2016 MIDDLE ATLANTIC SWIMMING SENIOR ELITE INVITATIONAL
JANUARY 16-18, 2016
MEET HOST
POOL CERTIFICATION
MIDDLE ATLANTIC SWIMMING
Held under the sanction of USA Swimming and Middle Atlantic Swimming. Meet Sanction # MA 16130 SR
Time Trial Sanction #MA 16131 TT In granting this sanction, it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming shall
be free from any liabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of this
event.
STEPHANIE ROZICK
E-MAIL: bcatmeet@verizon.net
PHONE: 814-404-5824
Pool name Gloucester County Institute of Technology Street address 1360 TANYARD ROAD City, state and zip
SEWELL, NJ 08080 Day of meet ONLY emergency phone 856-468-1445, x. 2304
This is an
indoor
outdoor pool with 8 lanes for competition, a Colorado timing system with a 8 line scoreboard
for the deep competition pool, a 1 line scoreboard for the shallow competition pool and non-turbulent lane lines. The
meet will be conducted in SCY
SCM
LCM. Deck seating for
and spectator seating for 450. The
parking lot will be open all day on both Saturday, Sunday and Monday Hospitality For Coaches and Officials Snack
bar Will be available. The Gloucester County Institute of Technology school and staff administer the snack bar.
Middle Atlantic Swimming has no responsibility whatsoever for any aspect of the snack bar.
The competition course
has
has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4)
WATER DEPTH
The depth of the water at the start end of the pool is 10 feet and at the turn end is 5 feet.
EVENTS
This meet will be conducted in accordance with the attached schedule of events.
ENTRIES OPEN
ENTRY QUALIFYING
PERIOD
ENTRY DEADLINE
11/23/2015 USING USA SWIMMING OME WWW.USASWIMMING.ORG/OME
ENTRY FEES
Individual Events: $7.00
Relay Events: $12.00
TIME TRIALS
Individual Event $15.00
RELAYS $20.00
ENTRY LIMITs
3 Individual Events per day (excluding relays).
ELIGIBILITY
All entrants must be registered members of USA Swimming. Age as of the first day of the meet determines
eligibility. This meet is open to 2016 USA swimming registered swimmers.
SANCTION
MEET DIRECTOR
LOCATION
FACILITY DESCRIPTION
Times for entry into this meet must have been achieved on or after April 30, 2013
1/4/2016
at 11:59 PM
Surcharge: $5/swimmer (including relay only)
2 Relays per day
MEET ENTRY LIMIT: 12
MEET ENTRY CHAIR
On-site registration
will
will not be accepted at this meet.
 The Meet Director reserves the right to limit entries, events or heats in order to conform to MA/USA Swimming
rules. Swimmers/teams eliminated from the meet due to time or space constraints will be given a full refund.
 Entry times must be submitted in the course in which they were achieved. Nonconforming times will be seeded
LSY . NT entries
will
will not be accepted.
STEPHANIE ROZICK
PHONE #: 814-404-5824 (no calls before 9:00 AM or after 9:00 PM)
ONLINE ENTRY
WWW.USASWIMMING.ORG/OME
ON-SITE REGISTRATION
ENTRY PROCEDURES
MAIL CHECKS/ REPORTS STEPHANIE ROZICK 4295 WHITE HORSE RD. MALVERN PA 19355
CHECKS PAYABLE TO
N/A
SAFETY DIRECTOR
Mike Ortiz/Stephanie Rozick
E-MAIL: Safety@maswim.org
PHONE: 915-867-1314
OFFICIALS CONTACT
KENT STEEVES
E-MAIL: Officialkent@gmail.com
PHONE: 302-465-0118
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USA Swimming and Middle Atlantic Swimming Safety Guidelines and Warm-up Procedures will be in effect for the
entire meet. Entry into the pool shall be from the ends, not the sides, and shall be feet first except in designated
start/sprint lanes.
Warm-up sessions may be divided into periods of equal length depending on the number of swimmers entered into
WARM-UP INFORMATION
each session. Warm-up schedules will be posted and made available to coaches at the meet.
Sprint/ Start lanes will be available at the end of the warm-up period. No diving or backstroke starts will be permitted,
except in sprint lanes, when designated.
The referee may remove anyone from the warm-up for failure to comply with warm-up rules
SESSION
WARM-UP TIMES
MEET STARTS
Saturday, Sunday, Monday Prelims
Saturday & Sunday Finals
Monday Finals
7:30 AM
4:30 PM
4:00 PM
Saturday Warm-Up- 7:30 AM Meet Starts 9:00AM
#
SCY
SCM
LCM
1
1:11.29
1:15.19
1:21.39
3
1:58.29
2:06.69
2:14.89
5
1:01.39
1:08.99
1:07.49
7
2:16.19
2:24.59
2:34.29
9
11
10:58.99
9:12.79
9:37.09
Sunday
Prelims Warm-Up - 7:30 AM Meet Starts - 9:00 AM
#
SCY
SCM
LCM
13
15
17
19
21
23
4:52.19
25.69
2:34.99
1:02.19
5:16.39
5:04.19
26.59
2:42.89
1:06.29
4:30.59
5:26.29
28.59
2:56.19
1:10.99
4:40.19
Monday
Prelims Warm-Up - 7:30 AM Meet Starts - 9:00 AM
#
SCY
SCM
LCM
25
2:13.89
2:24.59
2:32.19
27
55.09
57.89
1:03.09
29
2:17.09
2:20.59
2:31.59
31
33
18:01.79
17:44.09
18:21.89
9:00 AM
5:30 PM
5:00 PM
Finals Warm Up 4:30 Meet Starts 5:30
Event
LCM
100 Breast
1:15.19
200 Free
2:06.69
100 Fly
1:03.09
200 IM
2:24.59
800 Free Relay
800 Free
9:12.79
SCM
1:11.89
2:01.49
1:01.19
2:17.09
SCY
1:04.99
1:49.79
55.89
2:03.99
9:00.79
10:18.09
#
2
4
6
8
10
12
SCY
#
4:24.79
22.99
2:20.69
56.69
4:58.99
14
16
18
20
22
24
Finals Warm-up – 4:30 PM Meet – Start - 5:30
Event
LCM
SCM
400 IM
50 Free
200 Breast
100 Back
400 Free
400 Medley Relay
5:04.19
26.59
2:42.89
1:06.29
4:30.59
4:53.09
25.39
2:36.29
1:03.09
4:18.79
Finals Warm-up – 4:00 PM Meet – Start - 5:00
Event
LCM
SCM
200 Back
2:24.59
2:18.29
100 Free
57.89
55.29
200 Fly
2:20.59
2:15.09
400 Free Relay
1500 Free
17:44.09
16:56.09
SCY
2:04.89
50.19
2:03.49
17:15.19
#
26
28
30
32
34
**The fastest heat of the Women/Men 800 and 1500 Free events will swim as the first events at the Saturday and Monday Finals
sessions, respectively; the remaining heats will swim in the afternoon.
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MEET ADMINISTRATION
DECK ENTRIES / TIME
TRIALS
PROOF OF TIMES
SEEDING
DISTANCE EVENTS
This Meet is sponsored and administered by Middle Atlantic Swimming. MIDDLE ATLANTIC CLUBS WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING VOLUNTEER WORKERS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF THEIR SWIMMERS
ENTERED IN THE MEET. This requirement is necessary for the smooth running of the Meet. Each Team’s contact
person will be notified of their Team’s assignments. Failure to provide assigned workers could cause penalties to be
imposed on that Team’s entries in the Meet or subsequent Meets
Deck entries will not be accepted at this meet.
Swimmers interested in swimming a Time Trial should make that request to the Meet Director at any time during the
meet. Time Trials will be scheduled at the discretion of the Meet Director and the Meet Referee. The entry fee for a
Time Trial is $15 (Relays - $20.). An individual event Time Trial counts toward the maximum allowed three (3)
individual events per day for each swimmer.
Time Trials are open to swimmers entered in this meet in an individual or relay event. Swimmers are limited to two (2)
individual event time trials for the meet.
Entry times must be from a sanctioned, approved or observed meet. Proof of time
is is not required for this
meet.
Falsification of any entry time may be subject to penalties/fines set by Middle Atlantic
This meet will be pre-seeded with the exception of the event(s) noted below in the Distance Events Section.
ALL EVENTS 400 METERS AND LONGER WILL BE POSITIVE CHECK IN.
THE AFTERNOON HEATS OF THE 800 AND 1500 FREE (EXCEPT TOP 8) WILL BE SCHEDULED TO END JUST
PRIOR TO THE START OF WARMUPS FOR FINALS, SEEDED SLOW TO FAST, ALTERNATING ONE HEAT OF
WOMEN THEN ONE HEAT OF MEN. WARM-UP FOR THE AFTERNOON SWIMS WILL BE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES
BEFORE THE START OF THE EARLIEST HEAT OF THE 800 AND 1500 FREE
.SWIMMERS FOR THE 800 AND 1500 FREESTYLE EVENTS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN TIMER (EXCEPT AT
FINALS) AND COUNTER.
SCRATCH RULES
The Meet will be swum using modified scratch rules to those described in Section 207.11.6 of the USA Swimming
Rules & Regulations.
A. Positive Check-in events: Any swimmer/relay team that has positively checked-in to a deckseeded event and then does not swim that event will be barred from their next individual/relay event in the
meet. A Declared False Start can be taken in these events after the event has been seeded.
