2014 Deep Freeze Invitational Sponsored by Team Sopris Barracudas November 15-16, 2014

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1 DATE: November 16-17, Deep Freeze Invitational Sponsored by Team Sopris Barracudas November 15-16, 2014 SANCTION: Held under sanction of USA Swimming # LOCATION: FACILITIES: TIMING: Glenwood Springs Community Center 100 Wulfsohn Road Glenwood Springs, CO (970) phone / (970) fax 25 yard indoor pool, 7 lanes with continuous warm-up/cool down lane. Limited deck space, seating available in the adjacent gymnasium. No chairs allowed on deck. The competitions course has not been certified in accordance with C (4). Water depth: 4 feet at shallow end; at diving end. All races will start at diving end. Colorado Timing System with touch pads and electronic display board will be used for all events with the exception of 25 yard events, which will use stopwatches for times. Back-up timing will consist of one button and two stopwatches. Hy-Tek Meet Manager software will be used. SCHEDULE: Saturday Warm-up: 11am Start: 12:15 pm Sunday Warm-up: 8:00 am Start: 9:15 am ELIGIBILITY: Open to all Zone 4 swimmers and invited teams holding a 2014/2015 USA Swimming membership card. Any team that wishes to be invited to this meet please contact Head Coach Damon Garrison at liquidcoach@gmail.com. Any swimmer that appears on the CSI exceptions report without registration must come to the meet prepared to show their card, or they will be deck registered before they can enter the water. A surcharge for deck registration will also apply: $27 year round and $14 for seasonal, plus the normal registration fee. 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. SCORING: AWARDS: RULES: Individual and team scores will not be kept 12&Under Swimmers: Individual Event Ribbons 1st thru 8th Awards will be broken out to 8&under, 9-10, in 25 and 50 and 100 Events and 12&under in all other events. Current 2014 USA rules will govern the format of the meet.

2 Age as of November 15, 2014 will determine the swimmer s age group. Exhibition swimming will not be allowed. All entries must include times. Submit short course yard times only. The meet will be pre-seeded, except the 400 IM and 500, 1000 and 1650 free. Please provide scratches thirty (30) minutes before the start of each session. The 400 IM, 500, 1000 and 1650 free events require positive check-in within 30 minutes of the start of the first session each day. These events will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating girls then boys, with a combined heat possible at the discretion of the meet referee. Heat sheets will be posted after positive check-in closes. 400 IM participants will be required to provide two timers. 500 free, 1000 and 1650 free event participants will be required to provide two timers plus a counter. 8 & under swimmers will be started from the blocks in the 25 yard races. We will be using watch times for these events. Colorado Swimming, Inc. warm-up procedures will be observed. We reserve the right to revise warm-up times and lane assignments should the number of entries warrant such a change. At a sanctioned competitive event, USA Swimming athlete members must be under the supervision of a USA Swimming member coach during warm-up, competition and warm down. Swimmers at the meet without a coach must report to the Meet Director or Meet Referee to make arrangements for such supervision. We have the right to change the format of the meet should the number of entries warrant such a change. The meet director reserves the right to reorganize the session(s) to accommodate the 4-hour rule. The meet referee will have the final authority on all procedures regarding the conduct of the meet. The referee may combine individual events by age, gender and/or distance. All coaches and uniformed officials must display their USA/CSI cards when on deck. Current certification is mandatory. Coaches that are in noncompliance will not be allowed on deck. ENTRY FEES: Hand Swimmers may enter up to 5 events per day. Entries will be limited in accordance with the 4-hour guidelines. The Meet Director reserves the right to alter session in order to conform to this rule. Individual events: $3.90 per event ($.75 of each individual event goes to the CSI Support Fund and $.15 to the Western Slope League) Splash Fee: $6.00 per swimmer $6.00 per event

3 ENTRY PROCEDURE: entries are preferred. NO TIME or incorrect times will be placed in the slowest heat. Times for all events should be in short course yards. A current Colorado Swimming Meet Verification Form must accompany all entries. entries to: coachdamon@teamsopris.org. When you the entries, also attach a word document of the Hy-Tek Meet Entry Report by swimmer. If you don t receive an confirmation your entries were not received. Checks and Meet Verification may be hand-delivered at the meet. Awards will not be distributed until checks are received by the Clerk of Course. All entries must be sent to the entry chairman. If sending overnight mail, please waive the signature. DO NOT SEND ENTRIES TO THE POOL. Send to: Sopris Barracudas PO Box 1851 Glenwood Springs, CO coachdamon@teamsopris.org DEADLINE: Saturday, November 8, 2014 DECK Deck entries will be accepted for open lanes only. No new heats will be created. You may deck enter beginning at the start of each session s warmups. Deck entries will close 30 minutes before the start of each session. The deck entry fee is $5 per individual event and $9 per relay plus the $35 entry fee. Swimmers not previously entered in the meet must present their USA Swimming registration card at the Clerk of Course to be able to deck enter. DIRECTOR: REFEREE: MARSHALL: PROGRAMS: RESULTS: LODGING: PARKING: Cristi & Tom Newton, info@teamsopris.org Elaine Gerson Jeff Tuttle Heat sheets will be posted on by Thursday, November 13th. Programs will not be available at the meet. Please be sure to print heat sheets and bring them with you. TM results will be posted on the Team Sopris Barracudas website at within 24 hours. Teams providing a formatted disk or thumb-drive and using Hy-Tek for the results will be accommodated. Results will be ed upon request. Please check for lodging information. There is ample parking at the Community Center. Please limit your parking

4 to the front lot. Unauthorized cars parked on the east side of the pool are subject to towing. OFFICIALS: TIMERS: SPECIAL INFORMATION: Please remember to bring your whites and ID as we will need many officials to cut down on the deck time each official works over the two days. Please contact Elaine Gerson at if you are interested in working this meet. For the 400 IM, 500, 1000 and 1650 free events each swimmer will need to provide their own timers and counters. Each team should be prepared to provide timers throughout all the sessions. No smoking on the pool deck, in the building or any area frequented by swimmers. Any damage to pool property will be grounds for dismissal from the remainder of the meet and the offenders will be held liable to the fullest extent that the law allows. NO CHAIRS WILL BE PERMITTED ON THE POOL DECK. Please plan to set up in the gym or outside, weather permitting. Use of audio and visual recording devices, including cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms. CSI restricts access to any photography from the behind the blocks. Picture taking on the deck will be restricted to areas in front of the starting platforms. 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. NOTE : Colorado Swimming, Inc. does not support, recommend, endorse or take responsibility for the sale or marketing of any dietary supplements. It is the swimmer s responsibility to know the contents of any food or drink he/she ingests. For more specific information on supplements, please refer to the drug information on the USA Swimming website at

5 Event Schedule Saturday, November 15, 2014 Session 1 Warm ups: 11:00 am Meet Start: 12:15 pm 1 12& under 100 free 2 3 Open 100 free & under 25 free & under 200 IM 8 9 Open 200 IM & under 50 fly Open 200 back & under 50 back Open 200 fly & under 100 breast Open 100 breast 22 Session 2 10 minute warm-up starts 15 minutes following the completion of Session 1 23 Open 500 free & Over 1000 free 26 Sunday, November 16, 2014 Session 3 Warm ups: 8 am Meet Start: 9:15 am 27 12& under 50 free Open 50 free & under 25 fly Open 100 fly & under 50 breast Open 200 breast & under 25 breast & under 200 free Open 200 free & under 100 IM & under 25 back & under 100 back Open 100 back 52 Session 4 10 minute warm-up starts 15 minutes following the completion of Session 3 53 Open 400 IM & Over 1650 free 56