on your left side as you proceed. Continue to the next traffic light, proceed straight through that light and continue for approx. ½ mile and the school will be on your left. The pool entrance is located adjacent to the main entrance. Parking is available anywhere in the school lot.
From North of Providence take Rt. 95 South to Rt. 195 East proceed on 195 East to Exit 1 in Massachusetts (Rt. 114A Seekonk). Take exit 1 and turn left at the top of the ramp onto Rt. 114A North. Stay straight, pass through 1 traffic light, you will reach a fork in the road stay straight (do not bear left onto 114) you should have the Grist Mill Restaurant and a golf course on your left side as you proceed. Continue to the next traffic light, proceed straight through that light and continue for approx. ½ mile and the school will be on your left. The pool entrance is located adjacent to the main entrance. Parking is available anywhere in the school lot.
From the East take Rt. 195 West to Exit 1 in Massachusetts (Rt. 114A Seekonk). Take exit 1 and turn right at the top of the ramp onto Rt. 114A North. Stay straight, pass through 1 traffic light, you will reach a fork in the road stay straight (do not bear left onto 114) you should have the Grist Mill Restaurant and a golf course on your left side as you proceed. Continue to the next traffic light, proceed straight through that light and continue for approx. ½ mile and the school will be on your left. The pool entrance is located adjacent to the main entrance. Parking is available anywhere in the school lot.
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
Johnson & Wales Inn Seekonk, MA 508-336-8700 5 min. from pool
Hampton Inn Seekonk, MA 508-336-9000 10 min. from pool
Motel 6