November 11 – 13, 2016
Host Club______
Carrollton Bluefins (
Office Number 770-832-1134
Sanctioned by______
Georgia Swimming, Inc. (
Sanction Number #
Meet Referee: ______
Rod Momtahan –
Starter______
Steve Potter –
Stroke and Turn Judge______
Christine Rolka—
Admin Official______
Paula Momtahan—
Meet Director: ______
John Pepper ()
(678) 429-3156
Meet Entries: ______
Facility: ______
Lakeshore Center
116 Lumpkin Drive
Carrollton, Ga 30117
(770) 832-8828
Lakeshore Natatorium is an eight (8) lane pool with large lane lines and Omega electronic timing with scoreboard. There is also a 15 x 30 warm-up cool down pool adjacent to the competition pool along with a diving well with two (2) lanes for warm up and cool down. No chairs are allowed in front of the bleachers and No Smoking is allowed within the facility area.
The competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C (4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming and Georgia Swimming. The pool depth is 4.6 feet deep at the start and turn ends.
Format:
The order of events is shown and/or able for download from the Carrollton Bluefin website (
All events will be pre-seeded except for the 500 Free and the 400 IM and will be contested as timed finals in a single 8-lane, 25-yard pool. Warm-up/warm-down lanes will be available in the diving well within the off area. Dive-over starts may be used so coaches are requested to ensure their swimmers are familiar with this type of start.
All Senior Events will have a minimal age of 11 years old to senior
Eligibility:
Open to all currently registered USA Swimming athletes. This is an open meet with no time standards.
Entry Limit:
Each swimmer may compete in up to four (4) events per day
Entries will close upon receipt of the team that puts the total number of entered visiting swimmers over 400. If a team’s entries exceed the limit, all entries for that team will be accepted.
Rules:
The current USA Swimming Rules and Regulations will govern the conduct of the meet. Swimmers will be responsible for swimming in their assigned heats and lanes. The Meet Referee may elect to change or combine heats or events. Every effort will be made to notify teams in advance of such changes.
The use of audio visual or recording devices, including cell phones, is not permitted in changing areas, restrooms, or locker rooms.
Deck changing is prohibited
Any swimmer entered in the meet, must be accompanied by a USA Swimming member coach. All Coaches must sign-in with the Clerk of Course upon arrival at the meet. USA-S coaches must present their current USA-S Coaches Registration Card or provide proof via the USA Swimming Deck Pass or USA Swimming Non-Athlete Roster. Any coach not having current credentials will be barred from the pool deck. Credentials must be worn or produced upon request from meet management.
Entry Format:
Hy-Tek Meet Manager software will be used so please submit entries via Hy-Tek Entry File. Entries must include each swimmer’s first and last name, age, seed times for each event entered, and their USA Swimming registration number. Additionally, a completed and signed ‘Entry Summary and Liability Release Form’ and a signed copy of the entries must be received before the entries are considered complete. Swimmers and Teams cannot participate until their entries are complete. Entries will be processed when complete, on a first-come/first-served basis.
Email entries should include an attachment representing the Hy-Tek Entry File; an attachment in Word format of those same Hy-Tek entries; and, in the body of the email, a list of all attending coaches with their and the team’s contact information for confirmation of receipt and any and all additional correspondence and meet announcements. Errors in entries submitted electronically are the responsibility of the applicant.
Email entries may be submitted to
Payment and Disk/Hardcopy entries may be sent to:
Carrollton Bluefins Meet Entries
c/o John Pepper
P.O. Box 532
Carrollton, Georgia 30112
A confirmation email will be sent to all teams.
Entry Deadline:
All entries must be received by 11:59 pm, Friday, October 28th, 2016
Entry Fees:
$5.00 per event / $7.00 per relay
$1.00 swimmer surcharge to be donated to American Cancer Society
Make checks payable to “CRPD”.
Late Entries:
After the entry deadline but prior to the day of the meet:
Late entries may be submitted by email to
At the meet:
Please see the Clerk of Course. The Clerk of Course will close at 8:30 am
No additional heats will be created for late entries. Late entries will be processed on a first-come/first-served basis if empty lanes are available, will be seeded with no time (NT), and may not appear in the heat sheet. Late entered swimmers must present proof of USA Swimming registration or an active team roster certified by swim team organization to the Clerk of Course.
