2017 Thanksgiving Classic Hosted by Peddie Aquatic Association at the Peddie School

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1 Meet Sanction # 2017 Thanksgiving Classic Hosted by Peddie Aquatic Association at the Peddie School Held under the sanction of USA Swimming NJ Swimming Sanction-NJS111717SCC Any changes of the meet information without the approval of the administrative chairman, age group chairman or senior chairman are a violation of the sanction. It is understood and agreed that USA Swimming shall be free from any liabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. Date of Meet: Friday November 17 th to Sunday November 19 TH, 2017 Location: Peddie School, 155 E Etra Road, Hightstown NJ Facility Info: Pool Certification Statement: The Peddie Aquatic Facility pool is a 25-yard, 8-lane pool with anti-turbulent lane-dividers and a Colorado timing system. The depth at the starting end is 7 and the depth at the turn end is 6.5. No portable chairs are allowed in the balcony seating area. Smoking is not permitted anywhere on the Peddie campus. The competition course has been certified in accordance with C(4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming. Host Team Contact: Greg Wriede paaswimteam@peddie.org Meet Director: Greg Wriede paaswimteam@peddie.org Meet Referee: Gary Thayer gght466@gmail.com Admin Officials: Ellen Mace and Jason Mace besmarttinc@gmail.com Safety Marshall: Cathy Signorin cathysignorin@peddie.org Entry Coordinator: Be Smartt Inc besmarttinc@gmail.com Entries Open: Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 6 am Entry Deadline: Friday November 3rd, at 6 pm Swimmer Age Swimmer ages for this meet are as of: Friday November 17 th, 2017 Entry Fees: Individual Entry : Timed Final Events: $4.00, Prelim/Final Events: $5.00 Meet Course: Short Course Yards (SCY) This meet will be run as a timed finals for all Friday events, and 8 & Under, 9-10 events. This meet will be run as prelims/finals for 11 & Over events: 11-12, 13-14: 1 final heat; 15 & Over: 2 final heats. Meet Format: There will be 6 & Under, 7-8, 8 & Under, 9-10, 11-12, 13 & Over, 13-14, 15 & Over events. There are no time standards for this meet. This meet will be deck seeded with coaches checking in/scratching swimmers. Swimmers will report to the marshalling area for organizing heats and will be escorted to the pool. Entry Limits: Daily: 3 Individual Events Meet: 9 Individual Events Checks Payable To: Peddie School Entry Files To: besmarttinc@gmail.com Checks/Waivers: Bring to the first session of the meet where the team is competing. 1

2 New Jersey Swimming 2017 Peddie Thanksgiving Classic Friday November 17 th Facility Opens at 4:30pm Evening Session #1 9 & Over, Timed Finals Warm-up: 4:30pm Meet Start: 5:35pm Women Age Group and Event Men # IM #2 # IM #4 #5 13 & Over 400 IM #6 # Freestyle #8 # Freestyle #10 #11 13 & Over 500 Freestyle #12 2

3 New Jersey Swimming 2017 Peddie Thanksgiving Classic Saturday November 18 th Facility Opens at 6:45am Morning Session #2 11 & Over, Preliminaries Warm-up: 7:00am Meet Start: 8:05am Women Age Group and Event Men # Butterfly #14 # Butterfly* #16 #17 15 & Over 200 Butterfly* #18 # Freestyle #20 # Freestyle #22 #23 15 & Over 100 Freestyle #24 # Backstroke #26 # Backstroke #28 #29 15 & Over 200 Backstroke #30 # Breaststroke #32 # Breaststroke #34 #35 15 & Over 100 Breaststroke #36 # IM #38 # IM #40 #41 15 & Over 200 IM #42 *THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE HEAT AT FINALS FOR THESE EVENTS Afternoon Session #3 10 & Under, Timed Finals Warm-up: TBA Meet Start: Warm-Up+65 minutes Girls Age Group and Event Boys # Backstroke #44 #45 8 & Under 50 Freestyle #46 # Freestyle #48 # Freestyle #50 #51 6 & Under 25 Freestyle #52 # IM #54 # Breaststroke #56 #57 6 & Under 25 Breaststroke #58 # Breaststroke #60 #61 8 & Under 100 IM #62 # Butterfly #64 Evening Session #4 11 & Over, Finals Warm-up: TBA Meet Start: Warm-Up+65 minutes Finals of Events

