NEW ENGLAND SWIMMING
REGIONAL MEET
Hosted by North Country Aquatic Club
Upper Valley Aquatic Center
Hartford, VT
February 12-14,
2009
Events and Time
Standards
TEAMS ASSIGNED TO THIS
VENUE: AQX, BYD,
CCBS, CONY, CRVS, CTS, CVSC, EDSC, GMA, LRW, MIDD, MYT, NCAC, NCN,
STS, VAS
New England Swimming
reserves the right to reassign a team to another venue if the
original venue is oversubscribed.
New NCAC
Regionals Sessions Schedule
Friday
February 12, 2010 |
Evening
(9&10, 11&12, 13&14, 15-19) |
5:00 p.m. |
6:30 p.m. |
Saturday
February 13,
2010 |
Morning (9&10, 13 &14)
Afternoon (11 & 12, 15-19)
Evening- 1650's (13&14, 15-19) |
9:00 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m. |
10:00 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
6:45 p.m. |
Sunday February 14, 2010 |
Morning (9&10, 13&14)
Afternoon (11&12, 15-19) |
8:00 a.m.
1:30 p.m. |
9:00 a.m.
2:30 p.m. |
SITE: The Upper Valley Aquatic Center (UVAC) is
located at 100 Arboretum Lane, White River Junction, VT
05001. http://www.uvac-swim.org Directions may be found later in this
document. The UVAC
competition pool has eleven 7
foot wide 25 yard long lanes, with non-turbulent lane lines,
Colorado Timing System electronic touch pads and an alphanumeric
display scoreboard. The minimum depth of the pool is seven
feet deep. There are no touch pads at the turn end of the pool (8
& unders sessions will have pads at both ends). The
competition pool has been certified in accordance with
104.2.2C(4). The copy of such certification is on file with
USA Swimming. There is
balcony seating for 400 spectators. Eight lanes will be used for
competition. An additional lane will be left empty as a buffer
lane and the remaining two lanes will be available for warm-up and
warm-down throughout the meet. (Depending on entries, NCAC may
elect to use ten lanes for competition, in which case three 25 yard
lanes in the adjacent leisure pool will be available for warm-up
and warm-down.) The
leisure pool (three 25 yard lap lanes, lazy river, zero entry play
structure) will remain open to the public throughout the
meet. Spectators may purchase day passes to use the leisure
pool during the meet. Only people with proper credentials will
be allowed on the competition pool deck. Failure to abide
by rules defined in this notice, posted at the facility or
determined by the Meet Referee, Meet Director, or Facility Director
may result in ejection from the facility.
COURSE: Short course yards (25
yards).
EVENTS and
SESSIONS: See attached
list.
MEET FORMAT:
The meet will be swum as
timed-finals. Each session will be seeded by computer based on
scratch check-in at the beginning of each session. Coaches
will receive an entries scratch 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
session at the computer table.
All heats of the 1650 will be
swum fastest to slowest, alternating girls and boys. Girls and
boys may be combined if that requires fewer heats. 15-19 year
old swimmers and 13-14 year old swimmers will be combined into
heats for efficiency if deemed necessary by meet management, but
will be scored separately.
ELIGIBILITY:
All contestants must be 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. 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: 47 May Street, Needham MA 02492,
781-449-0270, office@neswim.com.
ENTRY
INFORMATION: Entries are
due February 2, 2010. Make checks payable to “North
Country Aquatic Club”. Fees and completed forms
(including signed entry cover page and waiver) are due February
5. Mail to: Mary Gentry, 193 Stonecrest Ave., White River
Junction, VT 05001. 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. Entry times must be achieved between
September 1, 2009 and February 2, 2010. Times achieved in a
25-meter pool must be multiplied by .9049 to convert to
yards.
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
ncac.meet.entries@gmail.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 and proof of times
report) must be received by Friday February 5, 2010.
ENTRY LIMITS:
Athletes may enter and swim in a
maximum of 5 individual events per day. (Relays do not count
towards the 5 events. The 1650 on Saturday and any time trials
do count towards the 5 individual events per day.)
NEW CUT TIMES ACHIEVED AT
THE CCSC MEETS FEB 5-7, 2010: New events only, achieved at any NES calendar
meet the weekend of Feb 5-7 may be entered by emailing the entry to
the entry chair at ncac.meet.entries@gmail.com by end of the day Monday February 8. The
hard copy and check must be received by 5:00PM on Wednesday
February 10 at in order for the entry to be accepted. Mail to Mary
Gentry, 193 Stonecrest Ave, White River Junction, VT 05001.
These entries must be for new events only, not upgraded
times.
