BUFFALO WILD WINGS BLAZIN’ INVITATIONAL
Hosted by Concord Swim Team
June 2, 3, 4, 2017
Sanction: This meet is sanctioned by USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming. Sanction Number IN17342.
Location: Merrifield Park, 1000 E. Mishawaka Ave., Mishawaka IN 46544.
Facility: Merrifield is an outdoor 50 meter pool. Lanes 1-7 will be used for competition. Lane 8 may be used for competition if entries warrant, and if an additional starting block is available. The diving well will be available for continuous warm up and warm down. Water depth at the starting end of the pool is 6 feet, and is 4 feet at the turning end of the pool. Please note, there will only be starting blocks at the start end of the pool. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4).
Eligibility: Swimmer(s) must be registered with USA Swimming prior to the competition. Age as of June 2, 2017 shall determine the swimmer’s age for the entire meet. Indiana Swimming does not process on-site memberships.
Rules: Current USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming rules will govern this meet. At a sanctioned competitive event, USA Swimming athlete members must be under the supervision of a USA Swimming member coach during warm-up, competition, and warm-down. The Meet Director or Meet Referee may assist in making arrangements for such supervision, but it is the swimmer’s responsibility to make such arrangements prior to the start of the meet.
Any swimmer entered in the meet must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing 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.
Coaches MUST display their USA Swimming coach credential or Deck Pass to gain deck access. The meet referee and/or meet director reserves the right to ask for coach credential or Deck Pass and/or deny deck access if coach does not comply or card is no longer valid/current.
In swimming competitions, the competitor must wear only one swimsuit in one or two pieces except as provided in USA Swimming rule 205.10.1. All swimsuits shall be made from textile materials. For men, the swimsuit shall not extend above the navel nor below the knees, and for women, shall not cover the neck, extend past the shoulder, nor extend below the knee.
Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms.
Deck changes are prohibited.
Entries: Entries will be accepted starting on Wednesday May 3, 2017. The entry deadline will be on Monday May 15, 2017. This deadline will be extended if the meet is not full. The host team reserves the right to limit entries into any and all events in order to maintain an acceptable time line. This provision would apply particularly to the Friday evening events and the 800 m. Freestyle events. Teams not accepted into the meet will be notified by 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday May 17, 2017.
Swimmers may enter a maximum of 4 individual events and one relay event per day. All seed times should be in long course meters. No time entries will be accepted. Seed time updates will be accepted until 3 p.m. on Tuesday May 23, 2017. Cut off times for limited events will be published on or before 3 p.m. on Thursday May 25, 2017.
Entry Chair: Kyle Mallory. Please email entries to . Coach Mallory can be contacted at this address with questions, or you may call 574-875-6524, ext # 86359.
Meet Director: Angie Brenneman. Email address:
BUFFALO WILD WINGS BLAZIN’ INVITATIONAL
Hosted by Concord Swim Team
June 2, 3, 4, 2017
Entry Fees: Individual events - $ 4 per event. Deck entries will be accepted at the discretion of the meet director. Entry fees for deck entries will be $ 6 per individual event. There will also be an athlete surcharge of
$ 2.00. This fee is established by and payable to Indiana Swimming. All entry fees are due prior to the start of the meet on Friday. Checks should be made payable to “Concord Swim Club”. Any swimmers eliminated from events due to meet timeline considerations will have their entry fees refunded. There will not be any other refunds of entry fees once an entry has been accepted into the meet.
Check-In: There will be a positive check-in for all sessions of the meet. The deadline for check-in will be 45 minutes prior to the start of the session. Those failing to check in will be scratched.
Clerk of Course: There will be a clerk of course for 8 & under events only.
Awards: Ribbons will be awarded to the top 12 finishers in each individual event. There will be high point awards for the top 3 scorers in each age group. The top 3 scoring teams will be awarded.
Scoring: Individual Events: 16-13-12-11-10-9-7-5-4-3-2-1.
Schedule: Friday June 2: Warm Up: 4:00 – 4:50 p.m. Meet begins at 5:00 p.m.
A.M. Sessions, Saturday June 3 and Sunday June 4:
Warm Up: 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. Meet begins at 9:00 a.m.
P.M. Sessions, Saturday June 3 and Sunday June 4:
Warm Up: 1:30 – 2:05 p.m. Meet begins at 2:15 p.m.
800 Free: The 800 m. Freestyle event will be seeded and swum fastest to slowest. Entries in this event may be limited to accommodate the time line. The meet hosts reserves the right to swim 2 athletes per lane, using chase starts. All swimmers in this event must provide a lap counter.
Meet Operation: The meet may be conducted using fly-over starts, at the discretion of the Meet Director and Meet Referee. All 50 meter events will start at the turn end of the pool, which does not have starting blocks.
Admissions: There will be an admission fee of $ 4 per day for adult spectators. A weekend individual pass will be available for $15 and includes a psych sheet. The weekend family pass will be available for $ 20, will provide admission to 2 adults and children 13 and over (immediate family only) for the weekend, and will include a psych sheet. Children 12 and under free.
