SOUTH SHORE YMCA STRYPERS
MIT Pool, Cambridge, MA
January 3-4, 2004
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-04-01
Events List (Adobe PDF)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Meet Director: Darlene McGrath (SoShoreYStypers@aol.com, 781-986-6803)
Meet Referee: Wendy Vogel (wvogel9544@hotmail.com, 781-875-1401)
Entry Chairperson: Darlene McGrath (SoShoreYStrypers@aol.com, 781-986-6803)
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 computer table.
SITE: The MIT Competition Pool at the Zesiger Center
is an 8-lane, 25 yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane
lines. Fully-automatic Colorado Time System touchpads and electronic
display. Spectator seating for 450. The pool is located inside the
MIT Zesiger Center, 77 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139.
COURSE: Short Course Yards (YDS)
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2004 USA
Swimming registered athletes. 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 October 21, 2003. Entries received before October 21, 2003 will be
considered received on October 21, 2003. Entries must be received no
later than December 11, 2003. Make checks payable to “YSS Swim
Team”. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and
waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Darlene McGrath, 45 Truman Drive,
Randolph, MA 02368. 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
SoShoreYStrypers@aol.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 excluding Sunday, 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 5 events per day.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated through
December 26, 2003 by 6:00pm. No new entries will be accepted after the
December 11, 2003 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via
email to the entry chairperson at SoShoreYStrypers@aol.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 Short
Course Yards 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: $2.00 per session.
ADMISSION: $1.00 per session.
WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups 60 minutes
before the beginning of each session. The pool will close five minutes
before the beginning of each session. 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. Teams will
be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.
SHAVING: No shaving is permitted at the competition
site.
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.
TIME TRIALS: None
25 YARD EVENTS: 8
& Under 25 yard events will start from the starting blocks and will be
hand-timed.
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 eight
finishers for each individual event.
MISCELLANEOUS: South Shore YMCA, South Shore YMCA Strypers Swim Team and MIT assumes 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.
If you are heading south on I-93, follow I-93 into Boston then follow the I-93 instructions below. If you are heading south on I-95, take the I-93 South exit then follow the instructions from I-93. Alternatively, take the I-90 East exit from I-95 then follow the instructions from I-90.
If you are heading north on I-93, follow I-93 (the Southeast Expressway) into Boston then follow the I-93 instructions below. If you are heading north on I-95, take the I-93 North exit then follow the instructions from I-93. Alternatively, take the I-90 East exit from I-95 then follow the instructions from I-90.
Follow I-90 east to the Cambridge/Brighton exit (exit 18). Following the signs to Cambridge, cross the River Street Bridge, and continue straight about 1 mile to Central Square. Turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue and follow Massachusetts Avenue for about a half mile. The main entrance to MIT will be on your left. If you cross the river again, you have gone too far.
From I-93, take exit 26, and follow the signs to Back Bay along Storrow Drive West, approximately 1.5 miles, to the exit for Route 2A. The exit will be on the left, just before the Harvard Bridge (more appropriately called the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge). The Charles River will be on your right. As you cross the bridge, you will be looking at MIT - the Great Dome and academic facilities are on the right, the dormitories and athletic facilities are on the left.
PARKING: Parking in Cambridge and Boston is generally not an enjoyable experience. Whenever possible, park your car at the hotel which you are staying, and use public transportation to get to the MIT campus. If you must drive to the campus, there are both on- and off-street parking available, but most public parking is not very close to the center of the MIT campus (unless you arrive early in the morning or late in the evening).
There is metered parking on Massachusetts Avenue. There are a number of lots at which you may park for a fee. These include a lot at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street, "Park and Lock" on Third Street, "Kinney Systems" at 4 Cambridge Center (entrances on Ames Street and Broadway), and "Kinney Systems" at Ten Cambridge Center (entrances from Broadway and Binney Street).
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
Cambridge Marriott, 2 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 800-228-9290
Residence Inn by Marriott, 6 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 800-331-3131
Hyatt Regency, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 800-233-1234
University Park Hotel at MIT, 20 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 617-577-0200
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 5 Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge, MA 617-806-4200
Raddison Hotel, 777 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 800-333-3333
Holiday Inn Express, 250 Monsignor O’Brien Highway, Cambridge, MA 617-577-7600