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THE UNION AMERICAN DE NATACION (UANA) presents THE UANA CUP CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA - USA The Union Americana de Natacion (UANA) extends a cordial invitation to the member Federations of UANA to participate in The UANA CUP to be held in Coral Springs, Florida, USA from January 19-21, 2018. 1 POOL SPECIFICATIONS: a) 8 LANE X 50 M COURSE WITH 50 M WARM DOWN POOL. Water depth at the start end is 1.5m and 2.4m in the middle of the pool. b) Starting blocks: Spectrum c) Starting block top wedges: Myrtha d) Backstroke starting ledges: Colorado e) Timing system: Daktronics f) Scoreboard: Daktronics g) Meet Management software: Hytek 2 INVITED FEDERATIONS The Following Member Federations of UANA Zone 1 - CCCAN Zone 2 - CONSANAT ANTIGUA & BARBUDA GUATEMALA ARGENTINA ARUBA HAITI BOLIVIA BAHAMAS HONDURAS BRAZIL BARBADOS US VIRGIN ISLANDS COLUMBIA BERMUDA JAMAICA CHILE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS MEXICO ECUADOR CAYMAN ISLANDS NICARAGUA GUYANA COSTA RICA PANAMA PERU CUBA PUERTO RICO PARAGUAY CURACAO ST. KITTS & NEVIS SURINAM DOMINICA ST. LUCIA URAGUAY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SINT MAARTEN VENEZUELA EL SALVADOR SAINT VINCENT& THE GRENADINES GRENADA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
2...SCHEDULE: Wednesday, January 17 th & Thursday, January 18 th Arrival of teams Thursday, January 18 th : Team training available: 0900-1900 Thursday, January 18 th Technical meeting: 1700 DAY 1 Competition Friday, January 19 th Team training available: 0800-0930 Friday, January 19 th Warm up 0930-1100 Friday, January 19 th Opening Ceremony 1100-1130 Friday, January 19 th Start of competition 1200 Friday, January 19 th Welcome: Athletes Social DAY 2 Competition Team training available: 0800-0930 Saturday, January 20 th Warm up 0930-1100 Saturday, January 20 th Start of competition 1115 DAY 3 Competition Sunday, January 21st Warm up 0900-1030 Sunday, January 21st Start of competition 1045 Sunday, January 21st Closing remarks & Presentation of High Point Trophies Sunday, January 21 st Departure of teams 3 COMPETITION RULES: The competition will be conducted in accordance with FINA Rules 2017-2021 in force at the start of the competition. 3.1... AGE GROUPS: The swimmers age group shall be determined by the age of the swimmer as of midnight 31 st December 2017. Competitors shall compete in the following age groups: 11-12 Female and male-athletes born in the years 2005 and 2006 are eligible to compete 13-14 Female and male-athletes born in the years 2003 & 2004 are eligible to compete 15-17 Female and male-athletes born in the years 2000, 2001, 2002 are eligible to compete 3.2 REGISTRATION & ENTRIES: Each NF will be limited to a maximum of 6 swimmers per age group, male and female to a maximum of 36 swimmers overall. There is no limit to the number of events per swimmer. No substitutions or alternates will be accepted after the final entries have been submitted, except in relays. All relay participants must have been entered in the meet. No competitor will be allowed to participate in an age group outside of his/her age group. In the relays each NF must enter 4 competitors. The order of swimmers in each relay must submitted to the Clerk of Course one hour before the start of each day s proceedings. All events are timed finals Pool will be open 90 minutes before each session for warm up
The warm up routine will be an open lane format with sprinting taking place in lanes 2 and 7-30 minutes before the end of the warm up period. Pace laps will take place in lanes 1 & 8. Swimmers must report to the Clerk of Course and must be in the swimmers waiting area at least 3 heats before the heat or event in which he/she is entered. 