CARMEL SWIM CLUB SUMMER CLASSIC
PRELIMINARIES AND FINALS, JUNE 23-26, 2005
SANCTION:
This meet is sanctioned by USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming. Sanction # :
IN05234
HOST:
Carmel Swim Club, 300 E. Main, Suite E, Carmel, IN 46032
POOL:
Eric
Clark Activity Center/Carmel High School
Natatorium
520 East Main Street
Carmel, Indiana
46032
FACILITY:
Competition Pool: One 50-meter pool with 8-nine foot wide lanes each with
competitor non-turbulent lane markers. Colorado Time System 5 equipment
will be used. For the Thursday Night and Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Morning and Afternoon sessions, lanes 1-7 will be utilized for
competition with lane 8 reserved for warm-up and warm-down. For Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday Evening Finals Sessions, lanes 1-8 will be used for
competition. There will be scheduled breaks between events for warm-up and
warm-down. (See order of events for scheduled breaks) Balcony spectator
seating is available.
PARKING:
Free parking will be available in the lots adjacent to the Carmel High
School. Additional parking is available north of the Natatorium at the
Football Stadium (approximately 1/3 mile). Team busses should load and
unload at the Natatorium entrance (Building Entrance 21) and then must park
at the Football Stadium.
RULES:
Current USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming rules will govern this meet. USA
Swimming Rules 202.3.2 - At a sanctioned competitive event, USA Swimming
athlete members must be under the supervision of a USA Swimming member coach
during warm-up, competition, and warm-down. The Meet Director or Meet
Referee shall assist the athlete in making arrangements for such
supervision. The 2005 USA Swimming Rules and Regulations Book will be the
primary source.
ELIGIBILITY:
Age as of June 23, 2005 will determine age for the meet. All swimmers must
be currently registered with USA Swimming. These registration numbers must
accompany entry. There will not be any USA Swimming registration at the
meet. Coaches MUST constantly display their USA Swimming coach credential
to gain deck access. The meet referee reserves the right to ask for coach
credential display and/or deny access if coach does not comply.
QUALIFYING TIME
2005-2008 15-16 Age National Motivational “A” Time Standards will be used
for swimmers 15
STANDARDS
and over and any swimmer desiring to swim an Open
event. 2005-2008 National
Motivational “BB” Time Standards will be used for swimmers 11 to 14.
2005-2008 National Motivational “B” Time Standards will be used for swimmers
10 and under.
(Refer to pages 6 & 7 for specific
standards for each event.) Carmel Swim Club reserves the right to swim any
of its own club members who have not achieved the minimum time standards.
Swimmers of any age may compete in Open events if they have achieved the
time standards.
A swimmer may not compete in the same
event, timed final or preliminary, more than one time during the meet.
ENTRIES:
Enter each swimmer with their full first name, last name, age and USA
Swimming # on the entry. All times must be completed to the hundredth of a
second and submitted in meter times. If a swimmer has not achieved
the long course meters time standard for a timed final event, non-conforming
times will be accepted; however, they will be seeded first followed by
conforming times.
Each swimmer 11 and older will be
limited to 3 individual events and 1 relay per day (a swimmer may not swim
in both a 13-14 and Open relay on the same day). If an individual is
entered in more than 3 events/1 relay per day and does not scratch back to 3
events by the scratch deadline, the entry will be made by order of events,
starting with Event #1 until the limit is satisfied. There will be no
refunds. All 10 and under events are timed finals. 10 and under swimmers
may swim all of the events listed for their age group that they have met the
qualifying time standard for. All entries of more than 10 swimmers
NOT submitted via E-mail or on disk will be subject to a $25.00 data
processing fee. Carmel swim Club has the sole discretion to
determine which entries to except. In exercising this discretion, Carmel
Swim Club will consider; number of officials provided by team, balance of
age groups and gender in entries, level of competition and geographic
location.
DEADLINE:
Our past experience is that this meet fills very quickly! We highly
recommend using email or some form of express mail to deliver your entry,
i.e., Federal Express, Overnight Mail, etc...If you want confirmation of
acceptance, please include a stamped, self-addressed post card. Entries
will not be accepted before 8 AM, May 9, 2005. Entries must be
delivered by the US Postal service, Nationally recognized courier service or
via E-mail. NO HAND DELIVERIES, NO TELEPHONE ENTRIES AND NO FAX
ENTRIES! The final entry date for entries to be received is by
6:00 pm, May 27, 2005.
