Septathlon Swim Meet Long Course

Septathlon Swim Meet Long Course April 29 th and 30 th, 2017 Shaw Centre 122 Bowlt Crescent SASKATOON, Saskatchewan 306-975-7744 1

HOST: SASKATOON LASERS SWIM CLUB SANCTION NUMBER: 20666 MEET MANAGER: Candace Peace and Paula Fortier Phone: 306-227-0798/306-221-2173 Email: lasersseptathlon@yahoo.ca PROGRAM: Session Warm-Up Start Events 1 Saturday (13 & O) 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 01-12 2 Saturday (12 & U) 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 13-24 3 Sunday (All ages) 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 25-40 Program times may be changed at the discretion of Meet Management. All participating clubs will be notified of any changes to the program. Coaches will be notified prior to the meet of any changes to the specifications of this meet package, unless such changes can be dealt with at the commencement of the meet without disadvantage to the swimmers. LOCATION: FACILITY: ELIGIBILITY: Shaw Centre 122 Bowlt Crescent SASKATOON, SK 306-975-7744-10-lane, 50-meter, deep end pool - Warm down pool not available - Non Turbulent Lane Markers - Daktronic Electronic Timing System - HY-TEK Meet Manager Computer Software Entries will only be accepted for swimmers who are currently registered in the Swimming Canada database and have a 10 digit Swimming Canada registration id number, unless the swimmer is registered with and representing a foreign FINA affiliated federation. PARA swimmers who are registered with a FINA or IPC affiliate are eligible to compete and will be seeded according to their entry time. All participants must be 7 years of age. The age of the swimmer is determined by the swimmer s age on the first day of the meet, April 29, 2016. COMPETITION: As per the name of the meet Septathlon, the number of events to enter is 7 which is also the max. Please see the choices below. If your swimmers are not entering 7 events the flat fee of $65 still applies. Please discuss specific situations with the meet manager. **In order to promote the highest level of participation, swimmers not capable of swimming specific events may be allowed alternate event entries at the discretion of the meet manager. Swimmers entered in alternate events will be entered as exhibition swimmers for those events and will not be scored for the alternate events or be eligible for aggregate awards. Requests for Exhibition swims must be made to the meet manager prior to the entry deadline. 2

COMPETITION CON T: 12 and Under: Choice of three 50 s Choice of three 100 s Choice of 200 Free or 200 IM 13 and Over: Choice of two 50 s Choice of three 100 s 200 IM 400 Free -All events will be swum as Timed Finals and will be seeded by entry time. -Male and females will swim separately. -Scratches within a heat may not alter the seeding and the heat may be swum with empty lanes. -Heats may be combined at the discretion of the Meet Manager. -Except for backstroke events, swimmers will remain in the water at the completion of their swim to allow the next heat to get under way. Swimmers will stay to the side of their respective lane against the lane rope. ENTRY DEADLINE: All entries must be received by 11:59 pm, EST Friday April 21st, 2017 FORWARD ENTRIES TO: Clubs must submit entries by uploading their Hy-Tek Entries file to the national events database at: http://www.swimming.ca/en/events-results/live-upcomingmeets/ Entries will be accepted with valid LC or SC times or with unproven training or non-sanctioned competition times at coaches discretion or with no time (NT). Entries with valid LC times will be seeded first, followed by proven SC times and then unproven times and NT accordingly. All swimmers who have never obtained a time must be entered as a no time (NT) for that event. Entries for each swimmer must include 9 Digit SNC registration number, gender, date of birth and age of swimmer at time of meet. Entries that do not include this information will be excluded. Meet Management will not be responsible for obtaining missing numbers. ENTRY FEES: Swimmers will be charged a flat fee of $65.00. Please make cheque payable to the: SASKATOON LASERS SWIM CLUB Inc. LIMITATIONS: START: Meet Management has determined, based on previous entry levels and duration of the event, entry is limited to 300 swimmers and Meet Management has the discretion to allow further entries should those entries not substantially prolong the duration of the meet. Any further entries from clubs not already in the meet will not be accepted. Late entries will be at the discretion of the meet management, this also includes deck entries. The FINA One Start rule (SW 4) will be in effect. 3

