March 4 - 7, 2004
Blodgett Pool,
Entry
Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager (Corrected 2/16/04 for incorrect 1000 free cut time)
Important
Parking Information
Sanctioned by:
New England Swimming, Inc. NE-04-24/NE-04-24A
Presented by:
The Bay and
Meet Director:
Colleen & Tom Langelier; cmlangelier@yahoo.com (508-883-0082)
Entry Chairperson: Dan Warner, NSSC1@AOL.com,
Meet Referee:
Priscilla Davis
Dates: March
4 - 7, 2004
Times: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Warm-Up Trials: 7- 8:25 AM 7- 8:25 AM 7- 8:25
AM 7- 8:25 AM
Trials begin: 8:30 AM 8:30 AM 8:30
AM 8:30 AM
Warm-up Finals : 5
- 5:55 PM 5 - 5:55 PM 5 - 5:55 PM 4 - 4:55 PM
Finals begin: 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00
PM 5:15 PM
Please check the
No one will be allowed in the
building until 15 minutes before the start of warm-ups, except officials and
those affiliated with the Bay & Ocean State Squids.
Facility: Blodgett
Pool is an 8 lane, 25 yard competition course (7 foot depth) with a shallower 6
lane warm-up and warm-down course, with non-turbulent lane lines, a Daktronics Timing System and scoreboard. The facility has
ample seating and all members of New England Swimming, and all spectators, are
restricted to the pool, stands and the concession area. Only people with the
proper credentials will be allowed on deck.
Eligibility:
All swimmers must be 2004 USA Swimming registered swimmers with New England
Swimming. Please include USA Swimming numbers with the entry. All swimmers must
have competed in two
Entry Fees:
$5.00 electronic entry/ $5.50 hand entry for all individual events, including
distance events. $10.00 electronic relay entry/ $10.50 hand relay entry. In addition, there is a $1.00 per swimmer New
England Travel Fund surcharge for every swimmer listed on the entry.
Entry Procedure: Entry via email to: NSSC1@aol.com by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, February 24th, 2004. All emailed entries must
state the team name, contact names, email addresses and phone numbers in the
text of the email. Attach the .CL2 entry file to the email. Hard copies of
emailed entries must be received by Friday,
February 27th. Mail checks and hard copies to: Dan Warner 19 Fenley Rd. Gloucester, Ma. 01930. If mailing over night
mail, be sure to check off the “No signature required” box on the envelope. All
forms must be typed or legibly printed and must include all swimmers’ USA
Swimming numbers and ages. Checks for
entries should be made payable to Mass
Bay Marlins. Checks for
Computer entries are strongly
encouraged. This meet will be run on Meet Manager from Hy-tek. This program accepts SD3 and CL2 file
formats. For further information about computer entries, call Dan Warner @
978-283-4456. Please ensure that the team contact information is filled out
correctly in your computer entry file as this information will be used to send
results and other information to your team.
An active e-mail address for your coach or contact person is required. The
meet will be seeded Yards, SCM, LCM. Please circle any
SCM and LCM times in RED on your hard copy. When entering a “custom Meter time”
in the Hy-tek entry program, be sure to enter the “L”
after the time so that it imports correctly.
Entry Times:
Times must date from February 15, 2003.
Format: The
meet will be conducted in a trials/finals format. In the evening there will be
4 heats: a 13-14 year old heat of those swimmers not qualifying for any other
heats in that event, bonus, consolation, final heats, in that order in all
events except the two distance events and the relays. The relays will be conducted as timed finals
in the evening. There may be a ten-
minute break between the end of finals and the beginning of relays at the
discretion of the meet referee. The top
heat of the men and women’s 1000 Yard freestyle will be swum at night.
Number of Events: A swimmer may swim a maximum of 9 events with no more than 3 events
per day, including time trials. A
swimmer may enter as many events as he/she has qualified in, and then scratch
down to the allowed maximum 9 individual events for the meet.
Relays: All
relays will be swum as timed finals at the end of the evening sessions.
Non-qualified relay only swimmers will be allowed to fill a relay for a team
that only has one, two or three qualified swimmers entered in the meet. Relay-only swimmers must be aged 12 or older.
