May 15, 2009
Sanctioned by NE Swimming # NE-09-65 (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: Sherry Wingfield (sherbw@comcast.net, 413-586-1727)
Meet Referee: Bob Menck (bmenk@cswg.com, 603-357-9638)
Entry Chairperson: Ed Wingfield (wingfield.e@comcast.net, 413-586-1727)
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 the 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 table.
SITE: Kevin Fitzgerald Pool
is a 6-lane, 25-yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane
lines. It has a fully automatic Colorado
Time Systems electronic timing with touch pads at the finish end of the pool
with six-line electronic display. There
are no touch pads at the turn end of the pool.
The finish end of the pool is 13 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is
4 feet deep. Spectator seating is
limited. The pool is located inside the
Northampton Aquatic and
COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2009 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 April 20, 2009. Entries received
before April 20, 2009 will be considered received on April 20, 2009. Entries must be received no later than May 8,
2009. Make checks payable to
“Northampton Area Swimming”. Mail
completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to
the entry chairperson: Ed Wingfield,
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 wingfield.e@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 5 days prior to the first day of the meet. No new entries will be accepted after the May 8, 2009 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at wingfield.e@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. Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual events. The Swimmer Participation Fee is $2 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.
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. Back-up buttons and stopwatches will be used for times. Swimmers will dive in from the blocks.
PROGRAMS: $2.00 per session.
ADMISSION: $0.00 per session.
WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups forty-five minutes before the beginning of the session. The pool will close five minutes before the beginning of the session. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.
SAFETY:
RULES: 2009 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 director if time allows. Time trials are $5.00 for individual events and $10.00 for relays.
DECK ACCESS: Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the competition area of 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: Pentathlon scoring will use an accumulation of race times. Swimmers must swim all 5 events to qualify. Dq’s will add 1 minute to the slowest legal time in that event. Times will be broken down by age group 8 & U, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15 & Over.
AWARDS: Trophies will be awarded to the top six finishers in each age group (8&U, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, & 15 & Over) for the Pentathlon and heat prizes will be awarded to the winner of each heat.
FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS:
PARKING: There is ample parking available in the
parking lot adjacent to the Northampton Aquatic and
DIRECTIONS: The Northampton Aquatic and
From the South (Route 91), take exit 19 off Route 91
(this is the second
From (Amherst, Hadley) the
From Williamsburg/Goshen (Route 9), take Route 9
towards
From Route 9 in
From
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
The Autumn Inn,
Best Western of Northampton,
The Hotel Northampton,
Clarion Hotel,