The 2017 Vince Herring Classic Invitational Swim Meet ROCHESTER SWIM CLUB ORCAS Friday, February 17, 2017 to Sunday, February 19, 2017 Inquiries: Meet Type: Fees: Emma Lawrenz, coachemma@mnstorm.org or your coach This is a 2 ½ day, with timed final and prelim-final sessions. The top 16 finishers in each preliminary event will advance to the evening session of finals. This meet is open to all teams in the Minnesota LSC as well as teams outside of Minnesota & its LSC. ALL Teams must qualify with 2016-17 MINNESOTA 'A' Times for 50/100 yd events and 2016-17 USAS National AG A times for all events 200 yds & longer. Host club reserves the right to limit entries in events 200 yds and longer &/or swim simultaneously in 2 pools. Host club also reserves the right to use MN B time standards for entry into all events MSI Entry fee of $3.00 and $6.50 per individual event, $5 STORM meet fee, $24 per Relay and $15 facility fee per swimmer. NOTE- ALL TEAM FEES must be paid prior to the athletes swimming. Time Schedule: Session 1 - Friday AM - Timed Finals - Warm-ups 12:00-1:00p Meet 1:10p Session 2 - Friday PM -12 & U Timed Finals Warm-ups: 60 min. Will not begin before 3:00p Session 3 - Saturday AM - 13 & O Preliminaries - Warm-ups 6:45-7:50. Meet 8:00a Session 4 - Saturday PM - 12 & U Timed Finals - Warm-ups: 60 min. Will not begin before 11:00a Session 5 Saturday Finals (Top 16 13 & O) - Warm-ups not before 3:00 PM Meet Not before 4pm Session 6- Sunday AM - 12 & U Timed Finals - Warm-ups 7:20-8:25 Meet 8:30a Session 7 - Sunday PM -13 & O Timed Finals - Warm-ups not before 11:00a Warm-ups may start in the shallow end or warm-up pool for some afternoon sessions with at least of 10 min in the main competition pool Awards, Prizes and Scoring: Individual medals: 1-8 Relay medals: 1-3, Team Banners: 1-3 (Host team will not be considered for a team awards) Champ certificates will be issued on request for new champ times. For team scoring purposes, teams from outside of Minnesota will be placed in the AAA Division. Awards will be given out to athletes 30 minutes after the posting of the final results, barring complications with the results. Scoring: Ind Place/Pts.: 1/20, 2/17, 3/16, 4/15, 5/14, 6/13, 7/12, 8/11, 9/9, 10/7, 11/6, 12/5, 13/4, 14/3, 15/2, 16/1 Relay Place/Points: 1/40, 2/34, 3/32, 4/30, 5/28, 6/26, 7/24, 8/22, 9/18, 10/14, 11/12, 12/10, 13/8, 14/6, 15/4, 16/2. Form published October 18, 2016 (Use for meets that are held after January 1, 2017) Page 1
Programs: Amenities: Programs will be on sale during the meet There are 950 seats located on the West side of the pool. Camping and concessions will be available in the Gym. Spectators must sit in the bleachers above the walkway. Only competitors and coaches will be allowed to use the seating on the east side and the ground level seating on the west side of the competition pool. FACILITY/LOCATION Meet Location: Rochester Recreation Center Natatorium - 21 Elton Hills Drive, Rochester, MN 55901 (507) 328-2500. Directions: Approaching Rochester from the South or North on US Highway 52 take the 19th Street NW Exit. From the North, take a left across the bridge and continue onto Elton Hills Drive. Follow Elton Hills Drive to just before the intersection with Broadway (0.8 mile). The Rec Center is on the left prior to the Broadway intersection. If you approach from the South take the 19th Street Exit, veer right and continue through the light onto Elton Hills Drive. Follow Elton Hills Drive for approx 1 mile. Pool is on the Left. Entrance to the pool during competition is on the WEST side only. Facility: 8 lanes, 25 yard indoor pool with lanelines and backstroke pennants. Slanted Starting blocks are 29.5 ENTRIES inches above the water surface. Entry Close Date: Entry Limitations: Entries will close on Monday, January 30, 2017. This is the final date that entries will be accepted for the meet. Age of a swimmer is determined by their age on the first day of the meet. Swimmers 13 & O may enter a MAXIMUM of seven (7) individual events for the entire meet. 12 & U Swimmers may swim upto 4 events per day and a MAXIMUM of 9 events for the meet. If time trials &/or Open Lane swims are swum, the maximum number of events for a day is five. RELAYS: Teams will be limited to a maximum of 3 (A,B,C) relays per event. Swimmers must qualify for and be entered in at least one individual event in order to be on a relay. All seed times must be in yards. Other Important Information: Heats for distance events