3.3.ELIGIBILITY A) All participating Federations must be in good standing with FINA and all other affiliated members. B) All competitors must be either citizens of the Country they represent whether by birth or naturalisation provided that a naturalised citizen shall have lived in that Country for at least one year prior to the entry deadline for the UANA Cup. Additionally, non-citizens may be entered provided the competitor has been resident in the Country for one year prior to the entry deadline and must not have swum for another Country during that period. All competitors must be registered with, or a member of, the swimming Federation of the Country they represent. C) Competitors who are non-citizens are required to present proof of residency documents which could be proof of club membership, proof of attendance at school or any other organisation. 3.3 PRELIMINARY ENTRIES Preliminary entries or intention to participate must be submitted to UANA by November 1, 2017 on the attached forms. Preliminary entries must indicate the number of swimmers-male and female- in each age group. 3.4 FINAL ENTRIES Final entries must be submitted to UANA by December 15, 2017 using HYTEK software. The UANA TSC will issue a Hytek Meet events file immediately after receiving the preliminary entries. The psyche sheet will be posted on the UANA website December 31, 2017. Both Preliminary and final entries must be submitted as follows: Sonia O Neal: Chair, UANA Technical Swimming Committee: sonpat@caribsurf.com Jay Thomas: Co-Secretary, UANA Technical Swimming Committee: jayfthomas@gmail.com Raul Araya: Vice Chair, UANA Technical Swimming Committee: araya.raul@yahoo.com 3.41..Timed trials will be offered at the end of each session in the events not listed in the meet programme. For athletes not entered in the meet entries for timed trials should be submitted with the final entries on December 15 th, 2017. For athletes entered in the meet Timed trial entries must be submitted each day one hour before the start of each session to the Meet Referee. Due to time constraints timed trials will only be offered to swimmers in the 15-17 age group or athletes born in the years 2000, 2001 & 2002. An athlete may only participate in one timed trial per day. Athletes will be required to provide their own lap counter assistant. 3.5 Entry fees: There are no registration or entry fees
4 AWARDS: 4.1 SCORING - Scoring shall be as follows: First Place - 9 points Second Place - 7 points Third Place - 6 points Fourth Place - 5 points Fifth Place - 4 points Sixth Place - 3 points Seventh Place - 2 points Eighth Place - 1 point Double points for relays. 4.2 MEDALS: Medals will be awarded to the first three (3) swimmers in each event. There will be no formal medal presentation ceremony as time will not permit this. Medals will be available for pickup shortly after the conclusion of the event or at the end of the day s proceedings. A commemorative backdrop will be made available where swimmers may have photographs taken with their awards. 4.3 HIGH POINT AWARDS A high point award will be presented to the champion in each age group (female & male) based on the number of points scored in their individual events. Presentation will take place at the end of the meet. A high point trophy THE UANA CUP- will be presented to the overall winning team at the conclusion of the meet. 4.4.CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION Each competitor shall receive a certificate in recognition of their participation. 5 TECHNICAL OFFICIALS: Qualified individuals may apply to UANA to act as Technical officials in swimming. An application form be completed by the Technical Official and sent to the email addresses listed under item 3.4. All technical officials are expected to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses. Refreshment will be served to technical officials during the Competition. 6...TECHNICAL MEETING: A Technical meeting will be held at the Coral Springs Complex, Florida on Thursday, January 18 th, 2018 at 5:00 PM to consider the following: 1) Scratches. 2) General discussion on competition 3) Answer queries 7 PROTESTS All protests to the Referees decision must be submitted to the Referee in writing within 30 minutes after the announcement of the results of the event. The protest must be signed by the Delegation s Representative and accompanied by US$100.00. If the protest is upheld the fee will be returned to the Delegation s leader.
