Speedo Championship Series
Southern Zone Eastern Sectional
Senior Championships
SANCTION:
Held
under the sanction of USA Swimming issued by Georgia Swimming, Inc.
Sanction
#: GA08- 68 , Time Trials Sanction #: GA08- 69TT .
HOST:
SwimAtlanta
– 678-442-7946
www.swimatlanta.com
FACILITY:
SCHEDULE:
Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Prelim Warm
ups
Finals Warm ups
ELIGIBILITY:
Open
to members of the Eastern Section of the Southern Zone, its clubs and swimmers
registered with USA Swimming that are in good standing with the Eastern Section,
and USA National Team Members. All USA Swimming registered clubs in the
following LSC's are eligible to join the Eastern Section:
RULES:
The
current USA Swimming Rules will govern the conduct of the meet unless noted
otherwise herein. Athlete registration will be confirmed using the SWIMS
registration database. A swimmer not previously entered wishing to late enter
the meet via deck entry must present proof of USA Swimming membership.
TIME
STANDARDS: All
swimmers must have met the 2008 Summer Sectional time standard in either short
course or long course in EACH event entered. Swimmers entering with
short course qualifying times will be seeded as non-conforming times in the
first heat/s. Times for all events must have been achieved by the due date
of the entry. Times are only good from
PROOF
OF TIME: Swimmers
or relays who do not equal or better the applicable Southern Zone Eastern
Sectional time standards in any event at the championship meet must be able to
prove that they have previously achieved the qualifying time. Swimmers unable
to provide proof-of-time will be assessed a $25 fine for each event they cannot
prove. The deadline to prove times and seek US National Reimbursement funds is
FORMAT:
All individual events except the 800 Free and 1500 Free will be
conducted on a Prelim and Finals basis.
All relays and individual events 400
yards or longer will be deck seeded. Swimmers must check in for these events at
the Clerk of Course by 8:15 AM on the day that they will be swum except for the
1500 Free.
Check-in for the 1500 Free will be on
Saturday, the day before the 1500 is to be swum, by
All events 200 yards or shorter will be pre-seeded. It is not necessary to
check in for these events, although scratches will be appreciated.
Ten
swimmers each will qualify for a Championship, Consolation and Bonus heat in
each event in the finals (except for relays, 800 and 1500 Free). Note: see
“Scratch Rule”.
ALL Sunday evening
finals will be conducted on a positive check-in basis. Any swimmer making the
Bonus, Consolation or Championship heat on Sunday, July 13th, will have 30
minutes to positive check-in after the preliminary results are announced or the
swimmer will be scratched from the Finals. The top fifty swimmers are asked to
check in or scratch.
The
seeding for the preliminary heats of the 400
IM will be swum in the following order: the four fastest women's heats then
the four fastest men's heats swum slowest to fastest (the fastest three will be
circle seeded), then the remainder of the heats will be swum fastest to
slowest, alternating Women-Men.
The
400 Free will be deck seeded with
all preliminary heats to be swum slowest to fastest, all women’s heats then all
men’s heats.
The
fastest seeded heat of the Women’s and Men’s 800 free will be swum in numerical order (as event number 1 & 2)
in the Finals session on Thursday, July 10th, and all other heats
will be conducted during Thursday’s prelims beginning ten minutes after event
8, the Men’s 200 Fly (last in Prelims), in the following order: three fastest
remaining heats of Women swum slowest to
fastest; three fastest remaining heats of Men swum slowest to fastest; all
remaining heats swum fastest to slowest alternating Women-Men.
The
1500 Free will be conducted as a
timed final event on Sunday beginning ten minutes after the completion of the
Prelims, except for the top 10 seeded men and women who have declared the PM
Option, who will swim in event number order during the finals session Sunday
evening. All other 1500 Free heats will
be conducted after Prelims and will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating
Women-Men.
Swimmers
entered in the 800 and 1500 Freestyles
must provide a person to count laps and may be asked to provide a person to
time.
The
400 Free Relays on Friday will be
swum in prelims except for the fastest two heats of Men and Women, which will
be swum in the Finals session.
The
800 Free Relay will be swum in the
Prelims except for the fastest heat of Men and Women which will be swum in the
Finals session.
