APRIL 25, 2015 Westside Park & Aquatic Complex Greenville, South Carolina 1
Meet Sanction: Host Club: Meet Sponsor: Meet Director: Meet Referee: Meet Entries to: Safety Marshal: Held under the sanction of USA Swimming issued by SC Swimming: Sanction Number: SC1590LCM Hosted jointly by the South Carolina Swimming and North Carolina Swimming Local Swim Committees The Carolina Crown Swim Challenge is being sponsored by Speedo. Karen Alexander: pixabugg@bellsouth.net 864-506-2016 Kent Easty: eastys@islc.net 843-592-0598 Karen Alexander: pixabugg@bellsouth.net 864-506-2016 Kile Zeller: kzscsdd@gmail.com 404-402-1641 2
Facility: Westside Park & Aquatic Complex, 2700 West Blue Ridge Drive (SC Highway 253) Greenville, SC 29611 864-295-0032. Rules: Athlete Eligibility: Westside Aquatic Complex is a semi-open air facility with eight (8) 50 meter lanes and adjacent five (5) lane, 25 yard warm-up/warm-down pool. Both pools are bottom striped, wall targeted and equipped with non-turbulent lane lines. Bleacher seating is available for up to 1000 spectators along with ample deck space and bleacher seating for swimmers. The water depth of the competition is seven (7) feet three (3) inches measured from one (1) meter to five (5) meters at the starting end of the course and six (6) feet measured from one (1) meter to five (5) meters at the turn end of the course. The competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C (4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming. Facility Rules: *NO stadium seatback chairs *NO smoking is allowed inside the facility *NO coolers allowed inside the facility *NO glass containers allowed inside the facility *NO food or beverages allowed on deck, in the locker rooms or in spectator areas *NO folding chairs allowed in spectator area or on deck. Bleacher seating will be available *Spectators limited to designated areas Meet to be conducted in accordance with the current USA Swimming and SC Swimming Rules and Regulations and information herein. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms. Changing into or out of swimsuits other than in locker rooms is prohibited. Age is to be determined by the first day of the meet, however should an athlete selected in the 18 year old age group turn 19 by the date of the meet, the athlete may still compete in thismeet. Participants at this meet are to be selected by the two meet coordinators (Kile Zeller, representing South Carolina Swimming and Jonathan Watson, representing North Carolina Swimming) such that the top two male and top two female athletes from North Carolina Swimming and the top two male and top two female athletes from South Carolina Swimming in the age groups of 15, 16, 17 and 18 in each of the contested events based on short course times swum between September 1, 2014 and March 8, 2015 are automatically invited. The names of these athletes will be posted by March 13, 2015 on both the North Carolina and South Carolina websites and clubs will receive an email list of the selected athletes. Alternates will also be designated in order to provide 15 male and 15 female athletes in each age group for the meet. Athletes selected as automatic and alternates must submit an application and a check payable to North Carolina Swimming no later than Tuesday, March 24, 2015 in order to be considered for participation. Alternates willbe notified by email of their selection no later than March 31, 2015. There is no refund for athletes selected who choose later not to participate. However, alternates not selected will have their check returned or shredded. 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 ormust 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. 3
Entry Fees: Swimmers are limited to a maximum of 4 individual events and 1 relay. There is a $50 flat fee for each athlete participating in this event. Included in this $50 fee are: Pool usage fee: $30.50 out of state, $32.50 in-state Individual Event Fee: $3 Relay Fee: $6 $2.00 SCLSC Travel Fund/Program fee per swimmer $2.00 SCLSC Sport Development Fund $2.00 out-of-state SCLSC Travel Fund/Program fee Meet Format: All events will be contested as timed finals. Meet management reserves the right to insert breaks in the meet where necessary to allow athletes proper rest and to warm-down. Meet management reserves the right to adjust course breakdown and warm-up times based on number of entries. Meet Management also reserves the right to move an age groupto another session based on the time line and number of entries. Warm-up procedures: All SCLSC and USA Swimming safety guidelines will be enforced. Time of the Meet: Warm-up/warm-down area open at the discretion of the meet referee. Events 400m and above will require positive check in. Athletes must positively check in for all individual events 400m and longer at the clerk of course table. Saturday, April 25, 2015 Coaches Meeting-11am Officials Meeting-- 11:30am Warm ups 11:30am Meet Starts 12:30pm Entries: Please use swimmer s full name, age, and sanctioned long course meter times or a no time. Swimmers are limited to a maximum of 4 individual events, and 1 relay. Entry Deadline: Entries from the Head Coach of each squad are due no laterthan Tuesday, April 