YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE SHARKS

Reid Sacco Team Challenge

Sterling YMCA, Beverly, MA 01915

November 16-18, 2007

Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-07-80 & NE-07-80-TT

Events List

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

Warmup Schedule

Results

Results (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (no time trials)

Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (time trials only)

Meet Director: Brian Harrington bnharrington@comcast.net , (H) 978-922-9843 (Cell) 978-590-5391

Meet Referee: Brian Shea bfshea@hotmail.com

Entry Chairperson: Brian Harrington bnharrington@comcast.net , (H) 978-922-9843 (Cell) 978-590-5391

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 timing table. The 500 freestyle will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men. Swimmers in the 500 freestyle must provide their own counter.

SITE: The Sterling YMCA Pool is an 8-lane, 25-yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. Fully-automatic Colorado Time Systems electronic timing system. There are touch pads at the finish end of the pool with eight-line electronic display. There are touch pads at the turn end of the pool. Attached to the main pool is an area that is available for warm-up and warm down, approximately 20x20 feet in size. The finish end of the pool is 4.5 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4 feet deep. Spectator seating is for 300. The pool is located inside the Sterling YMCA, 254 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915. Please enter through the 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 either 2007or 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 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 October 4, 2007. Entries received before October 4, 2007 will be considered received on October 4, 2007. Entries must be received no later than October 29, 2007. Make checks payable to “YNS Swim Team”. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Brian Harrington 19 Middlebury Lane, Beverly, MA 01915. 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. YNS will limit the number of swims in the meet to 5200. YNS will reserve 75% (3900) for its own team and any other teams (New England and/or out of district) that it may want to invite to the meet. 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. The other 25% (1300) of the swims will be open to other teams to submit entries. If on the first day of acceptance, those meet entries exceed the 25% still available in the meet, there will be a lottery of those teams. The lottery will be run by the New England Office.

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 bnharrington@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 through Monday, November 12, 2007 at 9

AM. No new entries will be accepted after the October 29, 2007 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at bnharrington@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 event (500 yd. free). Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual events, $5.50 for distance events. The Swimmer Participation Fee is $ 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.

25-YARD EVENTS: 25-yard events will start at the start end of the pool. Swimmers may dive in from the wall.

PROGRAMS: $8.00 for the meet.

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 ten minutes before the beginning of each session. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received. The warm-up area will be available during the meet for warm up and warm down. .

SAFETY:

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
No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
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.
No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.
No swimmer is allowed to use the adult locker rooms, fitness areas or any other areas of the YMCA not specified. Swimmers found to be in violation are subject to removal from the rest of the meet.
No balls, Frisbees or other propulsion devices are allowed in the gym.

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.

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: Ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each individual event. Heat prizes will be awarded to the first place swimmer in each heat for 10 and under events.

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: YMCA of the North Shore assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property. A swimmer attending the meet without a coach must report to the meet referee. The Sterling YMCA is open to YMCA members during the meet. Swimmers are not permitted to use adult locker rooms or areas not designated for use during the meet. Failure to comply may result in a swimmer being removed from the remainder of the meet. Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility.

PARKING: There will be off-site parking available with a shuttle service running constantly to and from both sites. Swimmers may be dropped off at the entrance to the Sterling but all cars will be directed to one of the nearby off-site lots. Directions to lots will be available daily at the entrance to the Sterling YMCA and may change from day to day during the meet Your cooperation is vital in order to run future meets at this facility!

DIRECTIONS: The Sterling YMCA is located on 254 Essex Street, Beverly MA 01915. From the north (New Hampshire, Maine) take Interstate 95 South to Route 128 North to exit 18. Take a right off the exit and proceed 1 mile. From the south or west, take 128 North to exit 18. Turn right off the exit and proceed 1 mile. The Sterling YMCA is on the right. Telephone # is 978-927-6855.

LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:

Lakeview Motor Lodge 5 Lakeview Ave & Rte 1A, Beverly 978-922-7535

Courtyard by Marriott at the Liberty Tree Mall, Independence Drive, Danvers 978-777-8630

Towne Place Suites/Marriott, 238 Andover St., Danvers, MA 978-777-6222

Residence Inn/Marriott Hotel, 51 Newbury St., Rt. 1, Danvers, MA 978-777-7171

Days Inn, 152 Endicott St. Danvers, 978-777-1030

Super 8 Motels, Rte.1 North, Danvers 978-774-6500

Motel 6, Rte 1 North, Danvers 978-774-8045

Holiday Inn, 1 Newbury St., Rt. 1, Peabody, MA 978-535-4600

Homewood Suites, 57 Newbury St., Rt. 1, Peabody, MA 978-536-5050

Hampton Inn, 59 Newbury St., Rt. 1, Peabody, MA 978-535-2377 or 978-536-2020

Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites, 57 Wharf St., Salem, MA 978-740-8788