Dr. Ralph Hicken International Swim Cup 28 th Anniversary April 30 th (Thursday) May 3 rd (Sunday), 2015 HOSTED BY: LOCATION: FACILITY: APPROVED BY: MEET REFEREE: MEET MANAGER: MINOR OFFICIALS: OFFICIALS: ELIGIBILITY: FOREIGN COMPETITORS: Mississauga Aquatic Club Markham Pan Am Centre 16 Main Street Unionville, Unionville, ON L3R 2E5 10 lane, 50 metre competition pool with electronic timing. Swim Ontario. All current SNC rules and warm up procedures will apply. The FINA one start rule will be in effect. Jeff Trudeau (jeff.trudeau.67@gmail.com) James McCabe (james.mccabe@peelsb.com) Maraye Bonner (officials@mississaugaswimming.com) MSSAC welcomes all officials who are interested in officiating. Please send email to officials@mississaugaswimming.com. All swimmers registered with Swim Ontario, SNC and/or FINA recognized organizations. A valid SNC registration number is required for all Canadian swimmers, and entries without a SNC registration number will be declined entry. The swimmer's age will be computed as of the first day of the meet (April 30 th, 2015). All swimmers and coaches must be duly registered and residents of the governing body for which they are competing. All swimmers and coaches must be in good standing with their respective governing swim body. All swimmers and coaches must have primary residence within the province/state or country for which they claim registration. Proof of residency may be green card, student ID, driver license, college residence or other document as deemed acceptable by Swim Ontario and shall be submitted with the Proof of Residence and Registration Status form to Swim Ontario. QUALIFYING: s are included below and are in the Hy-Tek Meet Manager file. Swimmers must qualify for a minimum of 2 standard times in their age group. Swimmers can swim a maximum of 8 events (plus relays) for which they qualify as follows: 1
2 qualifying times swimmer can swim 3 bonus swims 3 qualifying times swimmer can swim 2 bonus swims 4 qualifying times swimmer can swim 1 bonus swim 5 qualifying times swimmer can swim 5 events 6 qualifying times swimmer can swim 6 events 7 qualifying times swimmer can swim 7 events 8 qualifying times swimmer can swim 8 events Coaches Note: Bonus events limited to 50m, 100m and 200m events and should be entered at an actual time and indicated by the BONUS checkbox in Hy-Tek. ENTERTAINMENT: SESSION TIMES: A light and sound show will kick off each afternoon and Finals sessions. A live DJ will play during warm up for Friday, Saturday, Sunday finals session. Meet Management reserves the right to adjust start times for all sessions. Session Age/Group Warm Up Start Est. Finish Time 1 Thursday 13&O 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 9:00 pm 2 Friday Morning 13&O 8:00 am 9:00 am 12:00 pm 3 Friday Afternoon 12&U 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 5:00 pm 4 Friday Evening Finals-13&O 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 8:00 pm 5 Saturday Morning 13&O 8:00 am 9:00 am 12:00 pm 6 Saturday Afternoon 12&U 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 5:00 pm 7 Saturday Evening Finals-13&O 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 8:00 pm 8 Sunday Morning 13&O 8:00 am 9:00 am 12:00 pm 9 Saturday Afternoon 12&U 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 5:00 pm 10 Sunday Evening Finals-13&O 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 8:00 pm ENTRIES: The only Meet Package that will be considered as valid is the most current version found on www.swimmeet.ca. Qualifying period for entry to the meet is September 1 st 2013. Meet Management reserves the right to delete a swimmer from an entry or results file for incorrect or absent 9 digit ID numbers and/or correct date of birth. Only swimmers (includes age group and all university athletes) with valid Swimming Canada identification numbers will be considered for acceptance into the meet. All entries must be in Hy-Tek format and submitted via www.swimming.ca. No entries will be accepted directly by meet management. Teams are required to ensure that the Hy-Tek database is properly configured to include coach and club contact information. DECK ENTRIES: ENTRY DEADLINE: NO deck entries will be accepted. The entry deadline is Monday April 13 th, 2015 at 12:00 pm ET. All fees will be charged based on entries submitted to the entry deadline (except for 2
