Attleboro Bluefish 2003 Winter Specialty Meet

Sanction # NE-02-85

Events

Events (Adobe PDF)

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

Results

Results(Hy-Tek CL2 file for Team Manager)

DATES AND LOCATION

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, January 24 to 26, 2003 at Attleboro High School

CONTACTS

Meet Manager: Mary Kass (508) 543-9469 mk2800@attbi.com

Referee: Paul Maker (508) 384-8480 makerp@fcl-us.net

For ABF Team information, warm-up schedules, timing needs, and/or “day-of-the-meet” weather or emergency notices, access the ABF web page (www.abfswim.com) through the US Swim Link City pages or call the ABF hotline at (508) 761-8992.

SESSIONS

	Warm-up	Start
Evening Session:	5:00 PM	5:45 PM
Morning Sessions:	6:30 AM	8:00 AM
Afternoon Sessions	12:30 PM	2:00 PM

FACILITY

Attleboro High School has an eight-lane, 25 yd pool with non-turbulent lane lines, Colorado Timing System (electronic touch pads and scoreboard) and bleacher seating for spectators (25 yard events use two electronic buttons). Members of New England Swimming and their families are restricted to the pool, spectator stands and the concession area. There is no smoking in the building or within 500 feet of the building. Failure to abide by these rules may result in ejection from the facility. Only people with proper credentials will be allowed on deck.

FORMAT

All events are swum as timed finals and will be deck seeded after the scratch deadline. The scratch deadline will be 45 minutes before the start of each session. Heat and lane assignments will be posted and handed out to coaches prior to starting each session. There will be no bullpen. All other swimmers are to report directly to their lane when their event is called. Coaches are responsible for ensuring their swimmers are in the correct heat and lane.

ELIGIBILITY

All swimmers must be 2003 USA Swimming registered swimmers. Please include USS number on the entry form. Swimmers may register with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Rd., Needham, MA 02492. Age eligibility is determined by the age of the swimmer on the first day of the meet and must be shown on the entry form. All coaches on deck must be registered with US Swimming and present their coach membership cards.

ENTRY INFORMATION

No swimmer may enter more than 5 individual events per day.

Entries must be submitted to Mary Kass and will not be accepted any earlier than Wednesday, December 4, 2002 or any later than Thursday, January 16, 2003. All entries arriving on or before December 4 will be counted as arriving on December 4. NT or “no time” entries are not allowed. If a swimmer does not have an official time for a particular event, a coach’s time must be used instead. See below for procedures for declining entries into the meet.

Email Entries: Email entries with a standard SD3 or CL2 data file of your team’s entries attached are encouraged. Entries (either email or sent overnight mail) WILL NOT have final acceptance unless all meet fees are paid within 4 days after receiving the email entry.

Other Entries: Send a diskette with a standard SD3 or CL2 data file and a hard copy of your entry, either using the enclosed form, or a computer print out containing the entry in a similar format, with your summary sheet and check made payable to Attleboro Bluefish on or before January 16. United States Postal Service Overnight Mail is the preferred mailing method. If Overnight Mail is used, indicate that the package be delivered even if no one is there to sign for it.

Whether sent using email or regular mail, all entry forms must be accurate, legible and complete. No fax, telephone, or deck entries will be accepted. Meet fees will not be returned or credited to new entries for scratches or errors in the entry. PLEASE NOTE: Your entry must include at least one email address of your team’s contact(s). All future meet information will be sent to this email address. Your team may have as many email addresses for information distribution as you wish.

The entry fee is $3.50 per individual event when submitting entry in with a standard SD3 data file as defined by US Swimming. In accordance with the entry rules specified by New England Swimming, if an entry is not submitted on computer diskette in a standard SD3 format, the entry fee is an additional $0.50 per individual entry (e.g. $4.00 for all events). Please mail the hard copy of your entry to:

Attleboro Bluefish

c/o Mary Kass

P.O. Box 49

Foxboro, Ma 02035

PROCEDURES FOR CUTTING THE MEET

Entry cuts, if necessary, will be made by the date of receipt. Teams will be notified that they have been accepted or cut from the meet within seven days of receipt of entry. If the meet becomes oversubscribed, a random selection of those entries received on the date the meet becomes oversubscribed will be conducted in accordance with New England Swimming guidelines. Teams that are cut from the meet will have their entry fee returned within four days of being cut.