14, 2015. SC Swimming does not accept deck registrations. Athletes entered in this meet must be registered by the entry deadline with either the South Carolina LSC or North Carolina LSC. E-Mail: Send electronic entries to Karen Alexander, Meet Director: pixabugg@bellsouth.net. E- mailed entries must also be accompanied by Word or PDF document export summaries of individual entries by swimmer and fees. Awards: Medals will be provided for the top-8 place finishers in each individual event, and for the top 3 relay finishers. A special award will be provided to each member of the winning squad. Scoring: Each individual event will be scored 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top-8 individual event placefinishers. Each relay event will be scored 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 for the top-8 relay place finishers. Each squad may enter up to two relay teams in each relay event. Two relays can score from each team. Timing: Colorado timing system and data processing services provided by SCS and NCS. 4
Other Information: Officials: Certified officials willing to work are most welcome. Please contact Carol Hammond, SCS Officials Chair: carolnaco@aol.com Hospitality: Water, Gatorade, will be provided please bring your own snacks. Directions: Take Interstate 385 North into Greenville. Go through town past the Hyatt on your left and County Library on your right. Take S.C.183 towards Pickens. At S.C. Route 253 turn leftonto Blue Ridge Drive. Westside Park & Aquatic Complex is about one mile on right. From Interstate 85 take exit 44 (White Horse Road, U.S.25 By-Pass). Go north on 25 for approximately five miles. Turn right on S.C. Route 253. Westside Park & Aquatic Complex is about one-half mile on left. Meet Coordinators: Kile Zeller, SCSDD: kzscsdd@gmail.com 404-402-1641 Jonathan Watson, NCS Camp Coordinator 01silversurfer@bellsouth.net 919-395-9585 5
ORDER OF EVENTS Saturday, April 25 th, 2015 Warm Ups 11:30am. Meet Starts 12:30pm. Women Events Men 1 15-16 200m Medley Relay 2 3 17+Over 200m Medley Relay 4 5 Senior 200m Freestyle 6 7 Senior 100m Breaststroke 8 9 Senior 200m Butterfly 10 11 Senior 100m Backstroke 12 13 Senior 200m Individual Medley 14 15 Senior 400m Freestyle 16 HALFTIME BREAK 15 MINUTES 17 Senior 50m Freestyle 18 19 Senior 200m Breaststroke 20 21 Senior 100m Butterfly 22 23 Senior 200m Backstroke 24 25 Senior 100m Freestyle 26 27 Senior 400m Individual Medley 28 5 MINUTE BREAK 29 15-16 400m Freestyle Relay 30 31 17+Over 400m Freestyle Relay 32 6
SQUAD NAME: April 25th, 2015 MEET ENTRY SUMMARY SHEET CODE HEAD COACH EMAIL PHONE ASST COACH EMAIL PHONE ASST COACH EMAIL PHONE HEAD COACH CONTACT INFORMATION: Home/Cell Phone Number Work Phone Number_ E-Mail Address Mailing Address_ (please print neatly) (town, state, zip) SQUAD AMOUNT # of male athletes # of female athletes Total # of athletes Squad Name: Cost: @ $50 / athlete @ $50 / athlete @ $50 / athlete Amount Due: $ $ $ I, the undersigned coach or team representative verify that all the swimmers and coaches listed on the enclosed entry forms are registered with USA Swimming. USA Swimming, North Carolina Swimming, South Carolina Swimming, Greenville County Parks Recreation and Tourism, Team Greenville, its agents, employees, and coaches shall be held free from any liability or claim rising by reason of injury to anyone during the conduct of themeet. Signature/Date/LSC 6
ATHLETE APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION Please note that all athletes selected to attend the Carolina Crown must return the application below to the address indicated below with a check payable to North Carolina Swimming for $50 nolater than Tuesday, March 24, 2015 in order to hold their automatic spot. Alternates must also submit this application and $50 check by Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Should athletes who were selected as automatic not submit the application by the deadline, we will invite athletes from the alternates list until we have accepted at least 15 males and 15 females in the 15, 16, 17 and 18 year old age groups. Alternates will be selected based on their individual 2014-15 short course rankings in the events being contested in this event. ATHLETE FIRST NAME ATHLETE s MIDDLE NAME ATHLETE s LAST NAME ATHLETE USA SWIMMING ID ATHLETE s DATE OF BIRTH MONTH DATE YEAR AGE AS OF APRIL 25, 2015 ATHETE s SEX (circle) MALE FEMALE ATHLETE s SWEAT JACKET SIZE (please circle) ADULT-SMALL ADULT-MEDIUM ADULT-LARGE ADULT-XL ATHLETE s T-SHIRT SIZE (please circle) ADULT-SMALL ADULT-MEDIUM ADULT-LARGE ADULT-XL ATHLETE s MAILING ADDRESS (STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP) PARENT/GUARDIAN OFATHLETE PARENT S EMAIL ADDRESS (please print neatly as this will be primary method of contact) PARENT S EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER (best number to reachyou) ( ) PARENT s HOME PHONE NUMBER (if not the Emergency Number) ( ) PLEASE MAIL THIS COMPLETED APPLICATION WITH A $50.00 CHECK PAYABLE TO: North Carolina Swimming no later than Tuesday, March 24, 2015 to: Carolina Crown Challenge, 6766 Chauncey Drive, Raleigh, NC 27615. Questions about the application process can be emailed to silversurfer@nc.rr.com 7