SAFETY RULES: Current Swimming Canada Warm-up Competition Safety Procedures will be in effect. See https://www.swimming.ca/content/uploads/2015/06/swimmingcanada-competition-warm-up-safety-procedures-september-26-2016.pdf There will be no lane assignment during warm-up; no swimmer shall enter the pool by a dive. Safety Marshalls will be stationed around the pool deck. During the last 30 minutes, lanes 0 and 9 are designated diving lanes and only ONE- WAY SWIMMING IS ALLOWED. 1. No Running is permitted on the deck. 2. No fins or hand paddles during the warm-up. 3. Footwear must be worn at all times when not on deck. 4. No glass or glass bottles are allowed anywhere in the pool or other sections of the building. 5. NOTE: It is the Coach s RESPONSIBILITY to inform the swimmers and to ensure their discipline and adherence to the MEET SAFETY RULES. MEET RULES: All current SNC rules will be in effect unless a specific rule has been modified in this meet package. PROTESTS: As per SNC Rule CGR 9.2. SCRATCHES: Scratches from heats simply create empty lanes, as there shall be no re-seeding. Scratches from heats may be made at any time without penalty except for loss of entry fee. All scratches must be submitted on official scratch forms to the Clerk of Course thirty (30) minutes prior to the start of a session in which the event is being held in. Coaches are encouraged to provide scratches to the Clerk of Course as soon as possible so that the Clerk may try to accommodate the deck entry of swimmers. DECK ENTRIES: RELAYS: Deck entries will be allowed at the discretion of Meet Management and Clerk of Course, based on lane availability. No new heats will be created. Deck entries must be submitted to the Clerk of Course no later than 45 minutes prior to the start of the session in which the event is to be swum. Deck entries are $15.00 per event. Cash payment will be required prior to entry into the event. Time permitting, a 4 x 100 Free Mixed gender, open age fun relay will be swum at the end of Sunday s session. 2 girls and 2 boys will make up the relay team and may swim in any order. Each relay swimmer must swim in at least one individual event in the meet. All relays will be Timed Finals. There is no cost to enter a relay. Coaches are encouraged to mix the age groups (junior and senior) of the swimmers and place the focus on fun. Names of relay members must be submitted to the Clerk of Course no later than 30 minutes after the start of Sunday s session. 4

RELAYS CON T To maximize participation, at the discretion of the meet manager, teams without enough swimmers to enter 2 of each gender may be allowed alternate entries. Lead off relay splits will not be recorded as official splits. SCORING: AWARDS: Scoring will be based on FINA points for individual events only. All swimmers will score in an event except if disqualified or if the swimmer is an exhibition swim Ribbons will be awarded for the top ten (10) finishers in each event of the Girls and Boys categories in each of the following age groups: 9 and under, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 and over. The male and female swimmer in each age category with the highest total cumulative FINA points will each be awarded a plaque. In the event of a tie for total points, the swimmer with the highest individual event FINA point score will be declared the winner. Ribbons and plaques will be forwarded to a coach or team representative, if the receiving swimmer is not present at the time of presentation. MEET RESULTS: Results will be uploaded to the national events database at http://www.swimming.ca/meetlist.aspx Female and Male results will be reported in the 9 & Under, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 & Over categories. OFFICIAL SPLITS: As per SNC Swimming Rule CSW 13.3.1.1 - Meet Management requires, that a coach wishing to rely on a time achieved by a swimmer for an interval shorter than the total distance of the event, must advise the Referee and Meet Management prior to the commencement of the event in question will be held. Official Split requests must be submitted to the Meet Manager a minimum of ½ hour prior to the start of the session that the event is being held. The Official Split Request Form is available through Meet Management or by downloading from the SNC site at: http://www.swimsask.ca/management.htm Such official split shall then be reported as a separate event in the meet results. CONCESSION: GENERAL COMMENTS: If operating, the concession at the Shaw Centre will be open during the meet. FOOD AND DRINK, INCLUDING GUM, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, ETC., ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THE POOL DECK. GLASS CONTAINERS OF ANY KIND ON DECK MAY BE CAUSE TO EJECT A SWIMMER OR OTHER PERSON FROM THE MEET. All Clubs are requested to clean up and supervise their own areas. Any swimmer caught vandalizing, using offensive language, or otherwise causing a disturbance, shall at the discretion of the Referee, be disqualified from the meet and asked to leave. The referee s decision shall be final. Footwear must be worn at all times when not on deck. No deck-changing will be allowed. Swimmers must go to the change room to change in and out of bathing suits. 5

