YMCA North Shore Sharks

and

Bernal’s Gator Swim Club

Distance Meet

Sterling Center YMCA, Beverly, MA

May 16, 2004

LCM Season, 2004

Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-04-40

 

Events List

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

Results

Results (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager

 

Meet Director: Fran Tocci (f.tocci@worldnet.att.net , 781-642-1082)

Meet Referee: Dave LeBlanc (daleblanc9@aol.com )

Entry Chairperson: Tim Ernst (ternst@mac.com ) 781-235-0292)

 

MEET 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.  Coaches will be able to pick up heat sheets for each event at the timing table.  The 800 and 1500 freestyle events will be swum fast to slow.  Each team will be responsible for supplying their own counters for their competing swimmers in these events.

 

SITE: The Sterling Center YMCA Pool is an indoor, 6-lane, 50-meter pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines.  Fully-automatic Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touchpads at the finish end of the pool with electronic display.  There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool.  Attached to the main pool is a warm-up/warm-down area that is approximately 42x20 feet in size.  The start end of the pool is 5 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 3.5 feet deep.  Spectator seating for 500. The pool is located inside the Sterling Center YMCA, Essex Street, Beverly, MA 001915.  Please enter through the main entrance.  Directions may be found later in this document.  All competing swimmers will be allowed on deck for the duration of the meet.  The gymnasium will not be used during this meet.

 

COURSE: Long Course Meters (50 meters).

 

EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.

 

ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2004 USA Swimming registered athletes.  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. Please contact the New England Swimming Office for registration information. Disabled swimmer forms are available from the New England Swimming Office. New England Swimming Office: 20 Cleveland Road, Needham MA 02492, 781-449-0270, office@neswim.com.

 

ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted on and after April 19, 2004.  Entries received before April 19, 2004 will be considered received on April 19, 2004.  Entries must be received no later than May 3, 2004.  Make checks payable to “Everglades Trust”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Tim Ernst, 3 Middlesex Road, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 02481.  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.

 

ELECTRONIC ENTRIES: Electronic entries (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software) that are in CL2 or SD3/SDIF format may be emailed as an attachment to the entry chairperson at ternst@mac.com    Please check that your team name, address, and contact information are listed correctly in this file.  For email entries, payment and hardcopy of the entry (including signed entry cover page and waiver) must be received within four (4) days of receipt of the email entry.  If payment is received within four (4) days of the email entry, the email receipt date will be considered the date of entry.  If payment is received more than four (4) days after the email entry, the payment receipt date will be considered the date of entry.

 

ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 2 events for the session.

 

ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated through Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 4:00pm.  No new entries will be accepted after the May 3, 2004 entry deadline.  Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at ternst@mac.com. Entry time updates must be sent as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times.  (New entries will be automatically excluded.)

 

ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $3.50 for individual events.  Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events

 

ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in long course meter times.  Yard times must be converted to metered times.  Entries with “NO TIME” will be rejected.

 

ENTRY CUTS: 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.

 

PROGRAMS: $1.00 for the meet.

 

ADMISSION: $1.00 per session.

 

WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups one-hour before the beginning of the session.

The pool will close five minutes before the beginning of the session.   Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. A warm-up/warm-down area will be available during the meet. There will be no diving in the warm-up/warm-down areas at any time.

 

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 assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.

  

RULES: 2004 USA Swimming rules will govern all competition.  Decisions by the meet referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the heat swum.

 

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.

 

SCORING: The meet will not be scored.

 

AWARDS: Ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each individual event.

 

FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.

 

VENDOR: A vendor will be available.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: YMCA of the North Shore as well as Bernal’s Gator Swim Club assume no responsibility for lost or stolen property.  No glass containers are permitted within the facility.  Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility. Swimmers attending without a coach must report directly to the meet referee. The Sterling Center YMCA is open to YMCA members during the meet. Any swimmer found using adult locker rooms or areas not designated for use during the meet will be removed for the remainder of the meet.

 

PARKING: There will be off-site parking available with a shuttle service running constantly to and from both sites.  Swimmers

may be dropped off at the entrance to the Sterling Center but all cars will be directed to the nearby Harbor Light Montessori School (walking distance to the Sterling Center) and Centerville School lots.  Directions to both facilites will be available at the entrance to the Sterling Center.  Your cooperation to this new parking policy is vital in order to run future meets at this facility!

 

DIRECTIONS: The Sterling Center YMCA is located at Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915.  From the north, take 128 South to exit 18. Take a right off the exit and proceed 1 mile. From the south, take 128 North to exit 18. Take a right at the end of the exit and proceed 1 mile. The Sterling Center is on the right.

 

LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:

 

Comfort Inn, 50 Dayton Street Danvers, MA 978-777-1700

Quality Inn/Kings Grant Inn, Route 128 North, Danvers, MA 978-774-6800   

Marriott Courtyard at Liberty Tree Mall, Independence Drive, Danvers 978-777-8630

Days Inn, 152 Endicott Street, Danvers 978-777-1030

Super 8 Motel, Route 1 North, Danvers 978-774-6500

Motel 6, Route 1 North, Danvers 978-774-8045

Sheraton Ferncroft, 50 Ferncroft Road (Rte 1 South), Danvers 978-777-2500

Lakeview Motorlodge, 5 Lakeview Ave&Rte1A, Beverly 978-922-7535