MEET: CLUB MOUNTAINEER AQUATICS 2014 FALL CLASSIC SWIM MEET WV SANCTION WV2015-01 PLACE: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY NATATORIUM, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA DATES: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday November 7th-9th, 2014 FACILITIES: PARKING: 8 lane, 25 yard pool with Kiefer Non-turbulent lane lines. Pool depth 4ft(start end) to 8ft(turn end). Colorado touchpads and eight lane electronic scoreboard. Hy-Tek computerized meet entries and results. 16.5 yard warm-up and warm-down pool. Pool Depth 13ft. DUE TO THE WVU MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME ON SUNDAY 11/9 PARKING WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON SUNDAY 11/9. YOU MAY DROP OFF YOUR SWIMMER AND THEN YOU WILL TO FIND ALTERNATIVE PARKING FOR THE MEET. ANY PERSON VERBALLY ABUSIVE OR ACTS IN AN INAPPROPRIATE MANNER WILL BE REFUSED ENTRY TO MEET PER USA SWIMMING RULLES CODE OF CONDUCT. TEAMS WILL BE OFFERED A PRE PAID PARKING PASS IF THEY WISH FOR $20.00 PER CAR. IF IF YOUR TEAM IS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING PARKING PASSES PLEASE CONTACT ME AT VIC.RIGGS@MAIL.WVU.EDU FOR A PARKING FORM. ALL PASSES MUST BE PRE-PAID AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE HEAD COACH ONLY ON FRIDAY 11/8/14. MEET DIRECTORS: Renee Riggs/Vic Riggs 304-293-2154 email: akic6@frontier.com MEET REFEREE: Scott Wilson 304-842-3403 email: sewjd@aol.com Nathan Destree & Jim Preaskorn 304-293-2154 email:nmdestree@mix.wvu.edu 304-293-2154 email: vic.riggs@mail.wvu.edu ADMIN. REFEREE: ENTRY CHAIRPERSON: Victor Riggs 218 Poplar Dr. Morgantown, WV 26505 ELIGIBILITY: All swimmers MUST be current USA swimming members and this # must be entered on the meet entry. Entry age will be the age of the swimmer on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH , 2014 Any swimmer entered in the meet 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. When unaccompanied by a membercoach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer's legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. All meet directors, referees, starters, and stroke and turn judges serving in an official capacity must be members of USA Swimming or other FINA-member organization. All persons acting in any coaching capacity must be members of USA Swimming (except: participating under provisions of 202.6 or USA Swimming "open border" policy). No entrant will be permitted to compete unless the entrant is a member as provided in Article 302. This means that recons MUST be done before the meet so as to verify all entrants!!!!! ADA/Section 504 If you are a person with a disability who needs an accommodation in order to utilize our facility, you are entitled to the provision of certain assistance. Please Contact: Victor Riggs vic.riggs@mail.wvu.edu Phone: 304-293-2154 The competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4) and a copy is on file with USA Swimming Page 1 ENTRIES: ENTRY ENTRY FEES: A Hy-Tek meet event file for import into Team Manager is available on the West Virginia Aquatics website (http://www.eteamz.com/clubmountaineer). Each swimmer is limited to FOUR (4) individual events per day, Friday Session THREE (3) individual events. All entries for clubs with more than ten swimmers must be submitted as a Hy-Tek file via email to the Entry Chairperson. Subject line should include date of meet entering and your club name. Body of email should include: meet name, team name, number of individual events, number of relay events, and the team contact person’s information, including email address and phone number. A hard copy of your meet entries assorted by SWIMMER NAME, not by event; relays; entry fee report and check must be in by Friday, November 7th @ START OF WARM UPS. Please do not forget to include the surcharge per swimmer in your entry fees. CM assumes no responsibility for errors in disk entries & reserves the right to limit the number of swimmers. No fax entries will be accepted. Entries must be received by Saturday November 1st, 2013! Entries received after November 1st will not be guaranteed. Meet size will be limited to the first 650 entries received. Status of meet entries received will be posted on Club Mountaineer Aquatics website (http://www.eteamz.com/clubmountaineer) and will be routinely updated until full. No entries will be accepted after meet entry limit has been met. DECK ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED DURING THE MEET. 