YMCA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET
March 9-11, 2007
Gloucester Institute of Technology

Hosted by Somerset Valley YMCA Swim Team

Sanctioned By:

YMCA of the USA Competitive Swimming and Diving Advisory Committee, Carole Bell, New Jersey Competitive Coordinator; Glenda Pae, Competitive V.P. of Y Fields, NJ YMCA Competitive Swimming Championship Committee.

 

USA Swimming Approval:

This meet will be an Approved Meet in accordance with USA Swimming Rule 202.4.  All times for registered USA-S swimmers will be entered into the SWIMS database, as long as the swimmer’s name, as entered into the meet, is exactly the same as the swimmer is registered in USA Swimming. 

 

 

The YMCA State Championship Meet:

This meet will be a 2 1/2 day Trials/Final championship style meet that will host events in the 10/u, 11/12, 13/14, 15/18 age groups and Open events. Published time standards must be strictly adhered to. All events will be pre-seeded.

  • The 10/U will be Timed Finals throughout the meet.
  • The 11/12 will be Timed Finals throughout the meet.
  • Friday’s events for the 13/14 age group will be Timed Finals. On Saturday and Sunday the 13/14 age group will have prelims in the morning and conclude in the evening with consolations and finals.
  • Friday’s events for the 15/18 age group will be Timed Finals. On Saturday and Sunday the 15/18 age group will have prelims in the morning and conclude in the evening with consolations and finals. Bonus rounds will be offered for 50,100 and 200 yard events.
  • Open events are Timed Finals and will not be scored.

 

 

Day

Session

Warm-Up

Meet Start

Friday

Sessions 1 & 2

05:30   PM ****

07:00   PM

Saturday

 

Sessions 3 & 4

06:45   AM

08:15   AM

Sessions 5 & 6

12:00   PM

01:30   PM

Session 7

05:30   PM

06:15   PM

Sunday

Sessions 8 & 9

06:45   AM

08:15   AM

Sessions 10 & 11

11:30   AM

12:15   PM

Session 12 & 13

01:15   PM

02:30   PM

Sessions 14

05:30   PM

06:15   PM

 

 

COACHES MEETINGS:

Friday at 5:45 pm

Saturday and Sunday at 7:00 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.

 

OFFICIALS MEETINGS:

Friday at 6:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday at 7:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

 

APPLICABLE RULES:

The Meet will be conducted under the 2006 USA Swimming Technical Rules, the NJ YMCA Swim League Constitution and the Rules that Govern YMCA Competitive Sports and all supplements thereto.

 

ELIGIBILITY:

Each competitor must fulfill the following conditions:

 

  1. The swimmer must have been a member of his/her YMCA in good standing for at least 90 days prior to the date of the championship and entitled to full privilege member ship activities.
  2. The swimmer must be an amateur and may represent a team other than their YMCA or school team during the current season but before their eligibility period commences (90 days prior to the state competition).  Any person younger than 21 is eligible to swim in Open events as long as they have not or are not currently swimming for a college team.
  3. The swimmer must have represented his/her YMCA in closed competition on at least three occasions on separate days during the current competitive swim season.
  4. Entry in the New Jersey YMCA State Championship Meet will be based on qualifying times exclusively and must be certified in either Open, League, Dual or High School Meet competition. (See applicable rules above that define a YMCA Inter-association Swim Meet.)
  5. Participation is determined by the swimmer’s age as of December 1, 2006. A swimmer may participate in one age group only. There is no swimming up in age group events. (A 19 year old swimmer who is still in high school may compete in the 15/18 age group.) Each swimmer is limited to seven (7) individual events, with a maximum of two (2) individual events on Friday and a maximum of three (3) individual events per day on Saturday and Sunday. A swimmer can enter a maximum of one (1) relay per day on Saturday and Sunday.  Open events do not count towards the event limit. Other than entry qualifying times, there are no restrictions on the number of entries per team in individual events, as long as each entrant meets eligibility and time requirements.
  6. Each YMCA Association may enter a maximum of two relay teams in each relay event.  If entering two relay teams, one must be designated “A” and one designated “B”.  Only the “A” relay team will be eligible for scoring. Only the relay team designated “A” can swim in Finals. Coaches should make every effort to identify the most likely swimmers and enter those swimmers names in the relay events.  All relay cards are due 30 minutes prior to the start of each session.  The top seeded relay heat will swim at night with the finals with the exception of the open relays which will be swum as timed finals in the Friday evening session.
  7. The 2006-2007 edition of “A Manual on Principles and Rules Governing Competitive Physical Activities in the YMCA”, the 2006/2007 Edition of the NJ YMCA State Championship Guide, and the 2007 Edition of the YMCA Mid-Atlantic Group Competitive Swimming and Diving Championships Rules Supplement (where applicable) will be used to measure eligibility.
  8. It shall be the responsibility of the coach and CEO/Executive Director of each YMCA to assure that their swimmers meet these eligibility requirements.

