JOHN APPLE MEMORIAL WINTER CARNIVAL Lititz, Pa January 4 & 5, 2014

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1 JOHN APPLE MEMORIAL WINTER CARNIVAL Lititz, Pa January 4 & 5, 2014 PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS MEET VERY CAREFULLY!! SEND T-SHIRT ORDER FORM/ TEAM DINNER FORM TO: York Swim Club c/o Benjamin Holly 9219 Okla Drive Fairfax, VA Make all checks payable to York Swim Club This is a great fun meet with lots of ribbons for our swimmers. We have gone to this meet for many years and the coaches highly recommend it. It is a 2 hour 20 minute drive to Lititz, Pa. You may swim up to 5 events per day, but the coaches recommend 3 events per day. Five events in less than three hours will be a beat down. Coaches also recommend that swimmers try events they don t usually swim, especially the 13 & Overs. Mix it up. The meet is now on line and due Dec. 16th before the holidays. NO EXCEPTIONS. We are returning back to the Best Western Eden Resort. We have reserved 40 rooms for Friday January 3 rd and 100 rooms for Saturday January 4 th. For those of you that have not been here before, the hotel has two restaurants, lounge, game room, pool, and exercise room. Please check out the facility amenities on line. The rate will be $90.95 per night plus 11% tax. The phone number is (717) to reserve one of these rooms or you can reserve online at Just mention York Swim Club when placing your room reservations to get this rate. Any one wishing to volunteer or officiate, please contact the meet referee, Dan Griest, at (717) ( dgriest@ptd.net ). All officials and coaches on deck must wear their official USA Swimming Membership Badge. Meet workers will be identified with a special badge. No other people will be allowed on deck. THE ABOVE MENTIONED RATE IS ONLY GOOD UNTIL DECEMBER 16th, 2013

2 At this meet, we go out for dinner as a group on Saturday evening. We are going to a new restaurant this year Shady Maple Smorgasbord on Saturday January 4 th. If you are interested in checking out their menu, please go to the following web site to get additional information. Dinner is priced by the age Ages 4 to 10 $11.50, Ages $23.25, Ages 60+ $ If interested in doing the dinner, please fill out the form and check to Ben Holly s address so we can give the restaurant a head count. Check off Sheet Meet entered on-line (Due Dec 16 th ) Call Hotel for Room (Due Dec 16 th ) Mail T-Shirt / Shady Maple Smorgasbord Form And Money (By Dec 16 th ) Parents are welcome to purchase our special meet t-shirt.

3 Lititz John Apple Memorial Winter Carnival T-Shirt Dinner Reservation Form Name: Phone: T-Shirt Orders ($15.00 each) Y-Large Adult Small Adult Medium Adult Large Adult X-Large Total # of Shirts x $15.00 = Shady Maple Smorgasbord Dining Reservations (Priced by Age) Ages 4-10 x $11.50 = Ages Ages 60+ x $23.25 = x $21.00 = Total Reservation Cost Total Check Amount Make all checks payable to York Swim Club

4 Directions to BEST WESTERN EDEN RESORT are as follows: Take ramp onto I-495 NORTH - go 25.0 mi Take exit #27 onto I-95 NORTH toward BALTIMORE - go 23.0 mi Take Left exit #49B onto I-695 NORTH toward I-70/TOWSON go 16.0 mi Continue on I-83 NORTH - go 45.4 mi Take exit #21A/US-30 EAST onto ARSENAL RD - go 2.2 mi ARSENAL RD becomes US-30 EAST - go 21.4 mi Take the LITITZ PIKE/OREGON PIKE exit onto CHESTER RD - go 0.7 mi Turn Left on OREGON PIKE[US-222] - go 0.2 mi Turn Right on EDEN RD - go < 0.1 mi Arrive at 222 EDEN RD, LANCASTER, on the Right 222 Eden Rd Lancaster, PA (800) Directions to Lititz Community Center from Hotel: Start out going West on Eden Road toward Oregon Pike/PA-272 Turn Left on Oregon Pike/PA-272 Take the US-30 W ramp Stay straight to go onto York Road Turn slight right on Lititz Pike/PA501 North Go approximately 8 miles Turn left onto W Orange Street/PA 772 Follow around past Warwick High School to 2 nd Ave. Follow into Community Center staying to the right. 301 Maple Street Lititz, PA (717)

