SALVATION ARMY KROC AQUATICS

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1 LOCATION SALVATION ARMY KROC AQUATICS The Jimmy Moran Yellow bucket splash mini Meet April 5-6, 2014 Held under the Sanction of USA Swimming Sanctioned by Middle Atlantic Swimming, Inc. Sanction # M The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center 4200 Wissahickon Avenue Philadelphia, PA FACILITIES MEET DIRECTOR SAFETY DIRECTOR OFFICIALS ELIGIBILITY The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Center of Philadelphia s Jimmy Moran Competition Pool is a 10-lane, competition-grade pool. Our facilities include a 6-foot deep stainless steel Myrtha Pool, 25 yard by 25 meter lanes, starting platforms, nonturbulent lane markers, and an in-water sound system. Competition will be conducted in Yards format. The pool is equipped with a Colorado System 5 Timing System with Full Matrix Display. The facility contains ADA-accessible spectator seating and is capable of seating up to 300 guests; poolside bleachers can accommodate swimmers and coaches on deck. Free parking, concession stands, and a swim equipment vendor are available. The competition course has been certified in accordance with C(4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming. Matt Scanlan will be the Meet Director. He can be contacted at SAKASwimMeet@Hotmail.com Please put the subject line as Attn: Meet Director Adam King will be the Safety Director. He can be contacted at SAKASwimMeet@Hotmail.com Please put the subject line as Attn: Safety Director Verna Weeks will be the officials coordinator. She can be reached at SAKASwimMeet@Hotmail.com Please put the subject line as Attn: Officials This meet is open to all swimmers registered with USA Swimming. Swimmer s age as of April 5, 2014 will apply for the entire meet for all swimmers. On-site registrations will not be accepted at this meet. Each swimmer must be registered through his/her LSC prior to competition. 1

2 ENTRY LIMITATIONS The Meet Director reserves the right to limit entries, events or heats, or to modify the meet format to conform to Middle Atlantic rules. Swimmers/teams eliminated from the meet due to time or space constraints will be given full refund. Prompt notification will be made to swimmers or teams if changes impact their entries. Swimmers may swim in five (5) individual events and one (1) relay per session but may not exceed a total of six (6) events per day, twelve (12) events total. ADAPTED SWIMMING ORDER OF EVENTS WARM-UP & START DECK ENTRIES SWIMMERS WITHOUT A COACH SEEDING HOW TO ENTER 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. See attached sheet listing the order of events, event numbers, the starting times for each session and the warm-up schedule. Team lane assignments and warm-up schedule will be ed to all registered teams coaches. Circle swimming only during warm-up, except for supervised diving in designated sprint lanes. When diving is permitted, swimmers must enter from the starting blocks and exit from the opposite end of the pool. Subject to space availability, and at the discretion of the Meet Director, deck entries will be accepted on the day of the meet, prior to the start of each session, at the cost of $8.00 per individual event and $16.00 per relay event. Swimmers not previously entered in the meet must provide proof of current USA Swimming registration. Deck-entered swimmers will compete unofficially; the achieved time is official, but will not score in the meet for points or awards. To enter, please see the Meet Director before or during warm-ups. Deck entries will be accepted up to 30 minutes prior to the start of competition. Swimmers unaccompanied by a credentialed coach should report to the Meet Director before the warm-up for each session. Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA Swimming member coach, 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. It is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. All events will be pre-seeded based on entry time. This is a timed-final meet, all heats will be pyramid seeded. Electronic entries in a Hy-Tek Team Manager entry file are preferred. Entries may be sent via . Send to SAKASwimMeet@Hotmail.com Please put SAKA Yellow Bucket Splash Entries in the Subject Line Include in your 1. Your entry file 2. A Team Manager report sorted by swimmer name 3. The number of girls, boys and entries (body of ) 4. Contact information (name, address, phone and cell phone). 2

