YMCA OF THE NORTHSHORE SHARKS

Trials/Finals Meet

Trials/Finals 11 & Over

Timed Finals 10 & under

 

Sterling Center YMCA, Beverly, MA

June 25-27, 2004

Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-04-48

Time Trial Sanction #NE-04-48TT

 

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

Hy-Tek Time Trials CL2 File for Team Manager

 

Meet Director: Jim Piepenbrink (piepen@msn.com, 617-638-6592)

Meet Referee: Jon Hurst (jhurst@retailersma.org, 978-921-2062)

Entry Chairperson: Jim Piepenbrink (piepen@msn.com, 617-638-6592)

 

MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as trials/finals for 11 & over with the exception of Friday night events (50 Free, 400 IM and 800 Free), which will be timed finals (800 will be swum fastest to slowest), timed finals for 10 & under. There will be a final and a consolation heat during finals, top 12 swimmers will return for the evening session.   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 800m freestyle will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men. Swimmers in the 800 freestyle must provide their own counter and timer.

 

SITE: The Sterling Center YMCA Pool is a 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 25x20 feet in size.  The start end of the pool is 5 feet deep.  Spectator seating for 300.  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. 

 

COURSE: Long Course 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 May 15, 2004.  Entries received before May 15, 2004 will be considered received on May15, 2004.  Entries must be received no later than June 10, 2004.  Make checks payable to “YNS Swim Team”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Jim Piepenbrink 155 Main Street, Wenham, MA 01984.  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 piepen@msn.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 10 and under may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 events per day. Swimmers 11 and older can swim 3 events per day.

 

ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated through Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 4:00 pm.  No new entries will be accepted after the June 10, 2004 entry deadline.  Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at  piepen@msn.com . Entry time updates must be sent as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times.  (New entries will be automatically excluded.)

 

ENTRY FEES: Trials/Finals: Electronic entries: $5.00 for individual events.  Non-electronic entries: $5.50 for individual events.  Timed/Finals: 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 (50-meter pool) times.  Yard times must be converted to meter times and the YMCA of the Northshore will provide the conversions.  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. 

 

PROGRAMS: $5.00 for the meet.

 

ADMISSION: $1.00 per session.

 

WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups one-hour before the beginning of each session.  The pool will close five minutes before the beginning of each session.  Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.

 

SAFETY:

  1. 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.
  2. There will be no shaving allowed anywhere in the swimming venue, including locker rooms, bathrooms and shower areas.
  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. Heat ribbons awarded to first place 10 and under swimmers in each heat.

 

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

 

MISCELLANEOUS: YMCA of the North Shore assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property.  Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility. 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: Off-site parking is provided during each session. There are two alternate sites with shuttles running to each site at a frequent interval.  All swimmers are to be dropped off at the Sterling Center and attendants will provide information as to the location of the parking accommodations.

 

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

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