Bay & Ocean State Squids

Team Specialty Meet

Brown University Pool, Providence, RI

July 8-10, 2005

Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-05-50(TT)

 

Events List

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager (not available at this time)

Results

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: Kyle Schack (kyleschack@gmail.com, 248-797-9391)

Meet Referee: Larry Thomas (508-543-6196)

Entry Chairperson: Jack Leblanc (leblanc.v@cox.net, 401-821-0439)

 

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 1500 freestyle will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men.

 

SITE: The Brown University Pool is an 8-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 single-line electronic display.  There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool.  The finish end of the pool is 10 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 5 feet deep.  Spectator seating for 500.  The pool is located inside the Brown Athletic Complex, on Hope Street.  Please enter through the main entrance off the parking lot facing the Ice Rink.  Directions may be found later in this document. 

 

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.  New England teams entering the meet are encouraged to check their entries with the online registration check tool on the New England Swimming web site.  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 July 6, 2005.  Entries received before July 6, 2005 will be considered received on July 6, 2005.  Entries must be received no later than July 7, 2005.  Make checks payable to “Ocean State Squids”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson:  Jack Leblanc at 18 Lebrea Way, Coventry, RI 02816.  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 New England policy.

 

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 leblanc.v@cox.net.  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 5 events per day.

 

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 July 7, 2005 entry deadline.  Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at leblanc.v@cox.net. 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 long course meters (50-meters pool) times.  Yards times must be converted to meters times.

 

ENTRY CUTS: Entry cuts, if necessary, will be made by the date of receipt.  Friday night events (800m Free and 400 IM) will be limited to the top 8 and 6 heats respectively.  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.

 

RELAYS: There will be no relays.

 

WARM-UPS:  Friday warm up will begin at 4:00pm.  The session will begin at 5:00pm.  Saturday and Sunday morning sessions will begin at 7:00am with the competition beginning at 8:00am.  Saturday and Sunday afternoon sessions warm up will begin at Noon, with competition beginning at 1pm.  Saturday distance session warm up will begin at 5:00pm and competition at 6:00pm.

 

PROGRAMS: $2.00 per session.

 

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 diving well area will be available during the meet for warmup and warmdown.  .

 

SAFETY:

 

  1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes.  There will be no diving in the warmup and warmdown areas at any time
  2. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
  3. No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
  4. Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach.  If a swimmer arrives at the meet without a coach, the swimmer should notify the referee before he/she warms up.  The referee will assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.
  5. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.

 

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 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.

 

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: Bay & Ocean State Squids and Brown University 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 Brown Athletic Complex.

 

DIRECTIONS: From the North Exit 95 S at Branch Ave.  Make Left onto Branch and follow thru light and up hill.  At Hope St. (second stop sign) make right.  Follow Hope (veer left) and park at Brown Athletic Complex on left.

 

LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:

 

A. Biltmore Hotel
(401) 421-070011 Dorrance St
Providence, RI 02903

References: providencebiltmore.com -

 

B. State House Inn
(401) 351-611143 Jewett St
Providence, RI 02908
References: providence-inn.com -

 

C. Westin Providence The
(401) 598-80001 W Exchange St
Providence, RI 02903
References: westinprovidence.com -

 

D. Radisson Providence Harbor Hotel
(401) 272-5577220 India St
Providence, RI 02903
References: radisson.com -

 

E. Holiday Inn Downtown: Inns
(401) 831-390021 Atwells Ave
Providence, RI 02903
References: ichotelsgroup.com -

 

F. Hotel Providence The
(401) 861-8000311 Westminster St
Providence, RI 02903
References: thehotelprovidence.com -

 

G. Old Court Bed & Breakfast The
(401) 751-2002144 Benefit St
Providence, RI 02903
References: oldcourt.com

 

H. Westin Hotel
(401) 598-85041 W Exchange St
Providence, RI 02903
References: westinprovidence.com

 

I. Westin Providence the: Capital Club Fitness Center
(401) 598-82771 W Exchange St
Providence, RI 02903
References: capitalclubri.com

 

J. Edgewood Manor Bed & Breakfast
(401) 781-0099