2015 Hurricane’s Last ChanceMeet
July 11 – 12,2015
SANCTION:Georgia Swimming, Inc.
MEETNAME:2014 Hurricanes Last ChanceMeetDATE:July 11 – 12,2015
HOSTTEAM:Columbus Aquatic Club (Hurricanes –GA)
MEET MANAGER: Jeff Pishko
8160 Veterans Pkwy, #1433
Columbus, GA 31909
SOFTWARE:Hy – Tek Meet Manager5.0
FACILITY:The New Columbus AquaticCenter.1603 Midtown Dr. Columbus, GA31906This is an indoor, 50 meter by 25 yard facility. Bleacher seating for900plus spectators and ample parking is available. The pool depthmeasures
13.8 to 5 feet in depth. Daktronics timing system with full scoreboardwillbe used. Driving direction are available at the host websiteat:
The competition course has been certified in accordancewith102.2.2C(4).ThecopyofsuchcertificationisonfilewithUSASwimming
& GeorgiaSwimming.
HOTEL INFO: See below for local hotel information and rates.
CONCESSIONS:Basic concessions will be available.
HOSPITALITY:Will be provided for coaches and officials
RULES:The current USA Swimming and Rules and Regulations will govern the conduct of the meet unless noted otherwise herein. Swimmers are responsible for swimming in assigned heat and lanes. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms.All officials must wear current USA card while on deck and present current LSC card at check in. Coaches must present upon check-in , a current USA Swimming card. A coaches meeting will be held on Saturday at 7:45am. The Georgia Swimming scratch rule (adopted April 2010) is in effect for this meet (see attached). Chairs will only be permitted in gym or outside. Chairs are not allow on the pool deck. “Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA Swimming member coach, must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a race start or must start each race from within the water. It is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement.”
FEES:$5.50 per individual event.
$2.00 per swimmer surcharge for each out-of-state swimmer entered.
LATE ENTRY FEES:$10.00 per individual event.
ELIGIBILITY:Open to all swimmers registered with USA Swimming, Inc.
ENTRIES: Entry files must include the swimmersfirst,andlastname, age,USASwimming ID number, and seeding time. The 400, 800, 1500 free &400IM are deck seeded events that requires a positive check-in and issubjectto the GA scratch rule. Swimmers should submit their best longcoursetimes for seeding. A copy of all entries will be sent to GeorgiaRegistrationChairman by the host club. Out-of-state swimmers should be preparedtosubmit proof of current USA Swimming membership. TheGeorgiaRegistration Chairman Lori
This meet is intended to serve as a "last chance" to qualify for the 14under Georgia State Championships. Any swimmer entered in aneventwith a time faster than the 14 & under State time standard for thateventwill be dropped from thatevent.
ENTRYLIMIT:Entry Limit: 400 swimmers and 4 Individual events perday.
LATEENTRIESLate entries will be accepted on an empty lane basis only. All lateentrieswill be entered with a NT. All swimmers entering late must presentavalid USA Swimming registration card to the clerk of course, or presentaseparate check made out to “GA Swimming, Inc” for theannualregistration fee in the amount of $68 in order to enter the meet;theserequirements do not apply to scratches or to swimmers alreadyenteredin the meet who are deck entering additionalevents.
DEADLNE:Email entries must be received no later than 7:00pm on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
Email the following three (3) Hy-Tek TM 6.0 files or TU zipped fileto. Meet Entries, Meet Entries Report, Meet Entry FeesReport must accompany the file.
Emailed entry files, individual request for athlete/events removaloradditions received after the deadline will not be processed. Allscratchand late entries after the deadline must be presented to the clerkofcourse at the meet.Before any athlete may participate in this meet,CACmust receive check and signed waiver from an official representativeofthat athlete’steam.
Mail check and signed waiverto:
Columbus AquaticClub
PO Box7163
Columbus, Ga.31908
SEEDING:With the exception of the 400, 800, 1500 Free & 400 IM, all events willbepre-seeded. Meet management may limit the 800/1500 to the top2heats (20) swimmers based on the total number of entriesreceived.
Heats may be limited further at the discretion of the meetreferee.
CHECK-IN:All swimmers wishing to swim the 400IM/400Freemustcheck inwiththe Clerk of Course from 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. Saturday. Allswimmerswishing to swim the 800 or 1500 Free must check in with the ClerkofCourse from 8:30 - 9:15 AMSunday.
FORMAT:All events will be swum as Timed Finals. All events will be swum slowtofast.
WARMUP:Warm up guidelines, as approved by Georgia Swimming, Inc. will beineffect. The host team will publish and post a detailedlaneassignment/warm-up schedule by Wednesday July7th.
