YMCA OF THE NORTH SHORE SHARKS
Trials/Finals 13 & Over
Timed Finals 12 & Under
Sterling YMCA,
June 24-26, 2005
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-05-39-
Time Trial Sanction #NE-05-39TT-
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF) (corrected May 8)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (no time trials)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (time trials only)
Meet Director: Jim Piepenbrink (piepen@msn.com, 617-638-6592)
Meet Referee: Jon Hurst (jhurst@retailersma.org, 978-921-2062)
Entry Chairperson: Kevin Tyrrell (tyrrellk@northshoreymca.org 978-927-6855
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as trials/finals for 13 & over (with the exception of Friday night events -50 Free, 400 IM and 800 Free-which will be times finals) and timed finals for 12 and under sessions. 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.
SITE: The Sterling 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 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 YMCA,
COURSE: Long Course 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 14, 2005. Entries received
before May 14, 2005 will be considered received on May 14, 2005. Entries must be received no later than June
10, 2005. Make checks payable to “YNS
Swim Team”. Mail completed forms
(including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry
chairperson: Kevin Tyrrell 254 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915. 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. Any
swimmer who is entered with incorrect swimmer information, or an incorrect or
no ID, or is unregistered, will be scratched from the meet until corrections
are made per the
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 tyrrellk@northshoreymca.org. 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. Please indicate the package can be delivered without a signature.
ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes 12 and under may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 events per day. Swimmers 13 and older can swim 3 events per day.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated through Tuesday, June 21, 2004 at 4:00 pm. No new entries will be accepted after the June 10, 2005 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at tyrrellk@northshoreymca.org. 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. 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: $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. The warm-up/warm-down area will be available during the meet.
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.
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.
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. Please be advised the YMCA of the
SCORING: The meet will not be scored.
AWARDS: Awards will be given to the top six finishers in each individual event. Heat prizes will be 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.
EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS: YMCA of the
PARKING: There will be off-site parking available
with a shuttle service running constantly to and from both sites. Swimmers may be dropped off at the entrance
to the
DIRECTIONS: The Sterling YMCA is located at
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
Comfort Inn, 50
Marriott Courtyard at Liberty Tree Mall,
Days Inn, 152 Endicott Street,
Super 8 Motel, Route 1 North,
Motel 6, Route 1 North,
Sheraton Ferncroft,
Lakeview Motorlodge,