GMSC Veteran’s Day Weekend
Short Course Challenge
‘AA’ Trials & Finals for 11 & Over
with additional Time-Final Qualifying Sessions
Friday through Sunday,
at
October 18 NOTE: Due
to facility constraints, this meet has been changed in format to a two-day
timed finals meet.
Please contact the Meet Director (Walt Meissner, wcm@bu.edu) for more details.
Swimmer participation fee and entry fees have been adjusted. Please contact
Walt Meissner for more information.
There is space available for additional teams to enter this meet.
Proudly
hosted by the
Greenwood Memorial Swim Club, Inc.
in association with
Sanctioned by
Sanction # NE-05-77 & NE-05-77 TT
Schedule of Events (Adobe PDF)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager (updated 10/11/05)
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager
CONTACTS
Meet Director:
Meet Referee:
Entry Chairperson:
Safety Chairman: Kate Maguire (978) 692-5403 MaguireJG@aol.com
For the most up-to-date information about 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/
FACILITY:
MEET FORMAT: Age group meet swum
in Short Course Yards for 11 & Over swimmers to be conducted as Trials and
Finals (championship and consolation heats) for swimmers with ‘AA’ times in 11-12,
13-14, and 15 & Over Age Groups. Bonus
events will be allowed up to an acceptable timeline for the session (defined below). A separate timed-final afternoon session is
offered on Saturday and Sunday afternoons to non-qualifiers in the 11-12 and
13-14 age groups and (time permitting) time trials for 15 & over swimmers. Combined ten lane heats will be swum in the
trial sessions with the top 16 in each age group advancing to swim in two 8-lane
final heats (i.e., trial sessions will be swum as 11 & over events, but the
final heats in the respective age groups).
Special open relay events will be swum as the last event in Finals with
teams using any of their swimmers entered in the meet. Morning and afternoon sessions will
be seeded after the positive check-in deadline before the start of the
competition. Coaches and swimmers must
check-in with the Clerk of the Course no later than one hour before the session
is scheduled to start (i.e., by 8:00 AM on Friday morning, 7:00 AM on Sat/Sun morning,
and 12:00 PM for afternoon sessions). Heat and lane assignments will be posted and handed out to officials
and coaches prior to the start of competition.
Swimmers are to report directly to their assigned lane before their
event and heat is called. At the
discretion of the Meet Referee, there may be a short break between trial heats
and the beginning of the relays.
SESSIONS: Swimmer access to the
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ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2005 or 2006 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 on and after October
4, 2005. Entries received before October 4, 2005 will be considered received
on October 4, 2005. Electronic
Entries (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software)
that are in CL2 or SD3/SDIF must be received via email no later than
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. Make checks payable to Greenwood Memorial
Swim Club, Inc. and mail hardcopy of the entry (including signed entry cover
page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson:
ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 3 events per day, not including relays, if swimming in the trials and finals session. If any 1 event is entered in a qualifying event – prelims session -- than that swimmer is limited to a maximum of 3 individual events for the day. Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 events per day not including relays if swimming only in the timed-final afternoon events.
BONUS EVENTS: All trials & finals swimmers will be allowed bonus events in the trials and finals sessions- two bonus events allowed for each one event in which the swimmer has a verifiable AA qualifying time. Please circle in red ink the bonus events for each swimmer on the hard copy of your meet entry submission. In the event of oversubscription, we reserve the right to reduce the number of allowable bonus events to one bonus event for each one event in which the swimmer as a verifiable AA qualifying time.
ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $5.00 per event for trials
and final events (morning sessions);
$3.50 for individual events timed-final sessions (afternoon sessions), and $10.00 for relays. Non-electronic entries must add $0.50 per
entry (i.e., $5.50 for trials and finals events; $4.00 for timed-final events;
and $10.50 for relays). As per approval
of New England Swimming, a $10.00 per swimmer participation fee is required and
applied towards covering the high cost of renting this new facility. Time trials and deck entries for all events if permitted by the meet
referee and meet director will be charged at $5.00 per event.
ENTRY TIMES: For trials and finals events, all entries should be specified in short-course yard (25-yard pool) times and must be verifiable qualifying times as per the ‘AA’ motivational time standards per US Swimming (9/13/04) set for LCM or SCY (no SCM). Entry times must be verifiable by US Swimming’s SWIMS database. Qualifying meter times will be converted to yard times. Entry times for timed-final sessions must be in short course yards. Entries with “NO TIME” will be rejected.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated through
METHOD FOR CLOSING
THE MEET: As per the revised New England Swimming, Inc. rules approved by
the Board of NE Swimming on September 6, 2005, up to 75 percent of the meet is
reserved for teams invited by GMSC both within and outside of the New England
LSC. Any team or individual who has not
been formally invited may inquire about the possibility of being added to the
invitation list by contacting the entry chairman,
RELAYS: Open relay
events will be swum as the last event of the evening Finals session with each
team allowed to enter up to two (2) relay teams using any of their swimmers
entered in the meet. Additional relay
teams may be allowed at the discretion of Meet Referee and Meet Director if the
timeline permits.
TIME TRIALS: Time trials may be offered during the Saturday and Sunday afternoon sessions; but at the discretion of the meet referee if the timeline allows, deck entries will be allowed into the time-final events provided, of course, the swimmer has not exceeded the maximum number of allowable events per day. Such deck and time trials entries will be charged $5.00 for individual events.
WARMUPS: The pool
will open for warm-ups beginning at 8:00 AM on Friday and at 7:00 AM on Saturday
and Sunday, and then at approximately 12:00 PM for the afternoon session on
Saturday and Sunday and at 5:00 PM for evening finals sessions. Lanes will not be assigned to teams during
warm up sessions; however, sprint lanes will be designed by the referee from
AWARDS FOR TRIALS AND FINALS EVENTS ONLY: Ribbons
will be awarded to individuals for eight places (1st through 8th)
in ‘AA’ qualifying events only. Medals
will be given to top three relay winners.
No awards will be given in the afternoon timed-final sessions.
OFFICIALS AND TIMERS: Volunteer officials and timers from each team are encouraged and appreciated. The meet will be permitted to proceed only if a sufficient number of officials and timers are present as determined by the Meet Referee. Please include with your entry a list of your team’s eligible officials expected to be available, their phone numbers, and the session(s) they will work.
PROGRAMS: $8.00 for entire meet (5
sessions); $2.00 for final session heat sheets.
ADMISSION: $1.00 per session for non-swimmers 18 years of age and over. Those who volunteer to time or officiate will not be charged admission.
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 officials have the authority to dismiss swimmers and spectators
from the grounds. Coaches are
responsible for communicating this to both swimmers and parents. No pets of any kind are permitted within the complex. Boston
University, Greenwood Memorial Swim
Club, and
DECK ACCESS: Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck. Deck badges will be distributed to all non-athletes on the pool deck with validated USA Swimming registration cards and to volunteer timers and must be displayed at all times. Individuals without a deck badge and/or proper credentials will be removed from the pool deck, and will be subject to a fine by New England Swimming.
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.
FOOD & EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet, and possibly, a swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories at times during the meet if arrangements can be made.
PHOTOGRAPHER: As per USA Swimming and New England Swimming
policy, the only photographers allowed on the pool deck at any time during the
meet (including during warm ups) must be professional photographers contracted
by GMSC or press photographers who have been approved in advance by the Meet Director
and have been properly credentialed.
Email the Meet Director,
PARKING: As
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