Charles River Aquatics Sea Dragons
Events List (HTML) Meet Directors: Michele Fournier - 857-241-9426 fournier_faling@msn.com ; Anne Kaufman - 857-928-3638 anne.l.kaufman@gmail.com
SITE: The UMass Boston swimming pool is a 6 lane, 25-yard facility with non-turbulent lane lines. A Colorado Timing System will be used. The pool is 4’ deep across the course including both the finish end and the turn end. There is spectator seating for 350. The UMass Boston swimming pool is located on the lower level of the Clark Athletic Center. Directions may be found later in this document. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards). EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list. ELIGIBILITY: All contestants must be 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 required 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: 47 May Street, Needham MA 02492, office@neswim.com. DISABLED SWIMMERS: contact the meet director and meet referee before the meet to state your needs. ENTRY INFORMATION:Entries will be accepted on and after May 24, 2010. Entries received before May 24, 2010 will be considered received on May 24, 2010. Entries must be received no later than June 21, 2010. Make checks payable to “Charles River Aquatics”. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Nick Brachet, C/O Charles River Aquatics, P.O. Box 534, Needham Heights, MA 02494. All 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, or is unregistered, will be scratched from the meet until corrections are made per the New England policy. Charles River Aquatics will limit the number of swims in the meet. Charles River Aquatics will reserve 75% for its own team and any other teams (New England and/or out of district) that it may want to invite to the meet. The other 25% of the swims will be open to other teams to submit entries. If on the first day of acceptance, those meet entries exceed the 25% still available in the meet, there will be a lottery of those teams. The lottery will be run by the New England Office. 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 CRAentrychair@gmail.com. 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. ENTRY LIMITS: Athletes may enter and swim in a maximum of 5 events per day. Distance events on Friday will be limited to one event per swimmer. 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 June 21, 2010 entry deadline. Entry time updates should be sent via email to the entry chairperson at CRAentrychair@gmail.com. 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 individual events, $5.00 for distance events. Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual events, $5.50 for distance events. The Swimmer Participation Fee is $5.00 per swimmer. 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 CUTS: Entry cuts, if necessary, will be made by the date of receipt. Teams will be notified that they have been accepted or cut from the meet within seven days of receipt of entry. If the meet becomes oversubscribed, 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. RELAYS: There will be no relays at this meet. 25-YARD EVENTS: 25-yard events will start at the starting end of the pool. PROGRAMS: $2.00 per session. ADMISSION: $1.00 for the session.
WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups one-hour before the beginning of each session. The pool will close five minutes before the beginning of each session. Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received. The diving well area will be available during the meet for warm-up and warm-down, but not during warm-up. 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 RULES: 2010 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. TIME TRIALS: There will be time trials offered if time allows and at the discretion of meet officials. 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. AWARDS: Ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each individual event. Heat prizes will be awarded to the first place finisher of each heat. FOOD AND EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet, and a swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories at times during the meet. MISCELLANEOUS: Charles River Aquatics assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property. Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility. PARKING: Parking is available for a $6 single-use fee. University Lots B & C are the closest lots to the Clark Athletic Center. A map and detailed directions may be found at the following link: http://www.umb.edu/parking_transport/directions.html DIRECTIONS TO UMASS BOSTON: (see attached map) Public Transportation Subway: Take the Red Line to JFK/UMass Station. A free shuttle bus will carry you to the campus.Commuter Rail: Take the commuter rail to the JFK/UMass station from the South Shore on the Middleboro and Plymouth lines. Bus: Kenmore Square stop (service all day): the Number 8 bus; the last one leaves campus at 1 a.m. Forest Hills stop (rush hour only): the Number 16. By car from the north Take Interstate 93 South through Boston to Exit 15 (Columbia Road/JFK Library). Take a left at the end or the ramp onto Columbia Road, and then take your first right in the rotary. Follow the University of Massachusetts signs along Columbia Road and Morrissey Boulevard to the campus. By car from the south Take Interstate 93 North to exit 14 (Morrissey Boulevard/JFK Library) and follow Morrissey Boulevard north to the campus. By car from the west Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) east to Interstate 93. Take I-93 South one mile to Exit 15 (JFK Library/South Boston/Dorchester). Take a left at the end or the ramp onto Columbia Road, and then take your first right in the rotary. Follow the University of Massachusetts signs along Columbia Road and Morrissey Boulevard to the campus. LODGING: The following hotels are in the area: Club Hotel by Doubletree Boston Bayside 240 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston, MA 02125, www.doubletreehotels.com. Please call 617.822.3600. Located adjacent to the campus. The Hampton Inn 215 Wood Road, Braintree, MA 02184. Please call 781.380.3300 for rates. Holiday Inn Express 5 Howard Johnson Plaza, Dorchester, MA 02125. For reservations. Please call 617.288.3030. Comfort Inn Boston Located one mile from the campus in the Phillips Family Hospitality Center. Best Western Terrace Inn 1650 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02135, www.bostonbw.com 617.566.6260 or 800.242.8377. Marriott Courtyard Boston 63 R Boston Street, Boston, MA 02125, 617.436.8200. |