“Goggles and Ghouls Splashtastic Swim Meet ”
SCOTTS BLUFF SWIM CLUB
October 28-30, 2011
SANCTION:
Held under Sanction of Wyoming Swimming, Inc. and USA Swimming, Inc. Sanction # 2012-6
LOCATION:
Scottsbluff High School Splash Arena, 313 E 27 th St, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
LIABILITY:
In granting this sanction, it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming, Wyoming Swimming Inc., Scotts Bluff
Swim Club and the Scottsbluff Splash Arena shall be free from responsibility or liability for injuries sustained by
any individual, athlete, or spectator while traveling to and from, or while participating in this meet. Also, the abovementioned are not responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged property.
FACILITY:
Indoor 6 lane, 25 yard pool with non-turbulent lane dividers and backstroke flags. Colorado Timing System
including completely automatic timer with touch-pads and electronic scoreboard display for all lanes. This pool has
the water depth of 3 feet 3 1/2 inches to 12 feet from both end walls. The competition course has not been certified
in accordance with USA Swimming regulations 104.2.2C (4).
HOST TEAM: Scotts Bluff Swim Club
MEET DIRECTOR:
Michele Stark
260719 County Road U
Gering, NE 69341
308-641-6083
HEAD REFEREE:
Matt Wood
3528 Boston Road
Cheyenne, WY 82001
307-634-2322
RULES:
This meet will be pre-seeded as timed finals in all events. Current USA Swimming rules will govern the meet. Any
swimmer without a coach must report to the Meet Director or Meet Referee to make arrangements for such
supervision.
PROTESTS:
Protests of any kind will only be accepted by the Head Referee from the team coach and in
accordance with U.S.A. Swimming, Inc. rules and regulations.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants MUST be currently registered with USA Swimming . No on-deck registration. Clubs will be fined $100 for
any swimmer not meeting the current 2011 registration requirement. A registered coach or club representative must sign
the USA Registration Compliance form or entries will not be accepted.
AGE GROUPS: Age as of October 28, 2011, shall determine the swimmer’s age group for the meet.
Individual events: *8 & Under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, and 15& over.
Relays: *8 &Under, 9-10, 11-12, and Senior . Senior relay members must be 13 or older.
*8 & Under is not a USA Swimming recognized age group.
SCORING:
Individual Events: 7-5-4-3-2-1
Swimmers will earn points for events in their respective age groups. Individual events in 13 & Over will be scored
in the following age groups: 13-14 and 15-18. Swimmers 19 & Over can swim, but will not be eligible for AgeGroup High Point Awards. Points will not transfer to any other age group. The Open 200 Butterfly, 200
Breaststroke, 200 Backstroke, 1000 Freestyle, 1650 Freestyle and 400 IM will be mixed and seeded by time.
These will be scored as follows: 11-12, 13-14, and 15-18. The Open 500 Freestyle will be mixed and seeded by
time and scored as follows: 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, and 15-18.
AWARDS:
Individual Events: 1st-6th Custom Ribbons
Relay Events: 1st-3rd Custom Ribbons
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HIGH POINT: Custom embroidered towels will be provided as High point awards for the top 3 scoring male and female in each age
group. Points earned in an age group will not transfer to any other age group for high point.
Coaches may pick up awards at the end of the meet. Final results will be sent to each team within ten days.
ENTRIES:
Each swimmer may enter five (5) individual events and one (1) relay per day. Maximum entries for entire meet - 10
individual events and 2 relays.
This is a timed final meet and will be pre-seeded based on entries submitted in yards. When a No Time entry is
submitted, the swimmer will be randomly seeded in the slowest heats. Please email entries using the HY-TEK
software or a master Entry Sheet. If entries are submitted by email, a hard copy of the entries MUST also be
submitted. Email to: michele@actcom.net
ENTRY LIMIT: Total number of swimmers will be limited to 200, although no team entries will be split.
On deck entries will be at the discretion of the Meet Director.
ENTRY FEE:
$4.00 per swimmer per event plus $6.00 Wyoming Participation Fee. $5.00 per relay event.
one check, payable to Scotts Bluff Swim Club to cover entries from a single club.
ENTRY:
DEADLINE
Entries must be in the hands of the Meet Director by Sunday, Oct 21, 2011. Late entries will only
be accepted if postmarked on or before Oct 21, 2011.
Submit
Mail Entries to:
Scotts Bluff Swim Club
c/o Michele Stark
260719 County Road U
Gering, Nebraska 69341
email: michele@actcom.net
WARM-UPS:
1: Friday evening: 4:45-5:45 pm
2: Saturday:
7:30-8:45am
3: Sunday:
7:30-8:45am
Meet starts: 6:00 pm General warm-up - no lanes assigned
9:00 am Lane assignments will be posted.
9:00 am Lane assignments will be posted.
Warm-ups will be in accordance with U.S.A. Swimming, Inc. rules. NO DIVING DURING GENERAL WARMUP. Racing starts will be allowed only during the last 10 minutes of the warm-up period. Sprints will be one-way
only. Swimmers without a coach will be assigned to a coach by the Referee.
COACHES:
A coaches meeting will be held 15 minutes prior to the start of the meet each day in the swim office.
OFFICALS:
An officials’ meeting will be held 30 minutes prior to the start of the meet each day in the swim office.
