2015 GA Hurricane Fall Classic
October 16-18 2015
SANCTION:
MEET NAME:
Georgia Swimming, Inc.
2015 GA Hurricane Fall Classic
Date:
October 16-18, 2015
HOST TEAM:
Columbus Aquatic Club (Hurricanes – GA)
MEET MANAGER:
Jeff Pishko
P.O. Box 7163
Columbus, GA 31908
Cacheadcoach@gmail.com
SOFTWARE:
Hy – Tek Meet Manager 4.0
FACILITY:
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..
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. Use of audio or
visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in
changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms. 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 Saturday at 7:45am. The Georgia
Swimming scratch rule (adopted April 2010) is in effect for this meet (see
attached). Chairs will only be permitted in gym or outside. Chairs are not
allow on the pool deck. “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:
$5.50 per individual event.
$6.00 per relay charge.
$2.00 per swimmer surcharge for each out-of-state swimmer entered.
LATE ENTRY FEES:
$11.00 per individual event.
$12.00 per relay charge.
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. There will be a limit of 5 events
per day. The 1650 free, 500 free and 400 IM will be 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 is Lora Thompson,
thompson_5@bellsouth.net.
LATE ENTRIES
Late entries will be accepted on an empty lane basis only. All late entries
will be entered with a NT. Any changes or entries received after the entry
deadline will be charged on a late entry basis, which is double the regular
fee. All swimmers entering late must present a valid USA Swimming
registration card to the cleck of course, or present a separate check made
out to “GA Swimming, Inc” for the annual registration fee in the amount
of $65 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 Wednesday,
October 7th, 2015.
Email the following three (3) Hy-Tek TM 6.0 files or TU zip files to
cachurricanes@gmail.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, P.O. Box 7163 , Columbus, GA 31908
SEEDING:
With the exception of the 1650FR, 500 Free, 400 IM, all events will be
pre-seeded. The 500 Free is open to all swimmers 9 and over. Although
scored separately by age group, the 500 Free and 400 IM events 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. The 8 & under
and 9 – 10 200 Freestyle will be seeded and swum combined, but scored
separately by age-groups.
CHECK-IN:
All swimmers wishing to swim the 500 Free must check in at the clerk of
course by 5:45 PM Friday. 400 IM check in is 30min prior to the start of
that days events. OPEN 1650FR must check in no later than 9:00am
Sunday. 10 & under 500FR must check in no later than meet start time.
FORMAT:
All events will be swum as Timed Finals. All events will be swum slow to
fast.
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 if needed at least twenty-four (24) hours
prior to the meet.
Session
1: Friday PM
2: Saturday & Sunday AM
3: Saturday & Sunday PM
Warm-Up
4:30PM
8:00AM
1:00PM
Meet Start
5:30PM
9:00AM
2:00PM
SCRORING:
This meet shall be scored according to the USA Swimming 2012 Rules and
Regulations. Scores will be assessed for the (16) sixteen fastest times in
each event.
Awards
Ribbons will be awarded for the top (15) fifteen swimmers in both the 8
& under, and 9 – 10 age groups. Ribbons will be awarded for the top (12)
twelve swimmers in the 11 – 12 age group and ribbons will be awarded
to the top (8) eight swimmers in both 13 – 14, and 15 & Over age groups.
OFFICIALS:
Meet Referee:
Administration Official:
Starter:
Safety Chairman:
Deb Skinner
Ralph McCrory
Janet Brossett
Jeff Pishko
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 Columbus Aquatic Center . The City
of Columbus, Inc, USA Pools, Georgia Swimming, Inc, and United State
Swimming, 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 INFO:
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 October 16th
SESSION I
GIRLS
Warm Up @ 4:30 PM; Start @ 5:30 PM
EVENT
1
OPEN
200 IM
3
13 – 14
200 IM
5
11 – 12
200 IM
7
9 – 10
200 IM
9
8 & under
100 IM
11
OPEN
50 Free
13
13 -14
50 Free
15
11 – 12
50 Free
17
9 – 10
50 Free
19
8 & under
50 Free
21
11 & over
500 Free*
* 500 free will be deck seeded, & swum age-group combined, fastest to slowest.
Scored separately 11 – 12, 13 – 14, Open.
BOYS
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
Saturday, October 17
SESSION II
GIRLS
Warm Up @ 8:00 AM; Start @ 9:00 AM
EVENT
BOYS
23
11 – 12 200 Free
25
13 – 14 200 Free
26
27
Open 200 Free
28
29
11 – 12 50 Fly
31
13 – 14 50 Fly
32
33
11 – 12 100 Breast
35
13 – 14 200 Breast
36
37
Open 200 Breast
38
39
11 – 12 100 Back
41
13 – 14 200 Back
42
43
OPEN 200 Back
44
45
11 – 12 200 Fly
47
13 – 14 100 Fly
48
49
OPEN 100 Fly
50
51
11 – 12 400 IM*
53
13 – 14 400 IM*
54
55
OPEN 400 IM*
56
57
11 – 12 200 Medley Relay
59
13 – 14 200 Medley Relay
60
61
OPEN 200 Medley Relay
62
* 400 IM will be deck seeded. Seeded and swum combined, and scored separately
by age-groups 11 – 12, 13 – 14, Open.