SessionWarm-UpMeetStart
1:Saturday9:30AM10:30AM
2:Saturday2:30PM 3:00PM
3:Sunday8:30AM9:30AM
4: Sunday1:30PM 2:00PM
SCORING:This meet shall NOT bescored.
AWARDS:No Awards for thismeet.
OFFICIALS:Meet Referee: Rob Schreer & Deb Wohlrab
TheStarter: Janet Brossett
Stroke & Turn Judge: Alicia Newton, Gary Brossett, Yang Park, AracelisWilliams, Cheri Mattson, Rick Mattson
Safety Chairman Jeff Pishko
Certified officials are welcome and encouraged to work at thismeet.Please contact the meet referee 10 days prior to the meet if aspecificassignment is requested, otherwise report to the meet referee60minutes prior to eachsession.
LIABILITY:The ColumbusAquaticClub,Inc., the City of Columbus, Inc, GeorgiaSwimming, Inc, United State Swimming. Inc, shall be held free and harmless from any and all liabilities orclaimsfor damages arising by reason of insults or injuries to anyone duringtheconduct of thisevent.
MOREINFO:Prospective teams and participants are encouraged to visit theColumbusHurricanes team website at to view thefullmeet information & psychsheets.
July 11,2015July 12,2015
Session1Session3
9:30 a.m. Warm Up, 10:30 a.m.Start8:30 a.m. Warm Up, 9:30 a.m.Start
*****ALL EVENTS MIXED (GIRLS & BOYS) EXCEPT THE 800 & 1500 UNLESS OTHERWISENOTED*****
EVENT / EVENT1 / 10 & U 200Free / 18 / 10 & U 200IM
2 / 11-12 200Free / 19 / 11-12 200IM
3 / 13 & Over 200Free / 20 / 13 & Over 200IM
4 / 10 & U 50Fly / 21 / 10 & U 50BR
5 / 11-12 50Fly / 22 / 11-12 50BR
6 / 13 & Over 100Fly / 23 / 13 & Over 100BR
7 / 10 & U 100BR / 24 / 10 & U 50Back
8 / 11-12 100BR / 25 / 11-12 50Back
9 / 13& Over 200BR / 26 / 13 & Over 100Back
10 / 10 & U 100Back / 27 / 10 & U 100Fly
11 / 11-12 100Back / 28 / 11 & 12 100Fly
12 / 13 & Over 200Back / 29 / 13 & Over 200Fly
13 / 10 & U 100Free / 30 / 10 & U 50Free
14 / 11-12 100Free / 31 / 11-12 50Free
15 / 13 & Over 100Free / 32 / 13 & Over 50Free
Warmup: 2:30PM, Start: 3:00PMWarmup: 1:30PM, Start: 2:00PM
Session2Session4
16Open 400IM33Girls 800 Free*
17Open 400Free34Boys 1500 Free*
* Top 20seeded
Entry Summary and Liability Release Form
2015 Hurricane Last Chance Meet
July 11-12, 2015
Team Name: ______Team Abbreviation: ______
Team Address: ______
City: ______State: ______Zip: ______
Coach: ______
Phone: ______Home: ______
Email: ______
Total individual events______X$5.50=$______
Out of state swimmer surcharge ______X$2.00=$______
Total fees submitted$______
Make Check Payable To:“CAC” “Columbus Aquatic Club”
Mail Entries To: Jeff Pishko
8160 Veterans Pkwy, #1433
Columbus, GA 31909
Email Entries To:
Entries must be received on or before 7:00PM, Tuesday, June 30, 2015
WAIVER, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND LIABILITY RELEASE
I, the undersigned coach or team, representative verify that all of the swimmers and coaches listed on the enclosed entry forms are registered with USA Swimming.
I acknowledge that I am familiar with the safety rules of USA Swimming and Georgia Swimming regarding warm-up procedures and that I shall be responsible for the compliance of my swimmers with those rules during this meet.
Georgia Swimming, Inc., USA Swimming, The Columbus Aquatic Club, Inc., the
City of Columbus, Inc, their agents, employees and coaches shall be free from liability or
Claimfrom damages during by reason of illness or injury to anyone during the conduct of the meet.
I havereviewed RULE 302.4 FALSE REGISTRATION and understand that GA Swimming probably will issue a fine
of up to $100.00 per event against a member coach or a member club submitting a meet entry which indicates aswimmer is registered with USA swimming when that swimmer or the listed club is not properly registered.
Signed: ______Date: ______
GEORGIA SWIMMING INC.
