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THE GOBBLER CLASSIC
SHORT COURSE AGE GROUP OPEN SWIM
MEET
Hosted by Sierra Marlins Swim
Team
Folsom Aquatic Complex, 1200 Riley Street,
Folsom , Ca. 95630
November 20-22, 2009
Enter online at: http://ome.swimconnection.com
SANCTION
: Held under USA Swimming/Sierra Nevada
swimming Sanction Number: #39-09
LOCATION
Exit. Go north about 1 mile to Blue Ravine
Road. Turn right on Blue Ravine. Turn left on Riley Street (app.
¾ mile). Aquatic Center
is on the left in a large regional park. From
I-80, go East on Greenback Lane about 6 miles. Turn right on
Folsom-Auburn Road (the
new bridge over the river). Continue about 1
mile to Glenn, turn left. Take Glenn to Riley (about a mile) and
turn right on Riley.
Aquatic Center is on the right just past the
Walgreen’s. : Folsom Aquatic
Complex, Lembi Park; at the corner of Riley and Wales. From Highway
50, take Prairie City Road
PARKING
meet personnel. Overflow will be directed to
the Wal-Mart Store on the corner of Riley and
Glenn.
businesses directly across Riley Street from
the Aquatic Center.
COURSE : Free parking in designated areas of Lembi
Park. Parking immediately in front of the pool
is reserved for officials andDo not park in front
of: A 50-meter by 25 yard outdoor heated pool;
two courses will be run, timed finals format. Warm-up pool will be
available.
Meet (all events) may be swam fastest to
slowest at the discretion of the Head Referee.
CERTIFICATION:
file with USA Swimming.
The competition course has been certified in accordance with
104.2.2C(4). The copy of such certification is on
TIMES
Warm-Ups Meet Begins
Friday 4:00pm :
THIS IS A SPLIT SESSION MEET5:00pm
Saturday and Sunday -
13 and Over 7:00am 8:30am
Saturday and Sunday
–
meet.
No earlier than 1 hour after
the
conclusion of the morning
session 12 and under No earlier than one (1) hour
before the
RULES
be in effect and a copy of the procedures
will be posted at the meet. All events are short course yards. All
events are timed finals. : Current
USA Swimming and Sierra Nevada Swimming Rules will govern the meet.
Sierra Nevada warm-up procedures will
Swimmers are limited to 4 events per
day . Swimmers over the age of 18
may enter the 13 & Over events but will not be
awarded.
Meet (all events) may be swam fastest to
slowest at the discretion of the Head
Referee.
ELIGIBILITY
Connection Registration Verification email)
prior to competition. Any swimmers entering as "pending" or
"applied for, etc., will be
verified with the SNS Registrar prior to the
meet and, if validly, pending, will be allowed to check-in and
compete. : Entrants without a current
Registration Number on their entries must present a current
Registration Card (or Swim
RESTRICTIONS
absolutely no set-up allowed on Friday before
2:00 pm.
grounds. Glass containers and pets are not
allowed in the pool area. No pets on deck – Except Service
Animals. No Propane heaters
or tanks will be
allowed. : Tents may be set-up on deck
but the lawn area will be closed. All tarps must be removed
overnight. There will beSmoking,
tobacco products, and alcoholic beverages are not allowed on
the
MAILED ENTRIES
Please cut out the entry form before mailing.
Each swimmer is limited to a
on Saturday and Sunday. Times may be verified
by the Swim Connection Database.
collect call (or email if address is
provided) in order to accept entries. Make checks payable to the
Sierra Marlins Swim Team (or
SMST). Entries must be postmarked by
midnight,
until Monday, November 9th.
: Entries must be on a SAMMS consolidated card. The entry card
must be completely filled out and legible.maximum of 2
events on Friday and 4 events each dayIncomplete
or illegible entries may require aFriday
November 6th. On-line entries will be
acceptedMail entries to:
Meet Entries
1644 Loma Verde Drive
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
The meet is capped at 400 Swimmers for the 13
and over session and 600 swimmers for the 12 and under sessions.
