GMSC 2005 Winter Specialty Meet
Proudly host by the Greenwood
Memorial Swim Club
In association with MAGNUS
Aquatic Group
Saturday & Sunday, January 22 &
23, 2005
At Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC),
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-05-15 & NE-05-15 TT
The Sunday session will take place on Saturday, February 5.
Results for the re-scheduled
session will be posted under a separate sanction number.
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Results for Re-Scheduled Session on Saturday, February 5, 2005.
The make-up session was sanctioned as NE-05-25/NE-05-25TT
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (no time trials)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (time trials only)
CONTACTS
Meet Director:
Meet Referee: Bob Menck (603) 357-9638 rmenck@ne.rr.com
Entry Chairperson:
For GMSC/MAG Team information, warm-up schedules, timing needs, and/or “day-of-the-meet” weather or emergency notices, access the GMSC web page at: http://www.greenwoodswim.com/index.html
FACILITY: The
Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) Pool is a 6-lane, 25-yard indoor pool
with 7’-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines, with separate spectator
seating above the pool deck. The pool is
located within the MWCC Fitness and
MEET FORMAT: All events will be swum as timed-finals and will be seeded after the positive check-in deadline before the start of the competition the session. Coaches and swimmers must check-in with the Clerk of the Course no later than 45 minutes before the meet is scheduled to start (i.e., by 7:45 AM for morning sessions and 1:45 PM for afternoon sessions). Heat and lane assignments will be posted and handed out to coaches prior to the start of competition. There will be no bullpen. Swimmers are to report directly to their assigned lane before their event and heat is called. Coaches are responsible for ensuring their swimmers are in the correct heat and lane.
SESSIONS
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COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).
EVENTS: See included list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2005 USA Swimming
registered athletes and must be registered before the entry is
submitted. In accordance with NE
Swimming rules, teams that enter unregistered swimmers will be subject to a
fine of $100 per unregistered swimmer.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted beginning
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 remecon@comcast.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 FEES: Electronic entries: $3.50 for individual events. Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events.
ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in short-course yard (25-yard pool) times. Meter times must be converted to yard times. Entries with “NO TIME” will be rejected.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated through
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.
OFFICIALS AND TIMERS: All teams are asked to provide volunteer officials and timers if available. The Referee for this meet will be Bob Menck and volunteer officials are encouraged to contact Bob at (603) 357-9638 or email at rmenck@ne.rr.com before the meet.
PROGRAMS: $2.00 for each session; $5.00 for entire meet (4 sessions)
ADMISSION: $1.00 per adult (non-swimmer over 14 years).
WARMUPS: The pool
will open for warm-ups at
SAFETY, BEHAVIOR, IMPORTANT RULES & SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Failure to abide by these rules
and any other rules that may be announced or posted by meet officials during
the meet may result in ejection from the facility. Meet officials will watch for swimmers or meet spectators who violate
facility regulations. Horseplay will not
be tolerated. Parents must supervise
younger children in attendance at the meet.
Meet and building officials have the authority to dismiss swimmers and
spectators from the facility. Coaches
are responsible for communicating this to both swimmers and parents. No pets of any kind are permitted within the
facility. The Greenwood Memorial
Swim Club, Magnus Aquatic Group, and
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 at the end of each session. Time trials are $5.00 for individual events.
DECK ACCESS: Only athletes, coaches, officials, timers, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck. All non-athletes, except timers, 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 AND AWARDS: This
meet is a “last chance” meet providing an opportunity to improve times before
the February short course championship meets.
There is no ‘
FOOD & EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet. A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories at times during the meet if arrangements can be made.
PARKING: There is
ample free parking available in the College grounds, adjacent to the MWCC
Fitness and
DIRECTIONS: From
the North and South: Follow Route 128 or 495 to Route 2 West. Take the first
From the East: Take Route 2 West and follow the above instructions.
From the West: Take Route 2 East;
get off at the second
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
Super 8 Motel,
(At exit 23 off Rte 2.)
Colonial Hotel,
978-630-2500. (Leave Rte 2 at exit 24, take Rte 140N, then take the third left after about a mile.)