Lexington Dolphins, Inc. RACE TO STATE March 09 11, 2018 SANCTION HOST TEAM MEET LOCATION MEET DIRECTOR ENTRY CHAIR MEET REFEREE & OFFICIALS FACILITY Sanction of USA swimming, Inc., issued by Kentucky Swimming, Inc. KYLSC 1830 Lexington Dolphins, Inc. lexingtondolphins.org William T. Young Campus Center Pool Transylvania University, 300 North Broadway, Lexington, Kentucky, 40508 (Corner of North Broadway and Fourth Street) Lynne Washbish, (859) 230-6701, lwashbish@qx.net Cole Pleasants, (859) 797-8236, coachcole@lexingtondolphins.org Terri Tonges, (859) 492-5028, tjtonges@twc.net Kris Humphries doctwindad@twc.com. We welcome all USA Swimming Officials. Please contact Kris Humphries or signup is available at KYLSC.org. Please include your name, email, highest level of certifications, team and the sessions you wish to work. Officials must be registered with USA Swimming. The indoor pool consists of (6) six foot wide, 25 yard lanes with competition, non-turbulent lane markers. Electronic timing by Colorado Timing System. Pool depth: patio end is 3 ; dive end is 11. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). There is limited bleacher seating on one side and patio end of pool. Team camping will be available in adjacent multi-purpose room. In accordance with USA Swimming rules, the use of audio or video recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, restrooms, or locker rooms. Changing into or out of swimsuits other than in locker rooms or other designated areas IS PROHIBITED. FACILITY NOTES 1. All trash must be deposited in appropriate containers. 2. Swimmers and spectators may not go into unauthorized areas. 3. Transylvania University and USA Swimming prohibit SMOKING and ALCOHOL. 4. Any Banner or signs must be hung with masking tape or string, only. 5. Radios, noisemakers, or anything that will cause distraction to swimmers, coaches, or officials will not be allowed. Flash photography is prohibited during the start of the heats. 6. GLASS CONTAINERS ARE BANNED FROM THE COMPLEX; NO FOOD IS ALLOWED ON DECK. 7. Any act of vandalism against Transylvania University will require immediate attention by the Meet Director. University Police Department will be called and a report filed. Culprits could be expelled from one or more sessions, as determined by the meet director, team coach, and KYLSC. MARSHALS WILL ENFORCE THESE RULES AND VIOLATORS COULD BE EJECTED
FORMAT: This is a timed-finals competition with mixed age classifications for U10, 11-12, 13-14, and Open. Age on March 9, 2018 determines age-group for the meet. USA swimming rules apply. FINA starting procedures, approved by USA Swimming, uses a series of whistles followed by a one-whistle announcement for the swimmers. The No Recall Start Rule will also be enforced during this meet. Fly-over starts will be used at the discretion of the Meet Referee. 400 IM and 500 freestyle require a positive check-in. All participants must sign in no later than 30 minutes prior to the beginning of respective sessions at the head table. Swimmers not checked-in by the designated deadlines will not be seeded. ELIGIBILITY: There are no time standards for this meet. Swimmers must be a current athlete member of USA Swimming as provided in Article 302 or as provided under 202.6 or USA Swimming Open Boarder Policy. Swimmers 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 accompanied by a member-coach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. SCHEDULE Warm-up Competition Friday 4:30 p.m. 5:15 p.m. Saturday / Sunday AM, March 10 & 11 TBD Not before 8:00 a.m. Saturday / Sunday PM, March 10 & 11 Immediately post-am session Not before noon. Note: Friday warm-ups will be Open. Saturday and Sunday warm-up lanes will be assigned. Coaches should be prepared to share lane space with other teams. Assignments will be determined once the meet is closed, entries are received, and conveyed to coaches prior to March 9, 2018. There is a 230-swimmer limit per session. We reserve the right to move the 11-12 events into the morning sessions in order to meet the swimmer and time limits. ENTRIES: Entries must be submitted electronically (Hy-Tek of SDIF). If the USSID for any swimmer is omitted, that swimmer s entries will not be accepted. If your team does not use Hy-Tek s Team Manager or equivalent, then WinTM II Lite, downloadable, free of charge from Hy-Tek s web site, should be used to prepare your entries. All entries must be in Short Course Yards. If it can be done without the addition of extra heats, deck entries will be accepted. We reserve the right to combine heats/sexes without a lane between solely at the discretion of the Meet Director. We also reserve the right to move the 11-12 events into the morning sessions in order to meet swimmer and time limits should it be necessary. ENTRY LIMITS: Swimmers may enter (4) events per day. No more than 230 swimmers per session will be accepted. ENTRY FEES: $2.50 per swimmer KYLSC surcharge $5.00 per swimmer facility fee $5.00 per individual event $8.00 per deck entry plus surcharges if not already entered in meet. $10.00 per Time Trial A check payable to Lexington Dolphins, Inc. must accompany all entries (along with waiver) and must be received by Thursday, March 5, 2015: Lexington Dolphins, Inc. PO Box 23231 Lexington, KY 40524 There will be no refund of entry fees. ENTRY DEADLINE: Entries will not be accepted prior to Monday, February 16, 2018, at 8:00 a.m. EST, and will not be accepted after 11:59 p.m. EST Friday, March 1, 2018. Entries may not be updated after that time. SCORING: None
