TEAMS ASSIGNED TO THIS VENUE
BGSC, BDAT, BYB, DYD, ESC, HHS, KST, LCST, MST, NBST, NSSC, NWSC, NSYV, PHX
New England Swimming reserves the
right to reassign a team to another venue if the original venue is
oversubscribed.
Meet Director: Dan Warner
(978-852-3985) nssc1@aol.com
Meet Referee: Bill McElhiney :
BPMcE@aol.com
Entry Chairperson: Dan Warner (978-852-3985)
nssc1@aol.com
Meet Web Site: northshoreswimclub.com
| Sessions | Warm-up | Meet |
| Friday, February 10 | 3:30pm | 5:05pm |
| Saturday Morning, February 11 (9/10s, 13/14s) | 7:00am | 8:30am |
| Saturday Mid Day, February 11 (8 & Unders only) | 1:00pm | 1:20pm |
| Saturday Afternoon, February 11 (11/12s, 15-19s) | 2:30pm | 3:35pm |
| Saturday Evening, February 11 (1000s/1650s) | 7:15pm | 7:35pm |
| Sunday Morning, February 12 (9/10s, 13/14s) | 7:00am | 8:30am |
| Sundayy Mid Day, February 12 (8 & Unders only) | 11:00pm | 1:20pm |
| Sunday Afternoon, February 12 ((11/12s, 15-19s) | 2:30pm | 3:35pm |
SITE:
The Salem State College Competition Pool is an 8-lane, 25-yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. Fully automatic Colorado Time Systems with touch pads and full 8 lane electronic scoreboard display. Balcony spectator seating for 250 people and deck seating for 350 coaches and officials. The pool is located inside the Salem State College O’Keefe Athletic Complex, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem MA 01930. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). Directions may be found later in this document. The finish end of the pool is 13 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4.5 feet deep. Spectator seating for 250. The pool is located inside the Salem State College O’Keefe Center, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem MA 01970. Directions may be found later in this document. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES: Once a meet is sanctioned, changes can be made to the meet invitation before the meet, only with the approval of the Technical Chair, Mariella Allard. If changes need to be made once the meet begins, the Meet Committee will make the decision, after consulting with the Technical Chair, and will present it to the coaches at a coaches meeting.
MEET COMMITTEE: The meet committee will be made up of the Meet Director, Meet Referee, two coaches, and one athlete. The five members shall be from 4 separate teams.
WEATHER PROTOCOL: If weather or facility conditions make it impossible to follow the original timeline of events, the Meet Director and Meet Referee have a right to make changes to the meet sessions. The Meet Director will notify the teams of the changes with as much notice as possible. Cancellation of the meet, or session, is a decision of the Meet Director, Meet Referee and the Meet Committee.
CUT PROTOCOL: If a session is over-subscribed, the following changes will take place in the meet format:
Relays will be cut or limited to one, or two per team in the event that the meet is oversubscribed
The distance events (400, 500, 1000, 1650) may be cut by time.
The 200 fly, 200 back, and 200 breast for the 11 and 12 age group may be limited to 4 heats for girls and 4 heats for boys
Clubs will be notified of changes one week prior to the start of the meet.
COURSE
Short course yards (25 yards).
QUALIFYING TIMES
All times must have been achieved since September 1, 2011. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 year olds have separate qualifying times but the events will be swum and awards determined by the standard combined ages together: (9-10, 11-12, 13-14) 15-19 age group will qualify and compete as one age group. A 1000 time may be used to qualify for the 1650. In the Entry file, enter the 1000 time as a custom time and list the event as a Bonus entry.
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 no bullpen.
The 400 IMs, 500 Frees, and 1650 Frees will be seeded with multiple age groups together but awards will be distributed based on the standard age groups (11-12, 13-14, 15-19). 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. Any entries using 1000 times will be seeded last. The Meet Director reserves the right to swim the 1650 two per lane if necessary for the timeline.
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.
ELIGIBILITY
All swimmers must be 2012 registered swimmers with New England Swimming and their proof of age must be verified by the NES Office. Swimmers may register with Carol Healey, PO Box 920133, Needham, MA 02492. (office@neswim.com) 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 required 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.
Any swimmer entered in the meet must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from within the water. When unaccompanied by a member-coach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement.
*Any swimmer who ages up between the Regional meet entry date and the Age Group Championship Meet, will be allowed to swim with their age group at Regional’s, even if they already have the AG cut for that event. Please notify the entry chair of this exception when you send in your entries.
ADAPTED SWIMMING: Any current athlete members of USA Swimming with a disability, as defined by USA Swimming Rules and Regulations, may enter this meet if they have the qualifying times. If modifications to USA Swimming rules are necessary then the coach or athlete must notify the meet referee and meet director of any disability prior to competition
ENTRY INFORMATION
Entries must be received by Tuesday, January 31, 2012 by 5:00 PM. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver and proof of times report of entries) and payment to the entry chairperson:
Dan Warner
19 Fenley Road
Gloucester MA 01930
(978) 852-3985
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, 2011 and January 31, 2012.
Anyone submitting a TEAM’s late entry is subject to a fine up to $100, at the sole discretion of the Entry Chairperson.
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 nssc1@aol.com 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
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 as many events as they want, but can only swim in a maximum of 5 individual events per day.
SCRATCHES
Coaches must scratch swimmers by the end of the first 30 minutes of each warm-up session.
FEES
$5.00 per event
$20.00 per relay
$2.00 per swimmer travel fee
$10.00 per swimmer participation fee
$10.00 per Time Trial individual event; $20.00 per relay
In accordance with New England Swimming policy, fees are increased 50¢ per individual entry or per relay if not submitted in an .sd3 or .cl2 electronic file.
Only one check per team for all fees will be accepted and should be made payable to North Shore Swim Club.
TIME TRIALS
Time Trials will be available, time permitting, at the discretion of the referee, for $10.
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. Timing for all 25 yard events will be hand timing.
ADMISSION
Admission: $3.00 per session
Programs: $4.00 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.
VERIFICATION
All paper copies of the entries must include the name of the meet the time was achieved at. 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
2012 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 Bill McElhiney. Any official interested in helping at the meet should contact Bill at BPMcE@aol.com. 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.
“NO SHOW” WORKERS: If a team does not provide the timers it has been assigned at an end of season/championship meet, the team will be fined $100 per incident and will not be allowed to enter swimmers in another New England meet until the fine(s) is paid. This can be appealed to the Board of New England Swimming and is enforced only if the meet management has properly assigned timers based on the number of swimmers a team has entered in the meet.
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.
VENDOR
Merchandise will be for sale throughout the meet in the lobby.
SAFETY
1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. There will be no diving in the warm-up and warm-down areas 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. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or 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.
DIRECTIONS:
Salem State College O’Keefe Athletic Complex is located at 225 Canal Street, Salem MA 01970. From 128N take Exit 25A toward Salem (114E). Follow 114E through downtown Salem onto Route 1A (Canal Street). Stay on Canal Street 1 1/2 miles, Salem State O’Keefe Center will be on left, utilize the big parking lot adjacent.