NEW ENGLAND SWIMMING REGIONAL MEET

TEAMS ASSIGNED TO THIS VENUE: BLUE, BYD, CCBS, CONY, CTS, CVWM, EB, EST, FINS, GMA, GTRS, HRY, HYV, LRW, MASA, MMY, MST, MTSC, MYT, NASY, NCAC, PVAC, PWSC, RAYS, SBGC, STA, STS, VAST

DATES AND LOCATION: February 11—13, 2005 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. This meet is hosted by North Country Aquatic Club.

CONTACTS:

Meet Director	Mary Gentry	(802) 295-8976	mary.gentry@hitchcock.org
Entry Chair	Mary Gentry	(802) 295-8976	mary.gentry@hitchcock.org
Referee	Ken Vutech	(802) 475-2362	kvutech@vermontcountrystore.com
Officials Chair	Brian Ganley	(802) 785-2704	beganley@coleelectric.com

SESSIONS

	Warm-up	Meet
Session 1 – Friday Evening, February 11	6:00 PM	7:00 PM

Session 2 - Saturday Midday, February 12	11:00 AM	12:00 PM
Session 3 - Saturday Evening, February 12 (Changed)	5:00 PM	6:00 PM

Session 4 - Sunday Morning, February 13	8:00 AM	9:00 AM
Session 5 - Sunday Afternoon, February 13 (Changed)	3:30 PM	4:30 PM
Session 6 – Sunday Evening, February 13 (1650s) (Changed)	7:30 PM	7:45 PM

Start times may be changed once all entries have been received. Teams will be notified of exact times at least 1 week prior to meet.

SITE: Karl B. Michael Pool is located in the Alumni Gym building of Dartmouth College on Wheelock St. in Hanover, NH. The Michael Pool is a six lane 25 yard pool. Wave-reduction lines separate lanes. The start end of the pool is 4 feet deep, the turn end is 4-14 feet deep. Fully automatic Colorado Timing ® electronic timing is done with touchpads are at the finish end of the pool. Touchpads will also be at the turn end of the pool for Sessions 2 and 4. Unofficial results are displayed on a six lane electronic display. Spectator capacity is 1,500. The Spaulding Pool, a 25 yard, 4 lane pool is adjacent to the Michael Pool and is available as a separate warm-up and warm-down area for swimmers. Directions may be found later in this document.

Swimmers and spectators are not allowed in any other of the athletic facilities including gymnasiums, weight rooms and training areas. Food and drink are not allowed on the deck or locker rooms. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building.

COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards). All 25 yard events will start from the blocks. 100 yard relay swimmers #2 and #4 will start from the edge of the pool.

FORMAT: All events will be deck seeded during warm-ups and swum as timed finals. Coaches must turn in scratches no later than 30 minutes before the beginning of the session. Heat and lane assignments will be posted in both pool areas prior to each event. Coaches will be able to pick up heat sheets from the computer station. There is no bullpen. Swimmers are to report directly to their lane before their event is called. Coaches are responsible for ensuring their swimmers are in the correct heat and lane.

All heats of the 1650 (which will be swum on Sunday, not Saturday) will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating girls and boys. Girls and boys may be combined if that requires fewer heats. Open swimmers and 13/14 year old swimmers will be combined into heats for efficiency if deemed necessary by meet management, but will be scored separately.

RELAYS: Swimmers must be entered in an individual event to be able to participate in a relay. Relay only swimmers are not allowed. Relays are age specific. Swimmers may not age up for a relay. Relay entries may be limited to two teams per event per club at the discretion of the Meet Director.

CUTS: The distance events (400, 500, 1650) may be cut by time in the event that the meet is oversubscribed at the discretion of the Meet Director. The 200 fly, 200 back, and 200 breast for the 11 and 12 age group will be limited to 4 heats for girls and 4 heats for boys. Relays will be the first to be cut in the event that Sessions 2-5 are oversubscribed, at the discretion of the Meet Director.

ELIGIBILITY: All swimmers must be 2005 registered swimmers with New England Swimming. Swimmers may register with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Road, Needham, MA 02492. 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. Teams are encouraged to check their entries with the online registration check tool on the New England Swimming web site. Age is determined by the age of the swimmer the first day of the meet and must be shown on the entry form. All coaches on deck must be registered with USA Swimming and display their coach membership cards.

ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries must be received by Tuesday, February 1, 2005. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Mary Gentry, 193 Stonecrest Ave., White River Junction, VT 05001.

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.

QUALIFYING TIMES: Entry times must be achieved between September 1, 2004 and February 1, 2005. Times achieved in a 25-meter pool must be multiplied by .9049 to convert to yards.

ELECTRONIC ENTRIES: Electronic entries (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software that are in the CL2 or SD3/SDIF format) may be emailed as an attachment to the entry chairperson at mary.gentry@hitchcock.org. Please check that your team name, address, and contact information are listed correctly in this file. Payment and hardcopy of the entry (including the signed entry cover page and waiver) must be received within 4 days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of receipt of the email entry.

OTHER ENTRIES: United States Postal Service Overnight Mail is the preferred paper mailing method. If Overnight Mail is used, indicate that the package be delivered even if no one is there to sign for it. No fax entries will be accepted. All fees must accompany the entry.

ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 individual events per day.

