Seacoast Swimming - Seekonk

Distance Meet

Mayers Natatorium – Seekonk High School, Seekonk MA

October 14, 2007

Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-07-90D & NE-07-90DTT

 

Please note: Afternoon session times have changed to: Warmup at 12:00pm, Start at 1:00pm.

 

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: 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 touchpads at the finish end of the pool with single-line electronic display.  There are no touchpads 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 ˝  feet deep.  Spectator seating for 300.  The pool is located inside Seekonk High School, 261 Arcade Avenue, Seekonk MA 02771.  The pool entrance is located to the right of the schools main entrance.  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 2007 or 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.  New England teams entering the meet must 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 22, 2007.  Entries received before September 22, 2007 will be considered received on September 22, 2007.  Entries must be received no later than October 8, 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, 80 Davis Street, Seekonk MA 02771.  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.

 

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 October 7, 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 200 IM / $5.00 for distance events (400 & longer).

Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for 200 IM / $5.50 for distance events (400 & longer).

Swimmer participation fee: $3.00 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.

 

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:

 

  1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes.  There will be no diving in the warmup and warmdown areas at any time
  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: 2007 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.

 

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 Seekonk High School parking lot.

 

DIRECTIONS: The Mayers Natatorium is located at 261 Arcade Avenue, Seekonk MA 02771. 

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. ˝ 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. ˝ 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. ˝ 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                                                            Seekonk, MA              509-336-7800             10 min. from pool