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Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (no time trials)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (time trials only)
TEAMS ASSIGNED TO THIS VENUE
ATST, AMW,
BSSC, BYD, CCBS, CTS, CVSC, ESSC, EB, EDSC, GMSC, GMA, KSC, HRY, HYV, MTSC,
MASA, NAS, NCAC, NBYB, PWSC, RCSC, SNAP, STA,WSSC, WYST, WAH
DATES AND LOCATION
CONTACTS
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Meet Director |
Jane Woodward |
(413) 567-6962 |
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Referee |
John Deady |
(413) 527-4016 |
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Entry Chairman |
Bob Lajoie |
(413) 525-1258 |
SESSIONS
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Warm-up |
Meet |
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Friday, February 16 |
4:00 PM |
5:00 PM |
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Saturday Morning, February 17 |
7:00 AM |
8:00 AM |
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Saturday Afternoon, February 17 |
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Saturday Evening, February 17 |
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Sunday Morning, February 18 |
7:00 AM |
8:00 AM |
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Sunday Afternoon, February 18 |
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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: The Competition Pool is a 6-lane, 25
yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. The pool is
equipped with fully automatic, Colorado Time
Systems electronic timing with touch pads at the start end of the pool with
six-line electronic display. The finish
end of the pool is 5 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4 feet deep. Spectator seating is for 500. The pool is located inside the
Springfield College Athletic Complex,
COURSE
Short course yards (25 yards).
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. Copies of heat and lane assignments will be given to
coaches. Swimmers should report directly to the blocks for their events. Coaches are responsible for ensuring their
swimmers are in the correct heat and lane.
There will be a bullpen on the side of the pool between the locker rooms.
Please note that we will have the kids
enter the bulkhead from the bull pen area on the locker room side of the pool
and exit at the other side of the bulkhead by the computer tables keeping the
traffic flow to one way. Please make sure ALL swimmers know this as this is a
huge safety concern on the overcrowded bulkhead.
All heats of the 1650 will be
swum fastest to slowest, alternating girls and boys. Girls and boys may be combined if that
requires fewer heats. 15-19 year old
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 the meet is
oversubscribed, at the discretion of the Meet Director.
ELIGIBILITY
All swimmers must be 2007
registered swimmers with New England Swimming.
Swimmers may register with
ENTRY INFORMATION
Entries must be received by Tuesday, February 6, 2007. Mail completed forms (including signed entry
cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson:
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. Entry times must be achieved
between September 1, 2006 and February 6, 2007.
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 Robert_lajoie@charter.net .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 PAC & GMA MEETS FEB. 9-11
New events only, achieved at any of these meets may
be entered by emailing the entry to Bob Lajoie, robert_lajoie@charter.net by
SCRATCHES
Coaches must scratch swimmers by the end of the
first 30 minutes of each warm-up session.
FEES
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$4.00 per individual entry |
only one check per team for all fees will
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$5.00 per distance event (400 yards and
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should be made payable to Mei’s Typhoons Swim Club. |
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$16.00 per relay |
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$2.00 per swimmer NE Travel Fund |
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$5.00 Swimmer Participation Fee per swimmer |
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Time trials:
$5.00 per individual event; $20.00 per relay.
In accordance with
SEND ENTRIES AND FEES TO
Bob Lajoie
(413) 525-1258
TIME TRIALS
Time Trials will be available, time permitting, at
the discretion of the referee.
25 YARD EVENTS
25-yard events will start at
the start end of the pool. Swimmers may start from the blocks, gutter or they
may use an in water start.
ADMISSION
Admission: $1.00 per session
Programs: $2.00 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 diving well will be available during the
meet for continuous warm-up and warm-down but there will be no diving in the
diving well at any time. The area will be closely monitored. Swimmers not using
the area for its intended purpose will be prohibited from using the areas.
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
2007 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 John Deady, (413) 527-4016
– jgdeady@yahoo.com . Any official interested in helping at the meet should
contact John. 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 9th through 16th place in individual
events and 4th through 8th place in relays. “Best Time” ribbons will be awarded to 10 and
under swimmers who achieve best times. A team representative needs to pick-up the awards at
the end of the meet.
SCORING
The meet will not be scored.
CONCESSION / VENDOR
Food
and merchandise will be for sale throughout the meet upstairs in the bleacher
area. We will be selling T-Shirts and
you will have the opportunity to purchase photographs through Lajoie’s Photography.
Lajoie’s Photography will have a table
upstairs where you may place your order(s). You must pre-order ½ hour to 45
minutes before your child’s swim event in order for Lajoie’s
Photography to capture the swim event. Photographs will be available on line
within one week for your review and purchase; there is no pre-payment required.
We guarantee total satisfaction or we will refund your money in full.
ATTENTION: Per
MISCELLANEOUS:
We are
selling advertising space in our program to show support and best wishes to our
children or to advertise your business. The prices are: $30.00 for a business
card size, $50.00 for ¼ page or $90.00 for ½ page.
Anyone interested in purchasing an ad which will show up in all the session
programs should send an email to Mei or her husband, Ben at meihanli@verizon.net or baiqing.li@verizon.net . All ads must
be received by
SAFETY
1.
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 areas at any
time. There will be no diving in the diving well area 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 then assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.
5.
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
Parking is allowed in the
MCDI Parking lot or in
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday
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LODGING:
The
following hotels and motels are in the area:
Crown Plaza Hotel,
Red Roof Inn,
Sheraton
Hilton Garden Inn, 800 W.
Holiday Inn