Any changes or entries received after the entry deadline will be charged on a late entry basis, which is double the regular fee. ($10.00 for Individual Events and $14.00 per relay)
Warm-up:
Georgia Swimming warm-up procedures and rules will be posted and must be followed. Lanes and warm-up times will be assigned and posted at the pool and emailed out to visiting teams
Friday Evening
Warm Ups at 4:00 PM
Start Time at 5:30 PM
Saturday and Sunday Morning
Warm Ups at 7:00 AM
Start Time at 9:00 AM
Saturday and Sunday Afternoon
Warm Ups at 1:30 PM
Start Time at 2:30 PM
Coaches:
All Coaches must sign in with the Clerk of Course and show their current USA Swimming coach’s registration card if they are USA certified.
All coaches planning to be on the pool deck must have a valid coach’s card from their LSC
Meeting:
A coaches’ meeting will be held 15 minutes before the start of the meet on Friday Evening, November 11, 2016 at 5:15 PM. One coach or representative from each club is requested to attend since coaches are responsible for any and all information discussed and disseminated at the meeting. Subsequent meetings will be arranged if needed. Coaches arriving late should check in with the Meet Referee upon arrival.
Heat Sheets:
Each team will receive one heat sheet for every coach listed on their proof of entry form provided they check in at the Clerk of Course.
Supervision:
A current coach or a coach member of USA Swimming must supervise each swimmer participating in a USA Swimming sanctioned meet during warm-up and competition. An unattached athlete or an athlete not escorted by a current coach member must check in with the Meet Referee upon arrival at the meet. Such athletes will be assigned a member coach who will supervise him/her during warm-up and competition.
Officials:
Carrollton Bluefins (CBF) welcomes visiting officials and appreciates their help in conducting this event. Officials and apprentices must sign in with the Meet Referee (or designee) and show their current USA Swimming registration card and LSC certification card prior to the officials’ meeting, which will be held no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the session. Officials or apprentices requesting certain positions may contact the Meet Referee as early as possible prior to the meet.
Officials must sign in and wear on deck their current LSC official’s certification card or a recently completed apprentice form and USA Swimming Deck Pass. Any official not having current certification will be barred from the pool deck; no exceptions will be made. Copies of the certification, faxes, or letters stating certifications are up to date, will not be considered.
The uniform for all officials is white collared shirt, navy blue slacks or shorts (or skirts for women), and white tennis/deck shoes. Officials are encouraged to bring their own radio and headset.
Officials must display their credentials while on the pool deck.
Parents and Spectators:
Parents and spectators should not be on the pool deck in areas designated for coaches and officials. Persons serving in a volunteer capacity may be in these areas. Flash photography is prohibited at the beginning of each heat of competition. Coaches, please help ensure that your parents are aware of these provisions.
Volunteers:
CBF or visiting parents, family, or friends wishing to volunteer should contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Morgan Leahey at . For those volunteers tracking their community service hours a community service letter documenting the event, date, volunteer name, and hours worked will be available from the Volunteer Coordinator at the completion of the meet.
Awards:
Medals for places 1st through 3rd
Ribbons will be given in each individual event for places 4ththrough 8th.
Medals for Top 3 Relays
Concessions:
There will be basic concessions for purchase.
Hospitality:
For coaches, officials and volunteers there will be basic provisions of beverages and snacks in the hospitality area.
Attachments:
The Order of Events and the Entry Summary and Liability Release Form are attached below. Visit the Carrollton Bluefins website at for hotel information and directions.
Meet Management:
Meet Management shall consist of the Meet Referee and the Meet Director.
