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Hurricane Invitational

Andover North Andover YMCA Hurricanes

Hurricane Invitational

November 7^th and 8^th, 2009

 

You are cordially invited to attend our Hurricane Invitational on Saturday and Sunday, November 7^th and 8^th, 2009. This year will feature seven sessions, one being a distance session (1650 Freestyle) on Saturday night. 

13 and over swimmers in the PM sessions; 9-10 and 11-12 swimmers in the AM sessions; 8 and unders in their own noontime session; Saturday night distance events open to 11 and over swimmers.

 

Events:

Session 1 (9-12 year olds): 200 Free Relay; 9-10 100 IM; 11-12 200 IM; 9-12 50 Backstroke; 100 Breaststroke; 50 Butterfly; 100 Free

Session 2 (8 and under): 100 Free Relay; 100 IM; 25 Back; 50 Breast; 25 Fly; 50 Free

Session 3 (13 and over): 200 Free Relay; 200 IM; 200 Back; 100 Breast; 200 Fly; 100 Free

Session 4 (11 and over); 1650 Freestyle

Session 5 (9-12 year olds): 200 Medley Relay; 200 Freestyle; 100 Back; 50 Breast; 100 Fly; 50 Free

Session 6 (8 and under): 100 Medley Relay; 100 Freestyle; 50 Back; 25 Breast; 50 Fly; 25 Free

Session 7 (13 and over): 200 Medley Relay; 500 Freestyle; 100 Back; 200 Breast; 100 Fly; 50 Free

 

Sessions: the tentative warm up times for each session are listed below. If necessary, we will update times after entries have been received.

            Sessions 1 and 5: Warm up 7AM; Start 8:05AM

            Sessions 2 and 6: Warm up 11:30AM; Start 12:15PM

            Sessions 3 and 7: Warm up 1:30PM; Start 2:30PM

            Session 4: Warm up 5:30PM; Start 6:15PM

 

Eligibility: Swimmers must be a full-privileged member of a YMCA in order to compete.

Entries will be accepted on or after October 1^st, 2009. Entries must be received by October 21^st, 2009. Teams will be notified of their acceptance within 7 days of receipt of entry fees. An email will be sent to acknowledge receipt of entry. This is not necessarily an acceptance of the entries. Please send your entry as an attachment in CL2 or SD3/ SDIF format (from Hy-Tek or other team management software) to the Entry Chair, Erin Cammann at ErinCammann@hotmail.com. Please mark the subject line of your email as “Team Name-Entries”.

Entry Limits: swimmers may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 events per session including relays. Depending on the timeline, teams may be asked to cut their entries before they are officially accepted.

Awards: Awards and Heat prizes will be given to 12 and under swimmers.

DIRECTIONS:  the Andover/ North Andover YMCA is located at 165 Haverhill Street, Andover, MA 01810. 

From Route 93: Take Route 93 to Route 133 East towards Andover. Follow this road for approximately 3 miles. (Route 133 becomes Haverhill Street at the Route 28 intersection.) When reaching Doctors’ Park on the left you are almost at the YMCA. After the lights, it is your second right (the Y is set back, but has a Merrimack Valley YMCA sign on the front lawn). If you go up to Route 114 (Burger King), you’ve gone too far.

From Route 495: Take Route 495 to Route 114 East towards Middleton. Follow Route 114 for approximately 1.5 miles. Go to the fourth set of lights (Haverhill Street) and take a right. Approximately 100 yards on your left is the YMCA.