FLA International Invitational June 20-23, 2013 Florida Atlantic University Aquatic Complex

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1 FLA International Invitational June 20-23, 2013 Florida Atlantic University Aquatic Complex Sanctioned by: Sponsored by: Rules: Held under the sanction of USA Swimming and Florida Gold Coast Swimming, Inc.: Sanction No. FGI062013FLA P 1 FLA Aquatics, Inc USA Swimming and FGC rules will govern this meet. Safety rules as outlined by USA Swimming and as recommended by the referee, will be in effect Thursday sessions are timed finals. Friday, Saturday and Sunday sessions are prelims and finals. All Finals will be Championship Final Only Top 8 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 is prohibited. Camera Free: Eligibility: The Florida Gold Coast Swimming CAMERA FREEZONE policy is in effect at this meet. No person may use a camera or any other device capable of recording still or video images in the area behind the starting blocks, in the locker rooms, changing areas, showers or restrooms. Violators may be reported to law enforcement or other governmental authorities and/or may be barred from the facility during the sanctioned event. Open to all current 2013 USA swimming registered athletes and foreign athletes with proper travel credentials who have been invited by USA Swimming. 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 - USA Swimming Rule The Meet Host WILL be accepting New or Renewing USA Swimming Registrations at the meet. All USA Swimming Registrations must be done prior to the start of competition. Disability Athletes: All swimmers are welcome at this meet. Any athlete with a disability will be accommodated. Please contact Duffy Dillon ahead of time to allow for preparations DDillon@FLAswim.com Pool/Timing: FAU Aquatic Complex: 25 yards x 50 meters heated outdoor pool, 8 long-course racing lanes with separate warm-up and swim-down lanes available. Colorado Timing System will be used. Fly-over starts will possibly be used. The competition course has been certified in accordance with (C).Water depth at the start varies from 5 0 to 5 0 depending on lane assignment, in accordance with (C).

2 Date & Time: WARM UP PRELIMS WARM UP FINALS June 20 - Thursday 3:30PM 5:00PM June 21 - Friday 7:00AM 8:30AM 4:00PM 5:00PM June 22 - Saturday 7:00AM 8:30AM 4:00PM 5:00PM June 23 - Sunday 7:00AM 8:30AM 4:00PM 5:00PM *Meet director reserves the right to change meet warm-up, start times, or drop some events in order to hold an efficient meet within USA Swimming/FGC guidelines and with Age Group Chair approval. Location: Directions: FAU Aquatic Complex 777 Glades Rd. Boca Raton, FL FAU Aquatic Complex: From the North or South: Take I-95 or the Turnpike to Glades Rd east. Turn left at University Drive which is main road onto University. Follow the road as it S curves past soccer field on left, make left at pedestrian crossing light and follow road straight ahead. Parking Lot 15. Pool straight ahead baseball stadium to left parking available in front of aquatic complex. Entry: All entries must be received by Wednesday, June 12 th, 2013 PLEASE enter electronically, NO MAILED entries. For electronic entries (CL or SDIF format only!!) to: ddillon@flaswim.com Confirmation for electronic entries will be sent via . **Submission of electronic entries signifies that all swimmers are USA registered. Questions, please contact office at NOTE: Swimmers without registration numbers or birth dates will not be entered. *** Entry Fees will be Double if not entered electronically. *** Meet Limit: Seeding: The FLA International Invitational is one of the most popular meets in the country and fills up fast. The Team whose entry reservation causes the swimmer count to exceed 400 will be accepted in its entirety. At this point, the host club, FLA, will be accepted. Swimmers not accepted into the meet may enter on the day of the meet using the FGC Deck Entry Policy. Conforming and Non-Conforming Times Enter in LONG COURSE METERS, then SHORT COURSE METERS, then SHORT COURSE YARDS times only. No converted times permitted. For the 400, 800 and 1500 Free and 400 IM enter the swimmers at their best LCM, SCM or SCY time. These times will be verified using the USA Swimming SWIMS Database. After the entries are processed the SCM and SCY times will be converted by Meet Manager to LCM times. The fastest of these verified times will be selected to swim as described below. Entry times that cannot be verified will not be permitted for entry. Times achieved at foreign meets must be submitted with written proof of time by to ddillon@flaswim.com no later than Wednesday June 12 th, 2013.