may be combined across gender at the Meet Referee s discretion. Minnesota Scratch rules will be in effect. The 1650 Freestyle is a timed final event. Positive check-in is required by 1:00 PM on Friday. Heats will be swum fastest to slowest, all age groups (within the session) combined, and alternating genders (Female/Male) and separated for score/awards by age group offered at the meet. Some heats may be swum in the shallow end of the pool and if necessary, two to a lane. All 1650 swimmers are REQUIRED to provide their own TIMER and separate lap counter. Meet Management reserves the right to limit the number of 1650 heats AND/OR SWIM THE EVENT USING TWO POOLS SIMULTANEOUSLY. The 400 Individual Medley is a timed final event and will be deck seeded upon completion of the positive check-in. Swimmers are REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN TIMER. Heats will be swum fastest to slowest, all age groups (within the session) combined, alternating genders and separated for score/awards by age groups offered at the meet. The event may be limited to 12 heats total (men and women) Positive check-in at is required no later than 2 hours prior to the start of the first heat of the women. There will NOT be a break prior to the start of the event. Meet Management reserves the right to limit the number of heats AND/OR SWIM THE EVENT USING TWO POOLS SIMULTANEOUSLY. The 13-14 & Senior 500 yard Freestyles are timed final events, with the fastest 8 swimmers in each gender (regardless of age) swimming in finals Saturday Night. They will be combined & deck seeded upon completion of the positive check-in. Positive Form published October 18, 2016 (Use for meets that are held after January 1, 2017) Page 2
check-in at the scorer s table is required no later than 2 hours prior to the start of the event. Heats will be swum fastest to slowest, all age groups (within the session) combined, alternating genders and separated for score/awards by age group offered at the meet. There will be a 10-minute break prior to the Senior 500 Free. NOTE The Senior 500 (Events 45 & 46) are the last events of Session 3, but will be the FIRST individual events swum in Finals on Saturday night immediately following the conclusion of the Relays. There will be a 10 minute break prior to the start of the event in prelims ONLY. Minnesota Scratch rules will be in effect. All swimmers are required to provide a lap counter. Meet management reserves the right to limit the number of heats. The 11-12 500 s will be swum in age group order, slowest to fastest, all girls then all of the boys heats. There will NOT be a break before the start of the 12 & u 500's. Relays: On Saturday, the fastest heat (8) of relays will be seeded directly into the finals session (the fastest heat will not swim in the morning). Teams wishing to down-seed their relays into the morning sessions may do so by entering the relay(s) at NT. All other relay entries must indicate a time. All Relays will swim in the timed finals session on Sunday. 200's - In order to keep the meet at an acceptable size & length, Meet management reserves the right to limit the number of heats in any/all events 200 yards or longer &/or swim some/all in two pools simultaneously. Swimmers removed from an event for this reason may select a different event. The Meet Director will notify any and all swimmers affected. Seeding: The preliminary heats will be pre-seeded according to the 2016-17USAS rulebook. The top 16 finishers in each preliminary event will advance to the evening session of finals. The Minnesota scratch rule will be in effect for final events. Minnesota Scratch Rule: All swimmers are expected to report to the block area in time for their heats to swim. The Minnesota scratch rule for finals is in effect: Any swimmer qualifying for an individual final heat, as specified in the meet information, who fails to compete in said final heat race shall be barred from further competition in the meet. Any points that the swimmer has accumulated during the meet shall be removed from their individual point total and that individual s point total, exclusive of relays, will be subtracted from the point total for the team they are attached to. Time trials will be offered, time permitting, and as decided by the meet referee who may specify entry restrictions to keep the time trials at a reasonable size. Time trials are open only to swimmers in the meet. Cost is $ 10.00 per event. Requests must be submitted through