The Little Rhody Aquatic Club

Presents the Summer SCM Series Session 3

The 3rd Annual Jane Thompson Invitational

Taylor Natatorium, Providence College

Providence, Rhode Island

July 10-11, 2009

Sanction: NE-09-55 and NE-09-55TT

 


 

Events

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

Results

Results (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek CL2 Export for Team Manager

 

Meet Director: John O'Neill (joneill@LRACSwim.com) 401-865.2268

Meet Referee: Greg Lamoreaux (401-884-2667)

Entry Chairperson: John O'Neill (joneill@LRACSwim.com

 

MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as timed-finals.  The session will be seeded by computer based on positive check-in at the beginning of the session.  Coaches will receive a positive check-in sheet before each session, which must be returned no later than 40 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: The Taylor Natatorium is a 6-lane, 25-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 single-line electronic display is available.  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.  The competition course has not be certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). Seating is available for 150 spectators, all on deck.  It is recommended spectators bring deck chairs to sit outside. The Pool is located in the Peterson Recreation Center on the Providence College campus.  Directions may be found later in this document. 

 

COURSE: Short Course Meters (25 Meters).

 

EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.

 

ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 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 June 27, 2009.  Entries received before June 27, 2009 will be considered received on June 27, 2009.  Entries must be received no later than July 2, 2009.  Make checks payable to “Little Rhody Aquatic Club”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson at: LRAC, 3 Ridgewood Road, Cumberland, RI 02864.  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.

 

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 joneill@LRACSwim.com  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: 10 Events.

 

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 June 27, 2009 entry deadline.  Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at joneill@LRACSwim.com  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. ($10.00) Swimmer Participation Fee.  A portion of the proceeds from this meet will be donated to fight Cystic Fibrosis in the name of Jane Thompson.

 

ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in short-course meter (25-Meter) times.  Yard times should be converted to meter times. (Entries with “NO TIME” will be accepted if the athlete has NT in the Event this season.)

 

RELAYS: NA

 

PROGRAMS: $5.00 Entire Meet.

 

ADMISSION: None

 

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.

 

SAFETY:

  1. 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
  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: 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 if time permits. $5.00 per Event.

 

DECK ACCESS: All Swimmers, Coaches and officials and spectators will be seated On-Deck. Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted in all areas on the pool deck.  All non-athletes outside of the Spectator Area on the pool deck must display their USA Swimming registration card at all times.  Spectators must stay in the Spectator seating area and 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: NA

 

FOOD: A Basic Concession will be available.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: The Little Rhody Aquatic Club and Providence College assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property.  Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within 25 Feet of the facility.

 

PARKING: There is parking available in the Parking Garage adjacent to the Athletic Complex and the lot off Huxley Ave. is a short walk from the pool.

 

DIRECTIONS:

Providence College
http://www.providence.edu
549 River Avenue
Providence, Rhode Island 02918-0001


Directions to the Taylor Natatorium on the Providence College campus.

From Points North using I-95

    Follow I-95 South to Rhode Island Exit 23 (Charles Street). Proceed right onto Charles Street and go 0.2 miles to the first light at Admiral Street. Take a left onto Admiral Street and proceed approximately 1.0 mile and take a left onto Cumberland Street (Admiral Spa on the corner). Go thru the stop sign and immediately take a left onto campus and drive behind the field house into the parking garage. Stairs to the pool are on your right as you drive into the garage.

From Points South using I-95

    Take I-95 North to Rhode Island Exit 23 (State Offices). Turn right onto Orms Street. After the first light, veer right onto Douglas Avenue (Route 7). Proceed 0.7 miles to the third light on Douglas (Seven Eleven) and make a left-hand turn onto Eaton Street. Proceed about 0.6 miles to the second light at the intersection of Eaton Street and River Avenue. Take a right onto River Ave. and proceed about .5 miles and take a right onto Sandringham. At the stop sign take a right, then immediate left onto campus and drive behind the field house into the parking garage. Stairs to the pool are on your right as you drive into the garage.

From points north using 1-146
    Take I-146 south to the Admiral Street exit. Take a right onto Admiral Street and proceed 1.0 mile and take a left onto Cumberland Street (Admiral Spa on the corner). Go thru the stop sign and immediately take a left onto campus and drive behind the field house into the parking garage. Stairs to the pool are on your right as you drive into the garage.

 

LODGING:

 


Radisson Hotel Providence Harbor
220 India Street
Providence, RI 02903-4314
(401) 272-5577
(800) 333-3333
Fax: (401) 272-0251

Holiday Inn Downtown
21 Atwells Avenue
Providence, RI 02903-1099
(401) 831-3900
(800) 465-4329
Fax: (401) 751-0007

Providence Biltmore Hotel
11 Dorance Street
Providence, RI 02903-1730
(401) 421-0700
(800) 294-7709
Fax: (401) 455-3041

The Providence Marriott
1 Orms Street
Providence, RI 02904-2285
(401) 272-2400
(800) 937-7768
Fax: (401) 273-2686

The Westin Hotel Providence
1 West Exchange Street
Providence, RI 02903-1038
(401) 598-8000
(800) 625-5144
Fax: (401) 598-8200

Providence Courtyard by Marriott
32 Exchange Terr. at Memorial Blvd.
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 272-1191
(888) 887-7955
Fax: (401)272-1416

Comfort Inn - Airport
1940 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886-1552
(401) 732-0470
(800) 228-5150
Fax: (401) 732-4247

Crowne Plaza
801 Greenwich Avenue
Warwick, RI 02886-1869
(401) 732-6000
(800) 227-6963
Fax: (401) 732-4839

Radisson Airport Hotel
2081 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886-1481
(401) 739-3000
(800) 333-3333
Fax: (401) 732-9309

Residence Inn by Marriott
500 Kilvert Street
Warwick, RI 02886-1345
(401) 737-7100
(800) 331-3131
Fax: (401) 739-2909

Sheraton Inn Providence Airport
1850 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886-1573
(401) 738-4000
(800) 843-8272
Fax: (401) 732-8206

Susse Chalet Inn
36 Jefferson Blvd.
Warwick, RI 02888-1036
(401) 941-6600
(800) 524-2538
Fax: (401) 785-1260

SpringHill Suites by Marriott
14 J.P. Murphy Highway
West Warwick, RI 02893
(401) 822-1244
Fax: (401) 828-3873

Johnson & Wales Inn
213 Taunton Avenue
Seekonk, MA 02771-5300
(508) 336-8700
(800) 556-4638
Fax: (508) 336-3414


Ramada Inn
I-195 & State Route 114A
Seekonk, MA 02771
(508) 336-7300
(800) 272-6232
Fax: (508) 336-2107

Susse Chalet Inn
341 Highland Avenue
Seekonk, MA 02771-5896
(508) 336-7900
(800) 524-2538
Fax: (508) 336-8518

Comfort Inn
2 George Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860-4027
(401) 723-6700
(800) 228-5150
Fax: (401) 726-6380

Susse Chalet Inn
355 George Washington Hwy.
Smithfield, RI 02917-1915
(401) 232-2400
(800) 524-2538
Fax:(401) 232-0235

Days Inn Cranston
101 New London Avenue
(I-95, Exit 14 to Rte. 37, Exit 2B)
Cranston, RI 02920-5643
(401) 942-4200
(800) 544-8313
Fax: (401) 943-8807

Comfort Inn
1010 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, RI 02917
(401) 231-6300
Fax: (401) 233-2355