MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as prelims and finals for ages 11 & over and timed finals for ages 10 & under. Finals for 11&12 will include a final heat, 13-14 and Open will include a consolation and final heat with the exception of all Friday events are timed finals and selected 13-14 events will be one heat for 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 timing table on deck.

SITE: The Salem State College Competition Pool is an 8-lane, 25-yard pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. Fully automatic Colorado Time Systems with touch pads and full 8 lane electronic scoreboard display. Balcony spectator seating for 250 people and deck seating for 350 coaches and officials. The pool is located inside the Salem State College O’Keefe Athletic Complex, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem MA 01930. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). Directions may be found later in this document. The finish end of the pool is 13 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4.5 feet deep. Spectator seating for 250. The pool is located inside the Salem State College O’Keefe Center, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem MA 01970. Directions may be found later in this document. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4

COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards).

CUT PROTOCOL: If a session is over-subscribed, the following cuts will be made in this order:

 Distance events will be cut first by time.

 Events will be cut to conform to timelines based on the meet director discretion in the order of team entries then events.

Clubs will be notified of cuts no later than Monday before the meet. Any cut events will be refunded to teams.

RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES: Changes can be made to the meet invitation before the meet, only with the approval of the Technical Chair, Mariella Allard. If changes need to be made once the meet begins, the Meet Committee will make the decision, after consulting with the Technical Chair, and will present it to the coaches at a coaches meeting for a vote.

MEET COMMITTEE: The meet committee should be made up of the Meet Director, Meet Referee, two coaches, and one athlete. The five members should be from separate teams.

WEATHER PROTOCOL: If weather or facility conditions make it impossible to follow the original timeline of events, the Meet Director and Meet Referee have a right to make changes to the meet sessions. The Meet Director will notify the teams of the changes with as much notice as possible. Cancellation of the meet, or session, is a decision of the Meet Director, Meet Referee and the Meet Committee

ELIGIBILITY All swimmers must be 2011 registered swimmers with New England Swimming. Swimmers may register with Carol Healey, 47 May Street, Needham, MA 02492. 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. Teams are required to check their entries with the online registration check tool on the New England Swimming web site. Age is determined by the age of the swimmer the first day of the meet and must be shown on the entry form. All coaches on deck must be registered with USA Swimming and display their coach membership cards.

ADAPTED SWIMMING: Any current athlete members of USA Swimming with a disability, as defined by USA Swimming Rules and Regulations, may enter this meet. If modifications to USA Swimming rules are necessary then the coach or athlete must notify the meet referee and meet director of any disability prior to competition.

EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.

ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted on and after December 17, 2010. Entries received before December 17, 2010 will be considered received on December 17, 2010. Entries must be received no later than January 7, 2011. Make checks payable to “North Shore Swim Club”. Mail completed signed entry cover page and waiver, and payment to the entry chairperson: Dan Warner, 19 Fenley Road, Gloucester, MA 01930. 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. North Shore Swim 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. The other 25%) of the splashes 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. 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 bobsmith@email.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 swim in a maximum of 5 events per day for 10 & under and 3 events per day for 11 & over.

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 January 7, 2011 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 for 10 & under events: $4.00 for individual events, non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual events and relays $16.00. 11 & over prelim and final format: $5.00 for individual events, non-electronic entries $5.50 and relays are $20.00, non-electronic entries $20.50. Make checks payable to: North Shore Swim Club. Swimmer Participation fee is $5.00 per swimmer.

ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in short course yard (25-yard pool) times.

TIMERS: All swimmers must provide their own timer for relays and counter where needed.

RELAYS: No Limit.

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.

25-YARD EVENTS: 25-yard events will start at the block end of the pool.

PROGRAMS: $4.00 per session.(Seeded program after scratches)

ADMISSION: $2.00 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 start time. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.

SAFETY:

Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. There will be no diving in the warm-up and warm-down areas at any time
No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
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.
No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.

RULES: 2011 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.

SUNDAY FINALS PENALTY: On Sunday, any teams whose swimmer competes in an individual event and qualifies for finals and fails to notify the clerk of course of his/her intention to withdraw from finals within 30 minutes of the posted results and qualifies for that event, does not compete nor excused by the referee, will be fined $100.00. The meet referee may waive the fine if in his best judgment the swimmer was ill or the reason for missing the event was beyond the control of the swimmer.

TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be offered at the discretion of the Meet Director and 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: No Awards

FOOD: No concession stand will be will be available 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: North Shore 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 ample parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Salem State College O’Keefe Center.

DIRECTIONS: From 128N take Exit 25A toward Salem (114E). Follow 114E through downtown Salem onto Route 1A (Canal Street). Stay on Canal Street 1 1/2 miles, Salem State O'Keefe Center will be on left with ample parking. Walk up ramp to complex entrance.

LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area: TBA