On
Sunday, the 400 Medley Relays may
opt to swim during the AM (Prelims) or PM (Finals) session. Teams must declare
the AM/PM option with the Clerk of Course by
SCRATCH
RULE: Any
swimmer not planning to swim at night in the finals must scratch with the Admin
Referee through the Clerk of Course within 30 minutes after the results are
posted for each affected event. The penalty for failure to show in a Final, Consolation
or Bonus final is disqualification from the remainder of the meet (USA Swimming
Rule 207.12.6D). The penalty for missing a deck-seeded individual event will
result in being barred from the swimmer's next individual event. There is no
penalty for not swimming in the non deck-seeded preliminary events or relay
events.
TIME
TRIALS: Time
trials to meet national qualifying times may be held upon reasonable request at
the discretion of the Meet Referee. Such swims must fall within the 3 events
per day limit and will be held, if time allows, after the prelims and finals.
Entry fees for the time trial swims will be $10.00 per individual event and
$10.00 per relay. Swimmers/relays must sign up for time trials at the Clerk of
Course table.
ENTRY
LIMIT: Swimmers
may swim three (3) individual events per day, excluding relays. A swimmer may
enter any number of events, but may only swim three individual events per day.
Swimmers participating on relay teams only must be listed on the entry forms. Each team is limited to a maximum of two
relays in each relay event.
ENTRY
FEES: $5.50
per individual event and $10.00 per relay. Late fees are double - $11.00
individual event and $20.00 per relay. Southern Zone Eastern Section surcharge
is $15.00 per swimmer. Georgia Swimming, Inc. surcharge is $2.00 per out-of-state
swimmer. Please make checks payable to Amateur
Swimming Foundation, Inc.
ENTRY
FORMS: Preferred
method of submitting entries is through email with attached Hy-tek entry file
to jimyoung1@mindspring.com.
If you do not have the Team Manager program to make a Hy-Tek entry, but would
like to make an electronic entry, you can download a copy of Team Manager II
Lite at no charge from the Hy-Tek website: www.hy-tekltd.com. Please send
printed copies of entries for verification. Entries must include each swimmer's
USA Swimming number, first and last name, age, and seeding time to the 100th of
a second and event number for each event entered. The enclosed team summary
sheet as well as fees must be included with entry disk. Please see www.swimatlanta.com
for the Hy-Tek Team Manager event file.
ENTRY
DEADLINE: All
entries must be received by
Meet Administrator – Jim Young –
770-534-6279 office, 770-519-6500 cell
Please mail paperwork and check to:
Sectional Entries
SwimAtlanta
678-442-7946
All
materials (hard copy, fees, and e-mails) must be received by the deadline. Please include
summary totals in the body of your email; this helps us check for errors.
SCORING:
Individual
Events: 24-21-20-19-18-17-16-15-14-13-11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Relay Events: 48-42-40-38-36-34-32-30-28-26-22-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2.
Swimmers
competing in the finals or consolation finals must achieve the Southern Zone
Eastern Sectional time standard to score team or individual points. No team
points will be scored for the bonus heat.
READY
ROOM: The
top ten qualifiers for finals should report to the ready room to be marched to
the blocks prior to their event.
AWARDS:
Plaques
will be awarded to the top 6 combined teams. Medals will be awarded to the top
8 individual finishers and top 3 relays. Immediately following the race, the
top three places will be announced and given out at a designated place.
ELIGIBILITY
AND TECHNICAL JURY: A meet committee will be formed consisting of two coaches
and two swimmers selected at random, plus the Meet Referee, the Meet Director
and Southern Zone Eastern Chairman or their designee.
MEET
OFFICIALS: Meet
Referees: Rob Schreer (h2oref@bellsouth.net) and Jeanette Hart (jhart@white.k12.ga.us). SwimAtlanta welcomes
and encourages the assistance of certified officials from visiting teams.
Officials who have not applied to officiate should contact the meet referees.
MANAGEMENT: Meet Manager: Megan
Fifield – 770-992-7946, megan@swimatlanta.com.
NATL
OFFICIALS CERTIFICATION: This meet has been designated a qualifying meet
for national official certification (OQM). Official requesting N2/N3 evaluation
at this meet are requested to complete the USAS application for evaluation and
forward it to the meet referee, Rob Schreer, h2oref@bellsouth.net, as soon as practical
so we can arrange for evaluators. Evaluation applications will be accepted on
site, on a case-by-case basis, depending on our capacity to provide appropriate
evaluations. Briefing sessions will be held one hour prior to the beginning of
prelims and finals each day.
