Burbank YMCA Bluefins

Team Specialty Meet

Burbank YMCA, Reading, MA

October 22, 2005

Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-05-71 and NE-05-71 TT

 

Events List

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

Results

Results (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager

 

Meet Director: Cam Townsend (earlybirdx3@hotmail.com, 781-245-1338)

Meet Referee: Marian Nihan (swimarian@comcast.net, 781-944-2542)

Entry Chairperson: Cam Townsend (earlybirdx3@hotmail.com, 781-245-1338)

 

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 timing desk.  The 1650 freestyle will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men. All swimmers must provide their own timer and counter for the 1650 free.

 

SITE: The Burbank YMCA Pool is an 8-lane, 25-yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines.  Fully-automatic Daktronic Time Systems electronic timing with touchpads at the finish end of the pool with 8-lane electronic display.  There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool.  Adjacent to the main pool is a smaller pool that is available for warmup and warmdown.  The finish end of the pool is 10 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4 feet deep.  Spectator seating for 150.  The pool is located inside the Burbank YMCA, 36 Arthur B. Lord Dr., Reading, MA 01867.  Please enter through the main entrance.  Directions may be found later in this document. 

 

COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).

 

EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.

 

ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2005 or 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.  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 September 26, 2005.  Entries received before September 26, 2005 will be considered received on September 26, 2005.  Entries must be received no later than October 10, 2005.  Make checks payable to “BYB Swim Team”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Cam Townsend, 37 Emerson St., Wakefield, MA 01880.  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 earlybirdx3@hotmail.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 may enter and swim in a maximum of 4 events.

 

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 October 10, 2005 entry deadline.  Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at earlybirdx3@hotmail.com. 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 200-yard events and $5.00 for 1650 free.  Non-electronic entries: $4.00 for individual 200-yard events and $5.50 for 1650 free.

 

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.  The host team reserves the right to limit the number of heats of the 1650 free; entry cuts may be made by seed time.

 

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 small pool 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.  No food is allowed on deck.
  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.

 

AWARDS: No Awards.

 

FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: BYB Swim Team assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property.  Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility.

 

PARKING: There is parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Burbank YMCA.  On street parking is also allowed.

 

DIRECTIONS: The Burbank YMCA is located at 36 Arthur B. Lord Dr., Reading, MA 01867.  Telephone:  781-944-9622.

 

From the North:   From Interstate 93: Take the exit for Route 129. Turn right onto 129, toward Reading. Go straight through the first set of traffic lights. Immediately on your left is P&S Convenience Store. Take the first left onto Intervale Rd. At the end of Intervale, take a left onto Birch Meadow Drive. Approximately ˝ on your left will be Arthur B. Lord Drive. Take a left onto Arthur B. Lord Drive and the Burbank YMCA will be on your right.

 

From Interstate 95 (Rte 128):Take Exit 40. Follow the signs for Route 129 west into Reading Center. At the first set of traffic lights take a right onto Main St (Rte 28). After approximately ˝ a mile you will come to a set of traffic lights. Take a left onto Birch Meadow Drive. Take the first right onto Arthur B. Lord Drive. (You will pass Coolidge Middle School on your right). The Burbank YMCA building will be on your right.

 

From the South:    From Interstate 93: Take the exit for Route 129. Turn left onto 129 toward Reading. Go straight through the first set of traffic lights. Immediately on your left is a P&S convenience store. Take the first left onto Intervale Rd. At the end of Intervale. Take a left onto Birch Meadow Drive. Approximately ˝ on your left will be Arthur B. Lord Drive. Take a left onto Arthur B. Lord Drive and the Burbank YMCA will be on your right.

 

LODGING: A variety of hotels can be found in Woburn, MA approximately 5 miles from the Burbank YMCA.

Courtyard by Marriott, 240 Mishawum Rd., Woburn

Fairfield Inn, 285 Mishawum Rd., Woburn

Red Roof Inn, 19 Commerce Way., Woburn

Hampton Inn, 315 Mishawum Rd., Woburn

Fairfield Inn, 285 Mishawum Rd., Woburn