SCRATCHES:
Coaches, please present your scratch list to the Meet Referee at the Coaches Meeting.
CLERK OF COURSE: No Clerk of Course.
***400IM, 500, 1000 and 1650 Freestyle will be seeded and swum combined by gender. All heats will be swum fastest to slowest.
Counters and timers are to be provided by the swimmers.
CONCESSIONS: There will be a wide variety of food and drink available. Food and drink are NOT allowed in the pool area.
APPAREL: Meet t-shirts will be available with a pre-order. See attached order sheet. Pre orders will be due on October 17.
Also, a wide variety of items will be available at the team stand.
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TIMERS:
We would really appreciate each team providing two adults to help time events. There will be a TIMERS
MEETING 15 minutes prior to each session.
SAFETY:
Safety should be everyone’s number one priority. Pool decks are slippery; please walk. Swimmers and
coaches must enter pool area through proper entrances. NO GLASS!!
Scottsbluff Swim Club is fortunate to have the use of such a fine facility for our fall invitational. We can show our
gratitude for the generosity of the Scottsbluff Public Schools and City of Scottsbluff by seeing that all trash is
disposed of in the proper receptacles. Coaches and parents please police your area before leaving each session.
Swimmers please keep locker rooms clean and safe. Thank you for your cooperation and good luck swimmers!
PLEASE HELP US HAVE A SAFE AND FUN SWIMMING MEET!!
•••• THERE IS NO SMOKING ANYWHERE IN THE FACILITY OR ON SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY••••
SAFETY DIRECTOR: Jennifer Galindo
3526 Spruce Dr.
Scottsbluff, NE 69361
308-672-5321
Motel list:
Candlelight Inn
Comfort Inn
Days Inn
Hampton Inn
Holiday Inn Express
Lamplighter American Inn
Super 8
Microtel Inn & Suites
308-635-3751
308-228-5150
800-597-3111
308-635-5200
308-632-1000
308-632-7108
308-635-1600
308-436-1950
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Schedule of Events
Session 1: Friday, October 28: Warm-ups at 4:45pm Meet starts at 6:00 p.m.
Girls Event
Age
Distance & Stroke
Boys Event
1
8 & Under
100 IM
2
3
9-10
100 IM
4
5
11-12
100 IM
6
7
13-Over
Mixed 400 IM
8
11-Over
Mixed 1650 Freestyle
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Session 2: Saturday, October 29: Warm-ups at 7:30 a.m. Meet starts at 9:00 a.m.
Girls Event
Age,
Distance & Stroke
Boys Event
9
11
13
15
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13-Over
100 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
10
12
14
16
17
19
21
23
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13-Over
25 Backstroke
50 Backstroke
50 Backstroke
100 Backstroke
18
20
22
24
25
27
29
31
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13 & Over
50 Breaststroke
100 Breaststroke
100 Breaststroke
Mixed 200 Breaststroke
26
28
30
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33
35
37
39
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13-Over
25 Butterfly
50 Butterfly
50 Butterfly
100 Butterfly
34
36
38
40
41
43
45
47
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13-Over
50 Freestyle
50 Freestyle
50 Freestyle
50 Freestyle
42
44
46
48
49
50
51
52
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13 & Over
Mixed 100 Medley Relay
Mixed 200 Medley Relay
Mixed 200 Medley Relay
Mixed 200 Medley Relay
(15 min warm-up – if needed)
53
11 & Over
Mixed 500 Freestyle
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Schedule of Events
Session 3: Sunday, October 30: Warm-ups at 7:30 am. Meet starts at 9:00 am
Girls Event
Age, Distance & Stroke
Boys Event
55
8 & Under
50 Backstroke
56
57
9-10
100 Backstroke
58
59
11-12
100 Backstroke
60
61
13 & Over
Mixed 200 Backstroke
-63
65
67
69
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13-Over
25 Breaststroke
50 Breaststroke
50 Breaststroke
100 Breaststroke
64
66
68
70
71
73
75
77
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13 & Over
50 Butterfly
100 Butterfly
100 Butterfly
Mixed 200 Butterfly
72
74
76
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79
81
83
85
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13-Over
25 Freestyle
100 Freestyle
100 Freestyle
100 Freestyle
80
82
84
86
87
89
91
93
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13-Over
200 IM
200 IM
200 IM
200 IM
88
90
92
94
95
96
97
98
8 & Under
9-10
11-12
13&Over
Mixed 100 Free Relay
Mixed 200 Free Relay
Mixed 200 Free Relay
Mixed 200 Free Relay
(15 min warm-up if needed)
99
11 & Over
Mixed 1000 Freestyle
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USA REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN A WYOMING SWIMMING INCORPORATED SANCTIONED OR
APPROVED MEET THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT MUST BE SIGNED:
I attest that all swimmers entered in this meet are properly registered athlete members of USA Swimming. Inc.
_____________________________________ _____________ ____________ _________
Signature of Coach/Team Representative
Date
Phone
Club code
Important Note: The Wyoming Swimming Inc Board of Directors shall impose a fine of $100 against a club
when a coach or club representative signs a document which indicates that an athlete is registered with USA
Swimming for a meet when that athlete is not a properly registered athlete member. Additionally, the WSI
Board of Directors shall require a club to pay an amount equal to the current athlete registration fee for each
athlete that competes in a USA Swimming sanctioned competition without being a properly registered athlete
member.
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