Septathlon Swim Meet Long Course April 28 th and 29 th, 2012 Shaw Centre 122- Bowlt Crescent SASKATOON, Saskatchewan 306-975-7744 SWIM SASKATCHEWAN SANCTION 1
HOST: SASKATOON LASER SWIM CLUB Mar 5\12 SANCTION NUMBER: 11549 MEET MANAGER: CO- Meet Manager: Brenda Nilsson-Aspen ph: 306-652-4988 email: aspenfamily@sasktel.net Lana Makari ph: 306-261-8595 email: behnam_makari@yahoo.ca PROGRAM: Saturday, April 28th, 2012 Session 1 12 & over Warm-Up: 8:00 AM Saturday, April 28th, 2012 Sunday, April 29th, 2012 Events: 9:00 AM Session 2-11 & under warm up: 1:00PM Events 2:00 PM Session 3 All age groups Warm-Up: 8:00 AM Events: 9:00 AM 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 swimmer. LOCATION: Shaw Centre 122- Bowlt Cres SASKATOON, SK 306-975-7744 FACILITY: - 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 2
ELIGIBILITY: All swimmers must be a registered competitive swimmer with Swimming Natation Canada (SNC) or FINA affiliates. All participants must be 7 years of age. The age of the swimmer for the purpose of this meet is determined by the swimmer s age on the first day of the meet. COMPETITION: Maximum number of events to enter is 7. In order to qualify for awards, participants must compete in seven (7) events. Disqualifications, no shows and step-downs will be scored as Zero, but the swimmer may still be eligible for awards based on their final score. All events will be swum as Timed Finals and will be seeded by time and gender. Male and females will swim separately. Scratches within a heat may not alter the pre-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, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. FORWARD ENTRIES TO: Clubs must submit entries by uploading their Hy-tek Entries file to the national events database at www.swimmeet.ca. Individual swimmers registered with Swim Sask as unattached, may submit their entries via e-mail to: SASKATOON LASER SWIM CLUB Attention: Todd Shury E-mail: twshury@sasktel.net All individual entries must be submitted with verifiable long course times. Converted times and short course times will not be accepted. All swimmers who have never obtained a long course time must be entered as a no time (NT) for that event, except for the 400 free where a qualifying time of 7:00:00 minutes is required for entry into this event. Entries for each swimmer must include 9 Digit SNC registration number, gender, date of birth and age of swimmer at time of the 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 rate of $65.00. Please make cheques payable to the: SASKATOON LASER SWIM CLUB Inc. 3
LIMITATIONS: START: SAFETY RULES: Meet Management has determined, based on previous entry levels and the duration of the events, to limit the total number of swimmers to 300 or any number based on a team s entries that exceeds the 300 swimmer total. The last club entering that meets and/or exceeds 300 swimmers will have all of their swimmers entered. Any further entries from clubs not already in the meet will not be accepted. The FINA One Start rule (SW 4) will be in effect. SNC Warm Up rules will be in effect. There will be no lane assignments 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 as sprinting and diving lanes and only ONE-WAY SWIMMING IS ALLOWED. 1. No Running is permitted on the deck. 2. No fins or paddles during the warm-up. 2. Footwear must be worn at all times when not on deck. 3. No glass or glass bottles are allowed anywhere in the pool or other sections of the building. 4. 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: QUALIFICATION: TIME PENALTIES: SCRATCHES: All current SNC rules will be in effect unless a specific rule has been modified in this meet package. There are no qualifying time standards except for the 400 free. A verifiable qualifying time of 7:00:00 minutes is required for each swimmer entering the 400 free. Any Disqualifications, no shows, and step-downs will result in the Swimmer being awarded a score of 0 for that event. Swimmers with a Disqualification, no show or step-down are still eligible for an award. Scratches from heats simply create empty lanes, as there shall be no reseeding. 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 sessionin 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: Deck entries will be allowed at the discretion of the meet management and the 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. SCORING: Scoring will be tabulated using Hy-tek points. First= 20, 2=19, 3=18, 4=17, 5=16, 6=15, 7=14, 8=13, 9=12, 10=11, 11=10, 12=9, 13=8, 14=7, 15=6, 16=5, 17=4, 18=3, 19-2, 20=1 4
AWARDS: MEET RESULTS: CONCESSION: The top three (3) finishers based on aggregate Hy-tek points in each 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, will receive an award. Awards will be forwarded if the receiving swimmer is not present at the time of presentation. Results will be uploaded to the national events database at www.swimmeet.ca 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. GENERAL COMMENTS: 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.. Order of Events Saturday April 28 Session 1 Girls Event Boys 1 12 and over 50 Free 2 3 12 and over 50 fly 4 5 12 and over 100 breast 6 7 12 and over 200 free 8 9 12 and over 100 back 10 11 12 and over 200 IM 12 Saturday April 28 Session 2 13 11 and under 50 free 14 15 11 and under 50 fly 16 17 11 and under 100 breast 18 19 11 and under 200 free 20 21 11 and under 100 back 22 23 11 and under 200 IM 24 5
Sunday April 29 Session 3 25 50 back 26 27 50 breast 28 29 100 fly 30 31 100 free 32 33 400 free 34 The Saskatoon Laser Swim Club would appreciate any assistance that can be provided by clubs for officiating. Please complete the following form and send to email: dvmcst@yahoo.ca OFFICIALS FORM 2012 Saskatoon Laser Swim Club - Septathlon CLUB:. NAME OF OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS SESSION AVAILABILITY 6
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