UPDATING TIMES

We are mindful of the fact that entries are usually submitted many weeks before the date of the meet and that many coaches may not yet have accurate times for their swimmers. We ask that care be given to submitting good times for swimmers so swimmers of similar ability, even if of different age, are swimming in the same heats. Therefore, we are permitting teams to update times up to 6 PM on January 19, 2003. This meet will run using the Hy-tek Meet Manager program that allows times to be updated electronically provided the updated entry file does not add, subtract, or change events of the swimmers from the original entry. Please email an updated entry file to Mary Kass before 6 PM January 19..

SCRATCHES AND POSITIVE CHECK-IN

All scratches and positive check-in must be submitted to the Clerk of Course’s Desk before the established deadline for the day’s events. Deadlines are:

Positive check-in is required for the 400 IM and 500-Free held on Friday, January 24 and must be confirmed at the Clerk of the Course’s Desk before 5:45 PM.

All scratches for each subsequent day’s events (Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26) must be submitted to the Clerk of the Course’s Desk at least 45 minutes before the session begins (i.e. 7:15 AM for morning sessions, 1:15 PM for the afternoon sessions).

AWARDS

This meet is your “last chance” to improve times before the February short course championship meets. Therefore, the event schedule has been revised to offer swimmers and coaches the flexibility to swim a greater variety of events. We expect that there will be a significant number of swimmers who will switch between age groups, 14 & Under and OPEN events as needed, so therefore, we are not awarding High Point. Ribbons will be awarded for the first 8 places in the individual events for each event.

RULES

Current 2003 USA Swimming rules will govern all competition and the decisions 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

All teams are asked to volunteer an appropriate share of officials and timers. Please include with your entry a list of your team’s eligible officials, their phone numbers, and the session(s) they are available to work. The Referee for this meet will be Paul Maker, and officials are encouraged to contact Paul at (508) 384-8480 or email at makerp@fcl-us.net before the meet. Team warm-up lane assignments and timer goals will be posted on the ABF website, included in the coach’s packet, and noted in the program.

SAFETY, BEHAVIOR AND IMPORTANT RULES TO NOTE

All team and individual warm-ups and warm-downs shall be under the direct supervision of the respective swimmers' coach, or individual designated by the referee. Any swimmer participating in the meet without a USA Swimming registered coach must report to the referee before the warm-up for the session. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups with the exception of the sprint lanes when they are announced. Glass containers are prohibited in the pool area and in the locker rooms. There is no smoking in the building or within 500 feet of the building. Failure to abide by these rules may result in ejection from the facility. The Attleboro Bluefish Swim CLUB and the Attleboro Bluefish Booster Club IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS.

In accordance with New England Swimming policy, “There will be no shaving at any New England Calendar meet or at any other competition receiving a New England Swimming sanction.” Therefore, no shaving is allowed in the showers, locker rooms, on the pool deck, or in the bleachers.

Meet officials will watch for swimmers or meet spectators who violate facility privileges. Horseplay will not be tolerated. Parents must supervise younger children in attendance at the meet. Officials have the authority to dismiss swimmers and spectators from the facility. Coaches are responsible for communicating this to both swimmers and parents.

ADMISSION

Admission: $1.00 per session

Programs: $3.00 for each session; $10.00 for entire meet (5 sessions)

CONCESSIONS

Refreshments will be available for all sessions.

DIRECTIONS

Attleboro High School is located on Rathburn Willard Drive in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Take I-95 to the Attleboro Exit #3A, Route 123 towards Attleboro Center. Immediately after exiting off I-95, take a left at the Texaco gas station onto Lathrop Drive. Follow approximately one mile and take a right onto Rome Blvd. Rome Blvd will curve to the right and then back to the left before becoming Rathburn Willard Drive. Attleboro High School will be on your right. Enter the first large parking lot next to the School. On this route, look for signs indicating the way to the high school.

Often at Attleboro High School, parking may be difficult due to a number of other activities at the school. We suggest to those attending the meet that they carpool whenever possible. Thank you.