Age Group Development LCM Meet #5 Senior June 2-3, 2018 Hosted by Dartmouth Crusaders Swim Club and the Sackville Waves Aquatic Team Location: Dalplex Pool, 6260 South St. Halifax, B3H 4R2 (902) 494-3372 8 lane 50-meter Competitive Pool Sanctioned By: Swim Nova Scotia Meet Managers: Patrick Rooney; prooney@dexter.ca Beth Casey; beth23casey@gmail.com Maureen Nolan; memejejedede@gmail.com Meet Referee: Patrick Rooney; officials@dartmouthcrusaders.ca Entry Deadline: Teams must upload their Hy-Tek entries online via www.swimming.ca by Friday May 25, 2018 no Later than 6 PM. Entries received will be acknowledged by e-mail on or before Monday, May 28 th, 2018. Accurate session time out is aided by the submission of time with all entries; time entries rather than NT entries will assist in meet planning efforts. Entries and Fees: $70 per athlete. Relay Events Free. Cheques are payable to Dartmouth Crusaders Swim Club and are to be submitted to the meet management at the beginning of the session. Cash will not be accepted. Entry fees are nonrefundable. There will be no deck entries, no substitutions and no exhibition swims. Eligibility: All registered NS swimmers who are eligible for the 2018 Ken Dunn NS Championships. Out of province swimmers must be registered with their provincial swim association and have met all 2017-18 Ken Dunn NS Provincial Championships Standards. Please refer to Swim Nova Scotia for guidelines, rules and standards (http://www.swimnovascotia.com/?q=yearround-meets) Program: The meet is an Age Group Development Meet in accordance with the Nova Scotia Competitions and Rules 2017-18. The meet will be swum as open events. All events will be run as timed finals. 100 m events are available to swimmers 13 and Over. Please note swimmers may only enter 3 events per session. Meet management reserves the right to restrict entries should session time outs exceed pool availability. Seeding: Heats will be seeded slowest to fastest, except for the distance freestyle events. The 800 and 1500 freestyle distance events will be seeded fastest to slowest, alternating gender and event (e.g., Women 800, Men 800, Women 1500, Men 1500, etc.). 400m, 800m and 1500m events may be run two swimmers per lane. Meet management reserves the right to reseed 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle events if deemed necessary for pool time. 1
Meet Rules: SNC Rules and Warm-up procedures will govern the meet (https://www.swimming.ca/content/uploads/2015/06/swimming-canada-competition-warm-up-safety-procedures.pdf). Scoring: There will be no scoring Awards: Ribbons will be awarded for Best Time swims for NS 12 and under. Officials/Timers Volunteers: As per SNS guidelines, all clubs with over 15 swimmers participating are asked to provide a minimum of 2 officials for each session of the meet. Smaller clubs are asked to provide a minimum of 1 official per session. TO VOLUNTEER: Timers and Senior Officials please contact: Patrick Rooney, officials@dartmouthcrusaders.ca Scratches: As a courtesy to the host club, coaches are asked to submit written scratches to the computer table NO LATER THAN 30 MINUTES before the first event of each session. Meet Changes: The Meet Management reserves the right to restrict entries and change events throughout the meet. Clubs will be notified of any necessary changes. Coaches Meeting Saturday at 8:15 am in Pool Conference room. Accommodations: Chateau Bedford Hotel and Suites, 133 Kearney Lake Road, Halifax; 902-4451100. Meet Rate: $119/night; Reference: Dartmouth Crusaders when making reservations. Saturday June 2, 2018 Session #1 Warm Up 8:00 am Meet Start 9:00 am 1 200 Freestyle 2 3 200 Butterfly 4 5 400 IM 6 7 50 Backstroke 8 9 200 Breaststroke 10 11 800 Freestyle 12 13 Girls 400 Freestyle Relay * 14 Boys 400 Freestyle Relay * 15 Mixed 400 Freestyle Relay * 2
Saturday June2, 2018 Session #2 Warm Up 3:30 pm Meet Start 4:30pm 16 50 Freestyle 17 18 100 Breaststroke 13 & Over 19 20 200 Backstroke 21 22 100 Butterfly 13 & Over 23 24 400 Freestyle 25 26 Girls 800 Freestyle Relay * 27 Boys 800 Freestyle Relay * 28 Mixed 800 Freestyle Relay * Sunday June 3, 2018 Session #3 Warm Up 8:30 am Meet Start 9:30 am 29 200 IM 30 31 100 Freestyle 13 & Over 32 33 50 Butterfly 34 35 100 Backstroke 13 & Over 36 37 50 Breaststroke 38 39 1500 Freestyle 40 41 Girls 400 Medley Relay * 42 Boys 400 Medley Relay * 43 Mixed 400 Medley Relay * 3
COMPETITION WARM-UP SAFETY PROCEDURES Meet Management for all sanctioned Canadian swimming competitions must ensure the following safety procedures are applied. It is incumbent on coaches, swimmers, and officials to work together 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 pool 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 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 through a pre-competition handout, an 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. Pools with backstroke starting ledges available may offer a designated lane for backstroke starts, at meet management s discretion. (This is not mandatory if not enough general lane space is available for the number of swimmers in the meet.) 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 main warm-up pool during warm-up. Hand paddles and flippers are permitted for use in a secondary warm-up pool only (where available), at meet management s discretion and recommended only for higher level or senior competitions. At meet management s discretion and based on available space, the Meet Manager may permit use of tubing or cord assisted sprinting in designated lanes and during specific times of the warm-up only. It is recommended that this only be allowed in secondary warm-up pools as space allows. Coaches are responsible for equipment reliability and use. This is recommended only for higher level or senior competitions VIOLATIONS: It is recognized that there is a level of interpretation and common sense that must be applied when applying these guidelines. Diving headfirst quietly into an empty pool at the start of warm-up is not the same as diving headfirst into a crowded lane. Judgment and context is required. Swimmers witnessed by a Safety Marshal diving or entering the water in a dangerous fashion may be removed without warning from their first individual event following the warm-up period in which the violation occurred and the alternates in that event notified should that event be a final. They may also receive a verbal warning from the Safety Marshal. Swimmers receiving verbal warnings will have their names and clubs registered with the Meet Manager. In the case of a second offense during the same competition the swimmer may be removed from the remainder of the competition. 4
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 pool and when applicable, similarly situated in designated warm-up pools 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. Depending on the level of competition, Safety Marshals have a role to help work with coaches and swimmers to ensure a safe warm-up environment. This may include educating a younger swimmer on the rules or communicating a concern to a coach. Judgment, tact and confidence is required and therefore the Safety Marshal should ideally be a more experienced official. 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 COMPETITION WARM-UP SAFETY PROCEDURES WILL BE IN EFFECT AT THIS MEET. 5