3 Send entry check separately. (See Below) Include a Printed Report of Entries and the Meet Summary Form from this packet. Checks must arrive by Friday March 28, Entries may be sent on a CD. Include a Team Manager report by entry, the SAKA Meet Summary Form and your payment. If a Hy-Tek file is not possible, entries may be sent in using the SAKA Meet Entry Form(s). As per Middle Atlantic rules, a $15 per swimmer fee will be charged to all entries submitted on paper rather than electronically. An additional $25 per swimmer fee will be charged to any team submitting manual entries for more than 5 swimmers. We have information on the final page of this meet information about a Hy-tek product that is FREE (TM Lite). This product will assist you in completing your electronic entry. A completed Meet Summary Sheet MUST accompany each team s entry. Times must be submitted for the course in which they were achieved; non-conforming times will be seeded according to USA Swimming rules. ENTRY FEES SEND ENTRIES TO Entry Fee is $4.00 per individual event and $8.00 for a relay. There is a $15 per swimmer for any entry not submitted electronically. There is a $25 per swimmer surcharge for submission of 5 or more swimmers on a manual entry. SAKASwimMeet@Hotmail.com Make entry fee payable to: The Salvation Army Kroc Center Send Payment to: The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center SAKA YBS Swim Meet Payment c/o Kroc Center Business Office 4200 Wissahickon Ave. Philadelphia, PA THE MEET SUMMARY FORM MUST BE INCLUDED WITH PAYMENT OR ENTRIES ARE INVALID Send Entries to: The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center SAKA YBS Swim Meet Entries c/o Matt Scanlan 4200 Wissahickon Ave. Philadelphia, PA A PRINT-OUT OF MEET ENTRIES MUST BE MAILED OR ENTRIES ARE INVALID. Request signature waiver for UPS, FedEx, or ExpressMail. Please include meet summary form and entry list printout 3

4 ENTRY DEADLINE USA SWIMMING RELEASE NOTIFICATION Entries must be received no later than Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 12:00 PM. No late entries will be accepted. In granting this 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 this event. RULES SCORING & AWARDS This meet will be conducted according to current USA Swimming rules. Middle Atlantic Swimming rules shall also apply. USA SWIMMING / MA SWIMMING SAFETY GUIDELINES AND WARM-UP PROCEDURES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MEET. Only currently credentialed coaches, USA Swimming registered athletes and essential meet personnel will be permitted on deck. This meet will be conducted using the Whistle command supplemented with verbal commands and No-Recall False Start procedures. Entries submitted must be swimmer s best verifiable USA Swimming time. Entry of time other than swimmer s best for any event may result in the swimmer s suspension from competition for a minimum of 3 months, but not more than 1 year. Scoring will be recorded in the following age groups for all events: 6 & Under, 7 Year Olds, 8 Year Olds. Team Scoring will be recorded for combined Boys & Girls Team Score and will include Relay points. Individual Event: Medals: 1 st 3rd and Ribbons 4 nd - 8 th Relays Events: Rosettes 1 st 3 rd High Point & Runner Up: Trophies 6 & Under, 7 Year Old, 8 Year Old Team High Point & Runner Up: Trophies Combined Team PROGRAMS & ADMISSION RESULTS DIRECTIONS A $5 per person per day admission fee will be charged for admission into the meet. Children 6 yrs old and under are free, all others charged admission. Heat sheets will be sold for $3 per session. Results will be posted on the Middle Atlantic website at as well as on Meet Mobile. From US-1/Roosevelt Expressway from the North» Follow US-1/Roosevelt Expressway south.» Exit at Fox Street» Turn left onto Fox and travel.2 miles.» Turn left onto Roberts Ave. and travel.4 miles.» Turn right onto Wissahickon Ave. and travel.2 miles.» 4200 Wissahickon Ave. is on the right From US-1/Roosevelt Expressway from the South» Exit at Wissahickon Ave. South/Hunting Park Ave.» Travel to stop sign» Turn right onto Wissahickon Ave. and travel.4 mi.» 4200 Wissahickon Ave. is on the right. 4