3 All relays are timed finals and will swim in the evening sessions. 800 FR Relay - After the fastest heat for each age group, the remaining teams may be combined with other age groups to swim but will be scored within their own age group. Teams are limited to an A Relay only for the 800 FR relay. 400 IM - Only top 48 will swim. Timed final event. Swim fastest to slowest. All ages swim together. Age groups scored separately Women s 800 FR / Men s 1500 FR Women s 800 FR only top 72 will swim. Men s 1500 FR only top 40 will swim. Timed final events, all ages swim together. Age groups scored separately. Swim fastest to slowest as follows: o Heat 1 W 800 Top 8 (1 swimmer per lane) o Heat 2 M1500 Top 8 (1 swimmer per lane) o Heats 3-4 W800 Next 16 (2 swimmers per lane) o Heats 5-6 W800 Next 16 (2 swimmers per lane) o Heats 7-8 M1500 Next 16 (2 swimmers per lane) o Heats 9-10 W800 Next 16 (2 swimmers per lane) o Heats W800 Final 16 (2 swimmers per lane) o Heats M1500 Final 16 (2 swimmers per lane) ***Swimmers in distance events must provide his/her own Timer & Counter*** 400 Freestyle Only Top 32 per age group swim. o On Saturday; the 13-14, 15-16, & Open age groups will be super-seeded with the fastest 8 swimmers per age group swimming in finals with their age group. The remaining heats will be swum at the end of prelims All ages together Fastest to slowest Alternating girls & boys Scored separately by age group ***Swimmers in the Saturday 400 Free s must provide his/her own Timer*** o On Sunday; the 11/12 age group will swim the fastest 8 swimmers in the finals. The remaining swimmers will swim: Slowest to fastest All girls, then all boys Positive check-in for the 400, 800 and 1500 Freestyle events and for the 400 IM is required 60 minutes prior to the event. These events will be swum in 8 lanes. All other events will be swum in prelims and finals. Prelims will be swum in 8 lanes. There will only be one Championship Final swum in 8 lanes.

4 Entry Fees: $4.00 per individual event Facility Surcharge: $7.50 per swimmer $8.00 per relay event *Entry fees are made payable to FLA (note: one check per team) Refunds: Entry Limit: Awards: Once a team or individual entry has been received and processed, there will be no refunds in full or in part. Swimmers can swim 3 individual events per day, plus relays. Individuals: Medals: 1 st -3 rd Ribbons: 4 th -8 th High Point Awards in each Age Group Relays: Ribbons 1 st -3 rd Teams: FLA Cup USA Top 5 USA Teams FLA Cup International Top 5 International Teams Scoring: Individual events: Relay events: Deck Entries: Head Referee: Meet Director: Meet Committee: THE FGC DECK SEED POLICY WILL BE IN EFFECT. Deck entries permitted into open lanes only on a first-come-first-serve basis. Deadline for deck entries is 30 min. before start of meet. Policy can be seen at All deck entered swimmers must present current USA Swimming Card in order to be entered. Kirk McCormick Duffy Dillon A meet committee may be created by the meet referee to handle issues pertaining to non-rule situations at the meet such as severe weather and equipment issues. Admission: Per Session $6.00 (includes heat sheets) Sat. Sun. pass $20.00 (includes heat sheets) All Session Pass $35.00 (includes heat sheets) Information: (954) Officials: Lodging/Travel: Teams entering 20 or more swimmers are asked to bring one USA Swimming Certified Official. Each Official will be afforded free parking and hospitality. Uniform for officials will be white shirt and KHAKI shorts, slack or skirt (as appropriate). Included in meet information and available at

5 2013 FLA International Invitational Order of Events Girls (odd # s) / Boys (even # s) Thursday June 20, 2013 Event # Age Event & Und 400 IM ** 3 4 Open 800 FR Rel ** FR Rel** & Und 800 FR Rel** 10 Minute Break & Und W 800 FR** & Und M 1500 FR** ** See Special Rules for events

6 Friday June 21, 2013 Event # Age Event & Und 200 FR FR FR FR Open 200 FR Fly Fly Open 50 Fly & U 100 BA BA BA BA Open 100 BA BR BR Open 200 BR & U 50 FR FR FR FR Open 50 FR 5 Minute Break & U 200 FR Rel FR Rel FR Rel FR Rel Open 200 FR Rel

7 Saturday June 22, 2013 Event # Age Event & U 200 IM IM IM IM Open 200 IM & U 50 BA BA BA BA Open 50 BA & U 100 BR BR BR BR Open 100 BR & U 100 FL FL FL FL Open 100 FL 5 Minute Break & U 200 MED Rel MED Rel FR** FR** Open 400 FR** MED Rel MED Rel Open 200 MED Rel ** See Special Rules for events

8 Sunday June 23, 2013 Event # Age Event FR** BA BA Open 200 BA & U 50 BR BR BR BR Open 50 BR & U 50 FL FL FL FL Open 200 FL & U 100 FR FR FR FR Open 100 FR ** See Special Rules for Events