scratches made by Meet Management by April 17 th ) regardless of whether the swimmer competes or not. ENTRY LIMITATIONS: Swimmers may be entered in any event in which they qualify. Swimmers from any age group may swim up if an event is not offered in their own age group provided they meet the qualifying time for that event. Meet management reserves the right to limit entries to ensure sessions remain within the mandated maximum time period by scratching swimmers if necessary. Notification of management's scratches will be made by April 17 th, 2015. ENTRY FEES: $100.00 individual entry fee/swimmer (including HST and Gold Bonus). Cheques are payable to Mississauga Aquatic Club and must be delivered to the Meet Manager prior to the start of the Friday Evening Finals session or the club/ swimmer(s) will not be allowed to swim. $2 per swimmer will be donated to support officials development in Ontario. Donation to be shared equally between Ontario Swimming Officials Association (OSOA) and Swim Ontario Central Region. T-shirts will be given to coaches for each swimmer by Saturday of the meet. Coaches are asked to provide shirt sizes (small, medium, large, extralarge) for their teams. SEEDING: Entries must be submitted using provable times, recorded during the qualifying period. Swimmers with provable times recorded during the qualifying period must submit those times and not enter swimmers with NT. Seeding will be in order of times entered, as converted using Hy-tek default conversion factor, followed by swimmers entered with non-standard times and those entered with NT (no times). All Short Course entry times will be converted to Long Course times, using the default conversion factors in Hy-Tek Meet manager, and then seeded accordingly. Nonconforming times (yards, etc.) will be seeded last. SPLITS: SCRATCH RULES: Meet management requires that any coach wishing to rely on a time achieved by the swimmer for an interval shorter than the total distance of the event shall so advise the Referee prior to the commencement of the session (or event) in question. Scratches from Preliminaries shall be provided to the Clerk of Course and will be completed without penalty. Distance s (400/800/1500 FR + 400 IM): Scratches must be provided to the Clerk of Course at least 30 minutes before the start of the session to allow meet management to minimize empty lanes where possible. All Scratches from Finals must be provided to the Clerk of Course. Scratch deadline is 30 minutes after posting results for each event during prelims. A final scratch deadline for Finals shall be 30 minutes before the start of the Finals Session. There will be no reseeding for scratches received after the 3
Initial Scratch Deadline. Scratching from Finals after the final scratch deadline or failure to participate in an individual final event will result in a $20.00 fine for each offense payable to the Mississauga Aquatic Club. Failure to pay before the swimmer's next event will exclude the swimmer from further participation in the meet. EVENTS: 1500FR, 800 FR, 400 Free, 400IM are timed finals for all age groups. Management reserves the right to limit heats and/or to swim two swimmers per lane in order to comply with prescribed maximum session times. 1500 M/W and 800 M/W are limited to top 30 entries in each event. Alternates will be identified and should be available in event of scratches. Positive Check In- swimmers are required to do a positive check in 30 minutes after the start of warm-ups for the 1500, 800, 400 Free and 400IM. Primary Heats & Overflow Heats The number of Primary heats in the preliminary sessions for Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning (13 & Over) will be limited to the following: - 400 meter events: top 50 swimmers/5 heats - 200 meter events: top 60 swimmers/6 heats - 100 meter events: top 70 swimmers/7 heats - 50 meter events: top 100 swimmers/10 heats Meet Management reserves the right to accept additional entries, subject to meeting the qualifying times, into any event and to create additional Overflow Heats. Overflow heat(s) will swim immediately following the conclusion of all Primary s. The order of events in the Overflow stage will be the same as the order of the Primary s, subject to entries received. All Primary heats and any Overflow heats will swim slowest to fastest. Example: If there are 140 entries (14 heats of 10 lanes) of 13 & over Girls 200 freestyle, the top 60 swimmers (6 heats) will swim slowest to fastest during Primary heats. Following completion of all Primary Heats of all events in the preliminary session, the remaining eighty swimmers (swimmers 140-61) would swim slowest to fastest. All relays, regardless of age group, will be timed finals. Please refer to the attached session list. 12 & Under events: Will be timed finals. Golden Crown: Swimmers will be selected from the 50m freestyle entry times (top 8 female & top 8 male 12 & under). Each swimmer will swim one at a time from slowest to fastest. Fastest individual time wins the crown and prize (one female and one male winner). The Golden Crown event will take place at Sunday afternoon session. 