Jingle Bell Splash December 2 December 4, 2011

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1 Jingle Bell Splash December 2 December 4, 2011 University of Idaho Swim Center Moscow, Idaho Held under sanction of United States Swimming, Inc. and Inland Empire Swimming, Inc., Sanction # IE 1133 In granting this sanction, it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming and Inland Empire Swimming shall be free and held harmless from any liabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. Use of audio or visual recording, including the use of a cell phone camera, is not allowed in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms. Host: Gold Medal Swim Club, P.O. Box 8957, Moscow, ID Location: Format: Course: Rules: University of Idaho Swim Center, Moscow, Idaho. Access to the pool for a physically impaired person is available through the University of Idaho's Memorial Gym, which faces the Swim Center parking lot. Entry to the Swim Center is possible through the Memorial Gym tunnel throughout the duration of the meet. Parking is available in the Memorial Gym, Kibbie Dome and Law School parking lots. Please plan to visit the University of Idaho parking office prior to the meet to get a parking pass for Friday night. Timed finals for Friday evening, Sunday and relays, and age 10 and under events. Preliminaries and finals for age 11 and over swimmers on Saturday only. Indoor, 8 lane, 25 yard pool equipped with eight starting blocks, backstroke flags, anti-wave lane lines and electronic timing using a Daktronics System with a full eight lane scoreboard. Separate 4 lane warm-up/down pool. Starting blocks meet 2011 USA Swimming height and water depth requirements. Touch pads will be installed at both ends of the pool so that 25 yard events will use the starting blocks. Swimmers will start from the deck surface at the turn end for 100 yard relays. Deck marshals will be present for warm-ups. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with C(4). Current USA Swimming rules will govern. The rules and procedures of Inland Empire Swimming will also apply. The Inland Empire scratch rule, whistle start protocol and the no recall rule will be in effect. The referees of the meet will be the final authority for the conduct of the competition. Coaches must be registered with USA Swimming for 2011 or Proof of coaching certification must be produced on request at any time to the meet referee. Only swimmers, coaches, and officials and meet workers will be permitted in the deck area. Spectators will not be allowed in the deck area without proof of current USA Swimming membership. The deck area is considered to be a 3 foot area from the edge of the pool, the area behind the starting blocks to the timer chairs, and the area between the competition pool and the warm up pool. Any swimmer entered in the meet must be certified by a USA Swimming membercoach 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. Awards: Scoring: Eligibility: A participation award will be given to every swimmer entered in the meet. Ribbons will be awarded for 1st through 8th place in individual events and 1st through 3rd place in relay events. High point plaques will be awarded in each age group by gender. Plaques will also be presented to the top three teams. Individual and relay events will score to 8 places. Open to currently registered (2011 or 2012) USA swimming athletes. Registration numbers must be included with entries. Age on the first day of the meet determines the age group to enter. Each swimmer must swim in his/her respective age group. Athletes with a disability are welcome and are asked to provide advance notice of necessary accommodations.

2 Entries: Age 10 and under swimmers may enter up to 5 individual events per day. Ages 11 and over swimmers may enter up to 3 individual events per day on Friday and Saturday and 5 individual events on Sunday. Enter swimmers best yard times. NT (no time) entries will be accepted and seeded in the first heats. Entries may be submitted via to rbroyles@idahovandals.com. Please the following 4 attachments by November 22, 2011: 1..zip entry file from Team Manager or Team Unify 2. Print to file (word or pdf format) of team individual entries 3. Print to file (word or pdf format) of team relay entries 4. Print to file (word or pdf format) of meet fees due. Payment and printout hard copies must be received by November 25, 2011 for entries to be considered official. Entries must be received by Wednesday, November 23, Phone entries and late entries will not be accepted. Priority deadline for Inland Empire teams is Wednesday, November 16, The USA Swimming SWIMS database requires ALL swimmer data be correct before any meet data (swimmer times) will be loaded into the USA Swimming database. If you know of any swimmer data that is not correct in the meet database, please notify the meet referee as soon as possible. The appropriate changes will be made. The data will be sent to USA Swimming within 3 days of the end of the meet. Thanks for your cooperation Entry Fees: Entry fees are three dollars ($3.00) for each individual event and twelve dollars ($12.00) for each relay event plus a $10.00 surcharge per swimmer. Fees and surcharges for each team must be paid with one check and accompany entries. Please make the check payable to GMSC Boosters and address entries to: GMSC Boosters c/o Robert Broyles P.O. Box 8957 Moscow, ID Schedule: Friday, session one: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM open warm-up 4:45-5:15PM Officials Meeting 5:30PM Coaches Meeting (11 & over timed finals) 5:45 PM events begin Saturday, session two 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM open warm-up 8:00-8:30AM Officials Meeting 8:45AM Coaches Meeting (11 & over prelims) 9:00 AM preliminary events begin Saturday, session three warm-ups will begin immediately following completion of session two (10 & under events) with the timed finals events to begin one hour following the start of warm-ups. Officials meeting during warm-ups Saturday, session four warm-ups for finals will begin one hour after the completion of session (11 & over finals) three. Finals will begin one hour following the start of warm-ups. Short Officials meeting during warm-ups Sunday, session five (all age timed finals) 8:00-8:45 AM age 13 & over warm-up. 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM 12 & under warm-up 8:30-9:00AM Officials Meeting 9:15AM Coaches Meeting 9:30 AM events begin Sunday, session six a 15 minute warm-up will begin immediately following completion of (1650 free) session five with events to start after the warm-up. Lane assignments for warm-ups will be posted. Diving is permitted in designated sprint lanes and only under the direct supervision of a coach. Swimmers participating in the meet without an USA Swimming registered coach must report to the meet referee at the start of each warm-up session. Deck marshals will be present during warm-ups. Officials: Meet Director: Dan Lawson ( , coachdan@goldmedalswimming.org)

