SUMMER SPECTACULAR HOSTED BY: GILLETTE GATORS SWIM TEAM June 20 th, 21 st, and 22 nd, 2014 SANCTION: LIABILITY: Held under sanction of Wyoming Swimming, Inc. and USA Swimming, Inc. Sanction Number: 2014-48 In granting this sanction, it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming, Wyoming Swimming Inc., Gillette Swim Team and the Campbell County Aquatic Center shall be Free from responsibility or liability for injuries sustained by any individual, athlete, or spectator while traveling to and from, or while participating in this meet. Also, the above-mentioned are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or damaged property. Team coaches are expected to serve as lifeguards for their swimmers - no lifeguards provided. Head Referee Administrative Official Meet Director Clint Beaver Carol Bowersox Brian Brandon 915 Poplar Lane 822 Aspen Lane 203 West Laurel St. Gillette, WY 82716 Gillette, WY 82716 Gillette, WY 82718 (307) 682-2443 (307) 682-5097 (307) 299-8628 brianbgatorswim@gmail.com LOCATION: Campbell County School Aquatic Center, 800 E. Warlow Drive, Gillette, WY 82716 POOL: POOL CERTIFICATION: Indoor 50 meter pool with 10 lanes, non-turbulent racing lane markers and backstroke flags. Colorado Automatic Timing System with back up button, manual back up timers and 10 lane display electronic scoreboard. Lanes 3 10 will be used for competition. Lane 1 will be for warm up and cool down and Lane 2 will be a buffer lane. Pool measures at a minimum depth of 4 feet and a maximum depth of 13 feet, measured for a distance of 3 feet 3 ½ inches (1 meter) to 16 feet 5 inches (5 meters) from both end walls. The competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming. ENTRY Entries, hard copies, and payment MUST be received by June 11, 2014 DEADLINE: Mail Entries to: Gillette Swim Team ATTN: Brian Brandon 203 West Laurel St. Gillette, WY 82718 Email Preferred: brianbgatorswim@gmail.com Late entries will be accepted only at the meet director s discretion. If late entries are accepted they will be charged at $5.00 per event. No additional heats will be created to accommodate late entries
RULES: ELIGIBILITY: FLY OVER STARTS: Current USA Swimming and Wyoming Swimming rules will apply. 1. The Meet Referee will have the final authority for conduct of the meet. 2. All coaches, officials, and meet directors must have current USA cards on their person, in plain view, at all times. 3. All events will be swum as Timed Finals. 4. Whistle starts will be used. 5. Feet first entry only in the warm up lane. The warm up lane is to be used only for serious warm ups or cool downs. Entry into the warm up lane is from the scoreboard end of the pool only. 6. Swimmers must provide their own timers and lap counters for the 1500 Freestyle event. 7. The meet referee in concurrence with the meet director may combine events in accordance with Section 102.7.2 of the USA Swimming Rules and Regulations 8. 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. 9. All participating teams will be asked to provide timers during the meet. 10. Only registered coaches, swimmers, officials, and adult supervisors with non-athlete USA cards will be allowed on deck. 11. The use of audio or visual devices, including cell phones, is not permitted in changing areas, restrooms, or locker rooms, on the deck, or behind the blocks in accordance with USA Swimming. 12. 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 strongly discouraged. The meet is open to all swimmers currently registered with USA Swimming. No on deck registration will be allowed. Clubs will be fined $100 by Wyoming swimming, Inc. for any swimmer who does not meet current registration requirements. We will be using Fly Over Starts. POSITIVE CHECK-IN: There will be positive check-in for all each day for all competitors in any individual event 400 yards or longer. Seeding will take place after the positive check-in period. AGE GROUPS: SCORING: AWARDS: ENTRY FEES: ENTRY LIMITS: Individual events will be swum as 12 & Under and Open, but will be scored by individual age groups: 8 & Under, 9 10, 11-12, Open. Age as of June 20, 2014, determines the age group. Swimmers will earn points in individual events for their respective age groups. Individual: 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Ribbons will be awarded 1 st through 12th place for the 12 & Under Events *Event awards will not be given for Open events.* $3.50 per individual event. There is a $6.00 per swimmer WSI participation fee and a $7.00 per swimmer pool surcharge. There will be no refunds. Payment must accompany entries with check made payable to: Gillette Swim Team. Each swimmer may enter up to five (5) individual events per day. Swimmers may not exceed a maximum of eleven (11) individual events.
