Summer Long Course Qualifier
Jenny Thompson Competition Pool
Dover, NH
July 10-13, 2008
Sanctioned by N.E. Swimming: # NE-08-57/ NE-08-57TT
MEET DIRECTOR: Tim Paiva 603-759-6194
MEET REFEREE: Hank
Dolben 603-436-1511
ENTRY CHAIR: Harry Hobbs (603) 431-7696
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. Coaches will receive a check-in sheet before each session, which
must be returned no later than 30 minutes before the beginning of the
session. Heat sheets will be posted
around the pool deck. Swimmers may swim
in no more than five events per day, including time trials.
SITE: Jenny Thompson Competition Pool at Guppey Park, Dover, New
Hampshire. An outdoor heated 6 lane, 50
meter pool, 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. A Diving well warm-up and warm-down area
will be available throughout the meet. Starting end is five feet deep. Large spectator area; bring lawn chairs for
personal comfort. Being an outdoor
facility, we occasionally have delays due to thunderstorms. We will make all
efforts to complete all of the scheduled events.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 2008 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: Entries must be completed and received by June 30, 2008. 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: Harry Hobbs, 489 Sagamore Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801 (603) 431-7696. 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. Any swimmer who is entered with incorrect swimmer information, or an incorrect or no ID, or is unregistered, will be scratched from the meet until corrections are made per the New England policy. Teams that enter unregistered swimmers will be subject to a fine of $100 per unregistered swimmer.
COMPUTER ENTRIES: If your team has a computerized entry system
using Hy-Tek program, email entry file as an attachment (.cl2 or .sd3 format)
to agq@seacoastswimming.com.
Insure that team address and contact information are entered correctly
in this file, as this info will 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 the payment is received within 4 days of the email entry, the date of
receipt of the email entry file will be considered the date your entry for the
meet was received by Seacoast Swimming.
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.
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.
ENTRY FEES: $4.00 per event for electronic entries;
$4.50 per entry for entries that must be entered by hand.
SWIMMER PARTICIPATION FEE: each entry fee must be accompanied by a $3.00 per swimmer, “Swimmer Participation Fee”.
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
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 director to bring the meet within time requirements.
PROGRAMS: $2.00 per session
ADMISSION: $1.00
SAFETY:
WARMUPS: Warm-ups may be divided. Warm-up schedule will be posted on the web
at www.seacoastswimming.com and distributed to each team participating in the
meet. Diving is not permitted during warm-up except during designated sprint lanes.
DISABLED
SWIMMERS: Disabled swimmer forms are available from
the New England Swimming Office.
OFFICIALS AND TIMERS: Will be assigned to each team based on entry
size.
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: 2008 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. No one is permitted on
deck except, athletes, coaches, and officials.
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.
AWARDS: Custom ribbons for the first six places.
LODGING: Information is available on the Seacoast
Site, http://www.seacoastswimming.com/CommonFiles/HotelList.htm
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Session 1 Thursday Evening |
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Warm-up 5:00 PM ; Start 5:30 PM* |
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6:35.00 |
6:18.00 |
400 IM |
6:45.00 |
6:31.70 |
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2:44.00 |
2:34.20 |
200 Free |
2:49.00 |
2:38.00 |
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6:40.00 |
6:20.80 |
400 FREE |
6:51.00 |
6:35.50 |
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Session: 2 Friday Morning |
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Warm-up 7:00 AM; Start 8:00 AM* |
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Women 11-12 |
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1:39.00 |
1:22.30 |
100 Backstroke |
1:35.00 |
1:26.30 |
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13 |
3:07.00 |
2:55.00 |
200 IM |
3:21.00 |
3:03.50 |
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3:41.00 |
3:20.30 |
200 Breaststroke |
3:50.00 |
3:35.40 |
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5:40.00 |
5:22.40 |
400 Freestyle |
5:59.00 |
5:41.50 |
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Women 8 & U |
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4:45.00 |
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200 IM |
4:50.00 |
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Women 10 & U |
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3:34.50 |
3:20.60 |
200 IM |
3:50.50 |
3:30.80 |
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1:56.50 |
1:47.20 |
100 Breaststroke |
2:09.00 |
1:56.20 |
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3:12.00 |
2:58.70 |
200 Freestyle |
3:19.50 |
3:11.00 |
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Session: 3 Friday Afternoon |
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Warm-up 1:00 AM; Start 2:00 PM* |
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Women 13 & Over |
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6:00.00 |
5:33.50 |
400 IM |
6:00.00 |
5:17.50 |
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1:38.00 |
1:22.50 |
100 Breaststroke |
1:34.00 |
1:16.00 |
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1:23.00 |
1:09.90 |
100 Butterfly |
1:23.00 |
1:06.10 |
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5:19.00 |
4:56.00 |
400 freestyle |
5:10.00 |
4:42.10 |
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Session 4: Saturday Morning |
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Warm-up 7:00AM; Start 8:00AM* |
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