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NEW JERSEY SWIMMING 'GO FOR THE GOLD' MEET SATURDAY,
Nov. 10th and SUNDAY, Nov. 11th, 2007 SILVER/BRONZE
(10&U 2 Sessions, 11-12 2 Sessions, 13-19 2 Sessions) TIME FINAL MEET |
Meet
Sanction #:
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New Jersey
Swimming…Sanction #NJS111007SC |
Host
Club:
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BERGEN BARRACUDAS SWIM TEAM (BB) |
Date
of Meet:
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Saturday and Sunday, November 10th,
and 11th, 2007 |
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Location: |
RARITAN VALLEY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(directions included) Route
28 & Lamington Road, North Branch New Jersey • 908-526-1200 Raritan
College is a six lane pool with 7 foot lanes. There is no warm-up pool.
A fully automatic Colorado timing system with a one line read out
board will be used. There is amble
parking at Raritan College either in front of the pool or behind the pool by
the outdoor track. There is a seating
capacity for 500 spectators. |
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Internet Address: |
Internet location
for all meet information: www.bbswim.org/bbgoforthegold.html |
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Meet Director: |
Kevin Gorman E-mail:
Gorman.k@worldnet.att.net 111
S. Franklin Turnpike (201)
848-0786 Ramsey,
NJ 07446 (USE E-MAIL TO
CONTACT MARK) |
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Meet Referee: |
Jim
Meringer (Jjmeringer@aol.com) |
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Meet Marshall: |
Nicole Cicalo (NCicalo@optonline.net) |
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Entry Coordinator: |
Roger Ridenour E-mail:
bbaracuda@yahoo.com
8
Lakeshore Drive (845)
782-6441 Monroe,
NY 10950 (DO NOT CALL AFTER 10:00 p.m.) |
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Entry Deadline: |
All entries must be received no later
than Wednesday, October 31, 2007. There will be no refunds after entry
deadline except for events that may be scratched from meet by the Entry
Coordinator or Meet Director. Check: www.bbswim.org/bbgoforthegold.html
to check receipt of team entries. ·
All entries
will be accepted on a first come basis. ·
Mail (E-mail or US
Postal Mail) Entries to:
Roger Ridenour E-mail: bbaracuda@yahoo.com
8 Lakeshore
Drive (845) 782-6441 Monroe,
NY 10950 (DO NOT CALL AFTER 10:00 p.m.) ·
Team entries
will be considered accepted when the host club accepts the entries. ·
Meet Entries
will be taken until the meet fills. The host club must stay within the four
and three hour per session rule. ·
If you are
not e-mailing your entries, then overnight or express mail is recommended, but
waive the signature. ·
It is not
necessary to use overnight or express mail to send hard copy and check, which
are sent in support of an e-mailed entry. |
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Meet Format Waiver: |
The host club has
the right to change the format of the meet with the approval of the
sanctioning chairman and age group or senior chairman. These changes would be made for a more
efficient swim meet for the swimmers and the host club. Reasons for these changes would be: ·
To allow
more swimmers to swim. ·
To conform
to facility capacity limits or for facility safety concerns. ·
To condense
the meet into smaller time frame. Some of the changes
that can be made: 1) add a session, 2) heat limit distance events, 3) to
condense sessions and 4) eliminate relays. |
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Meet Requirement Statement: |
This
meet qualifies as "one" of the three required short course meets to
be eligible for the New Jersey SC Zone Championship Team or for New Jersey National
Championship Reimbursement. |
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Coaches
Eligibility: |
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All coaches
must have coaching cards when picking up check-in sheets ·
All coaches
“on the deck” must be members of USA Swimming. ·
All coaches
must have coaching cards when getting food from concessions. |
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Internet Website
Posting: |
Internet location
for all meet information: www.bbswim.org/bbgoforthegold.html Pre-Meet
Information posted on website. ·
Meet
Information will be posted on the website. ·
Downloadable
Hy-Tek Events list (HYV.file) will be posted on the website. ·
List Teams
whose entries have been received. ·
List
Individual Team Entries. ·
List “heat
limited” events psyche sheet. ·
List Updated
meet schedule. ·
List Warm-up
Schedule and Team Warm-up Assignments. ·
List Timing
assignments. ·
List
Individual Team Entry Status Report. Post-Meet
Information posted on website. ·
Downloadable
Results (CL.2 file) ·
Downloadable
Meet Back-up (Backup.zip File) ·
Downloadable
Individual Team Results (CL.2 file) |
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Swimmer Eligibility: |
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All swimmers
must be members of USA Swimming to enter and compete in this meet. ·
All swimmers
must be listed on a team’s official entry form to be eligible to participate
in this swim meet in any events including relays. ·
All transfer
swimmer(s) must swim unattached for 120 days from their last attached
competition. Swimmers must us an UN-
(New Team Alpha Code) as their team affiliation. All Unattached swimmers must
be listed on the team’s official waiver entry form. ·
There will
be 10 & Under, 11-12, and 13-19 Events. ·
This is a
meet that has combined age groups: 13-14 and 15-19. The13-14 and 15-19. NJ Swimming Time Standards will
apply to swimmers in each age group in these combined events. ·
All
swimmers must have times slower than the current New Jersey Gold Time
Standards. ·
New
Jersey Swimming Policy allows swimmers to enter and compete in 3 individual events per day.
