General Meet Information
Meet Director:
Dan Warner, 978-852-3985
Meet
Referee:
Kirsten Newland
Entry Chairperson: Dan Warner, 978-852-3985
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum
as prelims and finals. Each session will be pre-seeded by computer based
on pre-scratches that are due by 6:00 PM the previous evening. Positive
check-in will be required for 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free and 400IM
and all relays. Heat sheets will be posted around the pool deck. Coaches
will be able to pick up heat sheets for each event at the Clerk of
Course table.
SITE: The MIT Competition Pool at the Zesiger Center is two competition
courses with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines and a
separate 6 lane, 25 yard warm-up and warm down pool. Fully-automatic
Colorado Time System touchpads and electronic display for both pools.
Spectator seating for 350. The pool is located inside the MIT Zesiger
Center, 120 Vasser Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. The competition course
has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4)
COURSE: Two courses, 10 lane and 9 lane 25 yard competition courses with
separate 25 yard 6 lane pool with 3 lanes open for continuous warm up
and warm down.
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2009 or 2010 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 November 6,
2009. Entries received before November 6, 2009 will be considered
received on November 6, 2009. Entries must be received no later than
November 20, 2009. Make checks payable to “North Shore Swim Club”. Mail
completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and
payment to the entry chairperson: Dan Warner, 19 Fenley Road Gloucester
Ma. 01930. 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. Anywhere Aquatic Club will limit the number of swims in the meet
to. Anywhere Aquatic Club 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 undersubscribed, 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
exceed the 25% still available in the meet, there will be a lottery of
those teams.
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
nssc1@aol.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 any amount of events but may swim in a
maximum of 3 individual events per day. Relay only swimmers are being
accepted.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated until Tuesday, December 8,
2009. No new entries will be accepted after the November 21, 2009 entry
deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry
chairperson at nssc1@aol.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: $5.00 for individual events.
Non-electronic entries: $5.50 for individual events. Relays $20.00,
non-electronic $20.50.
SWIMMER PARTICIPATION FEE: $10.00 per swimmer.
ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in yards times.
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. This meet will follow
the 75/25 process outlined by NE Swimming policy. The host team may
guarantee up to selected teams 75% of the entries for the meet including
the host team, if the meet becomes oversubscribed for the last 25%, 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. Certain designated events will
be cut if necessary to meet the required NE Swimming guidelines.
MEET SCRATCH RULE: All rules pertaining to the meet scratch rule will
follow the USA Swimming rules and scratch policy.
SUNDAY FINALS PENALTY: On Sunday, any team whose swimmer competes in an
individual heat and qualifies for Finals and fails to notify the clerk
of course of his/her intention to withdraw from the finals within 30
minutes of the posting of the results and qualifiers for that event, and
does not compete nor is excused by the meet referee, will be fined $100.
The meet referee may waive the fine, if based on his judgment, the
swimmer was ill or the reason for missing the final was beyond the
control of the swimmer.
PROGRAMS: $4.00 per Prelim Pool, $5.00 per Finals session.
ADMISSION: $1.00 per session.
WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups 90 minutes before the beginning
of each session. The pool will close five minutes before the beginning
of each session. The warm-up pool will be open for the entire session.
Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.
OFFICIALS: Anyone interested in officiating at this meet is welcome.
Please contact the meet referee Kirsten Newland (cdnewl@comcast.net).
TIMERS: Swimmers must provide their own timers/watches for the 500,
1000, 1650 free, 400IM and all relays. Teams may be asked to assist in
timing for some of the sessions if needed.
SAFETY:
RULES: 2009 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: If time allows time trials will be offered at the
discretion of the meet referee. 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.
FINALS BREAKDOWN: Final Heat only for 10 & Under, Finals and Consolation
for 11-12, 13-14, and Bonus, consolation and final for Senior. One heat
only for 11-12 500 free, Two heats for 13-14 500 free and 400IM and
three heats for Senior 500 free and 400 IM. All relays will take place
during the prelim sessions.
AWARDS: No Awards
EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits,
goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.
MISCELLANEOUS: North Shore Swim Club and MIT assume no responsibility
for lost or stolen property. No glass containers are permitted within
the facility. Diving will be prohibited during the warm-up except in
specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. There will be no diving in
the warm-up and warm-down areas at any time.