and
Bernal’s Gator Swim Club
Sterling Center YMCA,
May 16, 2004
LCM Season, 2004
Sanctioned by NE
Swimming #NE-04-40
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
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,
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.
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,
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
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
DIRECTIONS: The
Sterling Center YMCA is located at
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,
Marriott Courtyard at Liberty Tree Mall,
Days Inn, 152 Endicott Street,
Super 8 Motel, Route 1 North,
Motel 6, Route 1 North,
Sheraton Ferncroft,
Lakeview Motorlodge,