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Age for this
meet is: Saturday, November 10, 2007 |
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Meet Format: |
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This meet
will be run in accordance to current USA Swimming Rules. ·
This meet
will be run as a time final meet. ·
This meet
will be deck seeded with coaches checking in/scratching all swimmers. When the seeding has been posted, swimmers
will report to the blocks on their own. |
MEET SCHEDULE:
Saturday, November 10
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Warm-up |
Start |
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Session
1 |
11-12
Girls and Boys Events |
7:00 a.m. |
8:05 a.m. |
Session 2
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10
& U Girls and Boys Events |
TBA (60 min.) (approx. 12:15 pm) |
TBA |
Session 3
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13-19
Girls and Boys Events |
TBA (60 min.) (approx. 4:15 pm) |
TBA |
Sunday, November 11
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Warm-up |
Start |
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Session
4 |
11-12
Girls and Boys Events |
7:00 a.m. |
8:05 a.m. |
Session 5
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10
& U Girls and Boys Events |
TBA (60 min.) (approx. 12:15 pm) |
TBA |
Session 6
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13-19
Girls and Boys Events |
TBA (60 min.) (approx. 4:15 pm) |
TBA |
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Warm-up Procedures: |
New Jersey Swimming
requires a minimum of 60 minutes of warm-ups for all New Jersey Swim
Meets. All teams must be given a
minimum of thirty minutes of warm-ups. ·
Warm-ups
will be run under New Jersey Swimming Warm-up and Safety Guidelines. Warm-ups will include general warm-up
lanes, sprint lanes, and pace lanes. ·
Swimming
Equipment is NOT ALLOWED in the competition pool during all warm-up
sessions. This includes kick boards;
hand paddles, and pull buoys. ·
All swimmers
are entitled to a fair and comparable warm-up. All teams MUST get
the same opportunities for general warm-up lanes, sprint lanes, and pace
lanes. ·
All swimmers
must enter the pool from the starting end of the pool. ·
Uniformed
and designated meet marshals will monitor warm-ups. ·
All general
warm-up lanes will swim in a counterclockwise direction. ·
The warm-up
sessions will have teams divide into two 25-minute warm-ups. These two sessions will be followed by a
10-minute session of all sprint lanes. |
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Entry Times: |
New Jersey Swimming
does not allow ‘NT’ or ‘No Time’ to be used as an entry time. All entry times
must be slower than the New Jersey Gold Time. All entry times
must be in short course yards. |
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Check-In: |
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All check-in
sheets must be turned into the scoring table 30 minutes before the start of each
session. Swimmers that are swimming
will have a line through their name.
Swimmers that are being scratched will have their names circled with a
“SCR” next to the circle. Swimmers
scratching a single event will have a line through his/her name and the event
number circled with “SCR” next to the circle. ·
The 13-19
400 yd. I.M. and 13-19 500 yd. Freestyle Events will have a positive check-in
that will be posted at the control room. |
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Starts: |
The host club will
determine if ‘Fly-over’/‘Over-the-top’ starts will be used after a time line
has been produced. This information
will be posted in the pre-meet information. |
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Distance Events: |
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The 13-19
400 yd. IM and 13-19 500 Free Events will be run fastest to slowest. ·
The 13-19
400 yd. IM and 13-19 500 Free Events will alternate women and men. Heats will be combined to consolidate a
heat. ·
In the 500
Free, swimmers must have their own timer and person to count. |
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Heat Limited
Events: |
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Heat Limit for the 13-19 400 yd. I.M and 500 yd.