SCRATCHES: Coaches must scratch swimmers by the end
of the first 30 minutes of each warm-up session. (Start of warm-ups
for 8 & Under sessions)
ENTRY FEES: $4.00 Electronic / $4.50 Paper per
individual event
$16.00 Electronic / $16.50 Paper per relay
$2.00 per swimmer New England Travel Fee Surcharge
$10.00 per Swimmer Participation Fee
VERIFICATION:
All hard copies of entries must
include verifications. All entries must include verification
codes. Results will be reviewed by New England
Swimming. Teams found entering swimmers with unverifiable
times will be reported to the Board of Review for further action
and may jeopardize their participation in future New England
Swimming “end of season” meets.
25 YARD
EVENTS: 25 yard
events will start off the blocks at the starting end of the
pool. Primary timing will be by electronic touch pads at the
far end of the pool. Swimmers #2 and #4 in the 100 yard relays
will start from the edge or deck at the far end of the
pool.
RELAYS: Swimmers must be entered in an individual
event to be able to participate in a relay. Relay only
swimmers are not allowed. Relays are age
specific. Swimmers may not age up for a relay. Relay
entries may be limited to two teams per event per club at the
discretion of the Meet Director.
TIME
TRIALS: Time
trials will be available at the discretion of the meet referee and
meet director, and if time allows. Time trials are $5 for
individual events and $20 for relays. Sign-up for time trials
at the Computer table. Time trials are open to any swimmer USA
registered with USA Swimming. Time Trial swimmers not already
entered in the meet must contact the entry chair at least 4 days
before the meet. They must present their USA swimming registration
card and pay the $10 meet participation fee as well as the time
trial fee.
ADMISSION: $3.00 per session.
PSYCH SHEETS: $5.00 – includes all events
for the weekend
HEAT SHEETS:
$2.00 per
session.
WARM UPS: Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after
all entries are received. Flagrant violations of the warm up
procedures may result in disqualification from the meet for
unsportsmanlike conduct. Encourage swimmers to cooperate with
marshals and life guards.
OTHER MEET
NOTES: Coaches are
expected to understand the scratch, verification, and relay rules
before the meet begins. Do not let your swimmer miss his or
her best event because you failed to understand all meet procedures
and protocols. All coaches should check-in at the Computer
Table on the pool deck upon arrival. 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. North Country Aquatic Club, Upper Valley Aquatic
Center, and New England Swimming assume no responsibility for lost
or stolen property. No pets (except service dogs) are allowed
within the facility. Smoking is not permitted within 500 feet
of the facility.
PHOTOGRAPHERS: As per USA Swimming and New England
Swimming policy, the only photographers allowed on the pool deck at
any time during the meet (including during warm ups) must be
professional photographers contracted by NCAC or press
photographers who have been approved in advance by the Meet
Director and have been properly credentialed. Email the Meet
Director with questions and requests.
SAFETY:
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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 lanes
at any time.
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No shaving is permitted at the
competition site.
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No glass containers are
permitted within the facility.
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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. Please notify the referee prior
to the meet if you know no coach will be attending.
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No camera cell phones are
permitted in the locker rooms.
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No flash photography is allowed
at the start of events.
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RULES: 2010 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 New England Swimming “end of
season” procedure, all teams entering this meet must provide
a pro-rata share of officials and timers. Teams will be
informed of their assignments prior to the meet. The
Officials’ Coordinator for this meet will be Ken Vutech,
kvutech@micros-retail.com Any official interested in
helping at the meet should contact Ken. Officials who sign up by
the meet deadline will be included in the number of workers when
timers are assigned. Individuals swimming the 500 and 1650 are
responsible for providing their own counter and timer.
AWARDS: Medals will be awarded for the first eight
places in individual events and for the first three places in
relays. Ribbons will be awarded from 9th through
16th place in individual events and 4th
through 8th place in relays. “Best
Time” ribbons will be awarded to 10 and under swimmers who
achieve best times. A team representative needs to pick-up
the awards at the end of the meet.
SCORING: The meet will not be scored.
DECK ACCESS:
Only athletes, coaches, officials,
and official meet staff are permitted on the competition pool deck.
All non-athletes on the pool deck (except timers) 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.
FOOD / VENDOR:
A concession stand will be in
operation for the duration of the meet. A vendor will be
selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for the duration of
the meet.
DIRECTIONS:
The Upper Valley Aquatic Center
(UVAC) is located at 100 Arboretum Lane in White River Junction,
Vermont 05001. (Arboretum Lane is so new it may not be on
your GPS unit or web applications – it is across Route 5 from
1 Wright Reservoir Rd, White River Junction)
- At the junction of
Interstates I-89 and I-91 in Vermont, go north on I-91 and
immediately take Exit 11 for White River
Junction.
- Turn left off the exit
(before the stop light) on to Route 5 South.
- Follow Route 5
immediately under the interstate
- Travel ½ mile, go
under the other interstate, and take the next left on to Arboretum
Lane.
- UVAC is the only
building on Arboretum Lane.
PARKING: Free but limited parking is
available at the facility. Carpooling from the hotels is
appreciated.
LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the
area.