9 2013 FLA International Invitational Entry Reservation Process The FLA International Invitational has established itself as one of the most popular age group invitational meets in the United States. The meet has become so popular that it fills to capacity well before the entry deadline. In order to ensure fairness to the entry process the following procedure will be in effect regarding entries to the meet: 1. Entries or entry reservations will not be accepted before February 1, An entry reservation will only be accepted upon receipt of a NON REFUNDABLE deposit of $40.00 per athlete. Payment date establishes the order of entry reservation. Payment may be in the form of a team Check, Money Order and Cashier s Check, Bank Wire Transfer, Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express through the FLA office. a. Example Starfish Swim Club notifies the host via on March 21st that they intend to bring 20 swimmers to the meet. Starfish Swim Club pays a deposit for $ to the host that arrives March 26. Effective March 26 th Starfish Swim Club is guaranteed 20 swimmers participating in the meet provided entry limit has not been exceeded. Starfish has established no priority. b. Example SwimHard Swim Club s intent to bring 10 swimmers on March 23rd. SwimHard does not pay its deposit for $ until June 1 st. On May 2 nd the meet entry limit was reached. SwimHard is not accepted into the meet due to late payment. 3. Confirmation of acceptance in the meet will be confirmed by Any differential in payment made and actual entry fees due will be settled upon arrival at the meet. 5. IMPORTANT Once an initial entry reservation has been made and accepted, it is only necessary to send a single entry file PRIOR to the deadline Wednesday June 12th. Please do not send multiple updated files. A single file is sufficient. ENTRY LIMIT The team whose entry reservation causes the swimmer count to exceed 400 will be accepted in its entirety. At that point the host club, FLA, swimmers entries will be accepted. Swimmers not accepted in the meet may enter on the day of the meet utilizing the FGC Deck Entry Policy. TEAM NAME: Authorization/Release Statement: By submitting this application, applicant hereby affirms that it is expressly understood and agreed that Host (FLA) extend no guarantees or warranties regarding the entry process. Applicant hereby waives any claim or action against Hosts stemming from the application process. Applicant agrees to assume all risks related to the application process, and certifies that they have read this document in its entirety and completely understand and agree with its contents. Name Signature Position Date

10 2013 METHOD OF PAYMENT FORM For your convenience, we gladly accept the following forms of payment: Team Check, Money Order, and Cashier s Check, Bank Wire Transfer, Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express. Please complete the necessary information below and circle one of the payment options. You may: Scan/E mail this form to: DDillon@FLAswim.com Fax to: (954) (must call this number first) Mail to: TEAM FLA, 289 SE 3RD TERR, POMPANO BEACH, FL TEAM NAME: X $40.00/swimmer = # of swimmers Total Due Today s Date I have enclosed a Team Check, cashier s check or money order payable to FLA in the amount of: $. I have wired funds from my bank to your bank in the amount of $. Bank Transfer Information: Transfer funds to: Bank of America Address: 100 W. 33 rd Street, New York, NY, ABA # (Domestic) or Swift Code: BOFAUS3N (International) For Credit to: FLA Aquatics, Inc Account # Please add the $25.00 Bank of America charge to your total amount due. After you have made the transfer, please call (954) or DDillon@FLAswim.com to inform us of the bank confirmation. I would like to charge my credit card the total amount due: $. VISA MasterCard Discover American Express Card # Expiration Date: Vcode: Name on card (Please Print) Signature

11 FLA Aquatics Events Preferred Hotel Partners PROPERTY (distance from FAU) Marriott Boca Raton (2 miles) 5150 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, FL to make reservation request the FLA Aquatics rate/booking code FLAFLAA or Ori Levy/ Onsite Room Coordinator June FLA International Invitational Run of House $109 Cut-off June 5 Courtyard by Marriott (1.4 miles) 2000 NW Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton, FL to make reservation reference FLA International Invite Room Block JUN 2013 or : NaSheba Prentis/Sales Manager nasheba.prentis@marriott.com Residence Inn by Marriott (6.1 miles) 525 NW 77th St. Boca Raton, FL to make reservation reference FLA International Invite Room Block JUN 2013 or NaSheba Prentis/Sales Manager Nasheba.prentis@marriott.com Doubles and King Rooms $91 Cut-off June 5 Studio Kings and Doubles $104 Cut-off June 5 All rates above are per room per night. Rates do NOT include hotel tax. Hotel tax is additional. All rates subject to cut-off dates. There is adequate but limited inventory of rooms being held at these rates. Please, mention FLA AQUATICS when booking to receive these preferred rates.