4 New Jersey Swimming 2017 Peddie Thanksgiving Classic Sunday November 19 th Facility Opens at 6:45am Morning Session #5 11 & Over, Preliminaries Warm-up: 7:00am Meet Start: 8:05am Women Age Group and Event Men # Freestyle #66 # Freestyle #68 #69 15 & Over 50 Freestyle #70 # Breaststroke #72 # Breaststroke* #74 #75 15 & Over 200 Breaststroke * #76 # Butterfly #78 # Butterfly #80 #81 15 & Over 100 Butterfly #82 # Freestyle #84 # Freestyle #86 #87 15 & Over 200 Freestyle #88 # Backstroke #90 # Backstroke #92 #93 15 & Over 100 Backstroke #94 THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE HEAT AT FINALS FOR THESE EVENTS Afternoon Session #6 10 & Under, Timed Finals Warm-up: TBA Meet Start: Warm-Up+65 minutes Girls Age Group and Event Boys #95 8 & Under 100 Freestyle #96 # Freestyle #98 #99 8 & Under 50 Backstroke #100 # Backstroke #102 # Backstroke #104 #105 6 & Under 25 Backstroke #106 # Breaststroke #108 # Butterfly #110 #111 6 & Under 25 Butterfly #112 # Butterfly #114 Evening Session #7 11 & Over, Finals Warm-up: TBA Meet Start: Warm-Up+65 minutes Finals of Events

5 Meet Schedule Friday November 18 th Warm-up Start Facility Opens at 4:30pm Session 1 9 & Over, Timed Finals 4:30pm 5:35pm Saturday November 19 th Facility Opens at 6:45am Session 2 11 & Over, Preliminaries 7:00am 8:05am Session 3 10 & Under, Timed Finals TBA** TBA** Session 4 11 & Over, Finals TBA** TBA** Sunday November 20 th Facility Opens at 6:45am Session 5 11 & Over, Preliminaries 7:00am 8:05am Session 6 10 & Under, Timed Finals TBA** TBA** Session 7 11 & Over, Finals TBA** TBA** **Session start times to be determined when all entries are received. Scoring: Team Scoring will not be kept. Medals will be awarded for the top three swimmers in each individual event. Awards: Medals will be awarded for the top 3 swimmers in each age group 13-14, 15 & Over of the 400 IM and 500 Freestyle. Starts: Fly-over/Over-the-top starts will be used during this meet. Admission will be $5.00 per session, for Friday Timed Finals and Saturday/Sunday Finals. Admission will be $8.00 per session for Saturday/Sunday Preliminaries and 10 & Under Admissions and Timed Finals sessions. Programs: Heat sheets will be available online at and meet mobile at no charge. There will be no refunds for admission where events are curtailed or canceled due to circumstances beyond the host team s control. Concessions: Food will be available from a concession stand in the hallway. Vendor: Metro Swim Shop will be in attendance. There will be no refunds after the entry deadline except for events that may be scratched from meet by the Entry Coordinator or Meet Director, or as otherwise directed by NJ Swimming. Entries will be acknowledged within 48 hours of receipt. All entries will be accepted on a first come basis. Entry forms, verification forms, waiver release, and fees must be received no later than the first session of the meet where the team competes. Entry Info: Team entries will be considered accepted when the host club accepts the entries. Meet Entries will be taken until the meet fills. The host club must stay within the four hour per session rule. Special Notice: All entries fees must be paid no later than the Saturday AM session. If a team fails to make payment by that time all their swimmers may be scratched, at the discretion of the Host Team. Swimmers need to provide their own counter. Friday 500s: Events will swim slowest to fastest, women then men. New Jersey Swimming does not allow NT or No Time to be used as an entry time. Entry Times: All entry times must be in short course yards. No swimmer will be permitted to compete unless the swimmer is a member of USA Swimming as provided in Article 302. Swimmer All transfer swimmer(s) must swim unattached for 120 days from their last attached Eligibility: competition. Swimmers must use an UN- (New Team Alpha Code) as their team affiliation. All Unattached swimmers must be listed on the team s official waiver entry form. 5