5 From Interstate 76/Schulykill Expressway (East or West of Philadelphia)» Take Interstate 76/Schulykill Expressway toward US-1 N/Roosevelt Expressway, Exit 340B» Take US-1 N/ Roosevelt Expressway north.» Exit at Wissahickon Ave. South/Hunting Park Ave.» Travel to stop sign» Turn right onto Wissahickon Ave. and travel.4 mi.» 4200 Wissahickon Ave. is on the right. From Center City Philadelphia» Take JFK Boulevard toward North 16 th St and turn right onto N. 16 th St..» Take N. 16 th St. to Ben Franklin Parkway and turn left onto the Parkway» At the 1 st traffic circle, take the 2 nd Exit and stay on the Ben Franklin Parkway.» At the 2 nd traffic circle, take the 1 st Exit onto Kelly Drive» Take Kelly Drive to W. Hunting Park Ave. and turn right onto W. Hunting Park» Take West Hunting Park Avenue until Wissahickon Ave.» Turn left onto Wissahickon Ave Wissahickon Ave. is on the left Please call if you need assistance. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ACCOMMODATIONS The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center has an indoor water park, with 2-lap swimming lanes. Swimmers will be allowed to warmup/warm-down in the lap lanes between events. No swimmer will be allowed beyond the lap lanes into the Water Park Area; entering the Water Park Area will subject the swimmer to immediate removal from the remainder of the meet. There is limited parking in The Salvation Army Kroc Center main parking lot. Guests are encouraged to park in the center s event parking lot (across the street) or along Wissahickon Avenue, as street parking is allowed. The use of audio or visual recording devices, including cell phones, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms. 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. A spectator overflow room will be set up in the Wells Fargo Conference Area near the meet entry point. A live video feed of the pool and scoreboard is offered, for those wishing to view the meet from this venue. Crowne Plaza: Philadelphia West 4010 City Line Avenue, Philadelphia, PA Hampton Inn Plymouth Meeting 2055 Chemical Road, Plymouth Meeting PA Best Western: Center City Hotel 501 N 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA

6 Hilton Garden Inn 1100 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Marriot Downtown 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown 21 North Juniper Street, Philadelphia, PA Residence Inn Philadelphia Center City 1 East Penn Square, Philadelphia, PA The Ritz Carlton, Philadelphia 10 venue of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

7 SAKA yellow bucket splash Order of Events **All Events Are Timed Finals** Session 1: Saturday Morning Warm-Up: 8:00 AM Meet Starts: 9:00 AM Girls Event Boys Free (8 & Under) Breaststroke (7 & Under) Butterfly (8 & Under) Butterfly (7 & Under) Freestyle (8 & Under) Freestyle (7 & Under) Backstroke (8 Year Olds) Butterfly (7 & Under) Breaststroke (8 Year Olds) IM (8 & Under) Medley Relay (8 & Under) 22 Session 2: Sunday Morning Warm-Up: 8:00 AM Meet Starts: 9:00 AM Girls Event Boys IM (8 & Under) Butterfly (8 Year Olds) Backstroke (7 & Under) Freestyle (8 Year Olds) Freestyle (7 & Under) Backstroke (8 & Under) Backstroke (7 & Under) Breaststroke (8 & Under) Breaststroke (7 & Under) Freestyle Relay (8 & Under) 42 7

8 SAKA yellow bucket splash Mini Meet Summary Form (Must Be Included With Payment) Team Name: Team Code: Head Coach: Team Contact: Phone Number: Team Address: Team Mailing Address: City: State: Zip: Mail Entries: Mail Payment: The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center SAKA YBS Swim Meet c/o Matt Scanlan - Aquatics 4200 Wissahickon Avenue Philadelphia, PA The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center SAKA YBS Swim Meet c/o Kroc Center Business Office 4200 Wissahickon Avenue Philadelphia, PA Teams using Hy-Tek's Team Manager are asked to submit an entry file on a CD or via along with a Team Manager report of meet entries: Entry Deadline: Received by 12:00 p.m. March 26, Please make checks payable to: The Salvation Army Kroc Center Entries Summary Number of Entries Cost per Entry Amount Individual Entries $4.00 Relay Entries $8.00 Surcharge 1* $15.00 Surcharge 2** $25.00 TOTAL *There is a $15 per swimmer surcharge for submission of manual entry. **There is a $25 per swimmer surcharge for submission of 5 or more swimmers on a manual entry. I ATTEST THAT THE ENTERED ATHLETES ARE PROPERLY REGISTERED WITH USA SWIMMING AND THAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED THE SEED S RECORDED. Signature of Head Coach or Authorized Team Representative THIS FORM MUST ACCOMPANY THE OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANKS. 8

9 SAKA yellow bucket splash Individual Entries Form Team Name: Team Code: Swimmers Name USS ID EVENT EVENT EVENT EVENT Total Individual Entries on this page: x $4.00 = $ 9

10 SAKA yellow bucket splash Relay Entry Form Team Name: Team Code: Swimmers Name USS ID EVENT Total Relays Team Entries on this page: x $8.00 = $ 10