NEW
ENGLAND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hosted
by Easthampton Barracudas
White Brook Middle School, Easthampton, MA
February 13-15, 2004
Sanctioned by New England Swimming # NE-04-23 (23A)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
TEAMS ASSIGNED TO THIS VENUE
ATST,
BAT, BGSC, BOSS, BSSC,CONY, CVWM, DYD, EB, ELM, ESC, ESSC, FINS, GTRS ,HARV,LRW
,MMY, MST, NASY, ORO, PWSC, SNAP, VAST, WYST
DATES AND LOCATION
February 13-15, 2004
at the White Brook Middle School, Easthampton, MA. This meet is hosted by Easthampton Barracudas.
CONTACTS
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Meet
Director |
Cheryl
Fletcher |
(413)
527-6888 |
fletchcows@aol.com |
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Referee |
Bob
Menck |
(603)
357-9638 |
rmenck@ne.rr.com |
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Warm-up |
Meet |
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Friday,
February 13th |
4:00
PM |
5:00
PM |
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Saturday
Morning, February 14th |
7:00
AM |
8:00
AM |
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Saturday
Afternoon, February 14th |
1:00
PM |
2:00
PM |
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Saturday
Evening, February 14th |
6:00
PM |
6:30
PM |
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Sunday
Morning, February 15th |
7:00
AM |
8:00
AM |
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Sunday
Afternoon, February 15th |
1:00
PM |
2:00
PM |
Start
times may be changed once all entries have been received. Teams will be
notified of exact times at least 1 week prior to meet.
Teams will be assigned
warm-up times and lanes once all entries are received.
FACILITY
The White Brook Middle School is located in
Easthampton, MA. The White Brook Middle School is a six- (6) lane pool with
non-turbulent lane lines, Colorado Timing System, seating for 300 spectators.
There is No Smoking on the school grounds. Failure to abide by rules defined
in this notice, posted at the facility or determined by the Meet Referee or
Meet Director may result in ejection from the facility. Only those with
proper credentials will be allowed on deck.
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. 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, however, the gym
will be available for swimmers and coaches.
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.
Distance events (400,
500, 1650) may be cut by time in the event that the meet is oversubscribed at
the discretion of the Meet Director.
The 200 Fly, 200 Back
and 200 Breast for the 11-12 age group will be limited to 4 heats for Girls and
4 heats for Boys.
ELIGIBILITY
All swimmers must be
2004 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 may be limited to two teams per event per club at the
discretion of the Meet Director. Relays will be the first to be cut, in the
event that the meet is oversubscribed, at the discretion of the Meet Director.
Entries must be
received by Monday, February 2, 2004. 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 Friday, February 6th.
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, 2003 and February 2, 2004. Times achieved in a 25 meter pool must be
multiplied by .9049 to convert to yards.
NEW
CUT TIMES ACHIEVED AT THE CCSC & PAC MEETS FEB. 6-8
New events only,
achieved at either of these meets may be entered by emailing the entry to
Cheryl Fletcher, fletchcows@aol.com by
Monday February 9th at 5:00PM. The hard copy and check must be
received by 5PM on Tuesday February 10th at 5:00PM in order for the
entry to be accepted. These entries must be for new events only, not upgraded
times.
SCRATCHES
Coaches must scratch
swimmers by the end of the first 30 minutes of each warm-up session.
FEES
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$3.50
per individual entry |
only
one check per team will be accepted and should |
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$10.00
per relay |
be
payable to Easthampton Barracudas |
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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
Cheryl
Fletcher
Easthampton
Barracudas
22
Gunn Road
Southampton,
MA 01073
(413)527-6888
fletchcows@aol.com
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
2004 USA 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 Art Vanasse. Any official interested in helping at the
meet should contact Art at Avfrogman9343678@cs.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
Programs: $5.00 entire meet
CONCESSION
/ VENDOR
Food and merchandise
will be for sale throughout the meet in the lobby.
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.
PARKING
Parking
is free and available at the school parking lot.
DIRECTIONS: From the north or south, take route 91 to
exit 17B. At the end of the exit, take
a right onto route 141. Follow over the
mountain to first set of lights. Go
straight through lights onto Payson Ave..
Follow to Park Street. Take a
left onto Park St. Approximately 1 mile on your left is White Brook Middle
School. The school is set back from the
road on a long driveway. Please park in
lots, NOT in front of the building.
LOCAL ACCOMODATIONS:
Clarion
Hotel, Northampton 413-586-1211
Best
Western of Northampton 413-586-1500
Holiday Inn,
Holyoke 413-534-3311
Holiday Inn Express
Suites, Hadley 413-582-0002
Country Inn &
Suites, Holyoke 413-533-2100