13 & Over events: Finals will swim youngest to oldest A & B finals for all individual 200m events top 20 swimmers A & B finals for all 50m and 100m events top 20 swimmers Golden Crown: A swim-off by the top 8 males 13 & over and top 8 females 13 & over in the 50m freestyle based on fastest swim time at during. Each 4
swimmer will swim one at a time from slowest to fastest. Fastest individual time wins the crown and prize (one female and one male winner). The Golden Crown event will take place at Sunday Evening Finals. RELAYS: Please submit times for seeding purposes only. Only two relays per club (A relay + B relay) per event/age group. COACHES REGISTRATION COACHES MEETING: AWARDS: Swimmers will be permitted to swim their own age group relays and be permitted to swim up to another age group relay. Meet management will cross reference the list of coaches in attendance at this competition with the Swim Ontario Compliancy lists (Ontario Coaches Only). If a coach is not on this list, meet management is obligated to enforce the SNC policy and not permit that coach to attend meet. Meet management will forward Swim Ontario a list of coaches who they have found to be in noncompliance. A coaches meeting will be held on deck at the start of warm-up on Friday, May 1 st at approximately 8:20 am (the time will be confirmed closer to the meet). Awards Medals Ribbons Age Groups Individual 1 st to 3 rd 4 th th Girls: 10&U, 11-12,, 15&O to 10 Boys: 10 &U, 11-12,, 15&O 1 st to 3 rd 4 th to 10 th 10-U, 11-12,, 15&O All medals for 13 & Over will be presented at Finals. Individual medals for 13& Over will be presented as soon as possible following the swim at Finals. Ribbons for 13& Over will be available at the next day s preliminary session, except for Sunday awards which will be available at Sunday evening Finals. All medals for 12 & Under will be presented during the afternoon sessions. Individual medals for 12 & Under will be presented as soon as possible following the swim, except for Sunday awards which will be available as early as possible in the afternoon. Top 10 FINA Point Swims: 1 st Place overall wins $500. Highest FINA point score by a 16-Under swimmer will receive a free recruiting package from World Swimming Prospects valued at $1350 (each swimmer can receive only one FINA point award for this meet. Next 7 swimmers (ranked by highest FINA point achieved during meet) will receive a mystery. Top 3 Age Group swimmers (male and female) will receive a Trophy, awarded based on combined points on individual events Girls 10 Under, 11-12,, and Boys 10 Under, 11-12,, and Golden Crown Awards: 13 & Over Trophy + Prize Top male and top female 50 freestyle in Golden Crown event. First place - fastest male/female will each receive a new Arena Carbon Pro Flex; second place receives $100 each (M+F), third place will receive $50 (M+F) each 12 and Under Trophy + Prize First place - fastest male/female will each receive a new Arena Carbon Pro Flex; second place receives $100 5
each (M+F), third place will receive $50 (M+F) each The Dr. Ralph Hicken International Cup to be awarded to Overall High Point Team. Trophy to be awarded at end of Sunday evening finals. Prizes will be awarded after Sunday evening finals. Winners must be present to claim their prize. Coaches are asked to pick up awards prior to leaving the meet Awards will NOT be mailed. SCORING: Top eight individual swims score (11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) and top eight relay swims score (22-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2) towards top team award. Top three individual swims score (5-2-1) towards top age group swimmer award. RESULTS: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The Hy-Tek file with complete results will be available on www.swimming.ca. Teams entering swimmers in the Meet must advise the swimmer s parents and/or