Shawmut Aquatic Club
Memorial Day Classic
May 27-29, 2005
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-05-27 NE-05-27 TT
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Meet Director: Kristine Van Amsterdam (jva@mac.com, 508-655-0322)
Meet Referee: David Saunders (401) 439-5233
Entry Chairperson: Cheryl Reuter (ccreuter@aol.com, 508-879-9637)
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 control office. The 800 meter and 1500 meter freestyle events will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men.
SITE: The Competition 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 touch
pads at the start end of the pool with six-line electronic display. The
finish end of the pool is 12 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4 feet
deep. Spectator seating is for 500. The pool is located inside the
Springfield College Athletic Complex,
COURSE: Long course meters (50 meters).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2005 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.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be
accepted on and after May 2, 2005.
Entries received before May 2, 2005 will be considered received on May 2,
2005. Entries must be received no later than 5 PM, May 16, 2005.
Make checks payable to “Shawmut Aquatic Club”. Mail completed forms
(including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry
chairperson: Cheryl Reuter,
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 ccreuter@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 Sundays and holidays, of receipt of the email entry. If payment is received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of the email entry, the email receipt date will be considered the date of entry. If payment is received more than four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, 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 five (5) events per day. Swimmers will be limited to one (1) event for the Friday and Saturday evening sessions.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated until 7 days prior to the first day of the meet. No new entries will be accepted after the May 16, 2005 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at ccreuter@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, $10.00 for relays.
Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events, $10.50 for relays.
SWIMMER PARTICIPATION FEE: $6.00 per swimmer.
ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in long-course meters (50-meter pool) times. Yard times must be converted to meter times using the conversion 1.14 times total number of seconds. Entries with “NO TIME” will be rejected.
ENTRY CUTS: Entry cuts, if necessary, will be made by the date of receipt and time. 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. The meet director reserves the right to cut the following events by time: 400 free, 800 free, 1500 free, and 400 IM.
RELAYS: There will be no relay events.
PROGRAMS: $2.00 per session or $5.00 for complete meet program.
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 ten minutes before the beginning of each session. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes and time slots after all entries are received.
SAFETY:
RULES: 2005 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. All events will be swum as timed finals. Swimmers must provide their own counters and timers for the 800 meter
and 1500 meter freestyle events.
TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be offered at the discretion of the meet referee if time allows. Time trials are $5.00 for individual events and $10.00 for relays.
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.
EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS: Shawmut Aquatic Club assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property. Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility.
PARKING: There is ample parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Springfield College Art Linkletter Natatorium.
DIRECTIONS:
The
Springfield College Art Linkletter Natatorium is
located at
From
points east and west: Take Massachusetts Turnpike to
Exit 6. Turn left to Rte. 291 West. Proceed one mile to Exit 5 (
From
points north: Take Rte. 91 South. Exit onto Rte. 291; take Rte. 291
to Exit 5B. Then follow the above directions from Exit 5.
From
points south: Take Rte. 91 North.
Exit onto Rte. 291; take Rte. 291 to Exit 5B. Then follow the above
directions from Exit 5.
LODGING:
The
following hotels and motels are in the area:
Marriott -
Sheraton -
Holiday Inn -