Friday Night Lights Held under the sanction of USA Swimming. Sanction Number NI 1617-325 Hosted by the Syracuse City School District Swim Team Friday, June 9, 2017 Location: Time: Facilities: Nottingham High School Syracuse, NY Session 1 All Ages Warm-up: 4:30 p.m. Meet Begins: 5:30p.m. Eight Lanes, 25 yard heated pool with Colorado timing system. Starting blocks are in the deep end of the pool. Upper deck Bleachers are available for spectators during the meet. Programs will be available. Parking will be available at pool. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). The water depth measured at a distance of 3 feet 3 ½ inches from turn end is 8 feet. The water depth measured at a distance of 3 feet 3 ½ inches from deep end is 14 feet. The water depth measured at a distance of 16 feet 5 inches from turn end is 8 feet. The water depth measured at a distance of 16 feet 5 inches from deep end is 14 feet. Entries: Entry summary, waiver, and fees must be enclosed with entries or, for e-mailed entries, under separate cover. All entrants must be registered members of USA Swimming. Swimmer s age on the day of the meet determines age group. Limit of 4 individual events for the meet. No time (NT) entries are not preferred. Please estimate times for accurate time line. No swimmer will be permitted to compete unless the swimmer is a member as provided in Article 302. Any swimmer entered in the meet must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from within the water. When unaccompanied by a member coach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer's legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. Entry Fees: Meet Referee: Meet Director & Entry Chair: $5.00 Athlete Surcharge. Individual events are $5.00 each. Fred Leff Will Chidsey meetentry@medleyaquatics.com. Deadline: Supervision: Concessions: Seeding: Entries due by June 1, 2017. Upon receipt, team will be send confirmation of entry. Coaches and parents are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers at all times. An adult should be in the gym with the swimmers to ensure proper behavior. Swimmers misbehaving will be barred from further competition at this meet. There will be no concession available at the meet. The meet will be pre-seeded. Please ensure swimmers listen for their event/heat outside the pool area and report on time to the deck. There is no Clerk of Course. All events are timed finals. All events are seeded from slowest to fastest. 1
The 500 will be seeded at the meet. Coaches must positive check in their swimmers by the end of the 200 Free. 500 Free is mixed, open. Awards: Deck ID: Coaches Meeting: Timers: Hospitality: Other Rules: None at this meet Deck access is restricted to USA Swimming athletes, coaches, officials and meet volunteers. All non athlete members must have proof of registration or a credential while on deck and present them upon meet management request. If needed, will have one prior to start of meet. Host will provide timers, but visiting team are welcome to assist and volunteer. Hospitality for officials and coaches will be available throughout the meet. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms. Unless approved in writing in advance of the competition by the Vice President of Program Operations, operation of a drone, or any other flying apparatus, is prohibited over the venue (pools, athlete/coach areas, spectator areas and open ceiling locker rooms) any time athletes, coaches, officials and/or spectators are present. 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. Deck Changes are prohibited. Deck access is restricted to USA Swimming athletes, officials, coaches and meet volunteers. All non-athlete members must have proof of registration or a credential while on deck and present them upon meet management request. Girls Events Boys 2
1 12& Under 50 Backstroke 2 3 Open 100 Freestyle 4 5 12 & Under 50 Breast 6 7 Open 100 Fly 8 9 12& Under 50 Fly 10 11 Open 200 Freestyle 12 13 Open 100 Backstroke 14 15 Open 50 Freestyle 16 17 Open 100 Breast 18 19 Mixed Open 500 Freestyle 19 WARM-UP PROCEDURES In the interest of safety, the following warm-up procedures will apply. Pre-meet Warm-up Control/supervise: Key words for safe warm-ups. Marshals will be actively supervising the warm-ups to ensure that proper procedures are followed. 3
General Warm-up Period The first 30 minutes are for general warm-ups in all lanes. There shall be NO DIVING off the blocks or the edge of the pool at this time. Specific Warm-up Period Last 15 minutes of pre-meet warm-up period. Lanes 2 & 5 must be cleared before sprints begin. The announcer will announce lane changes and/or warm-up changes as per general and specific. The announcer can serve as the reminder of procedures. In an eight lane pool, each lane shall be scheduled as follows: Lanes 1 & 8 push off one or two lengths & back, beginning at the starting end of the pool. Circle swimming only. Lanes 2 & 7 racing starts only. Swim one length only. All swimmers begin at the starting end of the pool. Lanes 3-6 general warm-up only (as above) NO DIVING. Warm-Up Safety Guidelines All pool entries must be from the STARTING end of the pool. Swimmers should NOT enter from the far end or the sides of the pool. All swimmers must enter FEET FIRST in a cautious manner. ABSOLUTELY NO DIVING other than in lanes other than those designated for racing dives during sprints. The blocks will be marked. Signs, cones or other devices should be placed on all of the blocks to prevent diving or racing starts. Marshals must be posted a each end of the warm-up pool(s) and should be thoroughly instructed as to the warmup procedures established by their LSC and the meet host. Meet Marshals shall have full authority to warn or order to cease and desist and, with the concurrence of the Meet Referee, to remove or have removed from the swimming venue anyone behaving in an unsafe manner or using profane or abusive language. Coaches should stand at the starting end of the pool when verbally starting swimmers. Swimmers should be reminded by coaches that breaststrokers need more lead-time. Backstrokers should be reminded of the danger of leaving simultaneously with someone on the block. No one will be allowed on the starting block until the backstroke start is executed. Coaches should maintain as much contact with their swimmers as possible verbal and visual throughout the warm-up period. The coaches should understand that responsibility for supervision of their swimmers is the same at this meet as when on deck at practice. The warm-down area must have a Marshal throughout the entire meet to enforce the safety guidelines. Warm-up procedures shall be enforced for any breaks scheduled during the competition. When the number of participants for a session cannot be safely accommodated during the same warm-up period, the warm-up sessions will be split to provide a safe and adequate warm-up time for all. The Meet Referee shall have responsibility for establishing and enforcing rules for safe conduct within the pool area during the swimming competition. The Meet Safety Committee will have responsibility for safety rules in all other areas during competition and will assist the Meet Referee in the pool if necessary. The Meet Safety Committee shall have any person deliberately violating safety rules removed from the meet facility. Warm-up procedures shall be enforced for any breaks scheduled during the competition. Discretion and common sense must be used when establishing procedures. The above procedures may be modified by the Meet Referee according to the needs of the meet. Friday Night Lights Please e-mail your meet file to: meetentry@medleyaquatics.com and send this report to 4
Medley Aquatics; PO Box 54, DeWitt, NY 13214-0054 by June 1, 2017. Club Name Club Code LSC Coach s Name Phone E-mail Person submitting Entry (if different from above) Phone E-mail Results will be sent via e-mail address of entry submitter Total number of individual entries X $ 5.00 = $ Total number of swimmers X $ 5.00 = $ Total Due $ Make checks payable to Medley Aquatics Team checks only please!! Enclosed is payment of the entry fees for all events we have entered. In consideration of the acceptance of this entry, we hereby, for ourselves, our heirs, administrators, and assigns, waive and release any and all claims against SCSD, USA Swimming and Niagara Swimming for injuries and/or expenses incurred by us at this meet or while on the road to and from the meet. We are bona-fide amateur athletes eligible to participate in all events entered. Signature of club official, parent or guardian Date 5