Bernal Gator Swim Club
McDermott Pool, Warwick, RI
November 5-6, 2005
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-05-76, NE-05-76-TT
Events List (corrected 10/04/05)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
CONTACTS
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Meet Director |
Fran Tocci |
(781) 642-1234 |
f.Tocci@verizon.net |
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Anne Hrabchak |
(978) 371-1965 |
ahrabc@yahoo.com |
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Entry Chair |
Tim Ernst |
(781)235-0292 |
SwimMeetEntry@comcast.net |
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Referee |
Steve Davidson |
(978)542-6900 |
stephen.davidson@salemstate.edu |
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. Heat Sheets will be delivered to Coaches the moment they are ready. Each Team will initially receive one copy. More copies will follow as soon as they are available.
SITE: McDermott Pool, Sandy Lane, Warwick, Rhode Island is a 25-yard 6 lane covered pool with non-turbulent lane lines. There are no touchpad’s at the turn end of the pool. There is limited interior seating. The finish end of the pool is 10 1/2 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is4 1/2 feet deep. Attached to the main pool is an area that is available for warm-up and warm down, approximately 25 yards x 6 lanes in size. 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. The rules are 2005. 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
October 3, 2005. Entries received before
October 3, 2005 will be considered received on October 3, 2005. Entries must be received no later than
October 17, 2005. Make checks payable to
“Everglades Trust”. Mail completed forms
(including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry
chairperson: Tim Ernst, 3 Middlesex Street, Wellesley MA 02481. 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 SwimMeetEntry@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 October 17, 2005 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at SwimMeetEntry@comcast.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. There is no Swimmer Participation Fee.
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.
LOTTERY: This meet shall run by the new 75%-25% New England ruling. Seventy-five percent of the meet will be reserved for the Bernal Gator Swim Club and other teams they have invited. The other twenty-five percent of the meet will be reserved for all other teams entering complying with the meets specifications mentioned in this invitation. “If on the first day of acceptance, the meet entries exceed the 25% still available in the meet, there will be a lottery of those teams. The New England Office will run the lottery.”
PROGRAMS: $5.00 for the weekend.
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 Warm up area will be available during the meet for warm-up and warm down. .
SAFETY:
RULES: 2005-06 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 $14.00 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: 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: The Bernal Gator Swim Club 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 pool and hockey rink.
DIRECTIONS:
From the North: Take 95
South into Rhode Island and get off at Exit 12A (Main Street) Route 113
East. Follow Route 113 East until the
end (Route 117). Take a left at that
light and bear to the left. Take a left
at the next light onto Sandy Lane. The
pool will be on the left approximately 300 feet after the light. (Mickey
Stevens Complex)
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area:
COMFORT INN
1940 Post Rd.
(401) 732-0470 | (800) 228-5150
A 200 room hotel next door to the Airport. Complimentary continental
breakfast, 24-hour airport shuttle service, in-room movies, cable TV &
HBO.
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT
55 Jefferson Park Rd.
(401) 467-6900 or (888) 236-2427
With 92 rooms spread out over three floors, this hotel has amenities
including swimming pool, whirlpool and data ports in every room