7th TYR JAX 50 Sprint Dual Challenge April 21-22, 2017 The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida

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1 Sanctioned By: Florida Swimming of USA Swimming #3988 7th TYR JAX 50 Sprint Dual Challenge April 21-22, 2017 The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida In granting this approval it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming, Florida Swimming, Bolles School and Bolles School Sharks shall be free and held harmless from any liabilities or claims from damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. Condition of Sanction: 1. Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA Swimming member coach, must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from within the water. It is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. 2. The competition course has been certified in accordance with C(4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming. OR The competition course has not been certified in accordance with (C). 3. Except where venue facilities require otherwise, changing into or out of swimsuits other than in locker rooms or other designated areas is not appropriate and prohibited. 4. Operation of a drone, or any other flying apparatus, is prohibited over the venue (pools, athlete/coach areas, spectator areas and open ceiling locker rooms) any time athletes, coaches, officials and/or spectators are present. Exceptions may be granted with prior written approval by the USA-S Vice President of Program Operations. Hosted by: The Bolles School & The Bolles School Sharks Location: The Bolles School Uible Pool 7400 San Jose Blvd Jacksonville, FL Ph# (904) Type of Meet: Age Group and Senior 50 meter long course (LCM) Timed Finals (Fri PM), plus Timed Finals 50 Fly, Back, and Breast, and Prelims 50 Free (Sat AM); and 25-Yard Short Course 50 Free SCY (Sat Finals). Dates & Times: Friday, April 21, 2017 Afternoon Timed Finals LCM: 3:30pm Warm Up 4:30 pm Start Saturday, April 22, 2017 Morning Preliminaries (LCM) 7:30 am Warm Up- 8:30 am Start Afternoon Finals (SCY) 3:00 pm Warm Up - 4:00 p.m. Start Warm-up: Friday Afternoon 3:30 to 4:20 p.m., 4:30 p.m. start Saturday Morning - 8:00 to 8:50 a.m., 8:30 am start Saturday afternoon 3:00 to 3:50 p.m., 4:00 p.m. start (50 Freestyle SCY Finals ONLY!) Continuous warm-up will be available during all sessions in the adjacent pool/diving well. Pool Specifications: Outdoor 8 lane, 50 meter competition course has been certified IAW C(4). Certification is on file with USA Swimming. Additional 25-yard lanes for continuous warm-up during the meet will be available. Water depth at all the competition starting and turn ends is a minimum of four feet (4 0 ).

2 Timing Equipment: Superior Swim Timing system and back up; Hytek Meet Manager for Windows will be used to score the meet. Eligibility: On deck Registration will be allowed. The current USA-S form, fee and proof of birth date, if required, must be presented to the Referee. Open to all USA Swimming registered swimmers. Entry Limit: Friday Night Entries will be limited to the first 500 Swimmers received. Swimmers are limited to 3 individual events Friday evening. Saturday s entries will be limited to the first 800 swimmers. Participants may enter 4 events on Saturday. Seeding: 50 meter long course times will be used for seeding. Conversions may be made using the formula in the current Florida Swimming handbook or by the standard computer software used to prepare your entry. Scratches: No penalty for scratching at the blocks in pre-seeded timed final, prelim, or finals events. Entries: Entries must be in USA Swimming SDIF format or Hy-Tek CL2 format. A completed Master Entry Form and a signed hard copy printout is acceptable as proof of entry. Free text entries will not be accepted. Disk or ed entries must be accompanied by a backup hard copy of the entry. List all attending coaches and contact phone numbers in the body of the . Corrupted, unreadable, or incorrectly formatted files must be corrected within 24 hours. Errors in entries submitted electronically are the responsibility of the applicant. Electronic mail confirmation will be sent upon receipt of file. If using the enclosed Entry Form, the form will serve as proof of entry. The legal name and current USA Swimming Registration Number for each swimmer must be listed on the Entry Form. The Master Entry Form must accompany the proof of entries and a current USA Swimming Member must sign the form. Hytek event files will be posted on our web site ( and/or the Florida Swimming web site ( for downloading and importing to Team Manager for those teams submitting entries by . You may also have this file ed to you by contacting Cassie Craddock at the phone number or address listed below. Please send checks payable to The Bolles School Sharks: The Bolles School Sharks 7400 San Jose Blvd. Jacksonville, Fl Entry Form: Entries must be submitted by electronic entry only, in SDIF or CL2 Format. Disk and entries must be accompanied by a back-up hard copy of the entry and the Master Entry Form. Deck Entries: Deck entries may be accepted by the Administrative Referee up to 30 minutes before the start of the session under the following conditions: * Swimmers must meet all other standard requirements of the meet. * Entry & meet fees must be paid at time of entry ($10.00/event deck entry fee) * A swimmer may not scratch an event to deck enter an event. * A swimmer may only deck enter an event that has an existing empty lane as, no new heats will be established.

