EASTHAMPTON
BARRACUDAS "A/B/C" MEET
AGE
GROUP AND SENIORS
JANUARY
18-19, 2003
List of Events (Adobe
PDF)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe
PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager (not
available yet)
SANCTIONED BY: New England Swimming, NE-03-20
PRESENTED BY: Easthampton Barracudas Swim Team
INFORMATION BY: Cheryl Fletcher, 413-527-6888
DATES: January 18-19, 2003
TIMES:
A.M. SESSION
Warm-ups : 8:00 a.m.
8&U, 9-10, 11-12 boys Start : 9:15 a.m.
P.M. SESSION
Warm-ups : 1:30 p.m.
11-12 girls, 13-14, seniors Start
: 2:45 p.m.
Teams will be assigned times and lanes for warm-ups.
FACILITY:
White Brook Middle School, 200 Park St., Easthampton, MA has a six lane, 25 yard pool with
non-turbulent lane lines. Electronic timing
will be used. Seating is limited,
approx. 300. All events will be
announced. Parking is ample and free.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted
beginning December 20, 2002 and must be completed and received by 5:00 p.m.
January 6, 2003. Entries must be
e-mailed, or on IBM compatible computer disk (Hy-Tek). For those teams without computer
capabilities, entries may be submitted with the enclosed N.E. Standard Entry
Form. With the electronic entries, payment, hard copy, and the signed release
form must be received within four days of the date of your e-mail. If the check
does not arrive within the required time, the date your check arrives becomes
the date of entry. The team entry must be submitted in a standard meet entry
file format, either .cl2 or .sd3. Please also ensure that your entry file is
sent virus free. There will be no refunds. It will be up to the Meet Manager’s
discretion to accept updated times or changes. No changes will be made after
January 13, 2003.
MAIL ENTRY TO: Cheryl Fletcher
E-mail
Address: Fletchcows@aol.com
Easthampton Barracudas Swim
Team
22 Gunn Road
Southampton, MA 01073
(If FedEx is used, please be sure to sign waiver of signature)
ENTRY FEES: $3.50 per event, (electronic entries, e-mail or disk) or $4.00 for hand
entries. Checks should be payable to "Easthampton Barracudas Swim
Team"
ELIGIBILITY: All swimmers must be 2003
registered swimmers with U.S. Swimming.
Registration numbers and ages must appear on the entry sheet. New England swimmers may register with Mary
Riddell, 20 Cleveland Road, Needham, MA,
02492.
SEEDING: All entries must include the best short
course time that the swimmer has achieved.
If a swimmer is entering an event for the first time, please submit a
Coach's best judgement time instead of a "NT". Swimmers will be seeded with their times
entered into the meet with, but will score according to their Final Time. (ex.: a swimmer entered with a B time
finishes with an A time will be scored with the A swimmers, likewise, if he/she
finishes with a C time will be scored with the C swimmers)
TIMERS:
Each team entering a swimmer in the 500 Free events must supply their
own counter and timers for each of their swimmers, and in the 400 IM events
must supply their own timers.
PROCEDURE FOR CUTS: In case of
over-subscription, the meet will be cut by date the entry is received in order
to insure a four hour limit for each session.
Per N.E. Swim policy, a lottery may be conducted if the meet is
oversubscribed.
AWARDS: Ribbons for the top six "A",
"B", "C" finalists.
If a swimmer enters the meet with a "B" time and finishes with
an "A" time, that swimmer will be placed into the "A" meet
and scored accordingly. If that same
swimmer finishes with a "C" time he will move into the "C"
meet and score accordingly. Please do not enter swimmers with a NT - coach's
best judgement should be entered.
ADMISSION: $1.00 per session PROGRAMS: $2.00 per session
REFRESHMENTS: A complete snack/lunch bar will be
provided.
DIRECTIONS: From the north or south, take Rte.
91 to exit 17B. At the end of the exit
take right onto Rte. 141. Follow Rte.
141 over the mountain to the first set of lights. Go straight through onto Payson Ave.. Follow to the end and turn left onto Park St.. Approx. 1 mile
down Park St., on the left, is White Brook Middle School. It is set back from the road. No parking in front of the building, please
park in the lots to either side of the building.
FORMAT: All events will be timed finals.
RULES: 2003 US Swimming Rules will govern all
competition and decisions by the referee will be final, unless a written
protest is lodged within thirty minutes of the heat being protested.
Absolutely, NO DIVING, will be allowed during warm-ups except in designated
sprint lanes when announced. THERE
WILL BE NO SHAVING AT ANY NEW ENGLAND CALENDAR MEET OR ANY OTHER COMPETITION
RECEIVING A NEW ENGLAND SWIMMING SANCTION.
THIS INCLUDES NO SHAVING IN THE SHOWERS OR ELSEWHERE ON THE SWIMMING
VENUE.
OFFICIALS: Volunteer officials will be greatly
appreciated. If names and phone numbers
are included with the entry, they will be contacted for confirmation. Thank you.