June 14, 2009
Sanctioned by NE Swimming # NE-09-66 (TT)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 Results File for Team
Manager (no time trials)
Hy-Tek CL2 Results File for Team Manager (time trials only)
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 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.
SITE: The Competition Pool
is a 6-lane, 50-meter pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane
lines. Fully-automatic Colorado Time
Systems electronic timing with touch pads at the finish end of the pool with
Six-line electronic display. The
finish end of the pool is 12 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4 feet
deep. Spectator
seating for 500. The pool is
located inside the Springfield College Athletic Complex,
COURSE: Long Course Meters
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 May 4, 2009. Entries received before
May 4, 2009 will be considered received on May 4, 2009. Entries must be received no later than June 7,
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 June 7, 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 $5 per swimmer.
ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in long-course meter times. Yard times must be converted to long course meter 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. There will be no diving during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes.
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.
SHAVING: No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
SCORING: The meet will not be scored.
AWARDS: Morning session: ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each age group male and female: 13 & 14, 15 & over. Afternoon session: ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in the following age groups male and female only: and 8 & under, 9 & 10, 11 &12 (no awards for 13 and overs in the afternoon session).
FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS:
PARKING: To be determined.
DIRECTIONS: The Springfield College Art Linkletter Natatorium is located at
From points east and
west: take
Proceed one mile to exit 5 (
From points North: Take Interstate 91 south Exit onto interstate 291 take 291 to exit 5B. Then fallow the above Directions from Exit 5.
From points South: Take Interstate 91 North Exit onto interstate 291 take 291 to exit 5B. Then fallow the above Directions from Exit 5.