2010 SAL American Conference

Central Division Boys Championships

Hosted by Springfield Aquatic Club

Saturday, January 30, 2010

MEET ENTRY INFORMATION

Team Manager Event File

Date

Saturday, January 30 , 2010

Location

Springfield Township High School

1801 E Paper Mill Road

Erdenheim, PA 19038

http://www.springfieldaquatics.org/Meet_Directions.htm

Meet Director

Steve Duncheskie

e-mail: sacinfo@springfieldaquatics.org 

Officials & Volunteers Coordinators

Lisa Hacking

LHacking@aol.com
Beth Morris

morriskidz3@comcast.net

Paul Mancini (Starter Referee)

Meet Information

The meet will follow the S. A. L. dual meet event order and will include relays.

Meet Updates

All meet information and updates will be posted on the Springfield Aquatic Club website

Make-Up Date

In the event that the meet must be cancelled or postponed due to weather, please refer to the meet website.  This will provide up-to-the-minute information on the status of the meet.

Entry Deadline

8:00PM - Wednesday, January 27, 2009

-All entries MUST be EMAILED to Joe Leis info@springfieldaquatics.orgno later than the entry deadline.

Entry Guidelines

Include the name of a contact person for questions/corrections (name, phone number & e-mail address).

Submit entries as a zipped Team Manager Entry file (do not send a meet manager merge file!)Please use the provided meet entry template for your entries (it has the correct date).

Please include a zipped Team Manager Roster file with your entries.

In addition, please include a text file of your entries (Microsoft Word, etc.).

The number of relays a team may enter is not restricted.

When making your entries on Team Manager, do not submit names with relays!  Coaches will be given relay declaration cards at the scratch meeting, which will serve as the official declaration for all relay swimmers.

Relays will be listed but not seeded in the meet program.  We will wait until after the scratch meeting to seed the relays.  Coaches and meet officials will receive a copy of the relay heat/lane assignments that reflect the names of the swimmers participating, which will also reflect any scratches.  Copies will also be posted in the lobby for spectators.

Swimmers must observe the event limit rule extending over all individual swimming and diving championship meets (3 individual events and 2 relay events).  SAC will not police this limit so it is up to each club to ensure their swimmers/teams do not violate this rule.

Do not submit entries for athletes who swam faster than the League Championship qualifying time.

 

Psyche Sheets

Psyche sheets will be posted shortly after the entry deadline on the meet website.  The contact person and/or coaches should review the psyche sheets for mistakes.  Follow the “Scratches & Changes” guidelines below.

Scratches & Changes

Please advise the meet director of all scratches or changes up until 12 NOON on Friday, January 30, 2009 (this is the date we will print the meet program). Please report any changes or scratches as soon as possible; this will avoid lots of empty lanes and lead to a faster meet.

All scratches after this point should be reported at the Coaches/Scratch meeting on the day of the meet.  At this meeting, we will only accept scratches.  WE WILL NOT CHANGE ANY TIMES, CHANGE ANY EVENTS OR ADD ANY EXTRA HEATS AT THIS POINT.

 

DAY OF THE MEET INFORMATION

January 30, 2010

Meet & Warm-Up Times
 
Doors Open

11:45 AM

1st Team Warm-Up

12:00-12:20 PM

Plymouth Whitemarsh – Lanes 1, 2 & 3

Springfield – Lanes 4, 5 & 6

2nd Team Warm-Up

12:20-12:45 PM

Abington – Lanes 1 & 2

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Open Warm-Up

(Sprint Lanes)

12:45-12:55 PM

All lanes are designated one-way sprint lanes.

Meet Begins

1:00 PM

 

Warm-Up Rules
  1. Swimmers must enter the water feet-first during general team warm-up.
  2. Swimmers may enter the water from the starting blocks only when supervised by a coach and swimming one way.

Coaches & Officials Meetings

Coaches/Scratch Meeting

12:00 PM

Room 102 – Student Activities Center

PLEASE BE PROMPT!  Each team must have at least one representative present at this meeting

Officials & Timers Meeting

12:30 PM

Room 102 – Student Activities Center

PLEASE BE PROMPT!  We cannot begin this meeting until all officials are present.  ROOM 102 is located through the lobby doors, to the left, down the hallway leading to the rest of the school building.
 

Meet Worker Assignments
-
Starter/Referee

Springfield

Announcer

Springfield

Electronic Timing

Springfield

Meet Manager/Scoring

Springfield

Runners

Springfield

Awards

Springfield will coordinate the awards area, but each team should provide 1 volunteer for this job.

Ready Area

Each team should provide 2 workers for the ready area for the entire meet.  It is advised to have at least one relief worker for this job.

Stroke & Turn

Upper Dublin, Hatboro-Horsham, Wissahickon, Abington

(1 each required for the entire meet)

Finish Judge (Heat-Winner Ribbons)

Springfield

Timers

(3 per lane)

Lane 1 – Abington

Lane 2 – Plymouth Whitemarsh

Lane 3 – Upper Dublin

Lane 4 – Wissahickon

Lane 5 – Springfield

Lane 6 – (1 each) Abington, Plymouth Whitemarsh, Upper Dublin

Back-up Timer – Wissahickon

Teams must provide their own watches.

Awards

Awards will be available shortly after the conclusion of the meet.  Please designate one person to pick them up.

Concessions
  1. The snack bar will be open throughout the meet in the pool lobby (please keep food out of the pool balcony and off of the pool deck).
  2. Meet programs will be available for a $2 fee. There will be five (5) programs provide to HEAD COACHES for team use.
  3. An equipment vendor will be on hand to sell suits, goggles, caps and other swimming equipment

Pool Rules

Please share this information with coaches, swimmers, reps and parents.

  1. DO NOT PARK IN THE CIRCLE IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. Please park in the main parking lot adjacent to Paper Mill Road.
  2. No smoking is permitted inside the school building.
  3. Please keep food and glass bottles off of the pool deck and out of the locker rooms.
  4. Swimmers with bare feet are not permitted in the lobby.
  5. Swimmers must stay in their designated areas.  Please keep them clear of the path for stroke and turn officials.
  6. Parents are not permitted on deck unless they are working in the meet and possess a deck pass.
  7. Parents must keep non-swimming children under supervision throughout the entire meet.  Children are not permitted to roam unattended through the school building.