guardians that the Board, coaches and members of the Mississauga Aquatic Club are committed to operating a successful and safe meet and that all reasonable precautions will be put in place to ensure the swimmer s safety. As such, members, coaches and the Board assume no responsibility for swimmers who are left at the pool by their parents or guardians, and whose parents fail to pick their children up in time at the end of the session. Parents who plan to drop their child off are responsible for ensuring their safety before, during and after the Meet. To ensure that, they should confirm that their child(ren)/swimmer(s) arrive safely on deck, that they are placed in the care of their coach(es), and that appropriate arrangements are made for them to be picked up once they have finished their events. SWIMWEAR: Effective September 1, 2009, all swimwear worn in swimming competitions sanctioned under the authority of Swimming Canada must conform to the January 1, 2010 FINA swimwear approval guidelines as listed below. MATERIAL the material of swimwear will definitively be constituted only by textile fabric(s). The FINA definition of textile currently is: Material consisting of, natural and/or synthetic, individual and non-consolidated yarns used to constitute a fabric by weaving, knitting, and/or braiding. SHAPE MEN: swimwear shall not extend above the navel or below the knee. WOMEN: swimwear shall not cover the neck, extend past the shoulder, nor extend below knee. No zippers or other fastening system is allowed. USE Swimmers shall wear only one swimsuit, taping is not permitted. CONSISTENCY Swimwear effectively manufactured and used shall correspond to and be fully consistent with FINA approved samples. Any modification before use (including impregnation) is prohibited. Moreover, there shall be no variation/modification for individual swimmers. 6
June 27, 2014 SWIMMING CANADA COMPETITION WARM-UP SAFETY PROCEDURES Meet Management for all sanctioned Canadian swimming competition must ensure the following safety procedures are applied. It is incumbent on coaches, swimmers, and officials to comply with these procedures during all scheduled warm-up periods. Coaches are requested to encourage swimmers to cooperate with Safety Marshals. GENERAL WARM-UP: Swimmers must enter the water FEET FIRST in a cautious manner, entering from a start or turn end only and from a standing or sitting position. Running on the pool deck and running entries into the pool tank are prohibited. Meet Management may designate the use of sprint or pace lanes during the scheduled warm-up time. Any such lane usage must be communicated either in pre-competition handout, announcement or deck signage. Diving starts shall be permitted only in designated sprint lanes. Only one-way swimming from the start end of sprint lanes is permitted. Notices or barriers must be placed on starting blocks to indicate no diving during warm-up. EQUIPMENT: Kick Boards, Pull-Buoys, Ankle Bands, and Snorkels are permitted for use in the scheduled warmup time. Meet Management may permit use of tubing or cord assisted sprinting in designated lanes and during specific times of the warm-up only. Coaches are responsible for equipment reliability and use. Hand paddles, drag chutes, and flippers / fins are not permitted during any warm-up at any time. VIOLATIONS: Swimmers witnessed by a Safety Marshal diving or entering the water in a dangerous fashion will be scratched without warning from their first event following the warm-up period in which the violation occurred. In the case of a second offense during the same competition the swimmer will be removed from the competition in its entirety. A provincial disciplinary action or report may be filed. SAFETY MARSHALS: The Safety Marshal is a trained position designated by Meet Management. Safety Marshals shall: Be visible by safety vest Be situated at each end of the competition tank and when applicable, similarly situated in designated warm-up tanks when pre-competition warm-ups are scheduled. Actively monitor all scheduled warm-up periods. Ensure participants comply with warm-up safety procedures and report violations to the Referee. PARA-SWIMMER NOTIFICATION: Coaches are requested to notify Safety Marshals of any Para-swimmers participating in warm-ups where necessary and at the coach s discretion. The following statement must appear in all Swimming Canada sanctioned meet information and posted notices: SWIMMING CANADA WARM-UP COMPETITION SAFETY PROCEDURES WILL BE IN EFFECT AT THIS MEET. 7