LIABILITY
RELEASE: USA Swimming, Inc.,
Georgia Swimming, Inc., SwimAtlanta and Georgia Tech, shall be free from any
liabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injury to anyone during
the conduct of the meet.
SAFETY:
The
Georgia Swimming, Inc., Meet Safety Guidelines and Warm-up Procedures will be
in effect for this meet. Coaches are advised to closely supervise their
swimmers at all times. NO running or horseplay is permitted. Glass containers
or bottles are not permitted in the
HOSPITALITY:
There will be a hospitality room for all
coaches, officials and volunteers.
CONCESSIONS:
Refreshments
will be available at the GTAC concession stand. No food or drink, with the
exception of water bottles, may be brought into the pool area. No coolers may
be brought into the building.
ATTACHMENTS:
Order
of Events, Entry Summary Sheet, Waiver, Acknowledgement and Liability Release,
Application for Membership, Hotel Information, Directions to the
INFORMATION:
For
more information, please contact Megan
Fifield 770-992-7946, megan@swimatlanta.com
ORDER OF EVENTS
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Thursday, July 10th |
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Women's
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Qualifying |
Qualifying |
EVENT |
Qualifying |
Qualifying |
Men's |
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Standard |
Standard |
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Standard |
Event |
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SCY |
LCM |
Finals
Order* |
SCY |
LCM |
Number |
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1 |
10:42.79 |
9:33.49 |
800 Freestyle* |
10:05.89 |
8:59.39 |
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3 |
2:12.09 |
2:31.29 |
200 Individual Medley |
1:59.29 |
2:18.39 |
4 |
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5 |
25.19 |
28.49 |
50 Freestyle |
22.19 |
25.79 |
6 |
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2:12.39 |
2:27.59 |
200 Butterfly |
1:59.59 |
2:15.09 |
8 |
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Friday, July 11th |
*800 will be swum |
after event 8 in prelims |
With fastest heat of women & men swum
first in finals |
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Women's
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Qualifying |
Qualifying |
EVENT |
Qualifying |
Qualifying |
Men's |
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Event |
Standard |
Standard |
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Standard |
Event |
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SCY |
LCM |
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LCM |
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9 |
1:56.49 |
2:12.39 |
200 Freestyle |
1:46.79 |
2:01.69 |
10 |
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11 |
1:00.99 |
1:10.29 |
100 Backstroke |
54.49 |
1:03.39 |
12 |
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13 |
4:40.89 |
5:18.39 |
400 Individual Medley |
4:15.49 |
4:54.79 |
14 |
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15 |
N/A |
N/A |
400 Freestyle Relay |
N/A |
N/A |
16 |
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Saturday, July 12th |
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Women's
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Qualifying |
Qualifying |
EVENT |
Qualifying |
Qualifying |
Men's |
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Event |
Standard |
Standard |
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Standard |
Standard |
Event |
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SCY |
LCM |
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LCM |
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17 |
5:09.59 |
4:37.69 |
400 Freestyle |
4:48.59 |
4:19.89 |
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1:00.39 |
1:07.89 |
100 Butterfly |
53.59 |
1:00.69 |
20 |
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1:09.09 |
1:18.79 |
100 Breaststroke |
1:01.39 |
1:10.79 |
22 |
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N/A |
N/A |
800 Freestyle Relay |
N/A |
N/A |
24 |
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Sunday, July 13th Note: Fastest heat of |
Women’s and men’s |
1500 will be swum in finals in numerical
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Women's
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Qualifying |
Qualifying |
EVENT |
Qualifying |
Qualifying |
Men's |
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Standard |
Standard |
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Standard |
Event |
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Number* |
SCY |
LCM |
Finals Order* |
SCY |
LCM |
Number* |
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25 |
54.19 |
1:01.49 |
100 Freestyle |
48.79 |
56.69 |
26 |
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17:56.69 |
18:17.69 |
1500 Freestyle |
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200 Breaststroke |
2:13.59 |
2:34.19 |
28 |
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2:29.39 |
2:49.89 |
200 Breaststroke |
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1500 Freestyle |
16:49.79 |
17:13.49 |
30 |
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2:11.49 |
2:30.39 |
200 Backstroke |
1:58.59 |
2:17.39 |
32 |
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N/A |
N/A |
400 Medley Relay |
N/A |
N/A |
34 |
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*Sunday Prelim Events order will be Women-Men |
100 Free, 200 Breast, 200 |
Back, 400 Med. Relay, 1500 Heats not in
Finals. |
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Southern Zone Eastern Section Championships Entry Summary
Sheet
Team Name ____________________________________________________________________
Official Abbreviation __________________ Coach
____________________________________
Address:
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Email _______________________________________________
Total
individual entries: _______ x $5.50 = $__________
Total
relay entries: _______ x $10.00 = $__________
Total
swimmers: _______ x $15.00 (surcharge) = $__________
Total
swimmers: _______ x $2.00 (Ga. Swim. surcharge) =
$__________
TOTAL ENTRY MONEY DUE $__________
(Make
checks payable to Amateur Swimming Foundation, Inc.)
