Winter Wonderland

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO PERTAIN TO THE CFYN TIGERSHARK SWIM TEAM. IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THE CFYN TIGERSHARK SWIM TEAM PLEASE GO TO THE LAKE ERIE SWIMMING WEBSITE AT http://www.lakeerieswimming.com/scsched0607.htm

This meet has two identical sessions—the same events will be run in the morning and the afternoon and two sets of ribbons will be awarded. Swimmers may register for either session. If the session you entered reaches the four-hour time limit and we are unable to accommodate your entry, your team representative will be notified (via email). If space remains in the alternate session, your representative may modify and resubmit your entry.

POOL: 25 yards by 6 lanes, scoreboard, locker rooms, ample bleacher seating for spectators, concession stand will be open throughout the meet. Parking available at Main Entrance to the School (behind the school)

STARTING TIMES: Saturday morning session warm-up is from 7:45 – 8:30 a.m., with competition starting at 8:35 a.m. Afternoon warm-up will begin 15 minutes after the conclusion of the morning session and will last 45 minutes. An estimated afternoon start time will be posted at www.lakeerieswimming.com by Thursday, January 25^th 2007. The finalized warm up plan may be found at www.lakeerieswimming.com by January 25, 2007. At the discretion of the Meet Safety director, warm ups may be split by gender or age group or team.

ENTRY DEADLINE: The due date for entries is Monday, January 8^th, 2007. Send your entires to meetentry@tsharkswimming.com

ENTRY FEES: Individual events $3.50; Relays: $7.00; plus a $2.00 per swimmer LESI surcharge.

ENTRY LIMITATIONS: Swimmers may enter up to 4 (four) individual events, exclusive of relays.

DECK ENTRIES: Deck entries will be taken on a space available basis up to 35 minutes before the start of the session and seeded at NT. Deck entrants should sign up in the deck entry table @ $5.00 per individual event and $ 10.00 per relay. Deck entry swimmers new to meet will be charged $2.00 LESI surcharge and must provide proof of USA Swimming registration. If the swimmer is closed out of an event, a refund will be issued.

ELIGIBILITY: Swimmers must be athlete members of USA Swimming. Coaches must be current coach members of USA Swimming and must display their coach membership cards on deck. Age is as of the first day of the meet, January 27^th, 2007. On deck USA Swimming registration will not be available for swimmers or coaches.

SWIMMERS WITH A DISABILITY: Entries for swimmers with a disability should be handled in the following manner: (1) enter the swimmer in the Hy-Tek database (or on the regular entry form); (2) list in the email accompanying the Hy-Tek entry file (or on a separate sheet of paper) the name of the swimmer, the stroke(s)/distance(s) s/he wishes to swim, the entry times, the day/session s/he wishes to swim the event(s), and the manner in which s/he prefers to be seeded (with a longer distance or with a different age group); and (3) provide any information about special accommodations needed by the swimmer. The final determination of seeding will be made by the Meet Referee after consultation with the swimmer and his/her coach.

CONDUCT: The meet will be conducted according to the rules set forth in the current USA Swimming Rules and Regulations. Events will be contested in a 25-yard course. All events are timed finals.

SEEDING & CHECK IN: Individual events will be pre-seeded. All relay events will be deck seeded. Relay cards for events 1-4 in the AM session and events 37-40 for the PM session MUST be turned in 30 minutes before the session start time in order to be seeded. Relay cards for events 33-36 in the AM session and events 69-72 in the PM session must be turned in upon call in order to be seeded. If they are not turned in on time, your relays will be scratched. There will be a Clerk of Course for both sessions. In accordance with 102.1.3, 6U and 8U events will be seeded together but scored separately. The Lake Erie scratch rule (attached) will be in effect.

ADMISSION COST: $3.00 for spectators, $2.00 for heat sheets. A concession stand will be open during the meet and a swimwear vendor will be available.

RESULTS: Will be posted on Lakeerieswimming.com. Teams may request a backup at the conclusion of the meet.

SAFETY/WARM-UP: Lake Erie Swimming safety guidelines and warm-up procedures will be in effect at all times. Coaches must maintain contact with their swimmers during warm-up. All entry into the pool for warm-up is feet first from the starting block end of the pool. There is no diving during warm-up, except in designated sprint lanes. The final 20 minutes of a 45-minute warm-up shall be conducted as follows:

(a) Lane 1 push/pace from the start end of the pool (or general warm-up at the discretion of Meet Referee or his/her designee).

(b) Lanes 2 & 5 sprint lanes for racing starts from the starting block end of the pool, one length only and exiting the pool.

(c) Lanes 3, 4, and 6 general warm-up, no diving or racing starts. Any or all of these lanes may be converted to sprint lanes at the discretion of the Meet Referee or his/her designee.

Swimmers are to sprint one way and climb out at the far end of the pool. Swimmers may be removed from warm-up for violating safety rules.

OFFICIATING OPPORTUNITY – Anyone that is a USA Swimming certified official is welcome and encouraged to join the Lake Erie Swimming (LESI) officials in officiating this meet. Please contact the meet director, Wendy Dyer or LESI’s Officials Chair, Chuck Kunsman, in advance of the meet if at all possible to let either know of your availability. The meet director’s and Chuck’s contact information is listed below. We are also looking for anyone that is interested in becoming an official, for more information please contact the Official’s Chair, Chuck Kunsman.

