District Championships at Dartmouth College

March 6-8, 2003

Parents Information

SIZE OF MEET

This meet has lots of swimmers. Almost 20% more swimmers and entries compared to last year. To run the meet smoothly and quickly we need everyone’s cooperation both before and during the meet. Please notify your coaches as soon as possible if your child will not be attending the meet or needs to scratch from a particular event. We rely on coaches to scratch swimmers before heat and lane assignments are made to minimize the number of heats needed.

WARM-UPS

Friday evening warm-ups are split by age groups. Saturday and Sunday warm-ups will be split by teams.

FRIDAY EVENING	5:00 – 5:25	5:25 – 5:55
	12 and Unders	13 & Overs
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
7:30-7:50 AM 1:00-1:20 PM	7:50-8:10 AM 1:20-1:40 PM	8:10-8:30 AM 1:40-2:00 PM
BLUE, ESC, HRY, HYV, MAG, NSSC, PST, PVAC, SD, WYST	CCBS, CMC, EST, GMA, NCAC, NWSC, RAYS, SSA	ATST, BYD, CONY, CTS, CVWM, ESSC, FINS, GSC, GTRS, H20, HHS, LRW, MMY, MYT, NASY, NSP, ORO, PSC, PWSC, RRSC, SS, SHSC, SNAP, VAST

The 1650s Saturday evening will start 10 minutes after the end of the afternoon session. Swimmers may warm-up in the back pool at any time or in the front pool during that 10 minute break.

TIMING ASSIGNMENTS

Teams are to provide the indicated number of timers from the timers’ meeting through the last event of the session. There will be a timers’ meeting 20 minutes before the start of each session. All timers should report to the back pool for the timers’ meeting. Please try to arrange your team's timing and relief schedule before you arrive.

	Timers Mtg	Backup	Lane 1	Lane 2	Lane 3	Lane 4	Lane 5	Lane 6
Friday	5:40	NCAC 1	GMA 2	SSA 2	NSSC 2	MAG 3	HRY 1 MAG 1	NWSC 1 PSC 1
Sat AM	8:10	NCAC 1	SD 1 EST 1	FINS 1 SSA 1	GTRS 1 NSSC 1	MAG 2	MYT 1 PVAC 1	BLUE 1 WYST 1
Sat PM	1:40	CONY 1	BYD 1 CCBS 1	CMC 1 PST 1	HYV 1 RRSC 1	MAG 2	HHS 1 VAST 1	NWSC 1 RAYS 1
Sun AM	8:10	NCAC 1	GMA 1 CCBS 1	CMC 1 ESC 1	GTRS 1 LRW 1	MAG 2	HRY 1 NSP 1	RAYS 1 VAST 1
Sun PM	1:40	BLUE 1	SD 1 EST 1	FINS 1 SSA 1	GTRS 1 NSSC 1	MAG 2	MYT 1 PWSC 1	PSC 1 RAYS 1

Teams must provide your own timers for any of your swimmers doing the 1650. Age groups will be combined where possible. Girls and boys will swim in the same heats if it means reducing heats.

OFFICIALS

Any of you who have volunteered to officiate please report to the referee in the pool office. There will be an officials’ meeting in the pool office at 30 minutes into each warm-up session. Any questions about officiating or scheduling should be addressed to our officials chair, Brian Ganley at beganley@coleeelectric.com.

DECK ACCESS FOR ADULTS (WORKERS AND COACHES ONLY)

The only adults allowed on deck are workers and USS registered coaches. All coaches must visibly wear their USS registration card.

NCAA SKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dartmouth College is hosting the NCAA Skiing Championships March 5-8. All competitions are occurring north of Hanover but the events will bring plenty of people to the area filling hotels, restaurants, and parking spaces. In town activities will be centered around the Hanover Inn on the corners of Main St. and Wheelock St. in Hanover.

PARKING

Free parking is available in the Thompson Arena parking lot on South Park St. The Hanover parking garage on Lebanon St. is also free on Sunday.

Vehicles parked behind the pool without a valid Dartmouth sticker will be towed. Hanover’s parking meters are active on Saturdays but not on Sundays.

DIRECTIONS

From I-89 in NH, take Exit 18 (Route 120) north to Hanover. At the Y intersection, bear right on to Park St. (Mobil Gas on right, Ledyard Bank in the middle of Y.) The Thompson Arena parking lot will be on the next right at the light (across from Summer St.). The athletic building is straight ahead on the corner of Park St. and Wheelock St. (at the lights). Turn left on Wheelock St. and use the front entrance.

From I-91 in VT, take Exit 13 east across the Connecticut River to Hanover. Proceed through the light at the top of the hill on Wheelock St. Alumni Gym will be on the right just after the first street on the right (Crosby St.) Use the front entrance on Wheelock St. Parking is available at the Thompson Arena parking lot, turn right on Park St..