Thursday, April 30 Evening (Session 1) Girls Girls Boys Boys 1 19:56.05 19:20.18 1500 Free 19:22.82 18:18.07 2 3 10:24.05 10:05.33 800 Free 10:06.53 9:32.76 4 Friday, May 1 Morning (Session 2) Girls Girls 5 2:39.76 2:33.84 200 Back 7 1:26.09 1:24.54 100 Breast 9 37.34 36.10 50 Fly 11 2:23.15 2:18.04 200 Free 5 7 9 11 200 Back 100 Breast 50 Fly 200 Free Boys Boys 2:35.23 2:24.36 6 1:21.49 1:16.62 8 35.29 32.88 10 2:16.42 2:08.01 12 Primary Heats: 50 m s: 10 Heats; 100 m s: Fastest 7 heats; 200m s: Fastest 6 Heats; 400m s: Fastest 5 heats Overflow Heats: 50 m s: 11 TH Fastest-Slowest Heats; 100 m s: 8 th Fastest-Slowest; 200m s: 7th Fastest-Slowest; 400m s: 6th Fastest-Slowest 6 8 10 12 Friday, May 1 Afternoon (Session 3) 10 & Under Girls 11 & 12 Girls 10 & Under Boys 11 & 12 Boys 101 3:22.42 103 2:53.50 200 Back 3:32.06 102 2:54.04 104 105 1:46.03 107 1:33.72 100 Breast 1:50.31 106 1:33.18 108 109 2:57.79 111 2:34.22 200 Free 3:03.14 110 2:33.15 112 113 49.54 115 41.51 50 Fly 51.95 114 42.24 116 117 6:07.35 400 IM 6:14.85 118 119 11&12 400 Free 11&12 120 Friday, May 1 Evening Finals (Session 4) Girls Girls Boys Boys 5 A & B Final A & B Final 200 Back A & B Final A & B Final 6 7 A & B Final A & B Final 100 Breast A & B Final A & B Final 8 9 A & B Final A & B Final 200 Free A & B Final A & B Final 10 11 A & B Final A & B Final 50 Fly A & B Final A & B Final 12 13 400 Free 14
Saturday, May 2 Morning (Session 5) Girls Girls 15 1:14.67 1:12.20 100 Fly 17 37.35 35.87 50 Back 19 43.18 42.27 50 Breast 21 5:03.05 4:55.19 400 Free 23 2:43.17 2:37.53 200 IM 25 30.57 29.60 50 Free 15 17 19 21 23 25 100 Fly 50 Back 50 Breast 400 Free 200 IM 50 Free Boys Boys 1:10.58 1:05.76 16 35.83 33.18 18 40.75 38.31 20 4:50.24 4:36.14 22 2:34.45 2:25.22 24 28.64 26.87 26 Primary Heats: 50 m s: 10 Heats; 100 m s: Fastest 7 heats; 200m s: Fastest 6 Heats; 400m s: Fastest 5 heats Overflow Heats: 50 m s: 11 TH Fastest-Slowest Heats; 100 m s: 8 th Fastest-Slowest; 200m s: 7th Fastest-Slowest; 400m s: 6th Fastest-Slowest 16 18 20 22 24 26 Saturday, May 2 Afternoon (Session 6) 10 & Under Girls 11 & 12 Girls 10 & Under Boys 11 & 12 Boys 123 1:39.07 125 1:23.01 100 Fly 1:43.89 124 1:22.47 126 127 46.86 129 40.43 50 Back 48.20 128 40.97 130 131 53.02 133 47.86 50 Breast 55.16 132 46.59 134 135 3:22.42 137 2:54.57 200 IM 3:25.63 136 2:54.57 138 139 36.95 141 32.67 50 Free 37.49 140 31.92 142 143 11-12 400 Medley 11-12 144 Saturday, May 2 Evening Finals (Session 7) Girls Girls Boys Boys 15 A & B Final A & B Final 100 Fly A & B Final A & B Final 16 17 A & B Final A & B Final 50 Back A & B Final A & B Final 18 19 A & B Final A & B Final 50 Breast A & B Final A & B Final 20 23 A & B Final A & B Final 200 IM A & B Final A & B Final 24 25 A & B Final A & B Final 50 Free A & B Final A & B Final 26 27 400 Medley 28
Sunday, May 3 Morning (Session 8) Girls Girls 31 2:49.23 2:40.98 200 Fly 33 1:05.94 1:04.02 100 Free 35 3:05.35 3:03.38 200 Breast 37 1:14.75 1:11.74 100 Back 39 5:45.31 5:33.85 400 IM 31 33 35 37 39 200 Fly 100 Free 200 Breast 100 Back 400 IM Boys Boys 2:42.86 2:27.92 32 1:02.17 58.41 34 2:57.69 2:46.93 36 1:11.66 1:06.36 38 5:29.67 5:16.73 40 Primary Heats: 50 m s: 10 Heats; 100 m s: Fastest 7 heats; 200m s: Fastest 6 Heats; 400m s: Fastest 5 heats Overflow Heats: 50 m s: 11 TH Fastest-Slowest Heats; 100 m s: 8 th Fastest-Slowest; 200m s: 7th Fastest-Slowest; 400m s: 6th Fastest-Slowest 32 34 36 38 40 Sunday, May 3 Afternoon (Session 9) 10 & Under Girls 11 & 12 Girls 10 & Under Boys 11 & 12 Boys 301 Top 8 Entries in 50 Freestyle Golden Crown 50 Free Top 8 Entries in 50 Freestyle 302 147 12 & Under 200 Free 12 & Under 148 151 3:08.50 200 Fly 3:11.71 152 153 1:21.94 155 1:10.69 100 Free 1:23.54 154 1:10.16 156 157 3:20.28 200 Breast 158 3:20.28 159 1:33.72 161 1:20.86 100 Back 1:36.39 160 1:21.93 162 163 6:18.06 163 5:24.51 400 Free 6:27.70 164 5:25.58 164 165 11-12 200 Medley 11-12 166 Sunday, May 3 Evening Finals (Session 10) 201 Girls Girls Top 8 50 Freestyle Swims from Saturday s Finals 29 13 & Over Golden Crown 50 Free 200 Medley Boys Boys Top 8 50 Freestyle Swims from Saturday s Finals 202 13 & Over 30 31 A & B Final A & B Final 200 Fly A & B Final A & B Final 32 33 A & B Final A & B Final 100 Free A & B Final A & B Final 34 35 A & B Final A & B Final 200 Breast A & B Final A & B Final 36 37 A & B Final A & B Final 100 Back A & B Final A & B Final 38 41 200 Free 42