2008 New England 12 & Under Long Course
Championships
July 17-20, 2008
Jenny Thompson Pool, Dover NH 03820
Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-08-70/NE-08-70TT
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Events and Time Standards (Adobe PDF) Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager Application to Officiate (Adobe PDF) Team Work Assignments (Adobe PDF) Team Warm-up Assignments (Adobe PDF)
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Meet Director: Tim Paiva 603-759-6194
Meet Referee: Brian Shea 978-239-2260
Entry Chairperson: Harry Hobbs (603) 431-7696
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as timed-finals for all 10 & Under swimmers, and prelims/finals for 11-12 swimmers. All events 400 meters and over will be swum as timed finals. All Relays will be swum as timed finals during the morning sessions. The 11-12 finals events will consist of a C-Final, B-Final and A-Final, swum in that order. Heat sheets will be posted around the pool deck. Coaches will be able to pick up heat sheets for each event at the meet management office. The 1500 freestyle will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating heats of women and men.
SITE: Jenny Thompson Competition Pool at Guppey Park, Dover, New Hampshire. An outdoor heated 6 lane, 50 meter pool, with non-turbulent lane lines. Fully-automatic Colorado Electronic timing system with Aqua-Grip touch pads at starting end, and touch pads at both ends of pool. A diving well warm-up and warm-down area will be available throughout the meet. Starting end is five feet deep. Large spectator area; bring lawn chairs for personal comfort.
COURSE: Long Course Meters (50 meters).
EVENTS: See attached list.
SESSIONS:
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Thursday, July 17, 2008: |
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11-12 800 freestyle: |
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Warm-up at 3:45pm, start at 4:30pm |
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11-12 400 freestyle relay: |
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10 minute warm-up no earlier than 5:45pm |
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Friday, July 18, 2008: |
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10 & under timed finals; 11-12 prelims: |
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Warm-up at 7:30am, start at 9:00am |
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11-12 finals: |
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Warm-up at 3:30pm, start at 4:30pm |
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Saturday, July 19, 2008: |
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10 & under timed finals; 11-12 prelims: |
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Warm-up at 7:30am, start at 9:00am |
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11-12 finals: |
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Warm-up at 3:30pm, start at 4:30pm |
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Sunday, July 20, 2008: |
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10 & under timed finals; 11-12 prelims: |
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Warm-up at 7:30am, start at 9:00am |
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11-12 1500 freestyle: |
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45 minute warm-up no earlier than 12:30pm |
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11-12 finals: |
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Warm-up at 3:30pm, start at 4:30pm |
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2008 USA Swimming registered athletes and must be swimmers from the New England LSC. 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. (http://www.neswim.com/tools/registration.html) 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: Initial entries must be received no later than July 7th, 2008. Electronic Entries are preferred. Make checks payable to “Seacoast Swimming Association”. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Harry Hobbs, 489 Sagamore Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801. Entries should be sent by certified mail, please check the “no signature required” box on overnight deliveries. All forms must be typed or printed legibly and must contain swimmers' ages and USS numbers. 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.
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 agchamps@seacoastswimming.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. All payments must be received by July 12, 2008.
ENTRY LIMITS: All swimmers may enter all events they qualify in, but are limited to competing in nine (9) individual events excluding time trials. 10 & under swimmers may compete in no more than five (5) individual events per day, including time trials. 11-12 swimmers may compete in no more than three (3) individual events per day, including time trials. All scratch deadlines will be strictly enforced.
NEW EVENTS: Athletes achieving the qualifying time standards for the first time from Monday, July 7, 2008, through Sunday, July 13, 2008 may be sent by e-mail. These entries must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, July 13, 2008, and cannot be used to improve the seed time of a prior entry. Entries must be emailed to the entry chairperson at agchamps@seacoastswimming.com.
ENTRY FEES: $4.00
electronic entry/ $4.50 hand entry for all 10& Under individual events.
Distance events, anything 400M and longer are $5.00 electronic entry/$5.50
non-electronic entry. All 11-12 Events
will be $5.00 for electronic entry/ $5.50 for hand entry. $16.00 electronic relay entry/ $16.50 hand
relay entry. In addition, there is a $5.00 swimmer participation fee and a
$2.00 New England Travel Fund surcharge for every swimmer listed on the entry
including relay only swimmers.
ENTRY TIMES: Entry times must be achieved from July 19, 2007 thru July
13, 2008. Entry times will be seeded in the following order: LCM, SCY, SCM.
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. New England Swimming will review results. 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.
RELAYS: Up to two relays may be entered in the meet and both may score.
If a team has 1 - 4 qualified swimmers of the same sex and age, there may be 1 relay and there may be unlimited relay only swimmers.