Saturday, October 17
SESSION III Warm Up @ 1:00PM; Start @ 2:00 PM
GIRLS
EVENT
BOYS
11 – 12
200 Free
24
63
8 & Under
25 Breast
64
65
9 – 10
25 Breast
66
67
8 & Under
50 Back
68
69
9 - 10
100 Back
70
11 – 12
50 Fly
30
71
8 & Under
50 Fly
72
73
9 – 10
50 Fly
74
11 – 12
100 Breast
34
75
8 & Under
100 Breast
76
77
9 – 10
100 Breast
78
11 – 12
100 Back
40
79
8 & Under
25 Back
80
81
9 – 10
25 Back
82
11 – 12
200 Fly
46
83
8 & under
25 Fly
84
85
9 – 10
25 Fly
86
11 – 12
400 IM
52
87
10 & under
200 Free*
88
89
8 & under
200 Medley Relay
90
91
9 – 10
200 Medley Relay
92
11 – 12
200 Medley Relay
58
* 200 free will be seeded and swum combined, but scored separately by age-group: 8 & under, 9 – 10.
Sunday, October 18
SESSION IV
GIRLS
93
95
97
99
101
103
105
107
109
111
113
115
117
119
121
Warm Up @ 8:00 AM; Start @ 9:00 AM
EVENT
BOYS
11 – 12
13 – 14
Open
11 – 12
13 – 14
11 – 12
13 – 14
Open
11 – 12
13 – 14
OPEN
11 – 12
13 – 14
OPEN
11 – 12
100 Free
100 Free
100 Free
50 Breast
50 Breast
200 Back
100 Back
100 Back
100 Fly
200 Fly
200 Fly
200 Breast
100 Breast
100 Breast
50 Back
96
98
102
106
108
112
114
118
120
-
123
13 – 14
50 Back
124
125
OPEN
50 Back
126
127
11 – 12
100 IM
129
11 – 12
200 Free Relay
131
13 -14
200 Free Relay
132
133
OPEN
200 Free Relay
134
135
9 & over
1650 FREE *
136
*1650 will be a deck seeded event and swimmer must provide own counter. 1650 will be scored by
age group: 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15 and over
Sunday, October 18
SESSION V Warm Up @ 1:00PM; Start @ 2:00 PM
GIRLS
EVENT
BOYS
11 – 12
100 Free
137
8 & Under
100 Free
139
9 – 10
100 Free
11 – 12
50 Breast
141
8 & Under
50 Breast
143
9 - 10
50 Breast
11 – 12
200 Back
145
8 & Under
100 Back
147
9 – 10
50 Back
11 – 12
100 Fly
149
8 & Under
100 Fly
151
9 – 10
100 Fly
11 – 12
200 Breast
153
8 & Under
25 Free
155
9 – 10
25 Free
11 – 12
50 Back
157
8 & under
200 IM
11 – 12
100 IM
159
10 & under
100 IM *
161
8 & under
200 Free Relay
163
9 – 10
200 Free Relay
11 – 12
200 Free Relay
165
10 & under
500 FREE
*500 FREE will be a deck seeded event and swimmer must provide their own counter.
FREE will be scored by age group: 9-10, 8 & under
Entry Summary and Liability Release Form
2015 CAC Hurricane Fall Classic
October 16 – 18, 2015
Team Name: ________________________________Team Abbreviation: ___________
Team Address: ____________________________________________________
City: __________________________State: __________________
Zip: ________
94
138
140
100
142
144
104
146
148
110
150
152
116
154
156
122
158
128
160
162
164
130
166
100 IM and 500
Coach: ___________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________
Home: _______________________
Email: ____________________________________________________________
Total individual events
__________
X
$5.50 =
$_______________
Relays
__________
X
$6.00 =
$_______________
Out of state swimmer surcharge _________
X
$2.00 =
$_______________
Total fees submitted
$_______________
Make Check Payable To:
“CAC” “Columbus Aquatic Club”
Mail Entries To:
Columbus Aquatic Club
P.O. Box 7163
Columbus, GA 31908
Email Entries To:
cachurricanes@gmail.com
Entries must be received on or before 7:00pm, Wednesday, October 7th , 2015
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, 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.
I have reviewed RULE 302.4 FALSE REGISTRATION and understand that GA Swimming probably will issue a fine
of up to $100.00 per event against a member coach or a member club submitting a meet entry which indicates a
swimmer is registered with USA swimming when that swimmer or the listed club is not properly registered.
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
5.
6.
7.
8.
posting of corrected preliminary results after original results have been posted shall not
be subject to penalty.
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.
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.
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.
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 17, 2014