Missouri Valley Winter Qualifier EAST December 6-7th, 2014 SANCTION NO. MV

Missouri Valley Winter Qualifier EAST December 6-7th, 2014 SANCTION NO. MV-14-106 Hosted by KC Blue Wave Swim Team & The YMCA of Greater Kansas City SANCTION: Held under the sanction of Missouri Valley Swimming, Inc. on the behalf of USA Swimming, Inc. sanction number MV-14-106. LOCATION: FACILITY: MEET DIRECTOR/ Meet Staff Platte County Community Center North YMCA 3101 Running Horse Road Eight (8) lane, 25-yard pool, non-turbulent racing lane lines. Horn start, with starting blocks at the deep and of the pool. Pool depth is 12 feet at the starting end, and 5 feet at the turn end. There will be two (2) 25 yard cool down/warm up lanes available in a separate pool during the meet as well as a 20 yard therapy pool for warm-up and cool-down. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4) Meet Director: Brent Graham 816.858.0114 brentgraham@kansascityymca.org Entry Chair: Brent Graham 816.858.0114 brentgraham@kansascityymca.org Safety Marshall: Cari Stammler 816.876.6717 Cstammler@hotmail.com ELIGIBILITY: All swimmers must be registered as 2014 or 2015 athlete members of USA Swimming and members of Missouri Valley Swimming. Only those swimmers who meet the qualifying times of the National Age Group B standard. Please check Missouri Valley website for the current National Age Group B Standard. The Missouri Valley Registration Chair will verify registration of entrants prior to the meet. Clubs who have entered unregistered swimmers must pay for their swimmers' registrations before they may participate in the meet. Age of the swimmer on the first day of the meet determines age classification for the entire meet. Proof of time will not be required; however, the meet results will be analyzed by the Age Group Chair, the Senior Chair, and Meet Procedures Chair. Should they determine that abuses of entry times have occurred, they will require the offending clubs or individuals to furnish proof of time for their entries at the following year s meet. No Times Trials will be offered at this meet. Deck Entries are allowed. New Swimmers or new heats will be at the discretion of the Meet Referee. BONUS SWIM: Each swimmer achieving a minimum of one Winter Qualifier qualifying time shall be allowed to enter a maximum of two (2) additional bonus events in which he/she has not achieved the Winter Qualifier qualifying time; DO NOT enter at No Time. Swimmer must enter in the event they qualified for. Please note: The 15-18 age group is limited to swimmers aged 15-18 years old. This is not a Senior classification open to all registered athletes achieving the qualifying times. 1

AGE-UP-RULE: ENTRY LIMIT/ENTRY DEADLINE FEES: Please note: If a swimmer in the 13-14 age group who has achieved the A standard in the 200s of stroke but has not achieved the Open Winter Classic A standard, will be permitted to enter that event in the 13-14 age group as exhibition. The top 2 swimmers in each event/each age group will automatically qualify for the Winter Classic Meet (Held December, 12-14th) in that event in which they finished 1st or 2 nd, and will be entered at the lowest non-conforming time if they do not achieve the A standard. Swimmers aged 10, 12, or 14 who age up from 12/7/2014 (first day of meet) to 12/13/2014 (first day of following meet) with times too fast to qualify for this championship meet will be allowed to compete in this meet under the following conditions: - 10, 12, or 14 year old swimmers who do not qualify for an event in their new age group at the Winter Classic may enter it in this meet - 10, 12, or 14 year old swimmers aging up between championship meets will be seeded correctly by time, however, will swim exhibition only and will not be eligible to receive an award or to swim in finals Swimmers are limited to five (5) events per day and ten (10) events during the entire meet. Entries must be received by 6pm Monday, December 1, 2014. Late entries will not be accepted. Entries must be sent via email in a Hy-Tek compatible file. Hard copies of all entries must accompany fees and be sent to the Entry Chair listed above. All entries must include the coach s name and the name and phone number of the team s entries chair. $4.50 per individual event. $7.00 for deck entries Please make all checks payable to the YMCA. All entries and payments can be mailed to: Winter Qualifier East Entry Fees Attn: Brent Graham 3101 Running Horse Road DISABILITY SWIMMERS: Payment may be hand delivered but must be received by 9:00am Saturday, December 6, 2014 for all entries. Athletes with a disability are welcomed and shall provide advance notice of desired accommodations to the Meet Director. The athlete (or the athlete's coach) is also responsible for notifying the session referee of any disability prior to the competition. FORMAT: The meet will be a timed finals meet with only individual events. There will be no relay events. WARM-UP/WARM- Saturday Morning UP PROCEDURES: Age Groups: 10 & Under and 15-18 Warm-ups: 8:30 AM Meet Start: 9:30 AM Saturday Afternoon Age Groups: 11-12 and 13-14 Warm-ups: Not before 1:00 PM Meet Start: Not before 2:00 PM Sunday Morning Age Groups: 10 & Under and 15-18 Warm-ups: 7:30 AM Meet Start: 8:30 AM Sunday Afternoon Age Groups: 11-12 and 13-14 Warm-ups: Not before 12:00 PM Meet Start: Not before 1:00 PM Late starting times on Saturday will allow many teams to travel Saturday morning. Teams traveling greater 2