NEW CUT TIMES ACHIEVED AT THE GMA, PAC, and EB MEETS, February 4—6: New events only, achieved at any of these meets may be entered by emailing the entry to mary.gentry@hitchcock.org by Monday, February 7, 2005 by 5:00 pm. The hard copy and check must be received by 5 pm on Tuesday, February 8 in order for the entry to be accepted. Mail to Mary Gentry, 193 Stonecrest Ave, White River Junction, VT 05001. These entries must be for new events only, not upgraded times.

SCRATCHES: Coaches must scratch swimmers by the end of the first 30 minutes of each warm-up session.

ENTRY FEES:

$3.50 per individual entry	only one check per team will be accepted and should
$10.00 per relay	be payable to North Country Aquatic Club

$1.00 per swimmer	payable to New England Swimming

Time Trials	$5.00 per individual event, $10.00 per relay

In accordance with New England Swimming policy, fees are increased $ .50 per individual event and per relay if not submitted in an .sd3 or .c12 electronic file.

Mail entries and fees to: Mary Gentry, 193 Stonecrest Ave, White River Junction, VT 05001 mary.gentry@hitchcock.org

TIME TRIALS: Time Trials will be available, time permitting, at the discretion of the referee.

25 YARD EVENTS: 25-yard events will start off the blocks at the start end of the pool. There will be touchpads at the finish end. 100 yard relay swimmers #2 and #4 will start from the edge of the pool.

PROGRAMS: $5.00 for the meet. Heat sheets with lane assignments will be available at the end of warm-ups for $2 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. The 25 yard four lane Spaulding pool will be available for warm-ups and warm-downs throughout the meet. Those four lanes will be included in the team assignments for the warm-up period for each session.

VERIFICATION: All entries must include verification codes. Results will be reviewed by New England Swimming. Teams found entering swimmers with unverifiable times will be reported to the Board of Review for further action and may jeopardize their participation in future New England Swimming “end of season” meets.

RULES: 2005 USA Swimming rules will govern except as otherwise stated herein and the decision of the referee will be final, unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the swim heat being protested. Disabled swimmer forms are required by USA Swimming and are available from the New England Swimming office.

OFFICIALS AND TIMERS: In accordance with standard New England Swimming “end of season” procedure, all teams entering this meet must provide a pro-rata share of officials and timers. Teams will be informed of their assignments prior to the meet. The Officials’ Coordinator for this meet will be Brian Ganley, beganley@coleelectric.com (802) 785-2704. Any official interested in helping at the meet should contact Brian. Officials who sign up by the meet deadline will be included in the number of workers when timers are assigned. Individuals swimming the 500 and 1650 are responsible for providing their own counter and timer.

AWARDS: Medals will be awarded for the first eight places in individual events and for the first three places in relays. Ribbons will be awarded from 9^th through 16^th place in individual events and 4^th through 8^th place in relays. “Best Time” ribbons will be awarded to 10 and under swimmers who achieve best times. Be sure that the team picks up all awards.

SCORING: The meet will not be scored.

FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.

EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A swimming equipment vendor will be selling equipment for the duration of the meet.

SAFETY:

Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. There will be no diving in the warmup and warmdown pool at any time.
No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
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 then assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.
No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.

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.

PARKING: Free parking is available all weekend. Dartmouth College has home women’s basketball and men’s hockey games Friday night and Saturday night Friday night. All swim meet participants in the Friday evening session and the second session on Saturday should park in the Dewey Lot at the north end of Park St. There will be a free shuttle from the Dewey lot to the Berry Center entrance (corner of Park and Wheelock and connecting to Alumni Gym) and on to the Leverone Fieldhouse across from the Thompson Ice Arena Lot. For the first session on Saturday and all sessions on Sunday, meet participants can park in the Thompson Lot on Park St. There will be no shuttle before 4:00 on Saturday or at any time on Sunday.

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 middle of Y). The Thompson Arena parking lot will be on the right at the next 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. For the Dewey lot, proceed straight on Park St rather than turning on Wheelock St. At the next light, go straight to get to the parking lot that you see on the lower right.

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. For parking, continue on Wheelock to the light just beyond the gym entrance. Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, turn left on Park St to go to the Dewey Field lot at the end of Park St – just beyond the next light. On Sunday, turn right on Park St, go to the next light at Summer St and turn left into the Thompson Arena parking lot.

HOTELS

Airport Economy Inn	Days Inn	Quality Inn at Quechee Gorge
West Lebanon, NH	Lebanon, NH	Quechee, VT
603/298-8888	603/448-5070	802/295-7600

Best Western	Fireside Inn & Suites	Regency Inn (formally Ramada)
White River Junction, VT	West Lebanon, NH	White River Junction, VT
802/295-3015	603/298-5900	802/295-3000

Chieftan Motor Inn	Hampton Inn	Residence Inn by Marriott
Hanover, NH	White River Junction, VT	Lebanon, NH
603/643-2550	802/296-2800	603/643-4511

Comfort Inn	Holiday Inn Express (new)	Sunset Motor Inn
White River Junction, VT	White River Junction, VT	West Lebanon, NH
802/295-3051	802/299-2700	603/298-8721

Comfort Suites (new)	Hotel Coolidge	Super 8 Motel
White River Junction, VT	White River Junction, VT	White River Junction, VT
802/291-9911	802/295-3118	802/295-7577