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO START OF MEET. SWIMMER MUST BE IN OTHER EVENTS IN ORDER TO DECK ENTER. THERE MUST BE AN OPEN LANE TO SWIM IN AND OFFICIALS WILL DETERMINE LANE AVAILABLILITY. No scratches with changes to other events will be accepted during the meet. All fees must accompany entry submissions. Individual Event $5.00 Deck Individual Event $10.00 Relays $8.00 Deck Relay $10.00 (due at time of entry) Surcharge $5.00 (per swimmer; assessed by WV Swimming) Facility Charge $2.50(per swimmer; assessed by CM) Make checks payable to: Club Mountaineer Aquatics (Once accepted, entry fees will not be refunded) Mail entries/checks to: Club Mountaineer Aquatics 218 Poplar Dr. Morgantown, WV 26505 RULES: 2014/15 USA rules will govern the entire swim meet. Whistle start and no-false start recall rules will be in effect. SEEDING: All events are timed-finals and are seeded slowest to fastest. This meet will be a pre-seeded event with the exception of the Open 400 IM and 500 Freestyles which will be positive check-in events. Check-in for these events will close 30 minutes before the conclusion of warm-up on Friday Nov. 7th for the 500 Fr and Saturday Nov. 8th for the 400 I.M. warm-up session. DISABLED SWIMMERS: Any swimmer with a disability should contact the Meet Director to notify them of their disability prior to the start of the meet. SCORING & AWARDS: Individual Events: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Individual Events: Medals 1st through 3rd place Ribbons 4th through 8th place Relay Events: Ribbons 1st through 3rd place High Points: 8-under based only on 8-under events 9-10 based on 9-10 and 10-under events 11-12 based on 11-12 events 13-14 based on 13-14 events Senior based on Senior events Individual High Point, 1st place trophies will be awarded in each age group. Only the Open 500 Fr will be added for High Point in the following Age Groups, 11-12, 13-14, Senior. The 400 I.M. will not apply *Swimmers 19 years of age and over will not be scored for Senior High Point Events. FINAL RESULTS Each team will receive 1 copy of the final results. Results can also be viewed on the West Virginia Aquatics http://www.eteamz.com/clubmountaineer. Page 2 CONCESSIONS: CM will provide a concession area near the Natatorium. All food MUST be consumed in the gallery or the concession area. NO FOOD WILL BE PERMITTED ON DECK OR IN THE LOCKER ROOMS. ONLY DRINKS IN PLASTIC BOTTLES WILL BE PERMITTED ON DECK--NO EXCEPTIONS. CONDUCT: To comply with WVU and USA Swimming safety policies, NO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE POOL DECK. Only registered swimmers, coaches, officials and meet staff are allowed on deck. Coaches must be prepared to show current USA registration. Coach’s credentials will be checked. Any coach not having a current USA card or proof of certifications WILL NOT be allowed on deck. Parents, please wait for your swimmers outside of the pool entry doors. If you need help in getting your swimmer or his/her belongings, please let one of the Meet Marshals know and they will be happy to assist you. Parents who refuse to leave the deck or recurrently appear on deck will be ejected from the Natatorium by WVU security. Failure to enforce these safety policies may result in CM losing meet-hosting privileges. OILY SUBSTANCES (ex: motion lotion, body oil, body lotion) WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON SWIMMERS OR ON DECK. These substances cause safety concerns for individuals on deck and problems with our pool. Swimmers are forbidden on the diving boards and trampoline. Violations will result in disqualification from an event, session, or the meet, at the discretion of the Meet Referee and Meet Director. Any destruction of property during the meet will result in the immediate disqualification and removal of the swimmer, spectator, or guest from the meet and the meet area. Each club will be held responsible for the behavior of their swimmers, parents, guests, and coaching staff. Laser pointers are forbidden in the Natatorium. MEET OFFICIALS: All teams are encouraged to assist with the officiating of the meet. Those officials interested in assisting