New England 12 & Under Age Group Championship
Salem State College, February 19-22, 2004
Sponsored By Companystuff.com
Hosted By North Shore Swim Club
Sanction #NE-04-14 & 14A
DATES AND LOCATION
February 19-22, 2004 at the O’Keefe Athletic Center, Salem State College,
Salem MA.
CONTACTS
Meet Director: Dan Warner, (H)978-283-4456, (W)978-542-6809, E-Mail:
NSSC1@AOL.COM
Meet Referee: Paul Burkhardt, E-Mail:
paul.burkhardt@hp.com
SESSIONS Warm Ups Meet
Thursday, February 19, all ages Timed Finals 4:30 pm 5:30 pm
Friday, February 20, 11 & 12 Trials 7:00 am 8:30 am
Friday, February 20, 10 & U Timed Finals 12:30 pm 1:30 pm
Friday, February 20, 11-12 Finals 5:00 pm 6:00 pm
(New Times)
Saturday, February 21, 11 & 12 Trials 7:00 am 8:30 am
Saturday, February 21, 10 & U Timed Finals 12:30 pm 1:30 pm
Saturday, February 21, 11 & 12 Finals 5:00 pm 6:00 pm
(New Times)
Sunday, February 22, 11 & 12 Trials 7:00 am 8:30 am
Sunday, February 22, 10 & U Timed Finals 12:30 pm 1:30 pm
Sunday, February 22, 11 & 12 Finals 5:00 pm 6:00 pm
(New Times)
Two (2) heats (top 16) will return to finals session in the 11 & 12 age group.
Consolation and
Championship Finals will be swum in that order. 1000 free, 1650 free, 500 free
and 400 IM are
timed final events.
FACILITY
Salem State College O'Keefe Center, 25 yard, 8 lane, 7 foot wide with
non-turbulent lane lines,
Paragon starting blocks, Colorado electronic timing system with touch pads and
eight line scoreboard.
Limited seating for 250 spectators and on deck bleacher seating for 300 swimmers
and coaches.
SCRATCHES
A scratch box will be located on the pool deck for the 11-12 Events. Scratch
deadlines for Friday,
Saturday and Sunday prelim events will be by 7:00 pm the night before. Scratches
for Friday only
may be made by phone to the pool at (978)-542-6809 until 7:00 pm Thursday,
February 19, 2004.
Thursday Evening events only will be a POSITIVE check-in by 5:00 pm at the
timing table on deck.
Scratches for the 10 & U afternoon sessions must be turned in to the timing
table 30 minutes before
the start of the session using the team scratch sheets provided.
SPECIAL SCRATCH NOTES (for 11-12 Swimmers)
1. Any swimmer who fails to compete in an individual event heat in which
he/she is entered and has
not been scratched will be barred from further competition for that day,
including relays and time
trials. The swimmer will be also automatically scratched from the following
day’s events unless
the clerk of course has been notified of the swimmers intention to compete by
7:00pm.
NOTE: Finals are considered continuation of events starting with trials.
2. Any swimmer who competes in an individual heat and qualifies for Championship
Finals or
Consolations and fails to notify the meet referee of his/her intention to
withdraw from the finals
within 30 minutes of the announcement of the results and qualifiers for that
event, and does not
compete nor is excused by the meet referee, will be barred from all subsequent
competition in
the meet, including relays and time trials.
3. All relay events must confirm their intention to participate with a positive
check-in.
RELAY CARDS
Must be submitted to the clerk of course by the beginning of the relay
warm-ups or if there are no
relay warm-ups then by the conclusion of the last individual event. No changes
to the composition
of the relay or order of the relay swimmers may be made after submission of
relay cards to the clerk
of course, except for medical or other excuse approved by the meet referee.
ELIGIBILITY
All swimmers must be 2004 registered swimmers with New England Swimming.
Swimmers may
register with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Road, Needham, Ma 02492. Age
eligibility is determined
by the age of the swimmer on February 19, 2004. All coaches on the deck must be
registered with
US Swimming and display their coaches membership cards.
ENTRY INFORMATION
No swimmer may swim more than 9 individual events (11 –12 maximum of 3
events per day).
All relay swimmers must be listed on the official entry form. Relays are not
limited but only 2 relays
per club can score. Entries must be received by Monday, February 16th by 5:00pm.
