NEW
ENGLAND DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hosted
by North Country Aquatic Club
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
March 7 –9, 2003
Sanctioned by New England Swimming # NE-03-25(a)
Events (Adobe PDF)
Area Lodging (Adobe PDF)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe
PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team
Manager
Results
Results (Hy-Tek CL2 file for Team Manager)
TEAMS ASSIGNED TO THIS VENUE
ABF, ATST, BLUE, BYD,
CCBS, CMC, CONY, CTS, CVWM, ELM, ESC, ESSC, EST, FINS, GMA, GMSC, GOLD, GSC,
GTRS, HHS, H2O, HRY, HYV, LRW, MAG, MASA, MMY, MVP, MYT, NASY, NCAC, NSP, NSSC,
NWSC, ORCA, ORO, PSC, PST, PVAC, PWSC, PYPB, RAYS, RRSC, SD, SHSC, SNAP, SS,
SSA, SSSC, STA, VAST, WYST
DATES AND LOCATION
March 7-9, 2003 at the
Karl B. Michael Pool, Alumni Gym, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New
Hampshire. This meet is hosted by North
Country Aquatic Club.
CONTACTS
Meet
Director / Entry Chair |
Mary
Gentry |
(802)
295-8976 |
mary.gentry@hitchcock.org |
Referee |
Dick
Crothers |
(781)
639-8593 |
djcrothers@attbi.com |
Officials
Chair |
Brian
Ganley |
(802)
785-4511 |
beganley@coleelectric.com |
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Warm-up |
Meet |
Friday,
March 7 |
5:00
PM |
6:00
PM |
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Saturday
Morning, March 8 |
7:30
AM |
8:30
AM |
Saturday
Afternoon, March 8 |
1:00
PM |
2:00
PM |
Saturday
Evening, March 8 |
6:00
PM |
6:30
PM |
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Sunday
Morning, March 9 |
7:30
AM |
8:30
AM |
Sunday
Afternoon, March 9 |
1:00
PM |
2:00
PM |
Swimmers in the 1650
may start warm-up in the back pool while the afternoon session is still in
progress.
Teams will be assigned
warm-up times and lanes once all entries are received.
FACILITY
Karl B. Michael Pool
is located in the Alumni Gym building of Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. The Michael Pool is a six lane 25 yard
pool. Pool depth is a minimum 4’1” at the
starting end of the pool. Lanes are
separated by wave-reduction lines.
Timing and results displays are accomplished by Colorado® Timing. 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.
Swimmers and
spectators are not allowed in any other of the athletic facilities including
gymnasiums, weight rooms and training areas.
Glass is not permitted in the bleachers, deck or locker rooms. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the
building.
FORMAT
All events will be
seeded during warm-ups and swum as timed finals. Heat and lane assignments will be posted after scratches are
entered. Copies of heat and lane
assignments will be given to coaches and made available for parents. 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.
All heats of the 1650
Freestyle will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating girls and boys if
possible but combining girls and boys 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.
ELIGIBILITY
All swimmers must be
2003 registered swimmers with New England Swimming. Swimmers may register with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Rd.,
Needham, MA 02492. Age eligibility 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 present their coach
membership cards.
ENTRY INFORMATION
No swimmer may enter
more than nine individual events or swim more than five individual events per
day. Swimmers must enter 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 are limited to two teams per event per club.
Entries must be
received by Tuesday, February 25,
2003. Entries earlier than that
will be greatly appreciated. Electronic
entries, whether by email or on computer disk are appreciated and are less
expensive (according to NES policy).
Please submit an .sd3 file (LSA Team) or .cl2 (Hy-Tek Team Manager)
file. Seed cards are not required.
Email Entries: Attach the .cl2 or .sd3 file to the email
message. A zipped version of the entry
tends to work better than just attaching the regular entry file. If sending entries via email, the entry fees
and a paper copy of the entry, along with the entry cover sheet must be
received by Saturday, March 1.
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 times must be
achieved between September 1, 2002 and February 25, 2003. Times achieved in a 25 meter pool must be
multiplied by .9049 to convert to yards.
SCRATCHES
Coaches must scratch
swimmers by the end of the first 30 minutes of each warm-up session.
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 |
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$1.00
per swimmer |
payable
to New England Swimming |
In
accordance with New England Swimming policy, fees are increased 50˘ per
individual entry if not submitted in an .sd3 or .cl2 electronic file.
SEND
ENTRIES AND FEES TO
Mary
Gentry
193
Stonecrest Ave.
White
River Junction, VT 05001
(603)
653-1950 work – ok to call there
(802)
295-8976 home
mary.gentry@hitchcock.org
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 championships meets.
RULES
2003 US 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 Championship procedure, all teams entering this meet must
provide a pro-rata share of officials and timers and other required
personnel. Teams will be informed of
their assignments prior to the meet.
The Officials’ Coordinator for this meet will be Brian Ganley. Any official interested in helping at the
meet should contact Brian at BEGanley@coleelectric.com.
Individuals swimming the 500 & 1650 Free 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
through 16th place in individual events and 8th place in relays. A team representative needs to pick-up the
awards at the end of the meet.
ADMISSION
Admission: $1.00 per session
Psych Programs: $5.00 per meet
Heat/Lane
Assignments: $2.00 per session
CONCESSIONS
Food and merchandise
will be for sale throughout the meet in the lobby of Alumni Gymnasium. No food is allowed in the bleachers, on
deck, or in the locker rooms.
SAFETY
All team and
individual warm-up and warm-down 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 US Swimming registered coach shall report to the referee before
warm-ups prior to each session. Diving
will be prohibited during warm-ups with the exception of the sprint lanes when
they are announced.
There will be no
shaving at any venue of this meet including showers, locker rooms, pool deck,
or bleachers. Glass containers are
prohibited on the pool deck and in the bleachers and locker rooms.
WEATHER
INFORMATION
For weather conditions
during the weekend, call Mary Gentry at (802) 295-8976.
AREA
LODGING
Lodging is tight for
this weekend. Dartmouth College is
hosting the NCAA Skiing Championships March 5 – 8 so many hotels are booked. Please see the separate list of hotels (link
at the top of the meet information file).
Some hotels will have rooms closer to the date of the meet when blocks
open up. Some hotels have rooms for
Saturday night but not Friday and Saturday night.
PARKING
Free parking is
available in the Thompson Arena parking lot on Park St. in Hanover.
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 the next right, 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.
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. Parking is available at the Thompson Arena
parking lot. When on Wheelock St.
proceed to the next light (Park St.) and turn right. Thompson Arena parking is the third left, across from Summer St.