GMSC 2008 Fall
Pentathlon
Proudly hosted by the Greenwood Memorial Swim Club
Saturday, October 11,
2008
Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-08-99P, NE-08-99P TT
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (corrected 11/19/08)
Results (Adobe PDF) (correct 11/19/08)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (corrected 11/19/08)
Meet Director: Phil Harty (978) 632-8070 phil.harty@sodexo.com
Meet Referee: Walt Meissner (978) 203-6982 wcm@bu.edu
Entry Chairperson: Cathryn Sundback (978) 456-9023 csundback@gmail.com
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 and swimmers must check-in with the Clerk of Course no later than 45 minutes before the meet is scheduled to start. Heat sheets will be posted and made available to coaches for pick up prior to the start of competition.
FACILITIES: The MWCC Pool is a 6-lane, 25-yard indoor pool with 7’-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines, with separate spectator seating above the pool deck. The pool is located within the MWCC Fitness and Wellness Center, 444 Green Street, Gardner, MA 01440. Directions may be found later in this document. Fully-automatic Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touchpads at the finish end of the pool with single-line electronic display. There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool and 25-yard events use three stopwatches to establish the official time. 8 & Under swimmers have the choice of starting from the blocks or wall. Only entered swimmers and members of New England Swimming with proper credentials who are working the meet will be permitted on the pool deck and in the locker rooms (exceptions will be made for volunteer timers). Spectators are restricted to the spectator seating and concession area above the pool deck. Meet attendees will not be permitted in other parts of the MWCC Fitness and Wellness Center, such as the weight room, and are expected to observe and abide by all rules and regulations as posted or as announced by building and meet officials.
COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2008 or 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: In accordance with NES rules, GMSC
will reserve 75% for its own team and any other teams (
All other teams wishing to enter may email electronic entries in CL2 or SD3/SDIF format (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software) to the entry chairperson, Cathryn Sundback at csundback@gmail.com. Payment and hardcopy of the entry must be received with four (4) days, excluding Sunday and holidays, of receipt of the email 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. Make checks payable to Greenwood Memorial Swim Club, Inc. and mail hard copy of the entry (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson, Cathryn Sundback 87 Warren Avenue, Harvard, MA 01451.
All entries must be complete and accurate 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
refunds for entries that are accepted or entries that are rejected due to
improper entry (i.e., meet fees will not be returned or credited to new entries
for scratches or errors or unverifiable times).
Deck entries will only be accepted if the meet is not designated as full
on or before October 10, 2008 and then only if permitted by the meet director
and/or meet referee. Please include the email address of your
team’s contact(s) so all future meet correspondences can be sent to this email
address.
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 csundback@gmail.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: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 individual 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 October 1, 2008 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at csundback@gmail.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: $3.50 for individual events. Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events. The Swimmer Participation Fee is $2.00 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:
OFFICIALS AND TIMERS:
Volunteer officials and
timers from each team would be much appreciated. The Referee for this meet will be Walt
Meissner and volunteer officials are requested to register with the Meet Referee
by Monday, October 6, 2008. Team warm-up
lane assignments and timer goals will be emailed to team contacts prior to the
meet, posted at the meet, and included in the coach’s packet.
PROGRAMS: $2.00 per session.
ADMISSION: $1.00 per session per adult (non-swimmer over 14 years).
WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups at 9:00 AM. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received, and a warm-up schedule will be posted and distributed prior to the day of the meet. The pool will be cleared approximately 10 minutes before the beginning of each session.
SAFETY, BEHAVIOR,
IMPORTANT RULES, SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Failure to abide by these rules and any other rules that may be announced or posted meet officials during the meet may result in ejection from the facility. Meet officials will watch for swimmers or meet spectators who violate facility regulations. Horseplay will not be tolerated. Parents must supervise younger children in attendance at the meet. Meet and building officials have the authority to dismiss swimmers and spectators from the facility. Coaches are responsible for communicating this to both swimmers and parents. No pets of any kind are permitted within the facility. The Greenwood Memorial Swim Club and Mount Wachusett Community College are not responsible for lost or stolen items.
RULES: 2008 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 AND AWARDS: Swimmers’ times achieved in all 5 events for each age group will be added together and a trophy is awarded to the lowest total time in each age group and gender (i.e., the girls and boys age group winners). Swimmers must enter all 5 events in their respective age group to be eligible for the pentathlon competition, and any swimmer who scratches or is disqualified will be penalized by adding 5 seconds to the slowest time swum in that event. Ribbons will be awarded for the first 6 places in each individual event offered, and for places 2-5 of the pentathlon competition.
FOOD AND EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet, and possibly, a swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories at times during the meet if arrangements can be made.
PARKING: There is ample free parking available in the College grounds, adjacent to the MWCC Fitness and Wellness Center and pool facility.
DIRECTIONS: From the North and South: Follow Route 128 or 495 to Route 2 West. Take the first Gardner exit (#23). The end of the ramp feeds into a rotary and take the first right passing underneath a railroad bridge, following the sign to Rte 140. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Elm Street and follow until you come to another rotary. Enter the rotary and take the second exit (at 12 o’clock) with signs toward Rte 140, Winchendon, and MWCC. This is Green Street and MWCC is approximately one mile on your right. Take the second entrance and the first building on your left is the Fitness and Wellness Center. After the Center, take the second left into the visitor parking are or a right into the student parking are if the visitor parking area is full.
From the East: Take Route 2 West and follow the above directions.
From the West: Take Route 2 East; get off at the second Gardner exit (#23), and follow the directions from North and South.
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
Super 8 Motel, 22 Pearson Blvd, Gardner, MA 01440, (978) 630-2888 (At exit 23 off Rte 2).
Wachusett Village Inn, 9 Village Inn Rd, Westminster, MA, (978) 874-2000 (Off Rte 2 at exit 27)
Clarion Colonial Hotel, 625 Betty Springs Rd, Gardner, MA 01440, (888) 214-4991 toll-free or (978) 630-2500 (Leave Rte 2 at exit 24, take Rte 140N, then take the third left after about a mile).
Rodeway Inn, 183 Main St. Westminister, MA (978) 874-5951 or toll-free at (800) 286-5951
Sheraton Four Points, 99 Erdman Way, Leominster, MA (800) 325-353.
The Maguire House, 30 Cobb Rd, Ashburnham, MA (978) 827-5053
MainFare Bed & Breakfast,