SEPTATHLON 2017 Warm Up: 9:00 AM SATURDAY APRIL 29th Session 1 Start Time: 10:00 AM Female 13 & Over Event # Event Description Male 13 & Over Event # 1 50 Back 2 3 100 Breast 4 5 400 Free 6 7 100 Fly 8 9 200 IM 10 11 50 Free 12 Warm Up: 2:00 PM SATURDAY APRIL 30th Session 2 Start Time: 3:00 PM Female 12 & Undewr Event # Event Description Male 12 & Under Event # 13 50 Back 14 15 200 IM 16 17 100 Breast 18 19 200 Free 20 21 100 Fly 22 23 50 Free 24 Warm Up: 8:00 AM SUNDAY APRIL 24 TH Session 3 Start Time: 9:00 AM Female Event # Event Description Male Event # 25 12 & Under 50 Fly 26 27 13 & Over 50 fly 28 29 12 & Under 100 Back 30 31 13 & Over 100 Back 32 33 12 & Under 50 Breast 34 35 13 & Over 50 Breast 36 37 12 & Under 100 Free 38 39 13 & Over 100 Free 40 50 Open 4x100 Mixed Free Relay (FUN) 6

The Saskatoon Lasers Swim Club would appreciate any assistance that can be provided by clubs for officiating. Please complete the following and send information to the Officials Coordinator: Delilah Dueck at: delidueck@sasktel.net OFFICIALS FORM 2017 Septathlon Saskatoon Lasers Swim Club CLUB: Name of volunteer Position/s Session/s 7

COMPETITION WARM-UP SAFETY PROCEDURES September 26, 2016 Meet Management for all sanctioned Canadian swimming competitions must ensure the following safety procedures are applied. It is incumbent on coaches, swimmers, and officials to work together to comply with these procedures during all scheduled warm-up periods. Coaches are requested to encourage swimmers to cooperate with Safety Marshals. GENERAL WARM-UP: Swimmers must enter the pool FEET FIRST in a cautious manner, entering from a start or turn end only and from a standing or sitting position. Running on the pool deck and running entries into the pool are prohibited. Meet Management may designate the use of sprint or pace lanes during the scheduled warmup time. Any such lane usage must be communicated through a pre-competition handout, an announcement or deck signage. Diving starts shall be permitted only in designated sprint lanes. Only one-way swimming from the start end of sprint lanes is permitted. Pools with backstroke starting ledges available may offer a designated lane for backstroke starts, at meet management s discretion. (This is not mandatory if not enough general lane space is available for the number of swimmers in the meet.) Notices or barriers must be placed on starting blocks to indicate no diving during warm-up. EQUIPMENT: Kick Boards, Pull-Buoys, Ankle Bands, and Snorkels are permitted for use in the main warmup pool during warm-up. Hand paddles and flippers are permitted for use in a secondary warm-up pool only (where available), at meet management s discretion and recommended only for higher level or senior competitions. At meet management s discretion and based on available space, the Meet Manager may permit use of tubing or cord assisted sprinting in designated lanes and during specific times of the warm-up only. It is recommended that this only be allowed in secondary warm-up pools as space allows. Coaches are responsible for equipment reliability and use. This is recommended only for higher level or senior competitions 8

VIOLATIONS: It is recognized that there is a level of interpretation and common sense that must be applied when applying these guidelines. Diving headfirst quietly into an empty pool at the start of warm-up is not the same as diving headfirst into a crowded lane. Judgment and context is required. Swimmers witnessed by a Safety Marshal diving or entering the water in a dangerous fashion may be removed without warning from their first individual event following the warm-up period in which the violation occurred and the alternates in that event notified should that event be a final. They may also receive a verbal warning from the Safety Marshal. Swimmers receiving verbal warnings will have their names and clubs registered with the Meet Manager. In the case of a second offense during the same competition the swimmer may be removed from the remainder of the competition. SAFETY MARSHALS: The Safety Marshal is a trained position designated by Meet Management. Safety Marshals shall: Be visible by safety vest. Be situated at each end of the competition pool and when applicable, similarly situated in designated warm-up pools when pre-competition warm-ups are scheduled. Actively monitor all scheduled warm-up periods. Ensure participants comply with warm-up safety procedures and report violations to the Referee. Depending on the level of competition, Safety Marshals have a role to help work with coaches and swimmers to ensure a safe warm-up environment. This may include educating a younger swimmer on the rules or communicating a concern to a coach. Judgment, tact and confidence is required and therefore the Safety Marshal should ideally be a more experienced official. PARA-SWIMMER NOTIFICATION: Coaches are requested to notify Safety Marshals of any Para-swimmers participating in warm-ups where necessary and at the coach s discretion. The following statement must appear in all Swimming Canada sanctioned meet information and posted notices: SWIMMING CANADA COMPETITION WARM-UP SAFETY PROCEDURES WILL BE IN EFFECT AT THIS MEET. September 26, 2016 9