New Wave Swim Club
January 14 and January 15, 2006
Sanctioned by NE Swimming # NE-06-13, Time Trial # NE-06-13TT
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
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: Joe Opolski jpopolski@lanlink.us (978) 373-6408
Meet Referee: Paul Memont prmnes@verizon.net (978) 688-1727
Entry Chairperson: Joe Frazier ajfrazier@comcast.net
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.
SITE: The Charles C. White Pool is a 6-lane, 25-yard
pool with Kiefer Lane Control System. The pool is equipped with a fully-automatic
Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touchpads
at the finish end of the pool and six lane electronic display. There are no touchpads
at the turn end of the pool. The finish
end of the pool is 13 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 5 feet deep. There
is spectator seating for 300. The pool is located on the campus of
COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2006 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 December 5, 2005. Entries received
before December 5, 2005 will be considered received on December 5, 2005. Entries must be received no later than
January 7, 2006. Make checks payable to
“New Wave Swim Club, Inc.”. Mail completed forms (including signed entry
cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: New Wave Swim Club
P.O. Box 524, Lowell, MA 01853. 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 ajfrazier@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 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 January 7, 2006 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at jpopolski@lanlink.us. 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 less than 400 yard, $4.50 for events 400 yard and longer, (400 IM and 1000 Free). Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events less than 400 yards, $5.00 for events 400 yards and longer.
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: None
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. No diving will be permitted in any part of the pool during warm-ups except in designated sprint lanes identified by the meet referee.
SAFETY:
RULES: 2006 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 be scored. The top team in a large group and small group category will each receive a custom plaque or trophy. Large team and small team categories will be determined by the number of entries per team and will be defined after all entries are received.
AWARDS: All participants will receive a participant award. Ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each individual event, and top three finishers in each relay event.
FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS: New Wave Swim
Club, the
PARKING: There is ample parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Charles c. White pool.
DIRECTIONS: From the south: Take route 495 to exit
50,(Rt. 97), at the end of the ramp go directly across Rt. 97, through the
lights, and on to
From the north: Take route 495 to exit 50 (Rt. 97),
at the end of the ramp go left on to Rt.97. Stay in the left hand lane, cross
over route 495 and take a left hand turn at the lights on to Monument Street.
Proceed on