Teams not accepted will have their entries
returned as soon as possible, but no later than May 31, 2005 via E-mail or
US postal depending on form of entry. No team entry will be broken.
Any time may be updated up to 5:00 PM CDT on June
17, 2005.
Updated times must be received via E-mail. NO PHONE UPDATES WILL BE
ACCEPTED.
This
meet will be run with the Hytek Meet Manager program. Diskette entries will
be accepted using the Hytek COMMLINK program (do not forget to “age up”
swimmers). A printed copy must accompany the diskette. The printed
copy is the final word in any disputes involving entries.
ENTRY FEES:
All fees must accompany entry. Please make check payable to: Carmel Swim
Club.
Individual timed final events: $3.50 per event
Individual Events: $4.50
per event
Relay Events: $5.50
per relay
There is also a $1.00 per swimmer, per meet, Indiana Swimming surcharge that
will need to accompany each entry.
Mail entries, fees and USA Swimming Numbers to the Entry Chairperson:
Bethany
Burchill
10418 Lasalle Rd.
Carmel, IN
46033-9304
317-574-0335
E-mail to:
cscmeetentry@yahoo.com
FORMAT: Events
1 & 2 (1500 Free), 97,98,111, & 112 (800 Free), 57,58,83,84,59, & 60 (400
Free), 15,16, 35, & 36 (400 IM), all relays, and all 10 & under events will
be swum as timed finals. The 1500 Free and the 800 Free will be swum
fastest to slowest seeded heats and may
alternate women and men depending on number of heats of each. The
Carmel Swim Club reserves the right to limit the number of
heats in all individual timed final events. There
will be refunds for any limited event. A psyche sheet for
Thursday night’s events will be posted at www.carmelswimclub.org on Monday
June 20, 2005. Please check there for any limits to the number of Thursday
heats. If a swimmer is entered in a timed final event that is
limited, and that swimmer is not allowed to swim because of the limitation,
that swimmers coach may enter that swimmer in a legal event to take the
place of that limitation as long as such entry falls within all other entry
rules and regulations.
All 1500 swimmers are required to
provide one timer and one lap counter.
Preliminaries will be conducted Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings for
11-12 and Open events, and Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons for 13-14
events. There will be consolation and
championship finals for 11-12, and 13-14 age groups, and bonus,
consolation, and championship finals for the Open age group. All timed
final heats for 10 & under, including relays will swim on Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday afternoon. In the 800 free all heats are timed finals and will
be swum during preliminaries. In all other timed final events for
11-12,13-14, and Open groups, including relays, the 8 fastest seeded
swimmers and relay teams will swim in finals. There will be no time
trials. Carmel Swim Club reserves the right to use fly-over starts for
all events except Finals on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
POSITIVE CHECK-IN:
Positive Check-in means “I am here and I intend to swim this event”.
Positive Check-in is required for the 1500 Free, 800 Free, and 400 Free, and
the 400 IM on the day of the event. Check-in sheets will be located at the
security desk on the deck level. All swimmers not
declaring intent to swim via check-in will be scratched.
Deadline for 1500 Free Check-In: 4:15 PM Thursday
Deadlines for 400 IM Check-In: 7:30 AM
and 12:30 PM Friday
Deadlines for 400 Free Check-In: 7:30
AM and 12:30 PM Saturday
Deadlines for 800 Free Check-in: 7:30
AM and 12:30 PM Sunday
SCRATCHES:
In
all individual events on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, the swimmer is assumed
to be
swimming
unless he/she has been scratched from the event. A missed heat or late
arrival will deprive the swimmer of their opportunity to swim that event, as
well as the next individual prelim event the swimmer is scheduled to swim.
Scratch forms will be available at the Clerk of Course Scratch Table.
Deadlines: Friday Session
Events: 5:15 PM Thursday
Saturday Session Events: 5:15 PM
Friday
Sunday Session Events: 5:15 PM
Saturday
If you will not be at the competition facility on Thursday evening, we will
accept scratches from the Friday session events by phone up to 6:00 PM on
Wednesday, June 22, 2005. Please contact the Entry Chair to make these
scratches.