distances will receive an assignment to the second warm-up session on Saturday morning. Note: There will be a split session for morning warm-ups. When all entries are received, a warm-up schedule will be sent to each club. Missouri Valley and USA Swimming Warm-Up rules will be used. Swimmers may not dive into the pool during general warm-up. Swimmers must enter the pool by stepping in feet first or sitting and sliding in, in a safe and cautious manner. Entering in any other manner may result in the disqualification from one or more of the swimmer s events for that session at the discretion of the Meet Referee. Swimmers may dive during a designated sprint warm-up. 1. Pre-Meet Warm-Up Period A. Marshals will remain on duty for the entire warm-up period. B. Marshals will be responsible for the control and supervision of the swimmers both in and out of the pool. C. Control and Supervision are the key words for safe swimming. 2. Coaches shall continually supervise their swimmers during all the meet and warm- up sessions. 3. Swimmers or coaches not following the prescribed warm-up procedures or directions of marshals or USA Swimming officials may be barred from the use of the warm-up area. 4. Backstrokers shall ensure that they are not starting at the time that a swimmer is on the blocks. Swimmers shall not step onto the starting blocks if a backstroker is waiting to start. 5. No running on the pool deck. 6. In the case of a recall start, swimmers on the deck shall not jump or dive into the pool in order to stop swimmers. 7. When using the side lanes for warming up or down during the meet, swimmers shall not perform racing starts and must circle swim. 8. Changes to warm-up procedures and other factors necessary to ensure swimmer safety may be made by the host team with the consent of the referee. 9. Warm-up areas are for the use of USA Swimming registered swimmers only and are not to be used as a cooling off area by spectators. 10. Swimmers are not permitted to dive into the pool during the General Warm-Up period. Any swimmers diving into the pool during the general warm-up period may be disqualified from one or more events at the discretion of the meet referee. Diving is permitted during designated sprint warm-ups. AWARDS: Ribbons for 1 through 8 place finishes. All awards must be picked up by the swimmer or coach by the end of the meet. No awards will be mailed. Events will not be scored for teams. SEEDING: The meet will be pre-seeded. Missouri Valley Swimming Scratch Rule will apply. RULES: Current USA Swimming and Missouri Valley Swimming Rules and Regulations will govern the conduct of these Championships and will serve as the official guide for technical and procedural rules. MVS Safety Guidelines and Warm-up procedures will be in effect. The Meet Announcer will be available during the warm-up sessions to assist with announcing procedures and conduct of the warm-up period. All athletes must be 2014 registered athlete members of USA Swimming. All registrations will be verified by the MVS Registration Chair prior to the meet. Current (2014) USA Swimming membership is required for coaches and working officials to be on deck. Coaches must be current with all safety certifications and background check requirements. At the request of the Meet Referee or special designee, coaches and officials must present their USA Swimming credentials. Persons without a valid 2014 USAS Coach Membership will not be 3

allowed access to the deck area and will not be allowed to participate in any coaching capacity. 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 or must start each race from the water. It is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. 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. Coaches meetings may be held 15 minutes prior to the start of each preliminary session and/or other times as requested by the Meet Referee. To assure coaches and officials adequate visibility of the swimming venue, all spectators, including athletes, are requested to remain off the pool deck and behind the roped off area of the deck on the spectator side of the pool. Swimmers are to use the crash area and not the bleachers during the meet. The bleachers are to be used for viewing the meet when your swimmers are swimming. The meet will be paced at the discretion of the Meet Referee. At the request of the swimmer s coach and at the discretion of the Meet Referee, at least 15 minutes will occur between swims for the same individual. Each coach and/or unattached swimmer will be provided with Hy-Tek printouts of team entries by swimmer and scratch sheets for each session. It is the responsibility of each coach and/or swimmer to indicate which events are to be scratched and to return the sheets to the Clerk of the Course by the scratch deadline prior to each session. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms, locker rooms, or behind the blocks. It is understood and agreed that USA Swimming shall be free from any liabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. OFFICIALS: Attending stroke and turn judges from any LSC should come prepared to volunteer their services. Teams attending the meet should contact the Meet Director with the names of MVS stroke and turn judges who are available through their team. There will be an officials meeting one hour prior to the start of each session. All officials working the session must be present at this meeting. Officials must display a 2014 USA Swimming membership card while acting in any official capacity on the deck of the pool. Meet Referee: Curtis Myers 816.891.0697 ic-clearly@sbcglobal.net Administrative Official: Linda Beaty 816.741.8710 albfamily2@gmail.com TIMERS: Each club attending is requested to provide timers based upon the number of entries from their team. GENERAL: Meet programs will be for sale at the meet. FACILITY RULES: Minimal concessions will be provided onsite Final results will be posted on the Missouri Valley website and may include the swimmer s name, age, times and USA Swimming number. The facility is a YMCA and for the convenience of our members and staff we ask that all participants enter the facility through the Natatorium Entrance located at the southwest corner of the building. The staff at the main entrance will be asking meet participants who enter at the main entrance to exit the facility and enter at the Natatorium Entrance. The facility also asks that swimmers and spectators remain in the areas of the facility designated for the meet only. 4