If a team has 5 or more qualified swimmers of the same sex and age, there may be 2 relays and there may be unlimited relay only swimmers.
Relay only swimmers will be allowed on deck and in warm-up only during the session in which they are swimming.
NOTE: Relay only swimmers must be included in the meet entry and pay both the Swimmer Participation Fee and the New England Travel Surcharge Fee.
SCRATCHES: Scratches are to be made via email to Harry Hobbs agchamps@seacoastswimming.com no later than Wed. July 16 at 11:30 am and
should include swimmer’s name, gender, age, team, event and telephone number.
Scratches
for Friday, Saturday and Sunday are to be made at the Clerk of Course table on
deck
Friday, July 18 are due by Thursday July17 at 5:00 pm
Saturday, July 19 are due by Friday July 18 at 5:00 pm
Sunday, July 20 are due by Sat. July 19 at 12:30 pm
NOTE: If you are unable to be at the pool on Thursday,
scratches for Friday events can be called in on Thursday by 5:00pm to
Mariella Allard (508-633-8821).
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 complete by 5:00pm. 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 intension to withdraw from the final within 30 minutes of the announcement of the results and qualifies 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, 400 Free, 400 IM, 800 Free and 1500 Free events must confirm their intention to participate with a POSITIVE CHECK-IN.
4. 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.
TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be available at the discretion of the meet referee and meet director, and if time allows after the morning sessions on Friday and Saturday, and after the afternoon 1500 freestyle session on Sunday. All time trial swimmers must provide two timers for their swims. The cost of time trials is $5.00 per individual event and $20.00 per relay.
DISTANCE EVENTS: The 800M Free and 1500M Free will be swum with the women’s
event first followed by the men’s event and will be swum fastest to slowest.
All swimmers in the 400M Free, 800M Free, and 1500M Free
must provide at least 2 timers with watches and 1 counter for the 800M and 1500M
swims.
PROGRAMS: $10 for the entire weekend (11-12 prelims and 10-under timed finals).
$1 for evening finals sessions
ADMISSION: $1 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. The diving well area will be available during the meet for warm-up and warm-down. .
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: 2008 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.
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 via e-mail.
Officials are requested to help with the pre-meet planning for this meet by stating their availability to help as soon as possible. Please provide the information requested on the Application to Officiate for this meet, found on the New England Swimming web site (www.neswim.com). Host Team officials also need to submit an application. All applications that are received by the meet entry deadline will count towards the work requirements for the official's team. Applications to officiate that are received at least 10 days prior to the meet, and declare a commitment to serve at most of the meet, will be given priority consideration in deck assignments. Please do not submit an application within three days of the meet. "Walk-on" officials are always welcome and will be assigned to positions that are not filled.
If a team does not provide the timers it has been assigned
at a championship meet, the team will be fined $100 per incident and will not be
allowed to enter swimmers in another New England meet until the fine(s) is
paid. This can
be appealed to the Board of New England Swimming and is enforced only if the
meet management has properly assigned timers based on the number of swimmers a
team has entered in the meet.
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:
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9-16
Individual 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Relays 40-36-34-32-30-28-26-24 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2
AWARDS: Medals will be awarded for the first 8 places in individual events and first 3 places in relays. Ribbons will be awarded for 9-16 places individual, and 4-8 relays. These awards will be presented throughout the meet. Once entries have been received a session time line will be complied with a designated awards presentations scheduled.
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 & Under Team High Point places 1-8.
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: Seacoast Swimming Association assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property. Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility.
DIRECTIONS: Take exit 8E off Spaulding Turnpike in Dover. Follow signs for Route 4 East through downtown Dover. Jenny Thompson Competition Pool at Guppey Park is approximately two miles on Route 4 (also known as Portland Ave.), on the left at the top of the hill. Pool phone: 743-6085
PARKING: Ample parking is available at the Guppey Park facility, and on public streets where parking is permitted. Please do not park on the grassy areas, in fire lanes or in business parking lots across the street. Improperly parked cars will be towed at owner's expense.
LODGING: Information is available on the Seacoast Site, http://www.seacoastswimming.com/CommonFiles/HotelList.htm
EVENT ORDER AND STANDARDS:
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NEW ENGLAND 12 & UNDER LONG COURSE
CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||||||||||
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Hosted by: Seacoast Swimming Association | ||||||||||
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Thursday, July 17 - Sunday, July 20, 2008
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Jenny Thompson Competition Pool, Dover, NH
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 | ||||||||||
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11-12 Timed Finals: 3:45pm warm-up, 4:30pm
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10:48.29 |
11:36.79 |
12:52.99 |
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400 Fr Relay |
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10 & under timed finals; 11-12 prelims: 7:30am
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SCM |
LCM |
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2:29.39 |
2:34.19 |
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