8...JURY OF APPEAL: The Jury of Appeal, comprising three disinterested persons, to adjudicate all appeals against a Referee s rejection of a protest will be selected from the UANA Commission members for the competition. 9 ACCOMMODATION & MEALS The following hotels are recommended: La Quinta Inn & Suites Coral Springs University Dr 3701 University Dr, Coral Springs, FL 33065 Phone: 1-954-753-9000 Fax: 1-954-755-4012 4.1 miles from CSAC $122.10 per room per night (4 people max in a room) Breakfast included Rooms have microwave and mini fridge Mariott Courtyard 620 N. University Drive Coral Springs, FL 33071 Phone: 1-954-227-1300 3.5 miles to CSAC $154.30 per room per night (4 people max in a room) Breakfast included Rooms have mini fridge Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel, Golf Club & Convention Center 11775 Heron Bay Boulevard Coral Springs, Florida 33076 Phone: 1-954-753-5598 5.1 miles to CSAC $210 per room per night (4 people max in a room) Breakfast included Hotel Coordinator: Maureen Croes: maureencroes@hotmail.com 10.TRANSPORTATION: Teams are responsible for arranging their own transportation to and from Florida and for arranging transfers to and from the airport. UANA will organise transportation for athletes, coaches and accepted technical officials from the hotel to the Coral Springs Aquatic Complex on a daily basis. Information on The UANA CUP maybe found on The UANA website
Order of Events UANA CUP ** Female events precede male events. Warm up: 9:30 11:00 AM Event No. Day 1 FRIDAY, January, 19 TH, 9:30-11:00 AM 1 & 2 11-12 400 M Freestyle 3 & 4 13-14 400 M Freestyle 5 & 6 15-17 400 M freestyle 7 & 8 11-12 200 M Individual Medley 9 & 10 13-14 200 M Individual Medley 11 & 12 15-17 200 M Individual Medley 13 & 14 11-12 50 M Freestyle 15 & 16 13-14 50 M Freestyle 17 & 18 15-17 50 M Freestyle 10 MINUTES BREAK 19 & 20 11-12 4X50 M Medley Relay 21 & 22 13-14 4 x 50 M Medley Relay 23 & 24 15-17 4x50 M Medley Relay 25 & 26 9 10 4x50 M Medley Relay Warm up: 9:30-11:00 AM Event No. Day 2 SATURDAY, January, 20 TH, 11:15 AM 27 & 28 13-14 400 M Individual Medley 29 & 30 15-17 400 M Individual Medley 31 & 32 11-12 100 M Butterfly 33 & 34 13-14 100 M Butterfly 35 & 36 15-17 100 M Butterfly 37 & 38 11-12 200 M Freestyle 39 & 40 13-14 200 M Freestyle 41 & 42 15-17 200 M freestyle 43 & 44 11-12 50 M Breaststroke 45 & 46 13-14 50 M Breaststroke 47 & 48 15-17 50 M Breaststroke 49 & 50 11 12 100 M Backstroke 51 & 52 13 14 100 M Backstroke 53 & 54 15-17 100 M Backstroke 10 MINUTES BREAK 55 & 56 11-12 4 X 50 M Freestyle relay 57 & 58 13-14 4 x 100 M Freestyle relay 59 & 60 15-17 4 x 100 M Freestyle relay
Warm up: 9:00-10:30 AM Event No. Day 3 SUNDAY, January, 21 ST, 10:45 AM 61 & 62 11-12 50 M Backstroke 63 & 64 13-14 50 M Backstroke 65 & 66 15-17 50 M Backstroke 67 & 68 11-12 100 M Freestyle 69 & 70 13-14 100 M Freestyle 71 & 72 15-17 100 M Freestyle 73 & 74 11-12 100 M Breaststroke 75 & 76 11-12 100 M Breaststroke 77 & 78 13 14 100 M Breaststroke 10 MINUTES BREAK 79 & 80 11-12 4X50 MIXED Freestyle relay 81 & 82 13-14 4x100 MIXED Freestyle relay 83 & 84 15-17 4x100 MIXED Freestyle relay 11 PRESENTATION OF AGE GROUP TROPHIES & UANA CUP See preliminary and technical officials application forms below
UANA CUP CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA PRELIMINARY ENTRY FORM The preliminary entry form must be returned to UANA no later than November 1 st, 2017 Name of Federation: Contact person:. Address:.. Email address: Our delegation will comprise the following numbers: Category 11-12 13-14 15-17 Technical officials Female Male Total Team officials Coaches Total Please return preliminary entry form to the following email addresses: Sonia O Neal: sonpat@caribsurf.com Jay Thomas: jayfthomas@gmail.com
UANA CUP CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA APPLICATION FORM FOR TECHNICAL OFFICIALS NAME: SIGNATURE: ADDRESS:.. COUNTRY: The position I can fill is:.. I have served as a technical official during the past 4 years (list meets/events at which last officiated) a) National:... b) International:.. My present position as technical official is: a) National:... b) UANA list #:. C) FINA list #... This Form must be signed by the President or Secretary of the National Federation. Name Title Date NOTES: (1) TEAM OFFICIALS MAY NOT ACT AS TECHNICAL OFFICIALS (2) THIS FORM MUST BE RETURNED BY EMAIL TO UANA as follows: Sonia O Neal: sonpat@caribsurf.com Jay Thomas: jayfthomas@gmail.com No later than December 15 th, 2017