AWARDS: Ribbons will be awarded to 1st through 6th place for U10, and 11-12 Age Groups. VENUE: This meet will be swum in a 6 lane pool. There is no warm-down lane, therefore, breaks will be taken throughout the meet. See EVENT SCHEDULE for scheduling of these breaks. PSYCH SHEET: A psych sheet will be sent out via e-mail to each team s entry contact on Thursday, March 8, 2018. It will also be uploaded to Meet Mobile and posted on the Lexington Dolphin website. RESULTS: Upon conclusion of the meet, results will be sent to each team s entry contact and submitted to KY Swimming for retrieval from the KYLSC website. ADMISSION AND HEAT SHEETS: Friday: $2.00 admission charge/$1.00 for heat sheet Saturday/Sunday: $5.00 Admission/$3.00 heat sheet which will include both Saturday and Sunday sessions. PARKING: Parking is available on the Transylvania Campus in any lot EXCEPT those designated as RED (First Year Students), YELLOW (Upper Classmen), and BLUE (Rosenthal and Poole) on the attached map. There are 3 shades of blue, so please read carefully. Anyone parking in Restricted Areas will be subject to ticketing and/or towing at the owner s expense. COACHES REGISTRATION: All coaches must be currently registered with United States Swimming. Each team should submit a list of all coaches that will be in attendance. Coaching credentials must be worn at all times. COACHES MEETING: A mandatory coaches meeting will be held on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. All coaches must present current USA Swimming credentials at this time which must be worn on deck during the duration of the meet and for entrance to Hospitality. OFFICIALS MEETING: There will be an officials meeting Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. UNSUPERVISED SWIMMERS: US Swimming athlete members must be under the supervision of a US Swimming member coach during warm-up, competition, and warm-down. Coaches who are entering swimmers but will not be at the meet should arrange ahead of time for another US Swimming member coach to supervise their athletes. Swimmers unaccompanied by their coaches or for whom arrangements have not been made must contact the Meet Director or Meet Referee who will assist the athlete in finding coach supervision. HOSPITALITY- Hospitality will be offered for coaches and officials during the meet. CONCESSIONS An extensive array of concession items will be available for purchase during the meet on Saturday and Sunday, only. NO CONCESSIONS FRIDAY. ORDER OF EVENT (all sessions are timed finals): Session #1 Friday, March 9 Warm-ups: 4:30 p.m., Competition: 5:15 p.m. 1 U12 200 Free 2 3 Open 500 Free 4 5 U12 200 IM 6 7 Open 400 IM 8 Session #2 - Saturday, March 10 Warm-ups: TBD; Competition: Not before 8:00 a.m. 9 13-14 200 IM 10 11 Open 200 IM 12 13 13-14 100 Free 14 15 Open 100 Free 16
17 13-14 200 Back 18 19 Open 200 Back 20 21 13-14 100 Breast 22 23 Open 100 Breast 24 25 13-14 200 Fly 26 27 Open 200 Fly 28 Session #3 Saturday, March 10, 2018 Warm-ups: Not before 11; Competition: Not before noon. 29 U10 50 Free 30 31 11-12 50 Free 32 33 U10 100 Back 34 35 11-12 100 Back 36 37 U10 50 Breast 38 39 11-12 50 Breast 40 41 U10 100 Fly 42 43 11-12 100 Fly 44 45 U10 100 IM 46 Session #4 Sunday, March 11, 2018 Warm-ups: TBD; Competition: Not before 8:00 a.m. 47 13-14 200 Free 48 49 Open 200 Free 50 51 13-14 100 Back 52 53 Open 100 Back 54 55 13-14 200 Breast 56 57 Open 200 Breast 58 59 13-14 100 Fly 60 61 Open 100 Fly 62 63 13-14 50 Free 64 65 Open 50 Free 66 Session #5 Sunday, March 11, 2018 Warm-ups: not before 11; Competition - not before noon. 67 U10 100 Free 68 69 11-12 100 Free 70 71 U10 50 Back 72 73 11-12 50 Back 74 75 U10 100 Breast 76 77 11-12 100 Breast 78
79 U10 50 Fly 80 81 11-12 50 Fly Breast 82 William T. Young Center
Lexington Dolphins, Inc. LAST CHANCE MEET March 9-11, 2018 SUMMARY/WAIVER FORM THIS PAGE MUST BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED BY THE STATED DEADLINE FOR THE TEAM S ENTRY TO BE ACCEPTED. WAIVER: In consideration for the acceptance of this entry, I/We hereby, for myself/ourselves, my/our heirs, administrators, assignees, and swimmers waive and release any and all claims against USA Swimming, the Kentucky Local Swim Committee of USA Swimming, Transylvania University, and the Lexington Dolphins, Inc. for injuries, and/or expense incurred by me/us at the meet or while on the road to and from the meet. I/We are bona-fide members of the United States Swimming as a team, coach, athlete, or administrator and are eligible to compete in all events I/we have entered. SIGNATURE: TITLE: TEAM: CODE: PHONE: TEAM ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE: RECAP OF ENTRIES Individual Entries x $5.00 = Number of Swimmers Surcharge x $2.50 = Number of Swimmers Facility Fee x $5:00 = TOTAL Make checks payable to Lexington Dolphins, Inc. and mail together with this form and hard copy listing of your team s entries by the stated deadline to: LEXINGTON DOLPHINS, INC. P. O. Box 23231 LEXINGTON, KY 40524 No entrant will be permitted to compete unless the entrant is a member as provided in Article 302. Held under the sanction of USA Swimming