The facility will open for Coaches,Officials and Volunteers 30 minutes before the start of morning warm-up sessions and will open for parents and swimmers 15 minutes before the start of morning warm-up sessions. Participants for the afternoon session are asked not to arrive more than 20 minutes before the start of the afternoon warm-up sessions. Officials only will be permitted on the bulkhead during the meet. There is to be no hanging on the lane lines during warm up or competition. No signs of any kind should be mounted on the walls. Food and drinks will be permitted in the stands and crash areas only. No food or drink will be permitted on deck. Swimmers only will be permitted in the locker rooms/changing areas. The bottom two rows of bleachers will be reserved for single event seating only for parents crashing in the gym. DIRECTIONS: The facility is located southwest of the junction of Interstate 29 and MO-92 North of Kansas City at I- 29 exit 18. When exiting the interstate head west on MO-92 until you reach the light at Running Horse Road. Continue on Running Horse Road for half a mile and the facility will be located on the left. HOTELS: There are many fine hotel options in and around Platte City. Many of the local hotels offer discounted rates. Just mention that you are booking a room for the Missouri Valley Winter Qualifier and they will be sure to give you a discounted rate. Any hotel without a rate listed has not offered a discounted rate. Platte City: Best Western Airport Inn & Suites/KCI North 2512 NW Prairie View Rd Phone: (816) 858-5430 Distance to Pool: 0.5 miles Special: $75.99 per night Quality Inn & Suites Kansas City International Airport 1201 Branch Street Phone: (816) 858-0200 Distance to Pool: 1.5 miles Special: $59.99 per night including a complimentary hot breakfast Super 8 Platte City Kansas City Area 2500 NW Prairie View Rd Phone: (816) 858-2888 Distance to Pool: 0.5 miles Travelodge Airport Platte City 504 S Prairie View Rd Phone: (816) 858-4588 Distance to Pool: 2 miles Kansas City: Four Points by Sheraton Kansas City Airport 11832 NW Plaza Cir Kansas City, MO 64153 Phone: (816) 464-2345 Distance to Pool: 6.5 miles 5

Fairfield Inn & Suites Kansas City Airport 11820 NW Plaza Cir Kansas City, MO 64153 Phone: (816) 464-2424 Distance to Pool: 6.5 miles 6

ORDER OF EVENTS MVS Winter Qualifier CHAMPIONSHIPS Warm-Ups: 8:30 start Saturday Morning Meet Start: 9:30am Women Event Men 1 10 & Under 200 IM 2 3 15-18 200 IM 4 5 10 & Under 50 Back 6 7 15-18 100 Back 8 9 10 & Under 100 Breast 10 11 15-18 200 Breast 12 13 10 & Under 200 Free 14 15 15-18 200 Free 16 17 10 & Under 50 Fly 18 19 15-18 100 Fly 20 Warm-Ups: not before 1pm Saturday Afternoon Meet Start: not before 2pm Women Event Men 21 13-14 200 IM 22 23 11-12 200 IM 24 25 13-14 100 Back 26 27 11-12 50 Back 28 29 13-14 200 Breast 30 31 11-12 100 Breast 32 33 13-14 200 Free 34 35 11-12 200 Free 36 37 13-14 100 Fly 38 39 11-12 50 Fly 40 Warm-Ups: 7:30am start Sunday Morning Meet Start: 8:30am Women Event Men 41 10 & Under 100 Free 42 43 15-18 100 Free 44 45 10 & Under 100 Back 46 47 15-18 200 Back 48 49 10 & Under 50 Breast 50 51 15-18 100 Breast 52 53 10 & Under 100 Fly 54 55 15-18 200 Fly 56 57 10 & Under 50 Free 58 59 15-18 50 Free 60 61 10 & Under 100 IM 62 7

Warm-Ups: not before 12:00pm Sunday Afternoon Meet Start: not before 1pm Women Event Men 63 11-12 100 Free 64 65 13-14 100 Free 66 67 11-12 100 Back 68 69 13-14 200 Back 70 71 11-12 50 Breast 72 73 13-14 100 Breast 74 75 11-12 100 Fly 76 77 13-14 200 Fly 78 79 11-12 50 Free 80 81 13-14 50 Free 82 83 11-12 100 IM 84 For qualifying times, see the MVS website at http://www.missourivalleyswimming.com/subtabgeneric.jsp?team=mvslsc&_stabid_=107504 8