UNSUPERVISED SWIMMERS: Swimmers without coach supervision must contact the Meet Director or Meet Referee to be assigned to a coach on deck.

NOTE: Only athletes entered in the meet, working coaches, officials, and meet workers are allowed on deck. Other non-participants are expected to remain in the spectator area.

From the North: Take I-77 South to I-480. Take I-480 East toward Youngstown. I-480 becomes E/OH-14. Turn right (head South) onto State Rte 43. Stay on State Rte 43 until you get to Roosevelt High School (approximately 15 min after you turn onto 43). The high school is on the right about ¼ mile past Oak Knoll Golf Course.

From the South: Take I-77/Rte 8 North. Exit at Graham Rd. in Stow—turn right (head East) at light onto Graham Rd. Take Graham Rd. (it becomes Fairchild Ave.) about 6 miles till it ends at Mantua. Turn right (head North) onto Mantua/State Rte 43 and drive for about ½ mile. Roosevelt High School is on the right.

Girls #	Age Group/Stroke	Boys #
1	8 & U 100 Free Relay	2
3	10 & U 100 Free Relay	4
5	8 & U 50 Breast	6
7	10 & U 100 Breast	8
9	8 & U 25 Back	10
11	10 & U 50 Back	12
13	8 & U 50 Free	14
15	10 & U 100 Free	16
17	8 & U 25 Fly	18
19	10 & U 50 Fly	20
21	8 & U 50 Back	22
23	10 & U 100 Back	24
25	8 & U 25 Free	26
27	10 & U 50 Free	28
29	8 & U 25 Breast	30
31	10 & U 100 IM	32
33	8 & U 100 Mixed Medley Relay	34
35	10 &U 100 Mixed Medley Relay	36

Afternoon warm-up will begin 15 minutes after the conclusion of the Morning session. Competition will begin at the completion of the 45-minute Warm-up. Start times will be listed at www.lakeerieswimming.com on January 25 after 12:00 noon.\

Girls #	Age Group/Stroke	Boys #
37	8 & U 100 Free Relay	38
39	10 & U 100 Free Relay	40
41	8 & U 50 Breast	42
43	10 & U 100 Breast	44
45	8 & U 25 Back	46
47	10 & U 50 Back	48
49	8 & U 50 Free	50
51	10 & U 100 Free	52
53	8 & U 25 Fly	54
55	10 & U 50 Fly	56
57	8 & U 50 Back	58
59	10 & U 100 Back	60
61	8 & U 25 Free	62
63	10 & U 50 Free	64
65	8 & U 25 Breast	66
67	10 & U 100 IM	68
69	8 & U 100 Mixed Medley Relay	70
71	10 &U 100 Mixed Medley Relay	72

Each swimmer/relay team shall be aware of the meet starting time and shall report to the proper meet authorities promptly upon call.

A. Pre-Seeded Meets - Each swimmer/relay team shall report promptly to the Clerk of Course prior to the race in which the swimmer/relay team is entered. Any swimmer/relay team not reporting for or competing in a timed final event or in a preliminary heat when finals are scheduled shall not be penalized.

(1) Events seeded on the deck shall be closed for seeding no earlier than thirty (30) minutes prior to the start of the session. Host may provide alternate methods of check-in (such as email, phone, and/or fax) for swimmers who do not plan to arrive before the scratch deadline.

(2) Any swimmer who has checked in for an individual event 400 yards/meters or longer must swim in the event unless the swimmer notifies the Clerk of Course before the seeding of the event has begun that the swimmer wishes to scratch; failure to scratch prior to seeding and not swimming the event will result in a fine of $25.00 to the swimmer, except as noted in "Exceptions for Failure to Compete" (below).

(3) Any agent of a team (coach, parent, swimmer, etc.) who checks in a swimmer for any event when that swimmer is not present at the meet may cause a fine of $2.00 per swimmer per day to be levied against that team.

(1) Any swimmer qualifying for a consolation final or final race in an individual event who fails to compete in said consolation final or final race shall be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet, except as noted below in "Exceptions for Failure to Compete." If such failure to compete occurs on the swimmer's last day of the meet, the swimmer shall be fined twenty-five dollars ($25.00) by LESI.

(2) In the event of withdrawal or barring of a swimmer from competition, the Referee shall fill the 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) When consolation finals have not yet been swum and a barring or withdrawal is known to the Referee, the Referee shall re-seed the 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 a consolation final has already been contested, the final shall be swum without reseeding for the empty lane(s).

D. 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 consolation final or final race following preliminaries notifies the Referee or designee within thirty (30) minutes after the announcement of the qualifiers for that race that the swimmer may not intend to compete. The swimmer must declare within thirty (30) minutes following his last individual preliminary event a final intention to scratch or swim.

(3) The Referee determines that failure to compete is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the swimmer.

(4) It is determined by the Referee that there were no alternates for the consolation final or final race in which the swimmer failed to compete, and that the swimmer’s failure to compete did not affect any other swimmer’s ability to compete in the consolation final or final race.

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