3 Meet Entry Director: Meet Referee: Starter: Stroke and Turn: Robert Broyles ( days, evenings, fax) ( - rbroyles@idahovandals.com) Jack Beck Brenda Himmelberger Suzi Billington and Dawn Barnard Visiting officials are welcome and encouraged to help. Please bring current certification and USA Swimming registration cards; these will be verified by the meet referee before deck assignments are made. DIRECTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO SWIM CENTER If you are arriving from the north or the south on Highway 95, you will enter the campus from the south. Turn west onto Sweet Avenue, after two blocks the road will curve to the left, and take the second right (Nez Perce Drive) and follow the Kibbie Dome signs. After the golf course, turn right onto Rayburn Street. Go down the hill and turn right into the Swim Center parking lot. If you are arriving from the west, turn right (south) on Perimeter Drive (first signal past the Palouse Empire Mall). Follow Perimeter Drive past the barns, the track, and the Kibbie Dome and turn left onto Rayburn Street. Go down the hill and turn right into the Swim Center parking lot. Parking will be available in the lots next to the pool, Law School and west of the Kibbie Dome. RV parking is available at the Latah County Fairgrounds (across from Safeway and the Eastside Marketplace). LODGING IN THE MOSCOW/PULLMAN AREA PLEASE RESERVE YOUR ROOMS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. A block of rooms has been reserved at the following motel: University Inn/Best Western 1516 W. Pullman Road, Moscow (208) * mention Jingle Bell Splash Additional lodging: Paradise Inn 101 Baker, Moscow (208) Super Peterson, Moscow (208) Royal Motor Inn 120 W. Sixth, Moscow (208) American Travel Inn S. 515 Grand, Pullman (509) Hawthorne Inn Davis Way, Pullman (509) Holiday Inn Express 1190 SE Bishop, Pullman (509) Manor Lodge Motel SE 455 Paradise, Pullman (509) Quality Inn SE 1050 Johnson, Pullman (509)

4 ENTRY FEE TABULATION Jingle Bell Splash # OF INDIVIDUAL EVENTS X $3.00 = # OF RELAYS X $12.00 = # OF SWIMMERS (SURCHARGE) X $10.00 = TOTAL ENTRY FEE (IND. EVENTS + RELAYS + SURCHARGE) = **MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: GMSC Boosters TEAM NAME HEAD COACH CONTACT PERSON PHONE NUMBER OF CONTACT PERSON ADDRESS

5 *Please help us to staff officials for this meet. We would like a list of your certified starters and stroke & turn officials. Our referee will contact you via to sign your officials up for times for them to work at the meet. Thanks for your help. Officials Name Starter or S&T Address Please mail to: GMSC Boosters c/o Robert Broyles P.O. Box 8957 Moscow, ID 83843

6 *Odd # events are female, even # events are male Jingle Bell Splash 2011 Gold Medal Swim Club University of Idaho Swim Center December 2 December 4, 2011 Event # Age Event Friday Evening Back Session Back (11 & over timed finals) Back IM IM IM Free Free Free Saturday Morning Back Session Back (11 & over prelims) Back Medley Relay *Relays are timed finals, Medley Relay swam in prelims Medley Relay Breast Breast Breast Free Free Free IM IM IM Fly Fly Fly Free Free Free Saturday Afternoon & U 100 Free Session Free (10 & under timed finals) & U 100 Medley Relay Medley Relay & U 25 Back Back & U 50 Breast Breast & U 25 Fly Fly & U 50 Free Free Saturday Evening Events and Session 4 (11 & over finals)

7 *Odd # events are female, even # events are male Jingle Bell Splash 2011 Gold Medal Swim Club University of Idaho Swim Center December 2 December 4, 2011 Event # Age Event Sunday Morning IM Session & U 100 IM (all age groups, timed finals) Free Relay Free Relay Free Relay Free Relay & U 100 Free Relay Fly Fly Fly Fly & U 50 Fly Breast Breast Breast Breast & U 25 Breast Back & U 50 Back Free Free Free Free & U 25 Free Sunday Afternoon & Over 1650 Free Session 6 (12 & Over timed finals)