3 Entry Fee: Individual events: $3.00 per event Facility Charge: $10.00 per swimmer Heat Sheet Charge $2.00 per swimmer Deck Entry: Deck entries will be accepted to fill heats only. No new heats will be created. Each deck entry will cost $ Deck entries will be accepted on a first come-first served basis by the Administrative Referee up until 30 minutes prior to the start of the Fri evening or Sat morning sessions. A swimmer may not drop an event to deck enter another event. Entry limits of 3/day for Fri and 4/day for Sat remain in effect. Entry Deadline: All entries must be submitted by Friday, April 14, entries to: craddockc@bolles.org Enclose checks and make payable to The Bolles School Sharks. Finals: Top Eight (8) overall times in the 50m Freestyle from the Timed Finals session from each gender in the 10 & under, 11-12, 13-14, and age groups will earn a spot into the final round. Invited professional swimmers will automatically advance in the Open and be filled by any remaining available spaces to make a bracket of eight (8) finalists. Finals will swim in brackets with 2 swimmers per heat. Brackets will be arranged by overall times for seeding. Some early Age Group brackets may be combined in order to control the length of the finals session. There will be 3 rounds of 4 heats for each gender and age group. Officials: Meet Referee: Kristy Gavin Administrative Official: Kevin Kirk Starter: Jeff Breault Head Stroke & Turn: Pam Breault Marshall: Dale Porter Officials wishing to volunteer to officiate at any session, please contact: Scoring: No individual or team points will be offered for this competition. Awards: Ribbons for 1-8 th place will be awarded for all age group events 14 & younger. For events (50 yard freestyle): 1 st -8 th place will receive TYR gifts Team Representative: Prior to the start of the meet, the name of one person other than the coach who will check with the Meet Referee about any matter pertaining to the meet may be given to the Meet Referee. The coach(es) and that person only will be recognized. Identification: Coaches and Officials shall wear their USA Swimming registration card in a conspicuous location at all times while on deck during the meet or be able to show current 2017 USA-S coach membership on Deck Pass.