Parking: There will not be a charge for parking. The facility parking lot (east of the pool) has 130 spaces available.
Volunteers: The host team will be seeking officials to assist with the meet. Each team is asked to provide a contact person to coordinate volunteer officials.
Concessions: There will be a concession stand open during all sessions of the meet. This concession stand is operated by the Mishawaka Parks Department.
BUFFALO WILD WINGS BLAZIN’ INVITATIONAL
Hosted by Concord Swim Team
June 2, 3, 4, 2017
Friday June 2, 2017
Girls: Event: Boys:
1 11-12 400 m. I.M. 2
3 13-14 400 m. I.M. 4
5 15 & Over 400 m. I.M. 6
7 10 & under 400 m. Freestyle 8
9 11-12 400 m. Freestyle 10
11 13-14 400 m. Freestyle 12
13 15 & Over 400 m. Freestyle 14
Saturday June 3, 2017
A.M. Session
15 13-14 200 m. Freestyle 16
17 15 & Over 200 m. Freestyle 18
19 13-14 100 m. Backstroke 20
21 15 & Over 100 m. Backstroke 22
23 13-14 200 m. Breaststroke 24
25 15 & Over 200 m. Breaststroke 26
27 13-14 100 m. Butterfly 28
29 15 & Over 100 m. Butterfly 30
31 Open 800 m. Freestyle** XX
P.M. Session
33 8 & Under 50 m. Freestyle 34
35 9 -10 50 m. Freestyle 36
37 11-12 50 m. Freestyle 38
39 8 & Under 50 m. Breaststroke 40
41 9-10 50 m. Breaststroke 42
43 11-12 200 m. Breaststroke 44
45 10 & under 100 m. Backstroke 46
47 11-12 100 m. Backstroke 48
49 10 & under 100 m. Butterfly 50
51 11-12 100 m. Butterfly 52
53 10 & under 200 m. Freestyle 54
55 11-12 200 m. Freestyle 56
**The Open 800 m. Freestyle will be swum fastest to slowest.
BUFFALO WILD WINGS BLAZIN’ INVITATIONAL
Hosted by Concord Swim Team
June 2, 3, 4, 2017
Sunday June 4, 2017
A.M. Session
57 13-14 200 m. I.M. 58
59 15 & Over 200 m. I.M. 60
61 13-14 100 m. Breaststroke 62
63 15 & Over 100 m. Breaststroke 64
65 13-14 200 m. Backstroke 66
67 15 & Over 200 m. Backstroke 68
69 13-14 100 m. Freestyle 70
71 15 & Over 100 m. Freestyle 72
73 13-14 200 m. Butterfly 74
75 15 & Over 200 m. Butterfly 76
XX Open 800 m. Freestyle** 78
P.M. Session
79 10 & Under 200 m. I.M. 80
81 11-12 200 m. I.M. 82
83 8 & Under 50 m. Backstroke 84
85 9-10 50 m. Backstroke 86
87 11-12 200 m. Backstroke 88
89 10 & under 100 m. Breaststroke 90
91 11-12 100 m. Breaststroke 92
93 8 & under 50 m. Butterfly 94
95 9-10 50 m. Butterfly 96
97 11-12 200 m. Butterfly 98
99 8 & under 100 m. Freestyle 100
101 9-10 100 m. Freestyle 102
103 11-12 100 m. Freestyle 104
**The Open 800 m. Freestyle will be swum fastest to slowest.
BUFFALO WILD WINGS BLAZIN’ INVITATIONAL
Hosted by Concord Swim Team
Summary of Entries
Please return this form and a check for entry fees to the Entry Chairperson no later than 5:15 on Friday June 2, 2017. Make checks payable to “Concord Swim Club”.
Club Name: ______Club Code: ______
Number of swimmers entered: Boys ______+ Girls ______= Total ______
Number of Individual entries ______x $4.00 each = $______
Total number of relay entries ______x $6.00 each = $ ______
Indiana Swimming Athlete Surcharge ______x $2.00 each = $______
Total amount enclosed $ ______
Club Official Submitting Entry: Coaches’ Names
Name ______
Address ______
City ______
State/Zip ______
Phone Number ______
E-mail address ______
Please indicate how you would like to receive your final results (checklist)
_____ Hard Copy (snail mailed or .htm file emailed) _____ Meet Manager backup (emailed)
_____ Team Manager .c12 file (emailed) _____ All of the above
_____ Email address to send above to: ______
Release and Hold Harmless:
In consideration of being permitted to participate in this swim meet, and for other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned himself, his successors and assigns, hereby releases and forever discharges the host club and its Board of Directors, USA Swimming and each of their respective officers, agents, employees, members, successors and any other persons in any way connected with this meet, from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, actions, or causes of action of whatever kind of character arising out of or in connection with said event. Further the undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless the host club, USA Swimming, and the officers, trustees, agents, employees and members of the foregoing and all other persons in any way and claims arising out of or in connection with any injury, including death, or alleged injury or damage to property sustained or alleged to have sustained in connection with or to have arisen out of said event.
Executed this ______day of ______20____.
Signature of Club Official or Coach: ______