E-mail entries
will be accepted and must be received by the original cutoff date and a check
and hard copy received
by Wednesday, February 18th , 2003. . If mailing, United States Postal Service
Overnight Mail method
is to be used. Indicate that the package can be delivered even if no one is
there to sign for it. No fax
entries will be accepted. All fees must accompany entry. If submitting entry on
a disk a hard copy is
still required and must also accompany the disk. If you e-mail the entry a hard
copy and check for
the appropriate fee must be received by the date listed above in order to be
accepted.
MAIL ENTRIES TO:
Dan Warner, 19 Fenley Road, Gloucester Ma. 01930 (978)283-4456.
Entry times must be achieved between February 15, 2003 and February 15, 2004.
Times achieved in
a 25-meter pool must be multiplied by .9049 to convert to yards. Times achieved
in a 50-meter pool
will be seeded after the 25-yard times.
FEES
$3.50 Electronic/ $4.00 Paper per individual 10 & U event.
$5.00 Electronic/ $5.50 Paper per individual 11-12 event.
$10.00 per relay
Payable to “North Shore Swim Club”
$1.00 per swimmer Surcharge (Make this a separate check payable to: NE Swimming)
VERIFICATION
All Entries must include verification codes. There will be a verification
table at 12 & Under Age
Group Championships. At this meet teams must submit to the verification table a
copy of their
meet entry with verification of all times indicated. Teams must also include a
copy of any non-New
England calendar meet results used for entry times. Results will be reviewed by
New England
Swimming. Any swimmer unable to verify entry time will be barred from the rest
of the meet.
If several swimmers from one team are unable to verify entry times the swimmers
and the coach
may be banned from the remainder of the meet.
RULES
2004 US Swimming rules will govern except as otherwise stated herein and the
decision of the
referee will be final. Disabled swimmer forms are required by US Swimming and
are available
from the NE Swimming office.
CONCESSION / VENDOR
A refreshment area will be on hand with many favorites at a reasonable cost.
A swim vendor will also be on hand to take care of your swim needs.
SCORING
Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Individual 20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Relay 40 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 18 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
ADMISSION AND PROGRAMS
Admission $1.00 per session, Programs $2.00 per Session.
(Separate Programs for Prelims and Finals)
OFFICIALS AND TIMERS
In accordance with standard NE Championship procedures, all teams entering
the meet must provide
a prorated share of officials and timers and other required personnel. Work
assignments will be
based on the number entries per team. Teams will be informed of their
assignments prior to the meet.
Officials list per session must be included with entry hard copy in order for
those individuals to be
included in team assignments. Referee is Paul Burkhardt and can be reached at
paul.burkhardt@hp.com
AWARDS
All swimmers will receive a commemorative pin from NE Swimming that may be
picked up with the
coaches packet. Medals will be awarded for the first 8 places in individual
events and first 3 places
in relays. Ribbons for 9-16 places individual and 4-8 relays. These awards will
be presented
throughout the meet as time allows.
Plaques will be awarded to the individual high point winners for both boys and
girls for the first eight
places for each age group. Awards will be given for combined 12 & U Team High
Point places 1-8.
COACHES
All teams and individual warm-ups and warm downs shall be under the direct
supervision of the
respective swimmers coach, or individual designated by the referee. Any swimmer
participating
in the meet without a US Swimming coach shall report to the referee before
warm-ups prior to each
session.
Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups with the exception of the sprint lanes
when they’re
announced.
There will be no shaving at the meet including showers, pool deck, or bleachers.
Glass containers are prohibited in the pool area.
OTHER MEET NOTES
Coaches are expected to understand the scratch, verification and relay rules
before the meet begins.
All coaches should check-in at the timing table on the pool deck upon arrival.
Coach’s packets will be
available at the beginning of the warm-up session from the timing table.
Coaches are responsible for the behavior of their swimmers at all times. Any
damage to the premises
or equipment is the responsibility of those doing the damage. Swimmers and
spectators are restricted
to the pool, spectator areas and locker rooms. No smoking is permitted inside
the facility. North Shore
Swim Club, NE Swimming and Salem State College will not assume responsibility
for lost or stolen
articles.
Please do not ask to change entry times or event s after the entry deadline. No
deck entries will be
accepted.