Name of Meet |
ELITE SWIM CLUB PRESENTS NEW
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Meet Sanction #: |
Sanction
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Date of Meet: |
Saturday, February 23 & Sunday, February 24,
2008 |
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Location: |
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Meet
Director: |
Bill
Deatly, Meet Director, Phone:
908-273-6542 (Please call before
10:00 pm) E-mail: eliteswimclubnj@comcast.net |
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Meet
Referee: |
Keith
Scott 973-729-1341 KDLJScott@earthlink.net
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Meet
Marshal: |
Brandy
Deatly, brando32@comcast.net |
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Entry
Coordinator: |
Bill
Deatly, Meet Director, Phone:
908-273-6542 E-mail: eliteswimclubnj@comcast.net |
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Entry
Deadline: |
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Entries will be considered accepted upon receipt by Meet
Director of entries, waiver, meet verification form and entry fees. ·
Entry Deadline Date: Wednesday,
February 13, 2008. ·
Email entries to: eliteswimclubnj@comcast.net ·
Mail hard copies to: Bill
Deatly, Meet Director, ·
If you are not e-mailing your entries, then overnight or express mail
is recommended, but waive the signature. ·
It is not necessary to use overnight or express mail to send hard
copy and check that are sent in support of an e-mailed entry. |
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Teams
Competing In
South |
CJAC, DORC, ESC, EEX,
FSPY, HACY, JCSC, MAY, MB, MCSC, MEY, OCY, PAA, PAC, PENN, PSC, PPST, PTAC, RVYM, RBY, SAC,
SDSC, SHY, SVY, TAC, TWST, VAC, WHIP, WW, XCEL, YWMC |
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Meet Format Waiver: |
The
host club has the right to change the format of the meet with the approval of
the sanctioning chairman and age group or senior chairman. These changes would be made for a more
efficient swim meet for the swimmers and the host club. Reasons for these changes include: ·
To allow more swimmers to swim. ·
To conform to facility capacity limits or for facility safety
concerns. ·
To condense the meet into smaller time frame. Some
of the changes that can be made: 1) add a session, 2) heat limit distance
events, 3) to condense sessions and 4) eliminate relays. |
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Internet
Website Posting: |
Both:
http://www.eliteswimclub.org & http://www.besmarttinc.com in addition to
NJ Swimming’s website of njswim.org Information
to be posted will include but not limited to: Pre
Meet -Meet Announcement -Hy-Tek Team Manager Events file -Warm-up Schedule & Timing Assignments -List of Teams Entered into Meet Post
Meet -Meet Results |
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Meet Requirement Statement: |
To be eligible for the New Jersey SC Zone
Championship Team or for New Jersey National Championship Reimbursement, one
must participate in 3 NJS sanctioned meets during the SC season. Participation
in this meet counts towards this requirement. |
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Coaches
Eligibility: |
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All coaches “on the deck” must be members of USA Swimming. ·
Coaches must have coaching card visible at all times while on deck. ·
Coaches must have a visible coaches card when entering hospitality
area or when asking for food at concessions. |
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Swimmer Eligibility: |
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All swimmers must be members of USA Swimming to enter and compete in
this meet. ·
All swimmers must be listed on a team’s official entry form to be
eligible to participate in this swim meet in any event including relays. ·
Only New Jersey Swimming athletes may enter and compete in this
championship meet. ·
All transfer swimmer(s) must swim unattached for 120 days from their
last attached competition. Swimmers
must use an UN- (New Team Alpha Code) as their team affiliation. ·
All Unattached swimmers must be listed on the team’s official waiver
entry form. ·
New Jersey Swimming only allows swimmers to compete in 3 individual
events per day, regardless whether the
events are in more than one session ·
There are no
minimum time standards to enter any event in this meet ·
This meet is only for those swimmers ages 9 and 10 whom have not yet
achieved a ·
This meet is only for those swimmers ages 9 & 10 as of the first
date of meet, and those 8 year old swimmers who turn 9 on or before March 1,
2008 and who have not yet achieved a New Jersey ‘GOLD’ Time Standard in the
event entered. |
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Meet
Format: |
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This meet will be run in accordance to current USA Swimming Rules. ·
This meet will be deck seeded with coaches checking in/scratching all
swimmers. ·
This is a timed final meet. |
Meet
Schedule:
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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Warm-up
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Start |
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Session
#1 |
10
yr. Old Girls & 9 yr. Old Boys |
7:25 a.m. |
8:40 a.m. |
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Session #2
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Combined
9-10 Girls & Boys 200 IM+ |
TBA–After Session #1 |
30 minutes* |
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Session #3
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9
yr. Old Girls & 10 yr. Old Boys |
TBA–After Session #2 |
75 minutes* |
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
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Warm-up |
Start |
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Session #4 |
10
yr. Old Girls & 9 yr. Old Boys |
7:25 a.m. |
8:40 a.m. |
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Session
#5
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Combined
9-10 Girls & Boys 500 Free+ |
TBA–After Session #1 |
30 minutes* |
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Session
#6
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9
yr. Old Girls & 10 yr. Old Boys |
TBA–After Session #2 |
75 minutes* |
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* Starting times for sessions after Session #2 #3, #5 & #6 will be determined after entries are received and a time line is created!
TBA - Starting time for
warm-ups will be determined once entries are received.
* - Warm-ups will be determined as to time
and length once entries are received
+ - These events will be run fastest to
slowest alternating girls and boys
200 YD. IM & 500 YD.
FREESTYLE: There will be a positive check-in for these events at the control
table. Swimmers swimming these events must furnish their own timer for the 200
yd. Ind. Medley and furnish their own timer and counter for the 500 yd.
Freestyle. These events will be run
fastest to slowest alternating girls and boys.
Heats will be combined if possible. These events will be scored and
awards presented for both the 9 year olds and the 10 year old and for both
Silver and Bronze Divisions.
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Warm-up Procedures: |
Warm-ups will be run under New Jersey
Swimming Warm-up and Safety Guidelines.
Warm-ups will include general warm-up
lanes, sprint lanes, and pace lanes. ·
All swimmers are entitled to a fair and comparable warm-up. All teams MUST get the same opportunities for general warm-up lanes, sprint
lanes, and pace lanes. ·
All swimmers must enter the pool from the starting end of the pool.
Feet first entry. ·
New Jersey Swimming officials & Meet Marshall will monitor
warm-ups. ·
All general warm-up lanes will swim in a counterclockwise direction. ·
The warm-up sessions will be three 20-minute warm-up sessions,
followed by a single 10 minute sprint warm-up (from the blocks). Teams will
be designated a session & lane(s) in which to warm-up in. Teams may use
their own warm-up lanes to sprint during their 20 minute designated warm-up. ·
Teams sharing a lane must wait for all teams in the lane to complete
general warm-up before using the lane for dive sprints. |
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Entry
Times: |
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New Jersey Swimming does not allow ‘NT’ or ‘No Time’ to be used as an
entry time. ·
All entry times must be in short course yards. |
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Check-In: |
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All check-in sheets must be turned into the scoring table 30 minutes
before the start of each session.
Swimmers that are swimming will have a line through their name. Swimmers that are being scratched will have
their names circled with a “SCR” next to the circle. Swimmers scratching a single event will
have a line through his/her name and the event number circled with “SCR” next
to the circle. ·
500 Free and 200 IM events will have a positive check-in that will be
posted at the scoring table or the control room. |
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Starts: |
‘Fly-over’
or ‘Over-the-top’ starts will be used at the discretion of the Meet Director. |
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Distance
Events |
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The 500 Free & 200 IM events will be run fastest to slowest,
alternating Girls & Boys heats. ·
Heats will be combined (including Men & Women) to consolidate a
heat if necessary. ·
Swimmers must have their own timer and
counter for the 500 Free. ·
Swimmers must have their own timer for the
200 IM |
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Relays: |
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All relays MUST HAVE THE CORRECT FOUR NAMES LISTED AND THE CORECT
order for that relay to be eligible. ·
Coaches must turn in relay cards prior to that relay swimming,
listing correct swimmers names and correct order. ·
In order to swim in a
relay designated as a Silver/Bronze event, no swimmer on that relay may have
a previous Gold time in the stroke and distance that the swimmer will swim in
that relay. For example, a swimmer with
a previous gold time in the 50 free cannot swim the freestyle leg of a 200
medley relay. ·
If a team doesn't have
enough eligible swimmers to complete in a relay, then that relay must be
scratched and may not be swum with an ineligible swimmer. ·
Any relay team
in violation of this requirement will be disqualified and the information
will be turned over to New Jersey Swimming for possible penalties and fines.
(See the NJS Policy Manual for list of fines.) |
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Scoring: |
No
scoring will be kept. |
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Awards: |
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MEDALS will be awarded to the top 6 individual finishers of each
event for both Silver and Bronze Divisions, including the distance events ·
MEDALS will be awarded to the top 3 Relay finishers only ·
A swimmer seeded with a Bronze Time will not receive an award if a
‘GOLD’ time is achieved |
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Entry
Fees: |
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Individual Entry Fee:
$4.00 ·
Relay Entry: $8.00 Make checks payable
to: ELITE SWIM CLUB |
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Admissions
and Programs: |
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Admission will be $6.00 for each session. ·
Cost of Program will be $10.00 for the entire meet. |
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Entries: |
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In accordance with NJS policy, team entries may be submitted by
E-mail to: eliteswimclubnj@comcast.net ·
All entries must be Hy-Tek program entries either on a 3 1/2"
diskette or as an attached file to an e-mail. ·
The meet entry coordinator will respond to e-mails entries within 48
hours. If you do not receive an e-mail
response within 48 hours, assume that your email has not been received. It
then becomes the e-mailer’s responsibility to make sure that the host club's
meet entry coordinator receives the e-mail.
If you do not receive an e-mail response, you must contact the entry
coordinator by email or phone or mail in your entries. ·
An Entry Summary with a signed NJ Swimming waiver and a check must
accompany or follow each mailed entry. ·
Accuracy of seed times is essential.
Incomplete entries will not be accepted. ·
If a swimmer is entered in
the meet, and then achieves a Gold time in one or more of their entered
events prior to the start of the meet, that swimmer must be removed from that
event(s). They will be allowed to substitute another eligible event(s) if
they have any or the entry fee will be refunded if a swimmer can not compete
in substitute event. ·
Deck entries will not be accepted.
No phone or faxed entries will be accepted. |
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Results: |
· All Teams are asked on the meet Summary whether they want results mailed or e-mailed. ·
Results can be ordered from the admission table. For a cost of $10.00 |
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Host
Club Responsibilities: |
The host club responsibilities: · The host club will provide a single timer in each lane through out the meet. · The host club will have stopwatches available for volunteers helping to time. ·
The host club will e-mail all club entries back to the participating
clubs. ·
The host club will create a warm-up schedule that will be fair and
equal to all teams. This warm-up
schedule will be e-mailed to all participating clubs no later than 72 hours
before the meet. The host club will create timing
assignments that are fair and equitable with as many teams participating as possible. These
timing assignments will be e-mailed to all participating clubs no later than 72 hours before
the meet. |
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Participating
Club Responsibilities: |
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Participating clubs must help with timing assignments. Timing assignments will be e-mailed to
participating clubs 72-hours prior to the meet. ·
Participating club parents must stay off the pool deck except for
timing assignments. ·
Participating clubs should help with officiating whenever
possible. List the club contact for
club officials on the meet summary.
Any of your club’s officials that can help with officiating should
contact Keith Scott at KDLJScott@earthlink.net. Their assistance will be greatly
appreciated. Please list a contact person
for officials on your meet summary.
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Concessions: |
Food
and Beverages will be available at reasonable costs. |
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Vendor: |
Swimming Etc. (outside vendor) will be selling merchandise on Saturday and Sunday. |
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Directions: |
DIRECTIONS TO ·
From North: I-287 South toward Morristown-Somerville.
Merge onto NJ-24 East via exit 37 towards ·
From South #1: From GSP: North on GSP to
exit 142 (at Union Toll booth-far right as possible) to Rt 78 East. Take 1st
exit and cross over Rt 78 and re-enter Rt 78 going West. Bear right onto
Route 24 West. Take Exit 2B toward ·
From South #2: From I-287: I-287 North
towards ·
From East: Rt 78 West toward ·
From West: Rt. 78 East to I-287 North. Merge onto
NJ-24 East via exit 37 towards ACCOMMODATIONS: |