3ndAnnual Delaware Riptides
Orange Crush Invitational
January 24 - 25, 2015
Hosted by:Delaware Riptide YMCA
Location:Delaware Community YMCA
1121 SouthHouk Rd
Delaware, Ohio 43015
(740) 203-3051
Meet Director:Violet
Meet Referee:Pam
Entry Chairperson:Axel
Facility:Is an 8 lane, 25 yard pool using non-turbulent lane lines. Using Daktronics
timing system with touchpads with 8 lanescoreboard, using two button times for the 25 finishes. Watch timeswill be used for back-up. Full facility locker rooms and showers. Each team will beprovided an area in gym to set up "team camps", and bleacher seating for 200spectators will be provided; you may bring your own chairs, but there will be no camping in certain areas on the pool deck.
There will be a 4 lane warm down pool available for the afternoon session only
-absolutely NO backstroke allowed
Officials:YMCA officials will be needed and greatly appreciated. If any parents are interested
in officiating, please email Pam Birnbrich to indicate availability.
T-shirt:There will be a T-shirt vendor on-site
Entry Deadline:Friday, January16, 2015 by 9:00pm.
Entry Fees:Saturday events:$2.00 per event(no awards given)
Sunday events:$4.00 per individual event and $7.00 per relay.
Payment is due before start of the meet.
#YMCA of Central Ohio teams: Please submit payment via
an I.D.T. to DRY account #800-996-8738
#All other YMCA teams: Bring payment to YMCA on the day of
the meet.
Make checks payable to: Delaware YMCA
Entry Information:10 & under swimmers: may enter THREE(3) individual events and 1Relay.
11 & over swimmers: may enter up to FIVE(5) individual and 1 Relay, but
No more than 3 individual events per session
Submit entries withShort Course yard times. Please submit entries via email using
Hy-Tek Team Manager. Events for Team Manager available on our website at:
ymcacolumbus.org/delaware-swim-team or SEOWV website
Deck entries will be accepted and must be received at least 30 minutes prior to the start of themeet by the Entry Chairperson at the computer table. NO new heats will be created
andentries will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. The cost will be $8.00 per individualevent and $10.00 per relay.
If an entry error is made by the Host team, any affected swimmer(s) will have first priorityand be entered into an open lane. The entire event will NOT be reseeded.
Meet Procedure:This is a closed YMCA invitational. Swimmer's age as of December 1, 2014 will be
used to determine their age group. The USA Swimming handbook governs this
meet (with league modifications). All events are timed finals.
Fly-over starts may be used at the discretion of the meet Referee.
Start Times:Session 1Distance Session
Warm-up:5:00 – 5:45pm
Meet starts:5:45pm
Session 210 & under swimmers
Warm-ups:7:30 - 8:30am
Meet starts:8:35am
Teams will be assigned warm-up times and lanes
Session 311 & over swimmers
Warm-ups:Will start 30 minutes at the conclusion of morning session,
but not before 1:00pm
Meet starts:1 hour after start of warm-ups
Teams will be notified of afternoon start time after all entries are received and will
be assigned warm-up lanes.
Bullpen:There will be a bullpen for the 10 & under events ONLY.
Coaches Packet:A Coach's packet will be available before each session and may be picked up at the
Scorers table.
Awards:Individual Awards:
Custom Ribbons 1st thru 8th "AA" swimmers
Ribbons 1st thru 8th "Regional" swimmers
Relay Awards
Ribbons 1st thru 8th
Age Group awarded to:
*6 & under, 7 - 8, 9 - 10, 11 - 12, 13 - 14, 15 & over
* 6 & under awards will be awarded as placed with Custom Ribbons
Team Awards:1st and 2nd place Team Banner (host team not eligible)
Heat winner awards for 10 & under events only
Only coaches are permitted to pick up team/individual awards.
Awards will NOT be passed out sooner than 30 minutes after conclusion of the day! Thanks for your patience.
Scoring:Individual events:9,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Relay events: 18,14,12,10,8,6,4,2
Results:Results will be posted on the Delaware YMCA website and the SEOWV League website.
During the meet, results will be posted in hallway from gym.
Concessions:Breakfast, lunch, and dinner items will be available for sale in the Lobby.
Hospitality:There will be a hospitality room available for coaches and officials only, located behind starting blocks end of pool.
Vendor:We will have swim wear and equipment available for sale in Lobby.
Nearby Hotels:
In Delaware area:
There are many hotels within 15 miles in the 270/Rte. 23 interchange or
I-71 and 36/37 interchange
Saturday Evening Session
11 & over
Warm-ups:5:00pm
Meet starts:5:45pm
Event #Event Description
101400 IM
102200 Back
103200 Breast
104200 Butterfly
105500 Free
If time line permits, we will take a 10 minute break in-between events
Sunday Morning Session
10 & under
Warm-ups:7:30am
Meet begins:8:30am
Event #Event Description
2019 - 10 200 Free
2028 & under 100 Free
2039 - 10 100 IM
2048 & un 100 IM
2059 - 10 50 Free
2068 & un25 Free
2079 - 10 50 Fly
2088 & un 25 Fly
2099 - 10 100 Free
2108 & un 50 Free
2119 - 10 50 Back
2128 & un 25 Back
2139 - 10 50 Breast
2148 & un 25 Breast
2159 - 10 200 Free Relay
2168 & un 100 Free Relay
All 9 – 10 events will be swum as one event, but scored separately by male/female
All 8 & under events will be swum as one age group, but scored separately:
6 & under, 7 – 8, Male/Female
Sunday Afternoon Session
11 & over swimmers
Warm-ups:30 minutes after conclusion of morning
session, but not before 1:00
Meet Starts:1 hour after start of Warm-ups
MixedEvents Description
30111 & 12 200 Free Relay
30213 & over 200 Free Relay
30311 - 12 100 IM
30411 & over 50 Breast
30511 & over 100 Fly
30611 & over 50 Free
30711 & over 100 Back
30811 & over 100 Free
30911 & over 200 IM
31011 & over 50 Back
31111 & over 100 Breast
31211 & over 50 Fly
31311 & over 200 Free
All 11 & over events will be swum as one age group, but scored separately by age groups:
11 - 12, 13 - 14, 15 & over, Male/Female