SEACOAST SWIMMING ASSOCIATION

Summer Long Course Qualifier

Jenny Thompson Competition Pool

Dover, NH

July 12-15, 2007

 

Sanctioned by N.E. Swimming: # NE-07-57 and NE-07-57 TT

 

SITE:  Jenny Thompson Competition Pool at Guppey Park, Dover, New Hampshire.  An outdoor heated 50 meter pool, six (6) seven (7) foot lanes with non-turbulent lane lines.  Fully-automatic Colorado Electronic timing system with Aqua-Grip touch pads at starting end, and touch pads at both ends of pool.  There is a diving well warm-up and warm-down area. Starting end is five feet deep.  Large, grassy spectator area; bring lawn chairs for personal comfort.

 

MEET DIRECTOR:  Jeff Wensman   603-868-8223

MEET REFEREE:  Bob Menck 603-357-9638

ENTRY CHAIR: Harry Hobbs 

 

ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2007 USA Swimming registered athletes.  All swimmers must be registered before the entry is submitted.  Teams that enter unregistered swimmers will be subject to a fine of $100 per unregistered swimmer.  New England teams entering the meet are required to check their entries with the online registration check tool on the New England Swimming web site.  Please contact the New England Swimming Office for registration information. Disabled swimmer forms are available from the New England Swimming Office. New England Swimming Office: 20 Cleveland Road, Needham MA 02492, 781-449-0270, office@neswim.com.

 

ENTRY INFORMATION:  Entry forms must be completed and received by June 29, 2007.  If you do an electronic entry, please do not send a hard copy of the entry.  Also, include your team initials in the subject of any email relating to this meet.  Make checks payable to Seacoast Swimming Association and mail with disclaimer form to: Michele Wensman, 7 Hoitt Drive, Durham, NH 03824 (603) 868-8223. Entries should be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested to insure delivery.  All forms must be typed or printed legibly and must contain swimmers' ages and USS numbers.  There will be no refunds for entries accepted, or entries rejected due to improper entry. All swimmers must be registered with USA Swimming before the entry is submitted. Teams that enter unregistered swimmers will be subject to a fine of $100 per unregistered swimmer.

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 COMPUTER ENTRIES:  If your team has a computerized entry system using Hy-Tek program, email entry file (.cl2 or .sd3 format) as an attachment to AGQ@seacoastswimming.com.  Insure that team address and contact information are entered correctly in the file as this info may be used as your team contact for meet information. Send all e-mail correspondence regarding this meet to the above e-mail address.  For email entries, payment must be received within 4 days of receipt of the email entry.  If payment is not received within 4 days of the email entry, the entry will be considered received as of the date that the payment and hard copy are received.

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ENTRY TIME UPDATES: Entry times may be updated until 7 days before the meet by e-mail file only, provided no new entries are included and no other changes are made to the entry file. Anything but a file identical to the original entry file with times updated will be rejected. If additional entries are to be accepted, a separate file and entry fees must be submitted prior to the entry deadline. 

 

CUTS:  The 400 I.M. and 400 Free will be limited to EIGHT heats each for men and women in each event for 13 and Over and FOUR heats each for 10 and Under and 11-12.  The event will be filled to ensure full heats based upon seed times.  If there are scratches, swimmers will be restored based on their seed time.   Other cuts by time will be made if necessary in events designated by the meet directors to bring the meet within time requirements

 

 

 

 

 

ENTRY RULES: 

CUT ON TIME:  Swimmer must have at least this fast a time either from an actual long course swim or a converted yard time (yard time in seconds X 1.14.)

 

CUT OFF TIME:  Swimmer must not have achieved an actual long course time faster than this (Age Group qualifying time is .01 seconds faster.)

 

 

EXCEPTIONS: 

1.       Any swimmer with a short course time, which converts faster than the cut off time, may swim the event with his or her converted time. 

2.       Any 11-12 swimmer with a time faster than the cut off time, but slower than the Sectional cut in an event, may swim that event in his/her age group at this meet provided the swimmer has the OPEN cut for the New England Long Course Championships in that event.

3.       Any 13 and Over swimmer who has the cut for the New England Long Course Championships in an event but does not have the Sectional cut in that event, may swim that event to attempt to qualify for Sectionals

 

SWIMMERS MUST SWIM IN THEIR OWN AGE GROUP UNLESS a swimmer's birthday is after this meet and before the respective Age Group Championship, causing a change in age group.  He/she may then swim in the older age group.  Any entry of a swimmer in an older age group should be noted as a message in the entry email.