There will be no relays entirely made up of “relay only swimmers”. Teams may
enter an unlimited number of relay entries. Only 2 relays per event will be
used for team scoring.
Time Trials:
According to USA Swimming rules, a swimmer may swim in no more than 3
individual events per day in a trials and finals format. This rule includes time trials and will be
strictly enforced. Time trials will be
held at the discretion of the Meet Referee, time permitting. All time trial swimmers must provide at least
two timers for their swims. The cost for
time trials is $5.00 per individual event and $ 10.00 per relay event.
Distance Events (1000 and 1650): In timed finals, the 1000 and 1650 yard freestyles
will be swam fastest to slowest, alternating heats of women and men. The fastest heat of the 1000 yard freestyle
for women and men will be conducted at the beginning of finals on Sunday. The rest of the heats will be conducted in
trials. All heats of the 1650 will run
in the morning session as timed finals.
All distance swimmers must provide at least 2 timers with watches and 1
counter for their swims.
Awards:
Note: Those 13-14 year old swimmers competing in the
top three heats of the open competition will have their scores included in the
tabulation of the 13-14
Scoring: 1-8 9-16 17-24
Individual - 32 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 / 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 / 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Relays - 64 58 56 54 52 50 48 46 /
40 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 / 181412 10
8 6 4 2
Please note that only finals,
consolation, and bonus heats will be scored for team awards and open
Award Ceremonies: The award ceremony will consist only of announcing the results of the Championship
Final heat immediately upon completion of that event. Awards for all events
will be available at the designated awards table during the meet.
Results:
Event results will be posted throughout the building immediately after each
event. Event results will be available
on-line on a daily basis at the New England Web site.
Admission:
$1 per session. No one will be permitted
on deck except swimmers, registered coaches, and officials. All coaches and officials must display their
current USA Swimming membership cards while on deck.
Programs:
$6.00 full meet program, $1.00 for finals’ session heat sheets
Refreshments:
A concession stand will be available.
Vendor: A
vendor will be available.
Scratches: A
scratch box will be located at the clerk of course desk. Scratch deadlines for Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday are due by 6:00 PM the night before the next day of trials. Scratches for Thursday’s events only need to
be e-mailed to NSSC1@aol.com or made by phone to 978-283-4456 until 12:00 PM on
Wednesday only. You must request confirmation of a scratch via e-mail or phone.
Positive Check In: All 1000 and 1650 freestyle swimmers and all relays must confirm their
intention to participate with a positive check-in for those events. Deadline:
8:30 AM - Thursday for the 1650 yard freestyle and 8:30 AM Sunday for
the 1000 yard freestyle. Deadline for
positive check-in for all relays is by 6:00 PM for Friday and Saturday and by
5:15 PM on Sunday.
Relay Cards:
Names must be turned in by 7:00 PM each day of the event (the deadline for Sunday’s
relay cards is 6:15 PM). Relay name/or order changes may be done at the
computer until the relay event is called.
Failure to check-in will
result in a swimmer being eliminated from the event. Any swimmer or relay team that does affirm
his/her/their intent to swim and does not compete, unless excused by the Meet
Referee, will be barred from further competition at the meet, including relays
and time trials.
Special Scratch Notes:
Timers and Other Workers: According to NES policy, BOSS will make timing
assignments for this meet based on the size of your team’s entry. Please be cooperative and punctual. We need the full cooperation of all teams;
large and small, to adequately run this meet.
Assignments will be posted on the NE web site the week before the meet.
All swimmers in the 1000 and
1650 freestyle are reminded that they must provide at least 2 timers with
watches and 1 counter for the distance events.
Officials who would like to officiate at the NE Open meet should fill
out the application form to officiate, by February 18th ,
and send it to Bill Geary, the officials chairman. The application, Bill’s email, and fax number
are located on the
Verification:
Verification of times should be included on the hard copy of your team’s entry.
All coaches should bring a verification packet to the meet. Times must date
from February 15, 2003.
Disabled Swimmers: Disabled swimmer forms are available from the New England Swimming
office.
Warm-up:
Other Meet Notes:
Directions: From
the Mass Pike, get off at the Cambridge/Allston exit. Take the
Parking:
After dropping the swimmers at the gate on
Hotels: