2014 GA Hurricane Ground Hog Inv.
January 31 - February 2, 2014
SANCTION:
MEET NAME:
Georgia Swimming, Inc. Pending
2014 GA Hurricane Ground Hog Inv.
Date:
January 31 – February 2, 2014
HOST TEAM:
Columbus Aquatic Club (Hurricanes – GA)
HOST HOTEL:
Courtyard by Marriott (2 miles from pool)
3501 Courtyard Way 706.323.2323
King Room $76.00 2 Queens $86.00/ night
Must Book by January 10th. Hotel link on team website/meet information
MEET MANAGER:
Michael Stewart 706.566.1392
swimhurricanes@hotmail.com
SOFTWARE:
Hy – Tek Meet Manager 4.0
FACILITY:
The New Columbus Aquatic Center. 1603 Midtown Dr. Columbus, GA 31909
This is an indoor, 50 meter by 25 yard facility. Bleacher seating for 900
plus spectators and ample parking is available. The pool depth measures
13.8 to 5 feet in depth. Daktronics timing system with full scoreboard will
be used. Meet Management may use two 25yd courses during all or
some of the sessions as needed.
Driving direction are available at the host website at:
www.swimhurricanes.com
The competition course has been certified in accordance with
102.2.2C(4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming
& Georgia Swimming.
CONCESSIONS:
Basic concessions will be available.
HOSPITALITY:
Will be provided for coaches and officials
RULES:
The current USA Swimming and Rules and Regulations will govern the
conduct of the meet unless noted otherwise herein. Swimmers are
responsible for swimming in assigned heat and lanes. All officials must
wear current USA card while on deck and present current LSC card at
check in. Coaches must present upon check-in , a current USA Swimming
card. A coaches meeting will be held on Friday at 5:45pm. The Georgia
Swimming scratch rule (revised 9/23/2012) is in effect for this meet (see
attached). Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is
notpermitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms.
“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 race 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.”
FEES:
$5.00 per individual event.
$7.00 per relay event.
Out-of-state teams must include $2.00 surcharge per athlete.
The Clerk of course will charge $10.00 per event for late (deck) entries.
ELIGIBILITY:
Open to all swimmers registered with USA Swimming, Inc.
ENTRIES:
Entry files must include the swimmers first, and last name, age, USA
Swimming ID number, and seeding time. The 500 free/400 IM are deck
seeded events that requires a positive check-in and is subject to the GA
scratch rule. Also, entries for each session would be limited in order that
the session would not exceed the 4 hour session guideline. Swimmers
should submit their best short course times for seeding. A copy of all
entries will be sent to Georgia Registration Chairman by the host club.
Out-of-state swimmers should be prepared to submit proof of current
USA Swimming membership. The Georgia Registration Chairman Lori
Thompson Thompson_5@bellsouth.net
ENTRY LIMIT:
Entry Limit: 600 swimmers and 5 Individual events per day.
LATE ENTRIES
Late entries will be accepted on an empty lane basis only. All late entries
will be entered with a NT. All swimmers entering late must present a
valid USA Swimming registration card to the clerk of course, or present a
separate check made out to “GA Swimming, Inc” for the annual
registration fee in the amount of $67 in order to enter the meet; these
requirements do not apply to scratches or to swimmers already entered
in the meet who are deck entering additional events.
DEADLNE:
Email entries must be received no later than 7:00pm on Tuesday January
21th, 2014.
Email the following three (3) Hy-Tek TM 6.0 files to
swimhurricanes@hotmail.com :
Meet Entries
Meet Entries Report
Meet Entry Fees Report
Emailed entry files, individual request for athlete/events removal or
additions received after the deadline will not be processed. All scratch
and late entries after the deadline must be presented to the clerk of
course at the meet.
Before any athlete may participate in this meet, CAC must receive check
and signed waiver from an official representative of that athlete’s team.
Mail check and signed waiver to:
Columbus Aquatic Club
7172 Willow Oak Drive
Columbus, GA 31909
SEEDING:
With the exception of the 500 Free/400 IM, all events will be pre-seeded.
The 500 Free/400 IM are open for all swimmers 9 and over. Although
scored separately by age group, the 500 Free/400 IM events on Friday
evening may be combined and may be limited to the top 5 heats (40)
swimmers for boys and girls based on the total number of entries
received. Heats may be limited further at the discretion of the meet
referee.
CHECK-IN:
All swimmers wishing to swim the 500 Free/400 IM must check in at the
clerk of course (Coaches Office) by 5:45 PM Friday.
FORMAT:
All events will be swum as Timed Finals. All events will be swum slow to
fast, including the 500 Free/400 IM.
WARM UP:
Warm up guidelines, as approved by Georgia Swimming, Inc. will be in
effect. The host team will publish and post a detailed lane
assignment/warm-up schedule by Wednesday January 29th.
Session
Warm-Up
Meet Start
1: Friday PM
5:00PM
6:00PM
2: Saturday AM
8:00AM
9:00AM
3: Saturday PM
12:30PM
1:30PM
4: Sunday AM
8:00AM
9:00AM
5: Sunday PM
12:30PM
1:30PM
SCORING:
This meet shall be scored according to the USA Swimming 2011 Rules and
Regulations. Scores will be assessed for the (20) sixteen fastest times in
each event. Note: All Open events will be swum as one age-group but
scored as 8 & Under, 9 – 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 & Over
Awards
Trophies will be awarded for the top (15) fifteen swimmers in both the 8
& under, and 9 – 10 age groups. Trophies will be awarded for the top (10)
Ten swimmers in the 11 – 12, 13 – 14, and 15 & Over age groups. Team
Trophies will be awarded to the top (3) three visiting teams
OFFICIALS:
Meet Referee
The Starter
Stroke & Turn Judge
The Safety Chairman
Marvin Roberts
Deb Skinner/Jim Chaki
Alicia Newton, Yang Park, Aracelis Williams
Michael Stewart
Certified officials are welcome and encouraged to work at this meet.
Please contact the meet referee 10 days prior to the meet if a specific
assignment is requested, otherwise report to the meet referee 60
minutes prior to each session.
LIABILITY:
The Columbus Aquatic Club, Inc., the City of Columbus, Inc, Georgia
Swimming, Inc, United State Swimming. Inc, and USA Pools Management
Inc. shall be held free and harmless from any and all liabilities or claims
for damages arising by reason of insults or injuries to anyone during the
conduct of this event.
MORE NFO:
Prospective teams and participants are encouraged to visit the Columbus
Hurricanes team website at www.swimhurricanes.com to view the full
meet information, psych sheets, and contact information for our
preferred hotels.
ATTACHMENTS:
Order of events, Georgia Scratch Rule (adopted 9/26/2009, Liability
Release.
Friday January 31st
SESSION I Warm Up @ 5:00 pm Start @ 6:00 pm
GIRLS
EVENT
BOYS
1
Open
2
3
5
7
9
11
13
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
15
Open
200 Free Relay
(5 Minute Break)
25 Fly
500 Free
25 Back
25 Breast
400 IM
25 Free
(5 Minute Break)
200 Medley Relay
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Saturday, February 1st
Sunday February, 2nd
SESSION II W.U. @ 8:00am; Start @ 9:00am
Girls
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43
45
47
Event
11 & Over 200 Free
11 – 12
50 Fly
13 – 14
50 Fly
15 & Over 50 Fly
11 – 12
100 Back
13 – 14
100 Back
15 & Over 100 Back
Open
100 Free
11 – 12
100 Breast
13 - 14
100 Breast
15 & Over 100 Breast
11 – 12
50 Back
13 - 14
50 Back
15 & Over 50 Back
11 & Over 200 Fly
(10 Minute Break)
Open
400 Free Relay
SESSION IV W.U. @ 8:00am; Start @ 9:00am
Boys
Girls
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
42
44
46
73
75
77
79
81
83
85
87
89
91
93
95
97
99
101
48
103
Event
Boys
11 & Over 200 IM
74
11 – 12 100 Free
76
13 – 14 100 Free
78
15 & Over 100 Free
80
11 – 12
50 Breast
82
13 – 14
50 Breast
84
15 & Over 50 Breast
86
11 & Over 200 Back
88
11 – 12
50 Free
90
13 – 14
50 Free
92
15 & Over 50 Free
94
11 – 12 100 Fly
96
13 – 14 100 Fly
98
15 & Over 100 Fly
100
Open
200 Breast
102
(10 Minute Break)
Open
400 Medley Relay 104
Saturday, February 1st .
Sunday. February 2nd .
SESSION III W.U. @ 12:30pm Meet @ 1:30pm
SESSION V W.U. @ 12:30pm Meet @ 1:30pm
Girls
Boys
Girls
50
52
54
56
58
60
62
64
66
68
70
105
107
109
111
113
115
117
119
121
123
49
51
53
55
57
59
61
63
65
67
69
71
Event
9 – 10
200 Free
8 & Under 50 Fly
9 – 10
100 Back
8 & Under 25 Back
9 - 10
100 Breast
8 & Under 25 Breast
9 – 10
100 IM
8 & Under 100 IM
9 – 10
50 Free
8 & Under 50 Free
9 – 10
100 Fly
(10 Minute Break)
10 & Under 200 Free Relay
125
72
Event
9 – 10
200 IM
8 & Under 25 Free
9 – 10
50 Back
8 & Under 50 Back
9 – 10
50 Breast
8 & Under 50 Breast
9 – 10
50 Fly
8 & Under 25 Fly
9 – 10
100 Free
8 & Under 100 Free
(10 Minute Break)
10 & Un 200 Medley Relay
Boys
106
108
110
112
114
116
118
120
122
124
126
Entry Summary and Liability Release Form
2014 CAC Hurricanes Groundhog Inv.
January 31 – February 2 , 2014
Team Name: ________________________________Team Abbreviation: ___________
Team Address: ____________________________________________________
City: __________________________State: __________________
Zip: ________
Coach: ___________________________________________________________
Office Phone: __________________Cell: _______________________
Email: ____________________________________________________________
Total individual events
__________
X
$5.00 =
$_______________
Total Relay Events
__________
X
$7.00 =
$_______________
Total out of state swimmers
__________
X
$2.00 =
$_______________
Total fees submitted
$_______________
Make Check Payable To:
“CAC” “Columbus Aquatic Club”
Mail Entries To:
Michael Stewart
7172 willow Oak Drive
Columbus, GA 31909
Email Entries To:
swimhurricanes@hotmail.com
Entries must be received on or before 7:00pm, Tuesday, January 21th , 2014
WAIVER, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND LIABILITY RELEASE
I, the undersigned coach or team, representative verify that all of the swimmers and coaches listed
on the enclosed entry forms are registered with USA Swimming.
I acknowledge that I am familiar with the safety rules of USA Swimming and Georgia Swimming
regarding warm-up procedures and that I shall be responsible for the compliance of my swimmers with
those rules during this meet. Georgia Swimming, Inc., USA Swimming, The Columbus Aquatic Club,
Inc., USA Pools management inc. the City of Columbus, Inc, their agents, employees and coaches
shall be free from liability or Claim from damages during by reason of illness or injury to anyone during
the conduct of the meet.
Signed: _____________________________________________Date: ___________________
GEORGIA SWIMMING INC.
SCRATCH RULE
The Scratch Rule to be used in all Georgia LSC sanctioned meets where the meet format
includes preliminary heats, consolation finals and finals, is the "Scratch Rule" as found under
“Administrative Conduct of USA Swimming Championships”, subsection “Scratch Procedures”,
subsections “Scratching from finals” and “Exceptions for failure to compete”, of the current
“USA Swimming Rules and Regulations”. An excerpt is provided below. The following
Georgia LSC additions listed below apply to all timed final meets as well as all
preliminary/finals meets.
Scratching from finals:
(1) Any swimmer qualifying for a C, B, or A (bonus and consolation final or) final race
in an individual event who fails to compete in said final shall be barred from further
competition for the remainder of the meet, except as noted in paragraph E. A declared
false start under 101.1.3F or deliberate delay of meet under101.1.5 is not permitted
and will be regarded as a failure to compete.
(2) In the event of withdrawal or barring of a swimmer from competition the Referee
shall fill the C, B, or A (bonus and consolation final or) final, when possible, with the
next qualified swimmer(s). First and second alternates shall be announced along with
the final qualifiers. These alternates shall not be penalized if unavailable to compete
in the finals.
(3) Where C and B (bonus and consolation) finals have not been swum and a barring or
withdrawal is known to the Referee, the Referee shall reseed the C, B, or A (bonus
final, consolation final and the) final, if necessary, to insert the alternate(s) in the
appropriate lane(s), filling all lanes in the final.
(4) If the C or B (bonus and consolation) final has already been contested, the
(championship) final shall be swum without reseeding for the empty lane(s).
Exceptions for failure to compete:
No penalty shall apply for failure to withdraw or compete in an individual event if:
(1) The Referee is notified in the event of illness or injury and accepts the proof thereof.
(2) A swimmer qualifying for a C, B or A (bonus or consolation final or) final race based
upon the results of the preliminaries notifies the Referee within thirty (30) minutes
after announcement of the qualifiers for that race that they may not intend to compete
and further declares their final intentions within thirty (30) minutes following their
last individual preliminary event.
(3) It is determined by the Referee that failure to compete is caused by circumstances
beyond the control of the swimmer.”
Georgia LSC Additions:
Unless otherwise stated in the final sanctioned Meet Information:
1. Swimmers that qualify for any final heats as announced in the meet information will also
be subject to these rules.
2. In all deck seeded events, a swimmer who has been checked in either personally or by a
team coach, has been seeded and then fails to compete in said event, shall be barred from
his or her next individual event, except as noted in “Exceptions for failure to compete”
above. This rule also applies only to timed-finals meet events where the meet
management has placed limits on the number of heats to be contested or the number of
individual entries to be accepted for a particular deck-seeded event as specifically stated
in the meet information.
3. There is no scratch rule governing relays and there is no penalty regarding relay
scratches.
4. Qualifiers for all finals heats are those as identified on the originally posted results of the
preliminary heats. Any qualifier who has moved up into this group as a result of the
posting of corrected preliminary results after original results have been posted shall not
be subject to penalty.
5. The meet official designated to receive initial intentions not to compete and final
intentions shall be announced at the beginning of each session. It is suggested that this
official be the Clerk of Course.
6. On the final day of “LSC Championship” competitions, any swimmer who has checked
in for finals and fails to compete will be assessed a $50 fine. This fine must be paid
before the next LSC Championship meet in which the swimmer intends to compete or the
swimmer will be barred from competition.
7. A “Positive check-in procedure” shall be used for all deck seeded events. A swimmer’s
intent to swim a race shall be denoted by the swimmer’s or swimmer’s coach’s initials
entered next to the swimmers’ names on the official entry sheet posted at the Clerk of
Course. Failure to check in shall be considered to indicate that the swimmer will not
compete.
8. In cases where changes to the USAS rules cause conflict with the Georgia LSC additions,
USAS rules shall take precedence.
Adopted by the HOD: April 18, 2010
Revised: September 23, 2012