Phillips
December 20 & 21, 2008
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE -08-118, NE-08-118TT
Note: Sunday session was cancelled due to weather.
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Meet Director: Shannon Deschenes (sprints@exeterswim.org)
Meet Referee: Maryanne Lustgraaf (mlustgraaf@comcast.net) 603-343-1099
Entry Chairperson: Shannon Deschenes (sprints@exeterswim.org)
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 pool office.
SITE: Phillips Exeter Roger A. Nekton Championship Pool
is an 8-lane, 25-yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane
lines. Fully-automatic
Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touchpads at the finish end of the
pool with eight-line electronic display.
There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool. The finish end of the pool is 7 feet deep;
the turn end of the pool is 12 feet 6 inches deep. Spectator seating for 600. The pool is located inside the Love Gymnasium
at
COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2008 or 2009 USA
Swimming registered athletes. Per
NES, Swimmers with
ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted on and
after
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 Shannon Deschenes at shannond3@hotmail.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 4 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
ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events. Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual 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-please use coaches 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 starting blocks and finish at the turn end of the pool. There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool.
PROGRAMS: $3.00 per session.
ADMISSION: Free.
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:
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.
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: Custom medals 1st through 3rd place; custom ribbons 4th through 8th place.
FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet. No food of any kind will be allowed on deck.
EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS:
PARKING: Parking is available on public streets where parking is permitted and in the Academy Athletic Faculty parking lot behind the hockey rink and Love Gymnasium. Improperly parked cars will be ticketed and/or towed at the owner’s expense.
DIRECTIONS: From North or South: Route I-95 to
Exit 2. At tolls take Route 101 West to Portsmouth/Stratham exit 11 (Route
108). Take left at end of ramp, following Route 108 South to T intersection,
turn right. At the bandstand in downtown
From East or West: Route 101 to the Portsmouth/Stratham exit 11 (Route 108). Follow directions from Route 108 South above.
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
Ashworth Hotel,
Exeter Inn,
The Inn of Hampton,
Lamies Inn & Tavern,
Governor Jeremiah Smith House Inn,