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Mail
entries to: Sectional Entries Email to:
jimyoung1@mindspring.com
SwimAtlanta
770-519-6500
Entries
must be received by:
WAIVER, ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND LIABILITY RELEASE: I,
the undersigned coach or the team
representative, verify that all of the swimmers and coaches listed on
the enclosed entry are registered with USA Swimming. I also acknowledge that I
am familiar with the rules of USA Swimming and Georgia Swimming, Inc. regarding
warm-up procedures and meet safety guidelines, and that I shall be responsible
for the compliance of my team’s swimmers with those rules during this meet. SwimAtlanta,
Georgia Tech, Georgia Swimming, Inc. and USA Swimming, their agents, officers,
representatives, employees and coaches shall be free from any liability or
claim for damages for any and all injuries, illnesses or damage to valuables
which may be sustained at this meet or while in transit to and from this meet.
I also acknowledge that by entering this meet, I am granting permission for the
names of any or all of my team’s swimmers to be published on the internet in
the form of Psych Sheets, Meet Results or any other documents associated with
the running of this meet.
Signature of coach or club official
________________________________________________ Club:
_________________________________________________________________________
Date: _________________ Title: ___________________________
Please list all USA Swimming Certified Coaches who will be
attending this meet: _____________________________________
_______________________________________ _____________________________________
_______________________________________ _____________________________________
_______________________________________
Georgia Swimming, Inc., Meet Safety Guidelines
and Warm-up Procedures 1. Coaches responsibilities A. Coaches shall
instruct swimmers regarding swimming safety guidelines and warm-up procedures
as they apply to conduct at meets and practices. B. Coaches shall actively
supervise their swimmers throughout the warm-up session at meets and at all
practices. C. Coaches should stand near the starting end the pool when starting
swimmers on swim or pace work. C. Hazards in locker rooms, on the deck, or in
areas used by coaches, swimmers, spectators, or officials shall be removed or
clearly marked. D. All starting platforms shall be anchored to the deck or
bulkhead to remain stable at all times in accordance with USA Swimming Rules. 3.
Safety Guidelines A. Swimmers shall enter the water feet first from the
ends of the pool at all times during the warm up session. Entering from the
sides of the pool is forbidden.
B.
Swimmers shall not wear swim fins, hand paddles or any other equipment that
could injure other swimmers or damage equipment (touch pads). The use of soft
swim mitts is permissible. C. Swimmers shall swim in a circular pattern during
general warm up. D. Practice starts from the blocks are only permitted in
designated sprint lanes under the direct supervision of the coach. E.
Backstrokers shall insure that they are not starting at the same time as a
swimmer on the blocks. Swimmers shall not step up on the blocks if there is a
backstroker waiting to start. F. During warm up sessions in which lanes are
assigned to specific teams, the coach of the team may open the lane for sprints
at his discretion.
Speedo
Champions Series Eastern Sectional Senior Championships Application
for Membership
Membership
fees for the Eastern Section of the Southern Zone - ESSZ - will be the same as
they were for the former Region III. This membership must be paid to
participate in either the Senior Sectional meets or the Age Group Sectional
meet. The fee is $25 for those clubs that pay before December 31st and $40
for those that pay after December 31st. Clubs
that have not paid as of March 2nd will be dropped from the list.
The previous structure of the old Region III will be preserved in concept under
the new Sectional guidelines of USAS.
CLUB NAME:
________________________________________________________________ Club Code:
________________________ LSC: ______________________________________ Head
Coach: __________________________________________________________________
Mailing address:
_______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
Phone number:
_________________________________________________________________ Email:
________________________________________________________________________ Please
return application form and money payable to: North Carolina Swimming - Region
Account Jonathan Watson,
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