Free may be limited to the first 36 swimmers in those events. These lists to
be posted on the Bergen Barracuda Website: www.bbswim.org/bbgoforthegold.html website 72 hours prior to the start of the
meet. ·
Swimmer
entries after these events are full will have the option of changing to
another event. ·
Swimmers can
stay in those ‘heat limited’ events with the possibility that scratches or
the time line will allow the opportunity to swim. In either case, if that swimmer is below the ‘heat limits’
number and does not swim. They will
have their entry fee refunded. ·
Refunding
entry fees for swimmers that are below the heat limit number and do not swim. ·
Refunds will
be given back at the announcer’s table during the meet. Swimmers or Coaches will sign for their
refund. It is the responsibility of
the swimmer/coach to collect their refund during the meet. Once the meet is over no more refunds will
be given. ·
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Scoring: |
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Team Scoring
will not be kept. ·
Swimmers in
13-19 age group will be scored as 13-14 and 15-19 age groups. |
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Awards: |
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Medals will
be awarded for the top 3 swimmers in each individual event. ·
Medals will
be awarded for the top 3 swimmers in both the 13-14 and 15-19 in the 13-19
age group individual events. |
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Entry Fees: |
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Individual
Entry Fee: $3.00 ·
Make checks
payable to: BERGEN BARRACUDA SWIM CLUB ·
There will
be refunds only for swimmers who no longer qualify for individual events.
Swimmers that achieve a Gold time prior to the meet can request a refund or
be moved to another event prior to the start of the meet. ·
Host club
has the right to scratch teams/swimmers for lack of payment of entry fees and
for lack of completed and signed waiver forms. |
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Admissions and Programs: |
Admission will be
$7.00 per session. Cost of Program
will be $7.00 for each day. |
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Entries: |
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In
accordance with NJS policy, team entries may be submitted by E-mail to bbaracuda@yahoo.com ·
All entries
must be Hy-Tek program entries either on a 3 1/2" diskette or as an
attached file to an e-mail. ·
The meet
entry coordinator will respond to e-mails entries within 48 hours. If you do not receive an e-mail response
within 48 hours, assume that your email has not been received. It then
becomes the e-mailer’s responsibility to make sure that the host club's meet
entry coordinator receives the e-mail.
If you do not receive an e-mail response, you must contact the entry
coordinator by e-mail or phone or mail in your entries. ·
An Entry
Summary with a signed NJ Swimming waiver and a check must accompany or follow
each mailed entry. The host club has
the right to scratch all or any individual/team entries prior to the start of
the meet if entry fees and waiver forms are not received. ·
Accuracy of
seed times is essential. Incomplete
entries will not be accepted. ·
Deck entries
will not be accepted. No phone or
faxed entries will be accepted. ·
Team entries
will be posted on the host club website: www.bbswim.org |
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Results: |
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All Teams will be asked on the meet Summary whether they
want results mailed or e-mailed. ·
Results can
be ordered from the control room. For a cost of $15.00. |
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Host Club Responsibilities: |
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The host club will provide a single timer in each lane
through out the meet. ·
The host club will have stopwatches available for
volunteers helping to time. ·
The host
club will e-mail all club entries back to the participating clubs. ·
The host
club will create a warm-up schedule that will be fair and equal to all
teams. This warm-up schedule will be
e-mailed to all participating clubs and posted on the website: www.bbswim.org/bbgoforthegold.html
no later than 72 hours before the meet. ·
The host
club will create timing assignments that are fair and equitable with as many
teams participating as possible. These timing assignments will be e-mailed to
all participating clubs and posted on the website: www.bbswim.org/bbgoforthegold.html
no later than 72 hours before the meet. |
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Participating Club Responsibilities: |
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Participating
clubs must help with timing assignments.
Timing assignments will be e-mailed to participating clubs and posted
on the swim meet website: www.bbswim.org/bbgoforthegold.html
72-hours prior to the meet. ·
Participating
club parents must stay off the pool deck except for timing assignments. ·
Participating
clubs should help with officiating whenever possible. List the club contact for club officials
on the meet summary. |
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Concessions: |
Food and drink will
be available at reasonable costs. |
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Vendor: |
Ultimate Swim Shop will
be at this swim meet. |
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Hotels: |
Sierra Suites (Right next to the Pool) Comfort
Inn-South Plainfield
3141 Route 22 East US
Hwy 287 & Stelton Road Branchburg, NJ 08876-3528 South
Plainfield, NJ 908-704-2191
732-561-4488 Comfort Inn-South Plainfield Doubletree Hotel
US Hwy 287 &
Stelton Road 200
Atrium Drive South Plainfield, NJ Somerset, NJ
732-561-4488
732-469-2600 |
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Directions: |
DIRECTIONS TO RARITAN VALLEY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
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