Charles River Aquatics Sea Dragons
12 & Under Summer Pentathlon
Barletta Natatorium, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
June 28, 2009
Sanctioned by NE Swimming # NE-09-71
Events List (HTML)
Events List (Adobe PDF)
Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager
Results (HTML)
Results (Adobe PDF)
Hy-Tek CL2 File for Team Manager (no time trials)
Meet Information (Adobe PDF)
Meet Director: Michele Fournier 857-241-9426 fournier_faling@msn.com
Meet Referee: Michael Harrison 508-329-2131 mharrison@aol.com
Entry Chairperson: Pat Meehan 781-239-0309 CRAentrychair@gmail.com
MEET FORMAT: The meet will be swum as timed-finals. Each session will be seeded by computer based on positive check-in at the beginning of each session. Coaches and swimmers must check-in with the Clerk of Course no later than 45 minutes before the meet is scheduled to start. Heat sheets will be posted and made available to coaches for pick up prior to the start of competition.
SITE: Barletta Natatorium is a 6 lane, 25-yard facility with non-turbulent lane lines, a Colorado Timing System and electronic scoreboard. The start end of the course is a bulkhead. There is a diving well area that will be available for warm-up and warm-down activities. The finish end of the pool is 9 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 4 feet deep. There is spectator seating for 500. Barletta Natatorium is located inside the Cabot Center on the Northeastern University Campus, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Please enter through the main entrance on World Series Way. Directions may be found later in this document. The facility has ample seating. 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 2009 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: 20 Cleveland Road, Needham MA 02492, 781-449-0270, office@neswim.com.
ENTRY INFORMATION: Entries will be accepted on and after May 18, 2009. Entries received before May 18, 2009 will be considered received on May 18, 2009. Entries must be received no later than June 12, 2009. Make checks payable to “Charles River Aquatics”. Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the entry chairperson: Pat Meehan, 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, not including relays.
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 12, 2009 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, , $12.00 for relays. Non-electronic entries: $4.50 for individual events, $12.50 for relays. 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: Relays will be limited to 2 relays per team per event. All relay swimmers must be officially entered in the meet.
25-YARD EVENTS: 25-yard events will start at the starting end of the pool.
PROGRAMS: $4.00 for the session.
ADMISSION: $1.00 for the session.
WARMUPS: The pool will open for warm-ups one-hour before the beginning of each session at 9 a.m.. 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 warmup and warmdown, 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 warmup and warmdown areas at any time
2. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
3. No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
4. Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach. If a swimmer arrives at the meet without a coach, the swimmer should notify the referee before he/she warms up. The referee will assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.
5. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.
RULES: 2009 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 no time trials offered.
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 AND AWARDS: Swimmers’ times achieved in all 5 events for each age group will be added together and a trophy is awarded to the lowest total time in each age group and gender (i.e., the girls and boys age group winners). Swimmers must enter all 5 events in their respective age group to be eligible for the pentathlon competition, and any swimmer who scratches or is disqualified will be penalized by adding 5 seconds to the slowest time swum in that event. Ribbons will be awarded for the first 6 places in each individual event offered, and for places 2-5 of the pentathlon competition.
FOOD AND EQUIPMENT VENDOR: A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet, and possibly, a swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories at times during the meet if arrangements can be made.
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 in the Columbus Surface Parking Area as well as the Renaissance Parking Garage. Both entrances are located on Columbus Avenue and a 5-10 minute walk to the pool. It is recommended that you drop your swimmers off at the pool entrance and then proceed onward to the parking areas. Below you will find both directions if traveling to the pool or parking areas directly.
DIRECTIONS TO THE POOL:
Barletta Natatorium is located in the Cabot Center on Huntington Avenue.
From the West (Massachusetts Turnpike): Follow turnpike into tunnel and take Prudential exit. Proceed westbound on Huntington Avenue. Barletta Natatorium at Cabot Center is approximately three tenths of a mile on left at intersection of Huntington and Forsyth Street.
From the South and West (128/95): Take 128/95 to Route 93. Take Mass. Ave exit and take right onto Mass. Ave. Follow Mass. Ave through seven set of lights until St. Botolph Street. Take left onto St. Botolph and follow to stop sign. Take right onto Gainsborough Street and then a left onto Huntington Avenue. Barletta Natatorium at Cabot Center is on the left at corner of Huntington Avenue and Forsyth Street.
From the North (93 & 95 across Tobin Bridge): Take exit 26 (Storrow Drive) and follow signs for Storrow Drive. Take Fenway exit and proceed straight off exit ramp (follow signs for Boylston Street Inbound, do not bear right) and continue through three sets of lights to Mass. Ave. Take right onto Mass. Ave. and proceed to Huntington Avenue (right after Symphony Hall). Take right onto Huntington Avenue and Barletta Natatorium at Cabot Center is on the left at the corners of Huntington and Forsyth Street.
Via public transportation: Northeastern is accessible by subway via the Green Line of the MBTA. From downtown Boston, take an “E” train outbound to the Northeastern stop, the first stop above ground. The campus can also be reached from downtown via the Orange Line by taking any train going outbound to Forest Hills and getting off at Ruggles Station. Commuter rail lines connect with the Orange Line at Back Bay Station and North Station.
DIRECTIONS TO PARKING FOR THE POOL
From the North (93 & 95 across Tobin Bridge): Take the Storrow Drive exit, and proceed to the Fenway exit. Follow signs for Boylston Street inbound, and bear right onto Westland Avenue. Turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue, proceed to the third traffic light, and turn right onto Columbus Avenue. The Renaissance Parking Garage is at 835 Columbus Ave.
From the West (Massachusetts Turnpike): Take Exit 22 (Copley Square), and bear right. Proceed to the first traffic light, and turn right onto Dartmouth Street. Take the next right onto Columbus Avenue. The Renaissance Parking Garage is at 835 Columbus Ave.
From the west (via Route 9) Proceed east on Route 9; it will become Huntington Avenue. Turn right onto Ruggles Street. At the fourth traffic light, turn left onto Tremont Street. At the second set of lights, turn left onto Melnea Cass Boulevard, and then turn left onto Columbus Avenue. The Renaissance Parking Garage is at 835 Columbus Ave.
From the south (via Route 3, Southeast Expressway): Take Exit 18 (Massachusetts Avenue), and proceed onto Melnea Cass Boulevard. Continue for approximately two miles, and turn left onto Columbus Avenue. The Renaissance Parking Garage is at 835 Columbus Ave.
LODGING: The following hotels are in the area:
Midtown Hotel
220 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
617.262.1000
Colonnade Hotel
120 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02116
Courtyard Boston Copley Square
88 Exeter Street
Boston, MA 02116
617.437.9300
617.424.7000
Sheraton Boston
39 Dalton Street
Boston, MA 02199
617.236.2000