Winter Storm Classic
Wheaton College, Norton, MA
December 14-16, 2007
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-07-98(TT)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Meet Director: Sherri Dinsmore (sherricat@hotmail.com, 603-325-0398)
Meet Referee: Michael Harrison (m_harrison1@comcast.net, 508-429-2131)
Entry Chairperson: Paul La Comfora (actorp@charter.net, 508-852-1828)
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. The 1650 freestyle will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men.
SITE: The Balfour Natatorium contains an 8-lane, 25-yard indoor pool with non-turbulent lane lines, adjacent warm-down area and gallery seating for approximately 250. The pool has fully-automatic Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touchpads at the finish end of the pool and an eight-line electronic scoreboard. There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool. The finish end of the pool is 12 feet 2 inches deep; the turn end of the pool occurs at a bulkhead that separates the competition from the warm-down area, and is 9 feet deep. The natatorium is located inside the Haas Athletic Center, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 02766. Directions may be found later in this document. Between events swimmers will wait with their teams in the field house. Swimmers and spectators are not allowed in any other athletic facilities including, the indoor track, weight rooms and training areas.
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 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 November 1, 2007. Entries received before November 1, 2007 will be considered received on November 1, 2007. Make checks payable to “Wachusett Storm Swim Club”. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Paul La Comfora, 3 Acushnet Ave, Worcester, MA, 01606. 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. Returned checks because of insufficient funds will have a $25.00 processing fee attached to their entry fee. 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. Wachusett Storm Swim Club will limit the number of swims in 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 the first acceptance. The other 25% 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 actorp@charter.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 November 15, 2007 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at actorp@charter.net. Entry time updates must be sent as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times.
ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events, $5.00 for distance event, Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual events and $5.50 for distance events. The Swimmer Participation Fee is $4.00 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 turn end of the pool. There are no starting blocks at the turn end of the pool. Swimmers will dive in from the wall.
PROGRAMS: $6.00 for the weekend.
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 warm-up and warm down. .
SAFETY:
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 eight finishers in all 12 and under individual 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: The Wachusett Storm Swim Club 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 Haas Athletic Center, or across from the complex on the left. Do not park along the roadway, or you will be towed.
DIRECTIONS: Wheaton College is located in Norton, MA about ten minutes from Great Woods and seven miles from the southern intersection of Routes I-95 and 495. From this intersection, about halfway between Route 128 and Providence on Route 95, take Route 495 South to exit 10, Wheaton College. Turn right at the end of the ramp onto Route 123. Take a left onto Pine Street before Wheaton College. Follow the signs for the Athletic Center.
LODGING: The following hotels are within 15 minutes of the pool:
Marriott Courtyard, 35 Foxboro Boulevard, Foxboro, MA 508-543-5222
Days Inn, 4 Fisher Street, Foxboro, MA 508-543-1000
Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 508-339-2200
Quality Inn, 60 Forbes Boulevard, Mansfield, MA 508-339-2323.