should check in with the Meet Referee. Please submit names of volunteer officials with your meet entries. TIMERS: Volunteer timers are welcome at any point in the meet; please report to the Clerk of Course. WARM-UPS: WV LSC warm-up procedures will be used during the meet warm-up periods. Teams will be assigned lanes and warm-up times. If a swimmer does not have a certified USA registered coach with them, the swimmer must report to the Meet Referee. In the event of overcrowding during warm-up, new lane assignments may be made. All coaches will be informed of warm-up procedures, lane assignments, and any changes in their coaching packet. The diving well will be open during the meet for warm-up/warm-down–feet first entry only. START TIMES: The afternoon session start times are estimates--the afternoon session will start approximately 1 ½ hours after completion of the morning session. If the morning session finishes early, the start of the afternoon session will be no earlier than 1 pm (i.e., warm-ups beginning at 11:30am). Teams will receive meet update information by approximately the Monday before the meet that includes an estimated timeline and warm-up assignments. DIRECTIONS: From Interstate 79S take exit 155 (West Virginia University). Turn left off the exit ramp onto access road. Follow access road to 2nd traffic light and turn right at Sheetz on to Route 7E/19S. Cross the Monongahela Bridge and go through stop light to the top of the hill. At next light, turn right into the WVU coliseum parking lot. Bear to the right around the Coliseum to the Natatorium by the lower level parking lot. Enter the Natatorium at the southern-most end of the 2-story building. From I-79N take exit 155 (WVU) and follow directions as above. 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Positive Check-In Required for 500 Free and swimmers must have a minimum time of 6:07.99 girls and 6:02.59 boys using the 2013-16 USA National Age Group Motivational Times for 11-12 age group A time min. Open events will NOT be included for the High Point Scoring of each age group. Max Entry for Friday is 3 Individual Events SATURDAY, Nov. 8th ,2014 12 & UNDER - MORNING SESSION GIRLS 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 EVENT 500 Free 200 Free 200 Free 200 IM 200 IM 200 IM 200 IM 50 Free 50 Free 50 Free 3:00 pm by team assignment 4:30 pm BOYS 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 AGE GROUP 9-10 8-UNDER 11-12 9-10 8-UNDER 11-12 9 - 10 11 - 12 9 - 10 11-12 9-10 8-UNDER 11-12 9-10 8-UNDER WARM-UPS: MEET STARTS: EVENT 50 Free 50 Free 100 IM 100 IM 100 IM 50 Back 50 Back 100 Breast 100 Breast 50 Fly 50 Fly 50 Fly 200 MEDLEY RELAY 200 MEDLEY RELAY 200 MEDLEY RELAY Page 4 6:30 am by team assignment 8:00 am 13 & OVER - SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION WARM-UPS: ~12:00 pm (no earlier than 11:30 am) MEET STARTS: ~1:30 pm (no earlier than 1:00 pm) GIRLS BOYS AGE GROUP EVENT 51 52 Open 400 IM 5:33.09/5:25.79 53 54 Senior 100 Fly 55 56 13-14 100 Fly 57 58 Senior 200 Free 59 60 13-14 200 Free 61 62 Senior 100 Breast 63 64 13-14 100 Breast 65 66 Senior 100 Back 67 68 13-14 100 Back 69 70 Senior 400 MEDLEY RELAY 71 72 13-14 400 MEDLEY RELAY Positive Check-In Required for 400IM and swimmers must have a minimum time of 5:33.09 girls and 5:25.79 boys using the 2013-16 USA National Age Group Motivational Times for 11-12 age group A time min SUNDAY, Nov. 9th,2014 12 & UNDER - MORNING SESSION GIRLS 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 BOYS 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 AGE GROUP 11-12 9-10 8-UNDER 11-12 9-10 8-UNDER 11-12 9-10 8-UNDER 11-12 9-10 8-UNDER 9-10 11-12 13 & OVER - SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION GIRLS 101 103 105 107 109 111 113 115 117 119 BOYS 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 AGE GROUP Senior 13-14 Senior 13-14 Senior 13-14 Senior 13-14 Senior 13-14 WARM-UPS: MEET STARTS: EVENT 100 Back 100 Back 50 Back 100 Free 100 Free 100 Free 50 Breast 50 Breast 50 Breast 100 Fly 100 Fly 200 FREE RELAY 200 FREE RELAY 200 FREE RELAY 6:30 am by team assignment 8:00 am WARM-UPS: MEET STARTS: EVENT 200 Back 200 Back 100 Free 100 Free 200 Breast 200 Breast 200 Fly 200 Fly 400 FREE RELAY 400 FREE RELAY ~12:00 pm (no earlier than 11:30 am) ~1:00 pm (no earlier than 12:30 pm) Page 5