6 Adaptive Provisions: Host Club Responsibilities: Participating Club Responsibilities: Officials: Coaches Eligibility: Meet Format Waiver: Warm-up Procedures: USA Swimming rules and regulations provides "guidelines for officiating swimmers with disabilities" and any athlete who needs any of these adaptations should provide the Referee with a note stating their name, their specific need, and a list of events in which they need assistance prior to the start of each session's competition. If necessary, this information may be provided by the swimmer's coach or guardians. NJ swimming will provide all swimmers with disabilities a chance to swim in events for which they have qualified (met the time standards of the meet). The host club will provide a single timer in each lane throughout the meet, The host club will entry verification back to the participating clubs. The host club will create a warm-up schedule that will be fair and equal to all teams. The host club will create timing assignments that are fair and equitable with as many teams participating as possible. Warm-up schedules and assignments, and timing assignments will be ed to all participating clubs and posted on the website no later than 1 week before the meet. Participating clubs must help with timing assignments. Timing assignments will be ed to participating clubs and posted on the swim meet website: 1 week prior to the meet. Participating club parents must remain off the pool deck except for timing assignments. Participating clubs should help with officiating whenever possible. List the club contact for club officials on the meet summary. Swimming officials from participating teams should contact the meet referee (see page 1) with the sessions when they are able to help. Current USA Swimming and NJS Swimming certification is required for all officials and the Meet Referee will check your cards. All officials must wear the standard white and blue uniform. Officials will be required to work the entire session and will receive free admission. All coaches on the deck must be currently registered coach members of USA Swimming. Verification can be in the form of a current USA Swimming membership card or Coaches Pass available thru the USA swimming Deck Pass App. Coaches must show their USA swimming coaching card or Coaches Pass for entrance to facility. All Coaches must have some form of USA coaching credential verification with them at all times. This meet will be run in accordance to current USA Swimming Rules. The host club has the right to change the format of the meet with the approval of the Administrative vice chair and either the Age Group or Senior vice chair. These changes would be made for a more efficient swim meet for the swimmers and the host club. Reasons for these changes include: To allow more swimmers to swim. To conform to facility capacity limits or for facility safety concerns. To condense the meet into smaller time frame. Some of the changes that may be made: 1) add a session, 2) heat limit distance events 3) condense sessions, and 4) eliminate relays. Warm-ups will be run under New Jersey Swimming Warm-up and Safety Guidelines. Warmups will include general warm-up lanes, sprint lanes, and pace lanes. Swimming equipment is not allowed in the competition pool during all warm-up sessions. This includes kick boards, hand paddles, and pull buoys. All swimmers are entitled to a fair and comparable warm-up. All teams must receive the same opportunities for warm-up lanes, sprint lanes, and pace lanes. All swimmers must enter the pool feet first from the starting end of the pool. New Jersey Swimming officials will monitor warm-ups. All general warm-up lanes will swim in a counterclockwise direction. There will be two 30-minute warm-ups divided by teams. 6

