Alumni Healthful
December 18th. to
19th.
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-04-64 and NE-04-64 TT
Note: This meet was relocated to Longmeadow High School, Longmeadow MA.
Entry
Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
Meet Director: Jane
Woodward jfwood43@aol.com 413-567-6962
Meet Referee: John Deady 413-531-4016
Entry Chairperson: JP Galli jpgalli@pvacswim.com 413-531-8813
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as trials/finals for 11
& over, timed finals for 10 & under. There will be a final and a
consolation heat during finals, top 16 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.
SITE: The Alumni Healthful Living Center Pool is an 8-lane,
25-yard 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 one lane electronic display. There are no touchpads
at the turn end of the pool. Attached to
the main pool is a well area that is available for warmup
and warmdown. The finish end of the pool is 7 feet deep; the
turn end of the pool is 7 feet deep. Spectator seating for 250.
The pool is located inside the
COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2004 or 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 October 18th.
2004. Entries received before October 18th.
2004will be considered received on October 18th. 2004. Entries must be received no later than December
10th. 2004. Make checks
payable to “PVAC”. Mail completed forms
(including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry
chairperson: JP Galli –
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 jpgalli@pvacswim.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 10 and under may enter and swim in a maximum
of 5 events per day. Swimmers 11 and older can swim 3 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 December 10th. 2004
entry deadline. Entry time
updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at jpgalli@pvacswim.com.
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 short-course yard
(25-yard pool) times. Meter times must
be converted to yard 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.
RELAYS: There will be no relays.
25-YARD EVENTS: 25-yard events will start at the turn end of the
pool. There are no starting blocks at
the turn end of the pool. Swimmers will
dive in from the wall.
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.
Saturday Morning
Saturday Afternoon
Saturday Finials
Sunday Morning
Sunday Afternoon
Sunday Finials
SAFETY:
RULES: 2004 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.
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:
PARKING: There is ample parking available in the parking lot
adjacent to the
DIRECTIONS: From the East and West (
Leave the Mass. Pike at Exit 6.
Turn left onto I-291. Take Exit 5 off I-291 ("Route 20-A West to
From
the North via Interstate 91:
Leave I-91 at Exit 8, ("
From
the South via Interstate 91:
Leave I-91 at Exit 2
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LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
This meet is sponsored by the
Springfield Marriott – Rooms will be held under PVAC Swim meet
Marriott 1500
Sheraton 1 Monarch Pl.
Holiday Inn 711 Dwight St.