BOOK DRIVE INFORMATION
BOSS, Trials & Finals for ages
11/12, 13/14, and Open. Timed Finals for ages 10
& Under
December 11-13, 2009
SCY Meet, $10 fee; Harvard
University, Boston, MA
Contact: Tim Murphy
617-495-226
The
Christmas Countdown
Bay & Ocean State Squids Blodgett
Pool, Harvard University December 11-13,
2009
Sanctioned
by NE Swimming # NE-09-121,
NE-09-121TT
Meet
Director: Tim Murphy, tdmurphy@fas.harvard.edu (617)
495-2268
Meet Referee: Kevin Curley, 617-283-3736
Entry Chairperson: Carol
Healey,
send entries to nemeetentries@comcast.net
(781) 444-2014
RESULTS
results
(pdf)
Hytek results
file
EVENTS
COVER
PAGE
MEET INVITE
PACKET (10/28)
HYTEK FILE
SESSIONS:
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Friday
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Sat AM Prelims
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Sat afternoon Timed
Finals
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Sat PM Finals
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Sun AM Prelims
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Sun afternoon Timed
Finals
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Sun PM Finals
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WarmUp:
4:00 PM
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Warm Up:
7:30 AM
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Warm Up: 12:30 PM
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Warm Up:
5:00 PM
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Warm Up: 7:30AM
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Warm Up: 12:30 PM
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Warm Up:
5:00 PM
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Start: 5:00 PM
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Start: 8:30 AM
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Start: 1:15 PM
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Start: 6:00 PM
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Start: 8:30 AM
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Start: 1:15 PM
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Start: 6:00 PM
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PARKING: Please note
parking will be no more than $10 per day, at the Harvard Business
School
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as
a trials/finals short course yards meet for the age groups of
11/12, 13/14 and Open. (All Friday evening events are timed
finals). Two heats,(16 swimmers) in each age group, will return for
finals; one consolation and one final heat. The afternoon sessions
on Saturday and Sunday will be timed finals events for 10 &
Unders. The trials and finals portion of the meet will be seeded
after the 6 PM scratch deadline the night before the meet. Each
timed final session will be seeded by computer based on positive
check-in at the beginning of each session. Coaches will receive a
positive check-in sheet before each session, which must be returned
no later than 30 minutes before the beginning of the session. Heat
sheets will be posted around the pool deck.
SITE: Harvard University Blodgett Pool
features an 8-lane, 25-yard competition course with seven-foot-wide
lanes, non-turbulent Kiefer Advantage II lane lines, and fully
automatic Daktronics electronic timing with electronic relay
judging platforms and alphanumeric display. Starting blocks
are custom Track Start Competitor model blocks by Paragon Aquatics,
with a 24”x 32” starting surface. The racing
course has a depth of 7 feet. There is a 6-lane, 25-yard warm
up course at the far end of the pool. There will be four
additional 30-yard warm up lanes in the diving well area
available. There is spectator seating for 1200. The
competition course has been certified in accordance with
104.2.2C(4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA
Swimming.
COURSE: Short Course Yards. All 25
yard events will start at the starting block
end.
EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached
list.
DISTANCE EVENTS: The 400 IM and the
500 Free will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating girls and
boys.
ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be
2009 or 2010 USA Swimming registered athletes. All swimmers must be
registered before the entry is submitted. Teams that enter
unregistered swimmers will be subject to a fine of $100 per
unregistered swimmer. New England teams entering the meet are
encouraged to check their entries with the online registration
check tool on the New England Swimming web site. Please contact the
New England Swimming Office for registration information. Disabled
swimmer forms are available from the New England Swimming Office.
New England Swimming Office: 20 Cleveland Road, Needham MA 02492,
781-449-0270, office@neswim.com.
ENTRY INFORMATION: 75% of entries will
be reserved and 25% will be open lottery. Entries will be accepted
on and after November 1, 2009. Entries received before November 1,
2009 will be considered received on Nov 1, 2009. Entries must be
received no later than 5 PM, December
5th.
ENTRY CUTS: Entry cuts, if necessary,
will be made by the date of receipt and time. Teams will be
notified that they have been accepted or cut from the meet within
seven days of receipt of entry. This meet will follow the 75/25
process outlined by NE Swimming policy. The host team will
guarantee up to 75% of the entries for selected teams (including
host team). If the meet becomes oversubscribed for the remaining
25% of the entries, then a random selection of those entries
received on the date the meet becomes oversubscribed will be
conducted in accordance with New England Swimming guidelines. Teams
that are cut from the meet will have their entry fee returned
within four days of being cut. The meet director reserves the right
to cut the following events by time: 500 Free and 400
IM.
ELECTRONIC ENTRIES: Electronic entries
(such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management
software) that are in CL2 or SD3/SDIF format may be emailed as an
attachment to the entry chairperson at: nemeetentries@comcast.net
Please check that your team name, address,
and contact information are listed correctly in this file. For
email entries, payment and hardcopy of the entry (including signed
entry cover page and waiver) must be received within four (4) days,
excluding Sundays and holidays, of receipt of the email entry. If
payment is received within four (4) days, excluding Sundays and
holidays, of the email entry, the email receipt date will be
considered the date of entry. If payment is received more than four
(4) days, excluding Sundays and holidays, after the email entry,
the payment receipt date will be considered the date of
entry.
A hard copy of the entry and the entry fee
need to be received within 4 (four) days of the emailed entry to be
considered accepted. Make checks payable to “Mass Bay
Marlins” and send with a cover page
to:
Carol Healey
47 May Street
Needham, MA 02492
If you don’t have access to hy-tek,
mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver)
and payment to the entry chairperson above. All paper entries
must be typed or printed legibly, and must use full names and
registration numbers from USA Swimming registration. All entries
must include a completed and signed entry cover sheet and waiver.