7 Check-In: No Show Procedure for Prelims and Timed Finals: Scratch Rule: Internet Website Posting: Results: USA-S Racing Start Certification Statement: Audio/Visual Recording Statement: USA-S Deck Change Policy Statement: USA-S Drone Policy Statement: Tech Suit/Swimwear Policy: All check-in sheets must be turned to the scoring table 35 minutes before the start of each session. Swimmers that are swimming will have a line through their name. Swimmers that are being scratched will have their names circled with SCR next to the circle. Swimmers scratching a single event will have a line through their name and the event number circled with SCR next to the circle. Failure to follow this procedure may result in the swimmer(s) being scratched from the session. No penalty will be incurred for an unscratched swimmer who fails to report to the starting blocks for his/her scheduled event for preliminary sessions and timed finals events. However, the event will be counted toward the swimmer s maximum allowable swims for that day. The swimmer may be allowed to swim the event in a later heat or a subsequent event if the swimmer is at the starting end of the pool, ready to swim, and an open lane is available. However, the host club will not schedule an additional heat to accommodate the swimmer. The meet will follow USA Swimming rule D and rule E for scratches from finals. A swimmer who fails to scratch from finals within the deadlines outlined in rule E and then fails to swim the event at finals will be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet. In addition, the club of a swimmer who qualifies for finals or consolation finals and fails to compete in that final during the last session of the meet without properly scratching from the event in accordance to the above procedures may be fined $50 for each occurrence. Internet location for all meet information: Pre-Meet Information posted on website: Meet Information will be posted on the website. Downloadable Hy-Tek Events list (.HYV file) will be posted on the website. List Teams whose entries have been received. List heat limited events psych sheet. List Updated meet schedule. List Warm-up Schedule and Team Warm-up Assignments. List Timing assignments. Post-Meet Information posted on website: Downloadable Results (Zipped.CL2 &.HY3 files) for TM Printable meet results (.PDF file Meet result files for TM will be ed to all participating teams. Meet results will be posted on the meet website and on the New Jersey Swimming Website: Any swimmer entered in the meet 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. When unaccompanied by a member-coach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms. Deck changes are prohibited. 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. Swimwear must conform to USA Swimming Rule Only swimsuits complying with FINA swimsuit specification may be worn in any USA Swimming sanctioned or Approved competition. Tech suits are not permitted at this meet for 12 & under swimmers. Tech Suits are defined, as a suit that has Bonded Seams, Kinetic Tape, or Meshed Seams. A list of restricted suit can be found on the NJ Swimming Website; 7

8 Meet Requirement Statement: Hotels: Directions: In order to be eligible for the NJ Swimming Zone Championship Team or for NJ Swimming Athlete Travel Grants for sectional and national level meets, NJ Swimming policy stipulates certain participation requirements. As a NJ Swimming sanctioned meet, this meet counts toward those participation requirements. Holiday Inn, 399 Monmouth St, East Windsor, NJ (609) Hampton Inn, 384 Monmouth St, East Windsor, NJ (609) Take the NJ Turnpike to Exit 8, Hightstown/Princeton. Follow Route 33 West to Hightstown. Make a left at the 2 nd traffic light onto Main Street (the firehouse will be in front of you), then go straight through 1 traffic light and at Ward Street make a left. Make first right onto South Main Street. Continue past the Peddie School campus and at Etra Road, make a left. Pass the playing fields and the Athletic Center driveway is on the left. 8

9 2017 Thanksgiving Classic Friday November 17 th -Sunday November 19th Waiver In consideration of the acceptance of this entry, I/we hereby, for myself/ourselves, my/our heirs, administrators and assigns, waive and release any and all claims against USA Swimming, NJ Swimming, Peddie School, Peddie Aquatic Association, Be Smartt Inc and their staffs for any injuries and/or expenses incurred by me/us at the swim meet, or while on the road to and from the meet. I/we are USA Swimming registered athletes and am/are eligible to compete in all the events I/we have entered. Meet Verification I hereby certify that all entered swimmers and coaches listed on the waiver form for the Peddie Aquatic Association Thanksgiving Classic meet on November 17 th -19 th, 2017 are registered members of USA Swimming. All USA Swimming members are correctly entered according to; Article of the USA Swimming Rules and Regulations. False Registration: An LSC may impose a fine of up to $100 per event against a member coach or a member club s representative signing a document which indicates a swimmer is registered with USA Swimming for a meet when that swimmer is not properly registered or eligible to compete for that club. This will be enforced by the LSC and the LSC will be entitled to the fines imposed. Also I acknowledge that deck access is limited to coaches and/or officials working the meet and displaying their credentials. Club Name/Club Code Signature of Coach and/or Parent/Guardian Telephone Address Name(s) of Coach(es): Name/ /Phone Number of person to contact regarding this entry: Name/ /Phone Number of person to contact regarding timers/officials: Entry Fee Summary: Timed Final Individual event $4.00 = $ Prelim/Final Individual event $5.00 = $ Total: $ Make checks payable to: Peddie School