SEEDING EVENTS:
Seeding of Thursday events will be made at the close of the positive
check-in period on Thursday. Please check the psyche sheet (posted on
www.carmelswimclub.org on Monday, June 20 for the limit to the number of
heats for each event. With the exception of those events requiring positive
check-in, for both AM & PM, seeding of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning
sessions will be done on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night respectively.
Seeding of Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon sessions will be done no
later than 11:00 AM on each day.
SCRATCHES FROM USA
Swimming Championship rules shall apply (ref. Article 207.9 D & E of 2004
USA Swimming Rules and Regulations).
FINALS: A swimmer
qualifying for a bonus final, consolation final, or championship final based
on the results of the preliminaries must notify the referee or designee
within 30 minutes after the announcement of the qualifiers for that race
that they do not intend to compete. Any swimmer qualifying for the bonus
final, consolation final, or championship final race in an individual event
who fails to declare and fails to compete in said consolation final or final
race shall be barred from further competition for the remainder of the
meet. Failure to declare and swim in a Sunday consolation finals or finals
event shall result in a $25 fine.
RELAYS:
Relay reports must list
the full name of swimmers competing on the relay
(improperly filled out relay reports may result in the relay failing to
swim). Include alternates if appropriate. Relay reports shall be
returned to the Clerk of Course ONE HOUR BEFORE THE START OF EACH
SESSION. Relays are assumed to be swimming unless a coach marks SCRATCH
on the relay report and turns it in to the Clerk of Course.
FINAL RESULTS:
_________Hard Copy (snail mailed OR .htm file Emailed)
________Meet
Manager Backup (Emailed)
________Team
Manager .cl2 file (Emailed)
________All
of the above
Email address to send
above to:___________________________________
One
complimentary copy will be provided to every club with five or more
swimmers. Extra copies may be ordered at the meet for $8.00. Final results
will also be posted at the CSC web-site at
www.carmelswimclub.org.
SCORING:
10-Under, 11-12, 13-14 & Open individual events score Top 16 from finals.
The 1500 free will be scored within the swimmers representative age group
even though the event is listed as open. The 1500 free is the only Open
event where points will be added to age group point totals. All Age Groups
score Top 8 for relays
AWARDS: Medals will be
awarded for places 1-8. Ribbons for places 9-16.
Medals will be awarded for Relay places 1-3. Ribbons for relay places 4-8.
1st, 2nd, & 3rd High point award in each Age
Group.
Team
awards will be presented for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
*
Awards will not be mailed.*
FACILITY NOTE: The Carmel High
School Natatorium is a state of the art facility. It is important that all
people
attending this
meet; swimmers, coaches, or spectators, treat this facility with the utmost
care.
The
following rules will be strictly enforced:
1) Keep
all trash picked up
2) Do
not go or let children go, in any unauthorized areas. This means any
place other than the lobby, seating areas, steps to the deck. Elevators
and steps going upstairs are off limits. Due to USA Swimming insurance
requirements only swimmers, coaches, officials and volunteers are
allowed on deck. There can be no exceptions!
The Carmel Swim Club will have security people
roaming the deck and locker room areas. If any swimmer is caught abusing
the building or facility, they will immediately be asked to leave the meet
and will be barred from further competition.
SCHEDULE: (All times
are Central Day-light Time)
Thursday, June 23:
1500 Warm-ups: 4:00
PM Meet starts: 5:00 PM
Preliminaries on Friday, June 24, Saturday, June 25, and Sunday, June 26
Morning session (Open and 11-12):
Warm‑ups: 6:30 AM Meet
starts: 8:00 AM
Afternoon session (13-14 and 10-Under):
Warm‑ups: not before noon Meet starts:
not before 1 PM
Finals Sessions:
There will be a minimum of one half hour between the completion of the
afternoon preliminaries and the beginning of the evening finals session
warm-up.
Friday and Saturday: (all times are “not before”)
Warm‑ups:5:00 PM Meet starts: 6:00 PM
Sunday: (all times are “not before”)
Warm‑ups: 4:30 PM Meet starts: 5:30 PM
ADMISSION:
Admission will be charged for preliminaries. There will be no admission
charged for finals. Children under 10 are admitted free.
HEAT SHEETS:
Heat sheets will be available for purchase by spectators.
CONCESSIONS:
Natatorium concessions are available. NO SMOKING permitted in the building.