ENTRIES: SEEDING: All entries should be submitted by email using Hy-Tek or compatible software. Hard copies of meet entries MUST be submitted. In lieu of email, entries may be submitted on a Master Sheet. Hard copies or Master Sheet will be the final authority on whether a swimmer is entered in an event. A signed registration verification must accompany all meet entries. Please include phone numbers and/or e-mail addresses of coaches or club representatives in case any changes or questions arise during the meet entry process. Events will be pre-seeded in times submitted in long course meters. At the discretion of the Meet Referee, events may be combined in a heat if there are too few entries in an event. A no time entry will be randomly seeded into the slowest heats. CLERK OF There will be no Clerk of Course. Heat and lane assignments will appear in the COURSE: program. Swimmers are responsible for taking their positions behind the block. TIME TRIALS: SCRATCHES: There will be no time trials at this event. Scratches should be reported in writing at the coaches meeting prior to each session. WARM UPS: Wyoming Swimming, Inc. warm up procedures will be followed. Teams will be assigned lanes and times for warm up. The first portion of each warm up session will be for circle swimming only with feet first entry. The last ten minutes of each warm up session will be for racing starts and one-way swimming only. A coach must supervise all swimmers during warm up. PHOTOGRPAHY: CONCESSIONS: TEAM STORE: FINAL RESULTS: SAFETY: Absolutely no cameras, cell phones, or other electronic devices with cameras shall be permitted in the area behind the blocks or in the locker rooms. No flash photography shall be permitted in the pool area during competition. No photographers will be permitted on the bulk-head at any time during competition. Concessions will be available. Team store will be available. Meet results will be e-mailed at the end of the meet. Meet results will also be available on the WSI website at http://www.wyomingswimming.org. Upon any team s request, hard copy results will be mailed to the team address provided. USA Swimming has advised clubs to use safe warm up procedures in the conduct of meets. No diving or jumping is allowed in the warm up lane. Absolutely no glass containers or razors are allowed in the Aquatic Center. NO SMOKING OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS ARE ALLOWED IN THE AQUATIC CENTER OR ON AQUATIC CENTER GROUNDS.
Friday, June 20, 2014 Warm up begins at 4:30 p.m. Officials meeting at 5:00 p.m. Coaches meeting at 5:20 pm. Meet begins at 5:30 p.m. AGE/EVENT Girls Boys 1 Open 200 IM 2 3 12 & Under 200 IM 4 5 Open Mixed 1500 Free* 5 *The 1500 Free will be seeded fastest to slowest. Swimmers must provide their own timers and lap counters. Saturday, June 21, 2014 Warm up begins at 8:00 a.m. Officials meeting at 8:30 a.m. Coaches meeting at 9:00 a.m. Meet begins at 9:10 a.m. Girls AGE/EVENT Boys 7 Open 400 IM 8 9 12 & Under 100 Free 10 11 Open 100 Free 12 13 12 & Under 100 Fly 14 15 Open 200 Fly 16 17 12 & Under 50 Back 18 19 Open 100 Back 20 21 12 & Under 50 Breast 22 23 Open 100 Breast 24 25 12 & Under 200 Free 26 27 Open 200 Free 28 Sunday, June 22, 2014 Warm up begins at 8:00 a.m. Officials meeting at 8:30 a.m. Coaches meeting at 9:00 a.m. Meet begins at 9:10 a.m. Girls AGE / EVENT Boys 29 Open 400 Free 30 31 12 & Under 50 Free 32 33 Open 50 Free 34 35 12 & Under 100 Back 36 37 Open 200 Back 38 39 12 & Under 50 Fly 40 41 Open 100 Fly 42 43 12 & Under 100 Breast 44 45 Open 200 Breast 46
USA REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN A WYOMING SWIMMING INCORPORATED SANCTIONED OR APPROVED MEET THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT MUST BE SIGNED: I attest that all swimmers entered in this meet are properly registered athlete members of USA Swimming. Inc. Team: Signature of Coach/Team Representative Date Phone Important Note: The Wyoming Swimming Inc. Board of Directors shall impose a fine of $100 against a club when a coach or club representative signs a document which indicates that an athlete is registered with USA Swimming for a meet when that athlete is not a properly registered athlete member. Additionally, the WSI Board of Directors shall require a club to pay an amount equal to the current athlete registration fee for each athlete that competes in a USA Swimming sanctioned competition without being a properly registered athlete member.