 

Eight and Under events will be swum for all eight and under swimmers meeting the entry cut time. There is no cut-off time for eight and under events. Eight and under swimmers who meet the cut-on times for ten and under events may swim those events to qualify for the 10 & Under events at the Age Group Championship

 

ENTRY FEES:  $4.00 per event for electronic entries; $4.50 per entry for entries that must be entered by hand.

 

SWIMMER PARTICIPATION FEE: Pursuant to New England swimming Policies, each entry fee must be accompanied by a $3.00 per swimmer,  “Swimmer Participation Fee”.

 

ENTRY TIMES:  All entries must be in meter times or yard times converted to meter times using the conversion 1.14 times total number of seconds.

 

PROGRAMS:  $6.00 for 6 sessions; $1.00 for Thursday evening session

 

ADMISSION:  $1.00

 

MEET FORMAT:  The meet will be swim as timed finals.  The meet will be computer seeded based upon a positive check-in at the beginning of each session.  Swimmers must check in or they will be scratched from the session. Late arrivals may be un-scratched for remaining unseeded events.  Seeded event sheets will be posted after completion of the bullpen check-in.  Swimmers may swim in no more than five events per day, including time trials.

 

SAFETY:

  1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes.  There will be no diving in the warm-up and warm down areas at any time.  Athletes must, at all times, enter the pool from the starting block end only. This applies to the warm-up area also.
  2. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
  3. No glass containers and no pets are permitted within the confines of Guppy Park.
  4. Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach.  If a swimmer arrives at the meet without a coach, the swimmer should notify the referee before he/she warms up.  The referee will assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.
  5. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.

 

WARMUPS:  Warm-ups may be divided.  Warm-up schedule will be posted on the web and distributed to each team participating in the meet. No diving during warm-up except during designated sprint lanes.

 

DISABLED SWIMMERS:  Disabled swimmer forms are available from the New England Swimming Office.

 

OFFICIALS AND TIMERS:  Volunteer officials will be appreciated. Because this meet is a New England Qualifier, timing assignments will be made to teams entered in the meet.

 

REFRESHMENTS:  Seacoast Swimming Association will operate a food concession on site.

 

EQUIPMENT VENDOR:  An equipment vendor, Action Accents, will be on-site for the duration of the meet.

 

RULES:  2007 U.S. Swimming rules will govern all competition and decisions by the meet referee will be final, unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the heat swum.

 

MISCELLANEOUS:  All coaches should check in with the Clerk of Course upon arrival at the pool to pick up coaches' packets.  Coaches are responsible for the behavior of their swimmers at all times.  Any damage to the premises or equipment is the responsibility of those doing the damage.  Seacoast Swimming Association and the City of Dover assume no responsibility for lost or stolen property.  No glass containers are permitted, no pets are permitted and there is no smoking permitted anywhere in the park.  Only athletes, coaches, USS registered officials, timers and meet personnel are permitted on deck.

 

DIRECTIONS:  Take exit 8E off Spaulding Turnpike in Dover.  Follow signs for Route 4 East through downtown Dover.  Jenny Thompson Competition Pool at Guppey Park is approximately two miles on Route 4 (also known as Portland Ave.), on the left at the top of the hill.  Pool phone:  743-6085

 

PARKING:  Ample parking is available at the Guppey Park facility, and on public streets where parking is permitted.  Improperly parked cars will be towed at owner's expense.

 

TIME TRIALS:  Time trials ($5 per event) will be held, time permitting, between sessions and/or at the conclusion of the pm sessions.

 

AWARDS:  Custom ribbons for the first six places.

 

LODGING: Information is available on the Seacoast Swimming Website, http://www.seacoastswimming.com/CommonFiles/HotelList.htm  

EVENTS SCHEDULE

Session 1 Thursday Evening

Warm-up 5:00 PM ; Start 5:30 PM*

Women 11-12

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 11-12

1

6:35.00

6:18.00

400 IM

6:45.00

6:31.70

2

5

2:44.00

2:34.20

200 Free

2:49.00

2:38.00

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women 10 & U

 

 

 

 

 