4 Camera Zones: Per Florida Swimming Rule , Meet Management shall designate and inform the public of Camera Zones at each swim meet where both still photography and video photography of a race or a competitor in a race may be taken. Acceptable Camera Zones may include, but are not limited to the side courses of a pool, team gathering areas, concession area, turn-end of competition course when not in use as a start-end, etc. Meet Management shall also designate Non-Camera Zones. Under NO circumstances will Camera Zones include the area immediately behind the starting blocks at either end of the racing course(s) while they are in use for race starting purposes during competition and warm-ups, locker rooms, restrooms, or any other dressing area. Any individual failing to abide by this rule could be subject to the Florida Swimming Code of Conduct violation as defined in Rule Spectator Areas: Parents will not be permitted to spectate behind the blocks at Cecil Field. This area, inside and outside the facility, will be blocked from spectator traffic. For Information: Cassie Craddock- (904) or craddockc@bolles.org Rules: Current USA Swimming Rules & Regulations will govern. Starting Procedures: Fly-over starting procedures will be utilized. In addition, the Meet Referee may combine heats in order to meet the time line constraint of 4 hrs/session. Meet management reserves the right to run Chase Starts on Friday s session for this meet. Warm Up Scheduke: NO EQUIPMENT PERMITTED, SWIMMERS MUST ENTER THE WATER FEET FIRST WITH AT LEAST ONE HAND IN CONTACT WITH THE POOL DECK EXCEPT WHEN EXECUTING A CONTROLLED RACING START, SUPERVISED BY A COACH. The referee/marshal may alter warm-up procedures to meet the needs of the swimmers. Teams will be assigned lanes for warm up and are in control to choose general or controlled settings. Coaches must receive permission from the referee before beginning one-way starts in their assigned lanes. Safe Sport: In accordance with the Bolles School Sharks Locker Room Policy, there will be designated locker rooms for swimmers only and designated restrooms for spectators, coaches, officials, volunteers, and non-swimmers. Teams are responsible for educating their swimmers, parents, guardians, and invited guests of the necessity to follow the above policy. Hospitality: Beverages and light snacks will be provided for coaches and officials. Deck Access: Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff actively participating in the meet are permitted on the pool deck. Heat Sheets: Heat Sheets will be seeded Thursday prior to the meet. A digital copy will be posted at as well as floridaswimming.org. An version will be sent to all coaches who send meet entries. Please distribute to your team prior to arriving to the swim meet. There will be NO hard copies sold at the meet. Heat sheets will only be available for officials and coaches ONLY. As a result of no hardcopy sales of Heat Sheets there will be at $2.00 surcharge in meet fees for digital availability.

5 7th TYR JAX 50 Sprint Dual Challenge April 21-22, 2017 The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida Order of Events Friday Session #1 Warm Up: 3:30pm Start 4:30pm Girls Event # Boys Event # 1 10 & Under 100m Free m Free m Free 6 7 Senior 100m Free & Under 200m IM & Over 200m IM & Under 100m Fly m Fly m Fly Senior 100m Fly & Under 100m Back m Back m Back Senior 100m Back & Under 100m Breast m Breast m Breast Senior 100m Breast 36 Saturday Session #2 Warm-up: 8:00 AM Start 8:30 AM Girls Event # Boys Event # & Under 50m Freestyle m Freestyle m Freestyle m Freestyle Senior 50m Freestyle & Under 50m Back m Back m Back m Back Senior 50m Back & Under 50m Breast m Breast m Breast m Breast Senior 50m Breast & Under 50m Fly m Fly m Fly m Fly Senior 50m Fly 76 Saturday FINALS Session # 3 Warm Up 3:00pm Start 4:00 pm Girls Event # Boys Event # & Under 50yds Freestyle yds Freestyle yds Freestyle yds Freestyle Senior 50yds Freestyle 46 *Finals will be swum with 2 swimmers per heat. ** Brackets with a single elimination format will be used to determine the top 8 swimmers. (See Below)

6 7th TYR JAX 50 Sprint Dual Challenge April 21-22, 2017 The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida Master Entry Form Team name: Call Letters: Address: Coach: Home phone: Office: Swimmers/Coach Registration I certify that all individuals listed on the attached forms are currently registered members of USA Swimming and are eligible to compete in this meet. I further certify that one or more of the USA Swimming listed member coaches will be on deck supervising during warm-up and competitive sessions at the meet. Name of Coach: Team: I certify that all individuals listed above are currently registered USA Swimming Coach Members, and that I am a current USA Swimming registered Non-athlete member. Signature (must be USA Swimming member) Team Date Entries must be received by Friday, April 14, Please submit entries to: craddockc@bolles.org Send Checks payable to: The Bolles School Sharks 7400 San Jose Blvd. Jacksonville, Fl Financial Recap We have entered the following: TOTAL $10.00 EACH = $ INDIVIDUAL $3.00 EACH = $ HEAT SHEET PER SWIMMERS=$ NET FEES DUE $