5 Directions to Lititz Community Center from Washington DC: Take ramp onto I-495 NORTH - go 25.0 mi Take exit #27 onto I-95 NORTH toward BALTIMORE - go 23.0 mi Take Left exit #49B onto I-695 NORTH toward I-70/TOWSON - go 16.0 mi Continue on I-83 NORTH - go 45.4 mi Take exit #21A/US-30 EAST onto ARSENAL RD - go 2.2 mi ARSENAL RD becomes US-30 EAST - go 21.4 mi Take Route 30 East to Lititz Pike/PA-501 North Go approximately 8 miles Turn left onto W Orange Street/PA 772 Follow around past Warwick High School to 2 nd Ave. Follow Directions into Community Center staying to the right. 22 Directions to Shady Maple Smorgasbord from Hotel: 1. Head north go 102 ft 2. Turn left toward PA-272 N/Rte 272 N/State 272 N/State Rte 272 N/Oregon Pike go 253 ft 3. Turn right onto PA-272 N/Rte 272 N/State 272 N/State Rte 272 N/Oregon Pike go 3.6 mi 4. Turn right toward Butter Rd go 0.1 mi 5. Turn left onto Butter Rd go 0.1 mi 6. Turn left to merge onto US-222 N go 6.7 mi 7. Take the US-322 exit toward Ephrata go 0.3 mi 8. Turn right onto US-322 E/Division Hwy go 6.3 mi 9. Turn left onto PA-23 E/Main St go 1.1 mi 10. Turn right onto PA-897 S/Springville Rd go 0.3 mi 11. Turn right onto Toddy Dr go 374 ft 12. Turn right go 164 ft 13. Turn left go 66 ft 14. Turn right Destination will be on the left go 10 ft 12

6 Five Star Swim Club John Apple Memorial Winter Carnival A/BB/C Meet with Relays - Closed Invitational January 4-5, 2014 Held under the sanction of Middle Atlantic Swimming MA Sanction # MA 1431 CI PURPOSE The purpose of the meet is for coaches to bring their team together to evaluate midseason times in a wide variety of events. LOCATION Lititz Rec 301 W. Maple St. Lititz, PA Emergency calls the day(s) of the meet may be made to (717) FACILITY 25 yards pool; 8 lanes with non-turbulent lane lines and Colorado Timing System with 8 line score board display. The water depth at the starting end of the pool is 12 feet and the water depth at the turn end is 3 ½ feet. Spectators view meet from a 250 seat balcony. Refreshments available via vending machines. Free parking is available in the Rec parking lots and on adjacent school parking lots. POOL CERTIFICATION The competition course has not been certified in accordance with the USA Swimming Rules and Regulations, C(4). MEET DIRECTOR Heidi Cicala: hcicala@fidevia.com OFFICIALS Anyone wishing to volunteer or officiate should contact the Meet Referee Dan Griest dgriest@ptd.net or All officials and coaches must wear their official USA Swimming Membership Badge. Meet Workers will be identified with a special badge. No others will be permitted on deck. SAFETY & RULES Safety Director: Jackie Schouten Middle Atlantic Swimming Rules and Warm-up Procedures will be in effect at this meet. Coaches, parents, and every swimmer should become familiar with the rules and procedures. Swimmers must be under the direct supervision of a currently registered coach. All swimmers must enter the water feet first from the starting end of the pool. No diving in lanes other than those designated for diving. A swimmer could be suspended from the meet for non-compliance. Any swimmer who does not swim an event for which they have positively checked in will be barred from their next individual event. This meet will be conducted using the Whistle command and No- Recall False Start procedures. 'Fly-over' starts will be used at this