the swimmers coach (or assigned coach). The MSI Open Lane Swim procedure will be available at this meet. The open lane fee is $ 10.00. Sign-up is on a first come basis at the timing table. Swimmers must be registered in the swim meet in order to have the opportunity to participate in Open Lane Swims. In the event of a missed heat, the Referee will determine if the missed swim may occur and how it is conducted. Swimmers may swim events for which they have no times. Swimmers may not exceed the event limit of 4 events including Open Lane Swims. Swimmers may scratch an event in order to swim on Open Lane Swim to stay within the entry limit. No refunds will be given for scratched events Form published October 18, 2016 (Use for meets that are held after January 1, 2017) Page 3
ORDER OF EVENTS 2017 Vince Herring Classic Invitational February 17-19, 2017 Session 1 - Friday PM - Timed Finals Warm-ups 12:00-1:00p Meet 1:10p 1650 &/or 400 IM MAY be swum in two-pools - TBD Session 2 - Friday PM -12 & U Timed Finals Warm-ups not before 3:00p Event # Women Event Name Men Event # Event # Girls Event Name Boys Event # 1 19:47.29 Senior 1650 Free 18:30.39 2 9 1:12.29 11-12 100 IM 1:09.09 10 3 20:02.99 13-14 1650 Free 19:07.59 4 11 1:20.79 9-10 100 IM 1:19.49 12 5 5:06.49 Senior 400 IM 4:42.09 6 13 2:34.89 11-12 200 IM 2:30.89 14 7 5:13.59 13-14 400 IM 4:52.99 8 15 2:35.59 10 & U 200 Free 2:29.39 16 17 2:34.99 12 & U 200 Fly 2:31.39 18 19 6:07.79 12 & U 500 Free 5:57.69 20 Session 3 - Saturday AM - 13 & O Preliminaries Warm-ups 6:45-7:50 Meet 8:00a Event # Women Event Name Men Event # 21 Senior 200 Med Rel 22 23 1:06.19 13-14 100 Back 1:01.79 24 25 1:04.69 Senior 100 Back 58.59 26 27 2:44.59 13-14 200 Breast 2:32.89 28 29 2:41.29 Senior 200 Breast 2:24.59 30 31 1:05.99 13-14 100 Fly 1:01.29 32 33 1:04.59 Senior 100 Fly 58.59 34 35 1:00.69 13-14 100 Free 56.29 36 37 59.59 Senior 100 Free 53.89 38 39 2:26.99 13-14 200 IM 2:17.19 40 41 2:24.19 Senior 200 IM 2:10.89 42 43 5:50.89 13-14 500 Free 5:31.39 44 *45 5:43.49 Senior 500 Free 5:19.39 *46 *Will be the FIRST individual event immediately following the Relays in Finals - Top 8 in each Gender will swim in Finals Session 4 - Saturday PM - 12 & U Timed Finals Warm-ups not before 11:00a Event # Girls Event Name Boys Event # 47 10 & U 200 Med Rel 48 49 11-12 200 Med Rel 50 51 41.49 8 & U 50 Free 41.49 52 53 31.49 9-10 50 Free 31.19 54 55 29.09 11-12 50 Free 27.89 56 57 1:43.59 8 & U 100 IM 1:43.59 58 59 1:24.09 10 & U 100 Fly 1:23.49 60 61 1:11.49 11-12 100 Fly 1:09.59 62 63 47.99 8 & U 50 Back 47.99 64 65 37.39 9-10 50 Back 37.19 66 67 32.89 11-12 50 Back 32.29 68 69 1:31.89 10 & U 100 Breast 1:30.19 70 71 1:20.39 11-12 100 Breast 1:18.39 72 73 2:52.69 10 & U 200 IM 2:50.99 74 75 2:31.39 12 & U 200 Back 2:27.99 76 Form published October 18, 2016 (Use for meets that are held after January 1, 2017) Page 4
Session 6- Sunday AM - 12 & U Timed Finals Warm-ups 7:00-8:20 Meet 8:30a Event # Women Event Name Men Event # 77 11-12 200 Fr Rel 78 79 10 & U 200 Fr Rel 80 81 2:18.19 11-12 200 Free 2:13.49 82 83 54.39 8 & U 50 Breast 54.39 84 85 42.39 9-10 50 Breast 42.89 86 87 36.89 11-12 50 Breast 36.39 88 89 1:19.29 10 & U 100 Back 1:19.19 90 91 1:11.79 11-12 100 Back 1:09.29 92 93 51.29 8 & U 50 Fly 51.29 94 95 36.39 9-10 50 Fly 36.09 96 97 31.49 11-12 50 Fly 31.19 98 99 1:32.79 8 & U 100 Free 1:32.79 100 101 2:54.09 12 & U 200 Breast 2:47.09 102 103 1:10.49 9-10 100 Free 1:09.69 104 105 1:03.09 11-12 100 Free 1:00.89 106 Session 7 - Sunday PM -13 & O Timed Finals Warm-ups not before 11:00a Event # Girls Event Name Boys Event # 107 Senior 200 Fr Rel 108 109 2:25.79 13-14 200 Fly 2:15.69 110 111 2:22.89 Senior 200 Fly 2:09.79 112 113 27.99 13-14 50 Free 25.69 114 115 27.49 Senior 50 Free 24.79 116 117 2:23.39 13-14 200 Back 2:14.69 118 119 2:20.69 Senior 200 Back 2:08.49 120 121 1:15.99 13-14 100 Breast 1:09.79 122 123 1:14.49 Senior 100 Breast 1:04.19 124 125 2:11.29 13-14 200 Free 2:02.59 126 127 2:08.49 Senior 200 Free 1:57.69 128 Session 5 - Saturday Evening Finals Warm-ups not before 3:00p Meet not before 4:00p Women Event Name Men 17 Top 8 Senior 200 Med Rel Top 8 18 45* Top 8 Senior 500 Free Top 8 46* 19 13-14 100 Back 20 21 Senior 100 Back 22 23 13-14 200 Breast 24 25 Senior 200 Breast 26 27 13-14 100 Fly 28 29 Senior 100 Fly 30 31 13-14 100 Free 32 33 Senior 100 Free 34 35 13-14 200 IM 36 37 Senior 200 IM 38 Form published October 18, 2016 (Use for meets that are held after January 1, 2017) Page 5