Solo Aquatics

Fall Classic Meet

Haverhill, MA

November 17-18, 2007

Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-07-86, NE-07-86TT

 

NOTE: This meet has been cancelled.

 

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: Matt Forrest (mattforrest77@yahoo.com, 603-382-0190)

Meet Referee: Paul Memont (prmnes@verizon.net, 978-688-1727)

Entry Chairperson: Matt Forrest (mattforrest77@yahoo.com, 603-382-0190)

 

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 control office.

 

SITE: The Charles C. White Pool, Haverhill High School campus, is a 6 lane, 25-yard pool with Kiefer Lane Lines.  The facility is equipped with a Fully-automatic Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touchpads at the finish end of the pool with single-line electronic display.  There are no touchpads at the turn end of the pool.  Spectator seating for 300.   There is plenty of free off street parking.  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 2007 or 2008 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 required 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 19, 2007.  Entries received before October 19, 2007 will be considered received on October 19, 2007.  Entries must be received no later than November 9, 2007.  Make checks payable to “M.F. Swimming, LLC”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Matt Forrest, 149 Main Street (Apt. B) Plaistow, NH 03865 .  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.  Solo Aquatics will reserve 75% for its own team and any other teams (New England and/or out of district) that it may want to invite to the meet.  In order to make sure that the meet is neither oversubscribed or under subscribed, all teams included in the 75% must submit their entry and check at least one week before the date of first acceptance.  The other 25% of the swims will be open to other teams to submit entries.  If on the first day of acceptance, those meet entries exceeding the 25% still available in the meet, will be subject to a lottery of those teams.  The lottery will be run by the New England Office. 

 

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 mattforrest77@yahoo.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 5 events per day.

 

ENTRY TIME UPDATES: Entry times may be updated until 7 days prior to the first day of the meet.  No new entries will be accepted after the November 9, 2007 entry deadline.  Entry time updates should be sent via email to the meet director at mattforrest77@yahoo.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: $4.00 for individual events, $5.00 for distance event.  Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual events, $5.50 for distance events.  The Swimmer Participation Fee is $4.00 per swimmer.

 

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.

 

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.

 

SAFETY:

 

  1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. 
  2. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
  3. No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
  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: 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 $20.00 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: Solo Aquatics and M.F. Swimming, LLC assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property.  Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility.

 

PARKING: There is ample parking available in the parking lot surrounding the Charles C. White Pool.

 

DIRECTIONS: From the south take 495 to exit 50 (Rt. 97).  At end of ramp go directly across through lights, on to Monument St., proceed to stop sign.  Go straight through intersection.  High school is on right.  Pool is large building on right.  From the north take 495 to exit 50 (Rt. 97).  Turn left at end of ramp.  Cross over 495, take first left at lights, on Monument St (see above).  From exit 50, pool is less than 1/2 mile away.

 

LODGING: A list of hotels and motels in the area can be obtained from the entry chairperson.