2016 Mary Anne ives InvitationalNovember 11 – 13, 2016
Friday, November 11, 2016
Warm ups 4:00
Start Time 5:30
Girls
1
3
5
7 / Event
11 – 12 400 IM
Senior 400 IM
11 – 12 500 Free
Senior 500 Free / Boys
2
4
6
8
Saturday Morning
Warm ups 7:00 am
Start Time 8:30 am / Sunday Morning
Warm ups 7:00 am
Start Time 8:30 am
Girls
9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41 / Events
8 & Under 25 Free
9 – 10 25 Free
11 – 12 50 Free
8 & Under 50 Breast
9 – 10 100 Breast
11 – 12 100 Breast
8 & Under 25 Back
9 – 10 50 Back
11 – 12 50 Back
8 – Under 25 Fly
9 – 10 100 Fly
11 – 12 100 Fly
10 & Under 200 Free
11 – 12 200 Free
8 & Under 100 Medley Relay
10 & Under 200 Medley Relay
11 – 12 200 Medley Relay / boys
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
42 / Girls
67
69
71
73
75
77
79
81
83
85
87
89
91
93
95
97
99 / Events
8 & Under 50 Free
9 – 10 50 Free
11 – 12 100 Free
8 & under 25 breast
9 – 10 50 Breast
11 – 12 50 Breast
8 & under 50 Back
9 – 10 100 Back
11 – 12 100 Back
8 & under 25 Fly
9 – 10 50 Fly
11 – 12 50 Fly
10 & under 100 IM
11 – 12 200 IM
8 & Under 100 Free Relay
10 & Under 200 Free Relay
11 – 12 200 Free Relay / Boys
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
100
Saturday Afternoon
warm ups Not before 1:30 pm
start time 2:30 pm / Sunday Afternoon
warm ups Not before 1:30 pm
start time 3:00 am
Girls
43
45
47
49
51
53
55
57
59
61
63
65 / Events
13 – 14 200 Free
Senior 200 Free
13 – 14 100 Breast
Senior 100 Breast
13 – 14 200 Back
Senior 200 Back
13 – 14 100 Fly
Senior 100 Fly
13 – 14 50 Free
Senior 50 Free
13 – 14 200 Medley Relay
Senior 200 Medley Relay / Boys
44
46
48
50
52
54
56
58
60
62
64
66 / Girls
101
103
105
107
109
111
113
115
117
119
121
123 / Events
13 – 14 100 free
Senior 100 Free
13 – 14 200 Breast
Senior 200 Breast
13 – 14 100 Back
Senior 100 Back
13 – 14 200 Fly
Senior 200 Fly
13 – 14 200 IM
Senior 200 IM
13 – 14 200 Free Relay
Senior 200 Free Relay / Boys
102
104
106
108
110
112
114
116
118
120
122
124
ENTRY SUMMARY SHEET
2016 Mary Anne ives InvitationalNovember 11 – 13, 2016
Team Name: / Team Code:
Team Address:
City: / State: / Zip:
Head Coach:
Cell Phone / E-Mail:
For entry problems call orE-Mail: John Pepper at
or 678-429-3156
# / SWIMMERS X $ 2.00 = / (Out of LSCTeams Only)
# / INDIVIDUAL EVENTS X $ 5.50=
# / RELAY EVENTS X $ 7.00 =
# / Swimmer Surcharge X $1.00
TOTAL =
Waiver, Acknowledgement and liability release:
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, Inc.
I acknowledge that I am familiar with the safety rules of USA Swimming, Inc. regarding warm-up procedures and that I shall be responsible for the compliance of my swimmers with those rules during this meet.
The Carrollton Parks and Recreation and Cultural Arts Department, The Carrollton Bluefins, Georgia Swimming, Inc., and USA Swimming, Inc., its agents, employees, and coaches shall be free from any liability or claim for damages rising by reason of illness or injury to anyone during the conduct of this meet.
______
Signature / TitleDate
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.
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.”
Unless otherwise stated in the final sanctioned Meet Information: the following Georgia LSC additions listed below apply to all timed final meets as well as all preliminary/finals meets.
1. Swimmers that qualify for any final heats as announced in the meet information will also be subject to these rules.
2. In all deck seeded events (1), 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 only applies to timed-final 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 announcement.
3. There is no scratch rule governing relays and there is no penalty regarding relay scratches.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. In cases where changes to the USAS rules cause conflict with the Georgia LSC additions, USAS rules shall take precedence.
(1) Interpretation: The change clarifies the intent of the rule. If there are no limits placed on the number of swimmers in the deck seeded event – then there is no penalty for a no-show in that event; given that no swimmer was impacted by the no show and everyone that wanted to swim got to swim. If a limit is placed on a deck seeded event (e.g. the fastest 30 swimmers), then a no-show could cause the exclusion of the 31st fastest swimmer from competing and would result in a penalty against the no-show swimmer.
Revised: September 12, 2015