SCRATCH RULES
B. Finals events: Any swimmer that qualifies for one of the Finals heats (C-, B-, or A-Finals) in a
Prelims/Finals event and then does not compete in that event at Finals will be barred from further
competition in the meet (including relays) unless the swimmer has scratched (or indicated their possible
intention to scratch) within thirty (30) minutes of the announcement of the results of the Prelims results of
that event (and confirmed their possible intention to scratch within thirty minutes of the announcement of the
results of that swimmer’s last individual event at the Prelims session.) A swimmer who does not confirm
their intention to scratch is assumed NOT to have scratched and will be seeded into the Finals event.
Swimmers initially announced as Alternates for the Finals will not be so penalized.
A Declared False Start, a Delay-of-Meet False Start or other action taken by a swimmer with the intent to
non-compete at the Finals session will be treated as a failure to compete and will be penalized as such.
C. Final day-of-meet Finals no-show rule: Furthermore, a $50 fine will be imposed on any Middle
Atlantic swimmer who qualifies for Finals and fails to swim that event on the final day of the meet (or the
final day for that particular swimmer) – unless that swimmer has appropriately scratched from the event or
was originally listed as an Alternate (or lower) in the event. This fine also applies to the top eight (8)
swimmers in the 800- and 1500-Free events listed on the pre-meet psych sheet that positively check-in for
that event and then do not compete.
D. There is no penalty for a swimmer that does not swim in a Prelims heat of a Prelims/Finals event.
i.e. no scratch necessary.
AWARDS
Combined Women and Men Teams
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Top Individual Female , High Point
Top Individual Male, High Point
SCORING
PROGRAMS AND
ADMISSION
MISCELLANEOUS
Individual events 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Relays
40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2
Programs/heat sheets will be sold by
session
entire meet. Meet mobile
will (providing connectivity is
available in facility)
will not be available.
Admission is $5 per session includes heat sheet. Children under 12 admitted free. Volunteers serving in a capacity
determined by the Meet Director will be refunded admission cost.
Bonus Swims
The meet is open to all 2016 registered USA Swimming athletes who meet the listed qualifying times for each event.
Bonus Swims:
# of total events entered
# of bonus swims allowed*
1-3
2
4
1
5 or more
0
* Bonus events must have an entry time; ‘NT’ is not acceptable for any bonus entry. Bonus events of 400 distance and
longer must have an entry time that is within one (1) second/per 100 of the qualifying time.
RELAYS: All relays are Timed Finals and will be positive check-in and deck-seeded. The fastest two (2) heats of
each relay will swim at the evening Finals sessions. All Relays must Positively check-in by 10:AM. Relay participants
must be declared to the Admin Referee (on Relay Cards) one hour before the relay swims, but may be changed up to
the time of the swim.
RELAYS
DECK PRIVILEGES
RACING START
CERTIFICATION
Relay Cards can be picked up from the Admin Referee.
All Relays must include at least one swimmer entered in an Individual event at the meet. Relay-only swimmers must
be submitted with the team entry.
In the event the 400 Free and 400 IM are ‘flighted’, the order of events will be as follows:
The five fastest heats of Women followed by the five fastest heats of Men, swim slow-to-fast (the fastest three are
circle seeded). Any Relay heats will follow (note: the fastest two (2) relay heats will swim at Finals). The remaining
heats of the 400 IM** and 400 Free** Prelims will be swum fast-to-slow, alternating Women/Men. Relays are Timed
Finals and will be deck-seeded. All relays must positively check-in. All Relays must include at least one swimmer
entered in an individual event in the meet; Relay-only swimmers must be submitted with the team entry.
Only currently credentialed coaches, USA Swimming registered athletes and essential meet personnel will be
permitted on deck.
Swimmers must be under the direct supervision of an USA Swimming Member Certified Coach at all times. Coaches
must present their current USA Swimming registration card and keep it visible on deck at all times. Unattached
swimmers and attached swimmers attending without a coach are responsible for securing a USA Swimming Member
coach who will supervise them while on deck during warm-up, warm down, before, during, or after the meet.
Additionally these swimmers must register a contact person with the meet director. This information should be
submitted with the entries.
Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA Swimming member coach, must be certified by a USA
Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from within the
water. It is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this
requirement. A copy of the Racing Start Certification Checklist, signed by a USA Swimming member coach,
must be given to the referee prior to the start of the meet.
QUALIFYING TIMES
Qualifying Times (if applicable) are shown on the attached Meet Structure
MEET/DECK REFEREE
The meet/deck referee shall be in charge of the meet. Any questions regarding the conduct of the meet should be
made directly to him/her. The meet/deck referee has final judgment for any issues that arise that day during the
course of the meet with exception of a protest, which includes issues of conduct which may occur in the meet venue
will be referred to the Meet Jury.