Men 10 & U

3

6:40.00

6:20.80

400 FREE

6:51.00

6:35.50

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session: 2   Friday Morning

Warm-up 7:00 AM; Start 8:00 AM*

Women 11-12

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 11-12

7

1:39.00

1:22.30

100 Backstroke

1:35.00

1:26.30

8

13

3:07.00

2:55.00

200 IM

3:21.00

3:03.50

14

17

3:41.00

3:20.30

200 Breaststroke

3:50.00

3:35.40

18

21

5:40.00

5:22.40

400 Freestyle

5:59.00

5:41.50

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women 8 & U

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 8 & U

9

4:45.00

 

200 IM

4:50.00

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women 10 & U

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 10 & U

11

3:34.50

3:20.60

200 IM

3:50.50

3:30.80

12

15

1:56.50

1:47.20

100 Breaststroke

2:09.00

1:56.20

16

19

3:12.00

2:58.70

200 Freestyle

3:19.50

3:11.00

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session: 3   Friday Afternoon

Warm-up 1:00 AM; Start 2:00 PM*

Women 13 & Over

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 13 & Over

23

6:00.00

5:33.50

400 IM

6:00.00

5:17.50

24

25

1:38.00

1:22.50

100 Breaststroke

1:34.00

1:16.00

26

27

1:23.00

1:09.90

100 Butterfly

1:23.00

1:06.10

28

29

5:19.00

4:56.00

400 freestyle

5:10.00

4:42.10

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Session 4:   Saturday Morning

Warm-up 7:00AM; Start 8:00AM*

Women 10 & U

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 10 & U

31

1:56.00

1:40.40

100 Butterfly

1:59.00

1:49.40

32

35

1:34.00

1:21.90

100 Freestyle

1:42.00

1:23.30

36

43

55.00

44.00

50 Backstroke

58.00

44.30

44

49

1:00.00

49.70

50 Breaststroke

1:04.00

54.60

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women 11-12

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 11-12

33

1:32.00

1:22.60

100 Butterfly

1:42.00

1:32.10

34

37

1:21.00

1:11.00

100 Freestyle

1:25.00

1:13.10

38

41

3:25.00

3:10.10

200 Butterfly

3:25.00

3:13.00

42

45

46.00

38.90

50 Backstroke

49.00

41.50

46

51

50.00

43.00

50 Breaststroke

54.00

45.90

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women 8 & U

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 8 & U

39

2:00.00

 

100 Freestyle

2:01.00

 

40

47

1:06.00

 

50 Backstroke

1:12.00

 

48

53

1:16.00

 

50 Breaststroke

1:18.00

 

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 5: Saturday Afternoon

Warm-up 1:00 PM; Start 2:00 PM*

Women 13 & Over

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 13 & Over

55

1:12.00

1:04.60

100 Freestyle

1:10.00

59.10

56

57

3:20.00

2:59.50

200 Breaststroke

3:19.00

2:48.49

58

59

1:25.00

1:13.30

100 Backstroke

1:25.00

1:07.50

60

61

2:32.00

2:18.80

200 Freestyle

2:30.00

2:08.80

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Session: 6   Sunday Morning

Warm-up 7:00; Start 8:00 AM*

Women 11-12

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 11-12

63

1:44.00

1:33.80

100 Breaststroke

1:49.40

1:41.40

64

67

3:22.00

2:56.90

200 Backstroke

3:25.00

3:09.20

68

73

38.50

32.40

50 Freestyle

39.50

33.00

74

79

44.50

35.80

50 Butterfly

45.50

38.80

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women 10 & U

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 10 & U

65

1:46.50

1:35.30

100 Backstroke

1:54.50

1:37.50

66

71

47.00

36.50

50 Freestyle

48.50

36.90

72

77

53.50

42.10

50 Butterfly

56.00

44.50

78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women 8 & U

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 8 & U

69

58.00

 

50 Freestyle

59.00

 

70

75

1:16.00

 

50 Butterfly

1:23.00

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session: 7   Sunday Afternoon

Warm-up 1:00 PM; Start 2:00 PM*

Women 13 & Over

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

 

Cut-on time

Cut-off time

Men 13 & Over

81

2:55.00

2:37.50

200 IM

2:48.00

2:25.20

82

83

2:55.00

2:37.20

200 Backstroke

2:54.00

2:28.30

84

85

2:59.00

2:41.10

200 Butterfly

2:58.00

2:29.70

86

87

35.00

29.80

50 Freestyle

35.00

26.90

88

*Specific warm-up schedule will be provided to each team in the meet after the entries are entered in the computer