 

Scratch Sheet Instructions:

All entries not scratched will become official entries.  Any swimmer not scratched using this procedure, who does not swim an event will be considered a “no show” and shall be disqualified from their next event in that session, including entry as a member of a relay team.

 

All sessions, Preliminaries and Finals, will be pre-seeded. 

This meet will be seeded in accordance with USA-S Technical Rules (Rule 102.5), and for the benefit of both the swimmers and the spectators, the Meet has been pre-seeded.  The program will be official unless, depending upon the volume of scratches; the Meet Committee will decide whether or not to re-seed an event.  In either case, lane timers and officials and coaches will be issued heat sheets indicating open lanes.  If the Meet Committee decides that it is necessary to re-seed an event, all timers, officials and coaches will be issued heat sheets showing the re-seeded heat and lane assignments and heat sheets will be posted throughout the deck and in the spectator area indicating the re-seeded event.

 

The host team and/or Meet Committee reserve the right to change the pool if necessary for the best operation of the meet. If the pool is configured with eight lanes the top three preliminary heats will be circle seeded.  If the pool is configured with seven lanes the top four preliminary heats will be circle seeded.

 

Championship Finals, Consolation Finals and Bonus Finals

Swimmers initially qualifying for Championship, Consolation Finals and Bonus Finals shall have 30 minutes following the announcement of their names as finalists to scratch a final event by notifying the scratch table. 

If any swimmers scratch from an event, the first and/or second alternates will be notified and they will then have to declare their intention to swim in or scratch from the Finals in that event. Failure to compete in a Final Event from which the swimmer has not scratched shall disqualify the swimmer from the remainder of the meet. Exceptions: No penalties shall apply for failure to compete in finals if:

·         The referee is notified in the event of injury or illness and accepts the proof there of.

·         It is determined by the referee that failure to compete is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the swimmer.

 

Declaration of Intent to Scratch

A swimmer qualifying for consolation or championship finals, based upon the results of the preliminaries in an event, may notify the scratch table within 30 minutes after announcement of the qualifiers for that event that he/she may not compete in the finals of the event, pending the results of a subsequent event in which he/she is entered. The swimmer must declare his/her final intentions within 30 minutes of the completion of subsequent event.

 

Declared False Start:

In the 13/14 and 15/O events, a swimmer may withdraw from a preliminary heat or swim off by electing to take a declared false start. Such declaration must be made known to the pool referee before the heat or swim off is announced. A declared false start counts as an event swum for the swimmer and will be counted in the maximum number of events allowed to be entered by each swimmer.

 

FINALS:

15/18 50, 100 and 200 yard events: During preliminaries the top 24 finishers in each event will be announced.  Swimmers placing 1-8 shall compete in championship finals, 9-16 consolation finals and17-24 bonus finals. Swimmers placing 25th and 26th will be announced as alternates.

All other 15/18 events and all 13/14 events: During preliminaries the top 18 finishers in each event will be announced.  Swimmers placing 1-8 shall compete in championship finals, 9-16 consolation finals, and 17-18 will be announced as alternates. Swimmers placing 25th and 26th will be announced as alternates.

 

Distance Events:

Positive check in will also be required for swimmers in the 1000 and 1650 freestyle events. These events may be reseeded based on the number of scratches.

  • The 1000 Freestyle events will be run fastest to slowest as a Timed Final in the Friday evening session.  
  • The 1650 Freestyle events will be run fastest to slowest as a Timed Final in a separate session following the am session on Sunday. The warm up time will be determined once all entries are received.
  • Heats may be combined.
  • Swimmers entered in these events will be responsible for providing their own timers and counters.
  • Proof of time is required for entry into these events.

 

Spectators: 

Gloucester Institute of Technology has a large amount of deck space for coaches and swimmers. 

The spectator area, raised above the pool deck has limited seating capacity By Order of the Fire Marshall, coolers, folding chairs, and strollers are not permitted in the spectator area.  Spectators will not be allowed on deck.  Spectators and swimmers will not be allowed to save seats in the spectator area.  Host team volunteers will assist spectators with seating and will monitor the spectator area.  Spectators are requested and expected to cooperate with Fire Marshall Regulations and volunteer requests.

 

Admission and Programs

Admission: $5.00 per session

Program:  $10.00 

The pool will be cleared between morning and afternoon session.

 

 

Entry Limitations:

Each swimmer is limited to seven (7) individual events, with a maximum of two (2) individual events on Friday and a maximum of three (3) individual events per day on Saturday and Sunday. The swimmer can enter a maximum of one (1) relay per day on Saturday and Sunday.  Open events do not count towards the meet total.

Concessions:

Food and drink will be available for purchase in the main gym. 

 

Swim Gear: 

Swim gear and apparel will be available for sale during the meet, provided by Ultimate Swim Shop.

 

T-Shirts: 

YMCA State Championship T Shirts will be available to pre-order for the meet. Price $15.00. The host team will post information on web site.  www.svynj.org/ystates

 

Awards:

Coaches must pick up awards prior to the end of the meet.  The host team will not mail awards.

Medals:   First through eighth place in all individual and relay events.

Ribbons: Ninth through sixteenth place in all individual and relay events.

 

Plaques:

The top two boys’ and girls’ team in each age group will receive an age group championship plaque.

 

Banners:

The top three boy’s and girls’ teams, according to overall cumulative boys and girls point totals, will each receive a championship banner.  The top combined boys’ and girls’ team, according to overall cumulative point totals, receives the Meet Championship Banner.

Coaches must pickup all individual and team awards promptly at the end of the meet.

 

Scoring:

The point value for the first through sixteenth place finishes in both individual and relay events are as follows.

 

Individual Events:  20,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,9,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Relay Events: 40,34,32,30,28,26,24,22,18,14,12,10,8,6,4,2

 

Only the A relay can score.

Timed final events for 10&U and 11/12 age groups shall be scored according to the finish times of all competitors in all heats.

In the 13/14 and 15&18 events, points for first through eighth place shall be awarded solely on the basis of a championship final and points for ninth through sixteenth place shall be awarded solely on the basis of a consolation final.

 

 

 

 

YMCA States Championship Event and Session Information

 

 

Event

NJYS

 

 

 

Event

NJYS

Friday

7:00 PM

 

 

 

Friday

7:00 PM

Event 1  Boys 200 Open Medley Relay

1:45.09

 

 

 

Event 2  Girls 200 Open Medley Relay

1:58.09

Event 3  Boys 13-14 1000 Free

11:54.99

 

 

 

Event 4  Girls 13-14 1000 Free

12:15.99

Event 5  Boys 15-18 1000 Free

10:50.99

 

 

 

Event 6  Girls 15-18 1000 Free

11:50.99

Event 7  Boys 11-12 500 Free

6:12.99

 

 

 

Event 8  Girls 11-12 500 Free

6:10.99

Event 9  Boys 11-12 200 Breast

3:04.99

 

 

 

Event 10  Girls 11-12 200 Breast

3:04.99

Event 11  Boys 200 Open  Free Relay

1:33.99

 

 

 

Event 12  Girls 200 Open Free Relay

1:44.99

Event 13  Boys 11-12 200 Fly

2:46.99

 

 

 

Event 14  Girls 11-12 200 Fly

2:46.99

Event 15  Boys 11-12 200 Back

2:41.99

 

 

 

Event 16  Girls 11-12 200 Back

2:41.99

Event 17  Boys 13-14 400 IM

5:04.99

 

 

 

Event 18  Girls 13-14 400 IM

5:19.99

Event 19  Boys 15-18 400 IM

4:49.99

 

 

 

Event 20  Girls 15-18 400 IM

5:09.99

Saturday

8:15AM

 

 

 

Saturday

8:15 AM

Event 21  Boys 13-14 100 Fly

1:05.09

 

 

 

Event 22  Girls 13-14 100 Fly

1:08.89

Event 23  Boys 15-18 100 Fly

58.89

 

 

 

Event 24  Girls 15-18 100 Fly

1:04.49

Event 25  Boys 13-14 200 IM