Mei s Typhoons Swim Club Distance Meet Friday May 28, 2010 Springfield College Art Linkletter Natorium, Springfield, MA Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-10-40 & 10-40 TT Events and Time Standards Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF) Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager Results Results (Adobe PDF) Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager CONTACTS Meet Director Mei Han (413) 244-4063 meihanli@verizon.net Referee Bryan Joyce (413)566-3149 Joyster600@charter.net Entry Chairperson Luanne McCloskey (413) 283-6000 mtscswim@verizon.net MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as timed-finals. All heats will swim fastest to slowest alternating girls and boys. This session will be seeded by computer based on positive check-in at the beginning of the session. Heats may be combined in order to save time for all distance events. All events for Freestyle will be swum 2 swimmers per lane, with events combined where necessary. Manual watch times will be used for free events. Coaches will receive a positive check-in sheet before the session, which must be returned no later than 20 minutes before the beginning of the session. Heat sheets will be posted around the pool deck. Copies of heat and lane assignments will be given to coaches. Swimmers should report directly to the blocks for their events. Coaches are responsible for ensuring their swimmers are in the correct heat and lane. Note: When lanes are split with two people per lane, odd heats start (from the blocks) and stay to the left side of the lane the whole race. Ten seconds after, even heats start (from the block) and stay on the right side the lane the whole race. SITE: The Competition Pool is a 6-lane, 50 meter pool with seven-foot-wide lanes and non-turbulent lane lines. The pool is equipped with fully automatic, Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touch pads at the start end of the pool with six-line electronic display. The finish end of the pool is 12 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4 feet deep. Spectator seating is for 500. The pool is located inside the Springfield College Athletic Complex, 263 Alden Street, Springfield MA 01109. The competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming. COURSE: Long-Course (50 meters) EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2010 USA Swimming registered athletes. All swimmers must be registered before the entry is submitted. Teams that enter unregistered swimmers will be subject to a fine of $100 per unregistered swimmer. New England teams entering the meet are required to check their entries with the online registration check tool on the New England Swimming web site. Please contact the New England Swimming Office for registration information. New England Swimming Office: 47 May Street, Needham MA 02492, 781-449-0270, office@neswim.com. DISABLED SWIMMERS: contact the Meet Director and Meet Referee before the meet to state your needs. ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted on and after May 10, 2010 (date of first acceptance). Entries received before May 10, 2010 will be considered received on May10, 2010. Entries must be received no later than May 20, 2010. Make check payable to Mei s Typhoons Swim Club. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to Mei Han, 86 Green Meadow Drive, Longmeadow, MA 01106. All entries must be typed or printed legibly, and must use full names and registration numbers from USA Swimming registration. All entries must include a completed and signed entry cover sheet and waiver. No deck entries will be accepted. No refunds will be given for entries that are accepted, or for entries that are rejected due to improper entry. Any swimmer who is entered with incorrect swimmer information, or an incorrect or no ID, or is unregistered, will be scratched from the meet until corrections are made per the New England policy. Mei s Typhoons Swim Club will reserve up to 75% of the swims in the meet for its own team and any other teams (New England and/or out of district) that it may want to invite to the meet. The other 25% of the swims will be open to other teams to submit entries. If on the first day of acceptance, those meet entries exceed the 25% still available in the meet, there will be a lottery of those teams. The lottery will be run by the New England Swimming Office. In order to make sure the meet is neither oversubscribed nor under subscribed, all teams included in the 75% must submit their entry and check at least one week before the date of first acceptance. ELECTRONIC ENTRIES: Electronic entries (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software) that are in CL2 or SD3/SDIF format may be emailed as an attachment to the entry chairperson at mtscswim@verizon.net. Please check that your team name, address, and contact information are listed correctly in this file. For email entries, payment and hardcopy of the entry (including signed entry cover page and waiver) must be received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of receipt of the email entry. If payment is received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, of the email entry, the email receipt date will be considered the date of entry. If payment is received more than four (4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, after the email entry, the payment receipt date will be considered the date of entry.
ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 2 individual events per day. ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be updated until 7 days prior to the first day of the meet. No new entries will be accepted after the May 20, 2010 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at mtscswim@verizon.net. Entry time updates must be sent as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times. (New entries will be automatically excluded.) ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $5.00 for individual events. Non-electronic entries: $5.50 for individual events. The Swimmer Participation Fee is $10.00 per swimmer. ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in long-course meter times. Yard times must be converted. (Entries with NO TIME will be rejected.) TIMERS: All swimmers will have to provide two timers and lap counters (for all free events only) for all distance events. ENTRY CUTS: Entry cuts, if necessary, will be determined according to the date of entry receipt. Teams will be notified that they have been accepted or cut from the meet. If an event is oversubscribed, entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. If the meet becomes oversubscribed, a random selection of those entries received on the date the meet becomes oversubscribed will be conducted in accordance with New England Swimming guidelines. Teams that are cut from the meet will have their entry fee returned. PROGRAMS: $2.00 per session. ADMISSION: Free. WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups 35 minutes before the beginning of the session. The pool will close 5 minutes before the beginning of the session. SAFETY: 1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced oneway sprint lanes. 2. No shaving is permitted at the competition site. 3. No glass containers are permitted within the facility. 4. Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach. If a swimmer arrives at the meet without a coach, the swimmer should notify the referee before he/she warms up. The referee will assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups. 5. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.
RULES: 2010 USA Swimming rules will govern all competition. Decisions by the meet referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the heat swum. DECK ACCESS: Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck. All non-athletes on the pool deck must display their USA Swimming registration card at all times. Individuals without their USA Swimming registration card will be removed from the pool deck, and will be subject to a fine by New England Swimming. ATTENTION: Per Springfield College Management, there is to be no FOOD on deck. Please have your swimmers take their food upstairs to eat. SCORING: The meet will not be scored. AWARDS: There will be no awards for this meet. FOOD: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet. EQUIPMENT VENDOR: TBA ISCELLANEOUS: Mei s Typhoons Swim Club assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property. Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility. PARKING: There is ample parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Springfield College Art Linkletter Natatorium. DIRECTIONS: The Springfield College Art Linkletter Natatorium is located at 263 Alden Street, Springfield MA 01109. From points east and west: Take Massachusetts Turnpike to Exit 6. Turn left to Rte. 291 West. Proceed one mile to Exit 5 (East Springfield Indian Orchard). After you turn right at the end of the exit ramp onto Rte. 20A, get into the left lane on Rte. 20A. Take immediate left at traffic signal onto Roosevelt Avenue. Proceed three miles to Alden Street. Turn right onto Alden Street and proceed one-half mile to campus. The pool is on the right. From points north: Take Rte. 91 South. Exit onto Rte. 291; take Rte. 291 to Exit 5B. Then follow the above directions from Exit 5. From points south: Take Rte. 91 North. Exit onto Rte. 291; take Rte. 291 to Exit 5B. Then follow the above directions from Exit 5. LODGING: The following hotels and motels are in the area: Hilton Garden Inn, 800 W. Columbus Ave, Springfield, MA (413-886-8000) Springfield Marriott, 1500 Main Street, Springfield, MA (413-781-7111) Sheraton Springfield, One Monarch Place, Springfield, MA 01103 (413-781-1010) Holiday Inn Springfield, 711 Dwight, Springfield, MA (413-781-0900)
Crown Plaza Hotel, 1 Bright Meadow Blvd, Enfield, CT 06082 (860-741-2211) Red Roof Inn, 5 Hazard Ave, Enfield, CT 06082 (860-741-2571)
MTSC Distance Meet May 28, 2010 Event List MTCS Distance Meet 5/28/10 Friday Evening Open warm up: 4:30 pm 5:00 pm; Lane 1 & 6 Sprint 4:50-5:00pm; Start: 5:05 pm Girls Events Age Event Boys Events Group 1 Open *400 Free 2 3 Open 400 IM** 4 5 Open *800 Free** 6 * May swim 2 per lane ** May be limited to conform to 4 hour rule
Mei s Typhoons Swim Club Distance Meet Springfield College, Springfield, MA Friday May 28 th, 2010 Sanctioned by NE Swimming #NE-10-40 & 10-40 TT CONTACT INFORMATION Team Name: Deck Coach: Abbreviation: Phone: Email: Entries Contact: Phone: Email: Mailing address: ENTRY FEES Distance Electronic Entries @ $5.00 = $ Distance Non-Electronic Entries @ $5.50 = $ Swimmer Participation Fee @ $10.00 = $ Total: $ Make check payable to: Mei s Typhoons Swim Club Mail entries and check to: Entry Deadline: May 20, 2010 Mei Han For e-mailed entries, this form and payment 86 Green Meadow Drive must be received within four business days Longmeadow, MA 01106 of your entry e-mail. 413-244-4063 LIABILITY RELEASE Any swimmer whose entry is accepted will, for him/herself, his/her heirs, executors and administrations, waive and release any and all rights and claims for damages he/she may have against United States Swimming, New England Swimming, Mei s Typhoons Swim Team and Springfield College for any and all injuries suffered by him/her at said meet. In submitting this entry the undersigned team certifies that all athletes in the entry are registered with USA Swimming and understands that the team may be fined $100 for each swimmer in the entry that is not registered with USA Swimming. Signature of Authorized Team Official Date