No deck entries will be accepted. No refunds will be given for
entries that are accepted, or for entries that are rejected due to
improper entry. Any swimmer who is entered with incorrect swimmer
information, or an incorrect or no ID, will be scratched from the
meet until corrections are made per the New England swimming
policy.
ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be
specified in short-course yard (25-yard pool) times. Meter times
must be converted to yard times. Entries with “NO TIME”
will be rejected.
ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may enter an
unlimited number of events, but must scratch down to three events
per day for the trials/finals session, and five per day for the
timed finals session. No trials/finals swimmer can swim in more
than 9 events, not including time trials. Timed finals, 10 &
Under swimmers, can swim in no more than 5 events per
day.
ENTRY TIME UPATES: Entry times may be
updated until 7 days prior to the first day of the meet. No new
entries will be accepted after the Nov 1, 2009 entry deadline.
Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry
chairperson at nemeetentries@comcast.net Entry time updates must be sent
as Hy-Tek format CL2 files with updated times. (New entries will be
automatically excluded.)
ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $4.00
for timed final events and $5.00 for trials/finals events.
Non-electronic entries: add .50 cents per
event.
SWIMMER PARTICIPATION FEE: $10.00 per
swimmer.
TIME TRIALS: Time trials will only be
offered if time permits and at the sole discretion of the Meet
Director.
SCRATCH DEADLINES: For all timed
finals events, the scratch deadline is 45 minutes before the start
of the session. For all trials and finals events, the scratch
deadline is 6 PM on Friday evening for Saturday events, and 6 PM on
Saturday for Sunday’s events. Scratches for Finals is 30
minutes after the results of the preliminary race is announced. All
rules pertaining to the meet scratch rule will follow the USA
Swimming rules and scratch policy.
SUNDAY FINALS PENALTY: On Sunday, any
team whose swimmer competes in an individual heat and qualifies for
Finals and fails to notify the clerk of course of his/her intention
to withdraw from the finals within 30 minutes of the posting of the
results and qualifiers for that event, and does not compete nor is
excused by the meet referee, will be fined $100. The meet referee
may waive the fine, if based on his judgment, the swimmer was ill
or the reason for missing the final was beyond the control of the
swimmer.
RELAYS: There will be no relay
events.
PROGRAMS: $5.00 for entire meet
program.
ADMISSION: $1.00 per
session.
WARMUPS: The pool will open for
warm-ups one hour before the beginning of each session. The pool
will close ten minutes before the beginning of each session. Teams
will be assigned warm-up lanes and time slots after all entries are
received.
SAFETY:
1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups
except in specifically announced one-way sprint lanes. There will
be no diving in the warm-up and warm-down areas at any time.
2. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
3. No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
4. Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach. If a swimmer
arrives at the meet without a coach, the swimmer should notify the
referee before he/she warms up. The referee will assign the swimmer
to a registered coach for warm-ups.
5. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker
rooms.
RULES: 2009 USA Swimming rules will
govern all competition. Decisions by the meet referee will be final
unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the heat
swum.
DECK ACCESS: Only athletes, coaches,
officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck.
All non-athletes on the pool deck must display their USA Swimming
registration card at all times. Individuals without their USA
Swimming registration card will be removed from the pool deck, and
will be subject to a fine by New England
Swimming.
SCORING: The meet will not be
scored.
FOOD: A concession stand will be in
operation for the duration of the meet.
EQUIPMENT VENDOR:Metro Swim Shop
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MISCELLANEOUS: Harvard University and
the Harvard University Club Team assume no responsibility for lost
or stolen property. Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted
within the facility.
DIRECTIONS: The street address for
Blodgett Pool is 65 North Harvard Street, Boston MA
02163.
From the West: Take the Massachusetts
Turnpike east to Exit 18 (Allston/Cambridge). After paying toll,
bear left at fork towards Allston. Turn right at second set of
lights onto North Harvard Street. Proceed approximately one mile.
The entrance to the Harvard Business School parking lot will be on
your right, on Albert H. Gordon Road, opposite the football
stadium.
From the North: Take I-93 south to Storrow
Drive exit. Take Storrow Drive west for approximately five miles.
Exit at Harvard Square/North Harvard Street. At the top of the
exit, turn left onto North Harvard Street . Approximately 1/4 mile
on your left will be the entrance to the Harvard Business School
parking lot, on Albert H. Gordon Road, opposite the football
stadium.
From the South: Take I-95 north to I-93
north. Follow I-93 to Exit 20 (Massachusetts Turnpike). Take Mass.
Pike west to Exit 20 (Allston/Cambridge). After paying toll, bear
left at fork towards Allston. Turn right at second set of lights
onto North Harvard Street. Proceed approximately one mile. The
entrance to the Harvard Business School parking lot will be on your
right, on Albert H. Gordon Road, opposite the football
stadium.
Via M.B.T.A. (subway/bus): The Red Line
subway stops at Harvard Square. Blodgett Pool is a 10-minute walk
from the square, down John F. Kennedy St. and over the Charles
River. Several bus routes make stops at Harvard Square as well. The
66 and 86 routes include stops on North Harvard Street in front of
Harvard Stadium and Blodgett Pool.
LODGING: Provided are some hotels in
the area.
Doubletree Guest Suites Boston: 400
Soldier’s Field Road, Boston MA 02134
617-783-0090
1.0 mile to pool
Hyatt Regency
Cambridge
575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA
02139
617-492-1234
1.8 miles to pool
Days Inn Boston
1234 Soldier’s Field Road, Boston
MA 02135
617-254-1234
0.9 miles to pool
Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Cambridge
Center
6 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA
02142