MEET MARSHALS
Meet Marshals have full authority through the Meet Referee & Safety Director for safety and good order throughout
the venue at all times. Swimmers, coaches and spectators may be removed from the deck/venue for non-compliance
with procedures or non-cooperation with Marshals’ instructions.
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This meet will be governed by current USA Swimming Rules. Fly-over starts will be used at this meet for all events at
prelims. All swimmers (except for Backstroke starts) should remain in the water at the completion of their race until
the next heat has begun.
RULES:
For pools with bulkheads: Any swimmer observed swimming under or through the bulkhead by an Official or Safety
Monitor/Marshal at the meet will be disqualified from that swimmer’s next individual event or from the remainder of the
meet, as determined by the Meet Referee. This policy will be STRICTLY enforced.
Smoking and the use of tobacco products are prohibited as is sale and use of alcoholic beverages/
DISABLED SWIMMERS
PROTESTS
PHOTOGRAPHY
DECK CHANGING
DIRECTIONS
ACCOMODATIONS
No unauthorized personnel will be allowed on the pool deck. Coaches, Officials, and designated Meet personnel
will only be permitted on deck if they are wearing their approved and current credentials. All other individuals, except
swimmers, will be prevented from entering the deck area
Swimmers with a disability are welcome to enter this meet. The coach or team entry person must alert the meet
director and the meet referee as to the need for any special accommodations or seeding arrangements at the time the
entry is submitted.
A Meet Jury will adjudicate any protests including issues of conduct which may occur in the meet venue. All protests
must be in writing to the Meet/Deck Referee. The Meet Jury will consist of the Meet Director, an Athlete and a Coach.
Additional members including an official may be added for a jury of five. The Meet Referee will act as a mediator
Middle Atlantic PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEOGRAPHY STATEMENT
In compliance with USA Swimming Rules and Regulations: Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell
phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms. Additionally, the use of equipment capable of
taking pictures or videos (i.e. cell phones, cameras, PDA's, etc) are banned from behind the starting blocks during the
entire meet, including warm up, competition and warm down periods. Unless approved in advance by the MAS Board
and stated in the meet announcement, photographers /videographers are not permitted on deck at any time.
As an approved exception, USA Swimming-registered and credentialed coaches are permitted to utilize visual
recording devices to record their swimmers in the pool for the sole purpose of stroke training subject to the location
restrictions of this statement so long as they do not interfere with meet operations. In the event of any disputes
regarding video recording, the Referee’s decision shall be final and binding. In no case shall coaches be permitted to
delegate this role to athletes.
Except where the venue facilities require otherwise, changing, into or out of swimsuits other than in locker rooms or
other designated areas is not appropriate and is prohibited. The USA Swimming Rulebook defines Deck Change as:
Deck Change - Changing, in whole or in part, into or out of a swimsuit (excluding a drag suit) in an area other than a
permanent or temporary locker room, bathroom, changing room or other space designated for changing purposes
while at a practice, competition, or other pool-related activity.” This includes slipping off the top of a one-piece
performance suit to place on an alternate bikini top immediately following a race.
FROM THE SOUTH: Take Route 55 North to exit 56B (Route 47-N/Westville or Woodbury). Turn left at the first
traffic light onto Bankbridge Road; then left again at the next traffic light onto Tanyard Road. The entrance to GCIT is
on the left side of the road at the bottom of the hill.
FROM THE NORTH AND THE WALT WHITMAN BRIDGE: Take I-295 South to the merge with route 42 south.
Follow 42-S to Route 55, and then take Route 55 South to exit 56B (Route 47-N/Woodbury). Turn left at the first
traffic light onto Bankbridge Road; then turn left again at the next traffic light onto Tanyard Road. The entrance to
GCIT is on the left side of the road at the bottom of the hill.
FROM DELAWARE MEMORIAL BRIDGE AND COMMODORE BARRY BRIDGE: Take I-295 North to exit 21
(Woodbury - Delaware Street) and continue through Woodbury. After passing through center of Woodbury, Turn right
at the next traffic light onto Evergreen Avenue; then left at next traffic light onto Egg Harbor Road. Continue approx. 3
miles (past a convenience store on the left) to the next traffic light (Bankbridge Road.) GCIT is on the left at the
bottom of the hill beyond the traffic light.
FOUR POINTS
HOLIDAY INN
DAYS INN
RESIDENCE INN
CHERRY HILL
RUNNEMEDE
BROOKLAWN
DEPTFORD
(856) 428-2300
(856) 939-4200
(856) 456-6688
(856) 686-9188
HOLIDAY INN
CHERRY HILL
(856) 663-5300
FAIRFIELD INN
DEPTFORD
(856) 686-9050
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HOLIDAY INN SELECT (FULL SERVICE HOTEL)
BRIDGEPORT
(856) 467-3322