7 ELIGIBILITY meet. All swimmers (except for Backstroke starts) should remain in the water at the completion of their race until the next heat has begun. The use of audio or visual recording devices, including cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms, or locker rooms. This meet is open to all 9 and over swimmers from invited teams registered with USA Swimming for The 2014 United States Swimming Rules will apply. Swimmer s age as of January 4, 2014 governs the entire meet. ENTRY LIMITATIONS Swimmers may compete in up to five (5) individual events and one (1) relay per day. SEEDING The 1000 and 1650 will be positive check-in events. Positive check-in closes at 9:00 am both days: Saturday-1000 free; Sunday-1650 free. The 1000 and 1650 will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating w m m h. Swimmers must provide their own timer and lap counter for the 1000 and the 1650 Free. Any swimmer who does not swim an event for which they have positively checked in will be barred from their next individual event. ORDER OF EVENTS All other events are pre-seeded timed finals. See attached page listing the order of events and event numbers. ATHLETES WITH DISABILITIES Swimmers with a disability are welcome to enter this meet. The coach or team entry person must alert the meet director and the meet referee as to the need for any special accommodations or seeding arrangements at the time the entry is submitted. ON-SITE REGISTRATION SCORING AND AWARDS On-site registrations for USS Swimming will NOT be accepted at this meet. Each swimmer must be registered through his/her LSC prior to competition. The meet will be scored on each level (A, BB, C) for each event. The top eight (8) times in each level (12 and younger) will receive awards. A entries: medals 1 st to 3rd, ribbons 4 th to 8 th ; BB entries: large rosettes 1 st to 3 rd, ribbons 4 th to 8 th ; C entries: regular ribbons 1 st to 8 th. Relay awards: ribbons 1 st to 3 rd. There will be no awards for 13 and over swimmers. Awards will not be given to 12 and younger who swim Senior events. Award levels will be determined by the entry times. All awards must

8 be picked up by a coach or parent representative at the conclusion of the last session or after the last event in which your team has a swimmer participating. No awards will be mailed. PROGRAM & ADMISSIONS RESULTS DIRECTIONS Admission: $5 per person/per day. Program: $6 (includes the entire meet). Children, age 5 and under, are free. Final results will be ed to teams and posted on the Middle Atlantic website. Directions to the pool are available at FSSC Winter Carnival Saturday, January 4, 2014 Session 1 Warm-up 7:00-7:55; Start 8:00 Girls EVENT Boys 1 Senior 50 Freestyle 2 3 Senior 100 Breaststroke 4 5 Senior 200 Backstroke 6 7 Senior 100 Freestyle 8 9 Senior 200 IM Senior 200 Butterfly & Over 200 Freestyle Relay* Senior 1000 Freestyle 16 Session 2 Warm-up 12:00; Start 1: / IM / IM /12 50 Freestyle /10 50 Freestyle / Breaststroke / Breaststroke /12 50 Backstroke /10 50 Backstroke / Butterfly / Butterfly / Freestyle Relay* / Freestyle Relay* 40

9 FSSC Winter Carnival Sunday, January 5, 2014 Session 3 Warm-up 7:00-7:55; Start 8:00 Girls EVENT Boys 41 Senior 400 IM Senior 200 Breaststroke Senior 200 Freestyle Senior 100 Backstroke Senior 100 Butterfly & Over 200 Medley Relay* Senior Session 4 Warm-up 12:00; Start 1: / Freestyle / Freestyle / IM / IM /12 50 Breaststroke /10 50 Breaststroke / Backstroke / Backstroke /12 50 Butterfly /10 50 Butterfly / Freestyle / Freestyle / Medley Relay* / Medley Relay* 82 *NOTE: Relays will be swum at the BEGINNING OF THE MEET both days.