SCRATCH RULE
The Scratch Rule to be used in all Georgia LSC sanctioned meets where the meet format includes preliminary heats, consolation finals and finals, is the "Scratch Rule" as found under “Administrative Conduct of USA Swimming Championships”, subsection “Scratch Procedures”, subsections “Scratching from finals” and “Exceptions for failure to compete”, of the current “USA Swimming Rules and Regulations”. An excerpt is provided below. The following Georgia LSC additions listed below apply to all timed final meets as well as all preliminary/finals meets.
Scratching from finals:
(1)Any swimmer qualifying for a C, B, or A (bonus and consolation final or) final race in an individual event who fails to compete in said final shall be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet, except as noted in paragraph E. A declared false start under 101.1.3F or deliberate delay of meet under101.1.5 is not permitted and will be regarded as a failure to compete.
(2)In the event of withdrawal or barring of a swimmer from competition the Referee shall fill the C, B, or A (bonus and consolation final or) final, when possible, with the next qualified swimmer(s). First and second alternates shall be announced along with the final qualifiers. These alternates shall not be penalized if unavailable to compete in the finals.
(3)Where C and B (bonus and consolation) finals have not been swum and a barring or withdrawal is known to the Referee, the Referee shall reseed the C, B, or A (bonus final, consolation final and the) final, if necessary, to insert the alternate(s) in the appropriate lane(s), filling all lanes in the final.
(4)If the C or B (bonus and consolation) final has already been contested, the (championship) final shall be swum without reseeding for the empty lane(s).
Exceptions for failure to compete:
No penalty shall apply for failure to withdraw or compete in an individual event if:
(1)The Referee is notified in the event of illness or injury and accepts the proof thereof.
(2)A swimmer qualifying for a C, B or A (bonus or consolation final or) final race based upon the results of the preliminaries notifies the Referee within thirty (30) minutes after announcement of the qualifiers for that race that they may not intend to compete and further declares their final intentions within thirty (30) minutes following their last individual preliminary event.
(3)It is determined by the Referee that failure to compete is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the swimmer.”
Georgia LSC Additions:
Unless otherwise stated in the final sanctioned Meet Information:
- Swimmers that qualify for any final heats as announced in the meet information will also be subject to these rules.
- In all deck seeded events, a swimmer who has been checked in either personally or by a team coach, has been seeded and then fails to compete in said event, shall be barred from his or her next individual event, except as noted in “Exceptions for failure to compete” above. This rule also applies only to timed-finals meet events where the meet management has placed limits on the number of heats to be contested or the number of individual entries to be accepted for a particular deck-seeded event as specifically stated in the meet information.
- There is no scratch rule governing relays and there is no penalty regarding relay scratches.
- Qualifiers for all finals heats are those as identified on the originally posted results of the preliminary heats. Any qualifier who has moved up into this group as a result of the posting of corrected preliminary results after original results have been posted shall not be subject to penalty.
- The meet official designated to receive initial intentions not to compete and final intentions shall be announced at the beginning of each session. It is suggested that this official be the Clerk of Course.
- On the final day of “LSC Championship”competitions, any swimmer who has checked in for finals and fails to compete will be assessed a $50 fine. This fine must be paid before the next LSC Championship meet in which the swimmer intends to compete or the swimmer will be barred from competition.
- A “Positive check-in procedure” shall be used for all deck seeded events. A swimmer’s intent to swim a race shall be denoted by the swimmer’s or swimmer’s coach’s initials entered next to the swimmers’ names on the official entry sheet posted at the Clerk of Course. Failure to check in shall be considered to indicate that the swimmer will not compete.
- In cases where changes to the USAS rules cause conflict with the Georgia LSC additions, USAS rules shall take precedence.
Adopted by the HOD: April 18, 2010
Revised: September 17, 2014
HOTEL INFORMATION
The following hotels are offering discounts and amenities to swim team families. Please let them know you are here for the Columbus Aquatic Club Groundhog Day Swim Meet when booking. If needed, the group booking code is CAC.
Hampton Inn North – 6.8 miles from Aquatic Center (10-15 minute drive)
7390 Bear Lane,Columbus,Georgia,31909 (706) 256-2222
Swim Meet Rate: $84 per night, and includes:
- Full, hot breakfast
- Free Internet and Parking
- Late checkout for Sunday (12 pm)
DoubleTree Columbus – 3.5 Miles from Aquatic Center (6 -8 minute drive)
5351 Sidney Simons Blvd, Columbus, GA 31904 (706) 327-6868
Swim Meet Rate: $99 per night, and includes:
- Full, hot breakfast
- Free Internet and Parking
- Late checkout for Sunday (12 pm)