The cap
will be determined by when the entries are
received. Mailed entries, with postmarks prior to the cap being
closed, will not be
accepted if received after the cap has been
exceeded. Online entries are the best way to ensure you are entered
in the meet.
Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope or
postcard with your entries if you want confirmation that your
entries have been received.
No telephone confirmations will be
made.
swim for time only and will not be
awarded. For inquiries about deck entries, email the meet director
at
Saturday November
15 Deck entries will be accepted
until the cap is reached for each session. Deck entries
willcadolley@yahoo.com afterth.
Check http://ome.swimconnection.com for
session open or closed status.
ONLINE ENTRIES:
immediate entry confirmation. This method
requires payment by credit card. Swim Connection LLC charges a
processing fee for this
service. You
may enter this meet online or by mail. Enter at:
http://ome.swimconnection.com to receive
an
ENTRY FEES
entries. No refunds will be given unless
mandatory scratch down is in effect. Swimmers will be notified at
check-in and refunded at the
scratch down desk. Make checks payable
to:
SCRATCH DOWN:
scratch down. In this case, swimmers will be
given a coupon for the value of the entry fee that can be redeemed
or used at the snack
bar. : $3.00
per event per swimmer, $3.25 per event for Deck Entries. $5.00
participation fee per swimmer, including deckSierra
Marlins Swim Team (or SMST).At the discretion of the
Meet Referee in consultation with the Meet Director, swimmers may
be required to
ERRORS
meet officials
Saturday and Sunday to the Clerk of
Course. : Check your
entry times carefully. Corrections will not be made unless it can
be shown that the error was made by. If such
errors are discovered, they should be submitted in writing by the
coaches 4:40 p.m. Friday and 8:00 a.m.
AWARDS
swimmers will be placed in the Blue Flight
and the slower one-half of the total swimmers will be placed in the
Red flight. If there are
less than 24 swimmers entered in an event,
all swimmers will compete in the Blue Flight. Ribbons will be
awarded to 1 : If there are more than 24 swimmers
checked in for an event, there will be two flights. The fastest
one-half of the totalst through
8th
places in both Blue and Red Flights. 8 &
Unders swimming in starred 10 & Under events will be awarded
separately. 13 & Over
Events will be seeded together by gender but
awarded separately by age group (13-14, 15-16, 17-18, 18 & over
will not be awarded).
“A” medals will be awarded to
swimmers attaining “A” times for the first
time.
not be mailed. Awards are available shortly
after the events results are posted. It is recommended that they be
picked up
during the course of the day.
CHECK-IN
by 4:30 p.m. Swimmers must check in at least
30 minutes before the estimated start of the event. The Clerk of
Course will close
events approximately 30 minutes prior to the
start of the first heat of each event. Awards must
be picked up at the meet – they will: The meet
will be deck seeded. Swimmers must check in with the Clerk of
Course for the first four (4) events on Friday
DISTANCE EVENTS
swum as a combined age group, but will be
awarded as separate age groups.
timers for the 500 and 1000 Free. For the 400
IM swimmers must provide their own timers.
night will be swum fastest to
slowest. : The 1000 Free will be swum fastest to
slowest alternating women and men. The 1000 Free will be seeded
andSwimmers must provide their own lap counters
andThe 400 IM and 500 Free on
Friday
ADMISSION: Admission
is free. Programs will be available for $5.00.
HOSPITALITY: Lunch and
refreshments will be served to all working officials and coaches. A
snack bar will be available.
OFFICIALS:
Admin Referee: Rebecca
Landre
Head Starter: Cathy
Fitzgerald
Meet Director: Craig Dolley
(
Dress for officials is white shirts and blue
pants/skirts / Shorts. All working officials are expected to
display membership cards at the meet. Meet
Referee: Jeff Jonescadolley@yahoo.com /
916-204-8584)
