Loveland Fall Open 2016
DATE: November 11-13, 2016
HOSTED BY: Loveland Swim Club
SANCTION: Held under the sanction of USA Swimming # 2016-130. In granting this sanction, it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming shall be free from any liabilities or claims or damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event.
LOCATION: Mountain View Aquatic Center
3560 Mountain Lion Drive
Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 613-7880.
Directions: Take I-25 to Exit 257, Loveland exit. Proceed west on US-34 for 1.4 miles. Turn left (south) on Boyd Lake Drive and then right (west) on Mountain Lion Drive. Turn left into the Mountain View High School parking lot. The swimming facility is located at the south end of the parking lot.
FACILITIES: Indoor, 25 yard pool with eight deep water lanes. The water depth measured for a distance of 3 feet 3½ inches (1.0 meter) to 16 feet 5 inches (5.0 meters) is 5 feet at the turn end is 8 feet at the start end. Additional warm-up and warm-down lanes are available. The competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). The copy of certification is on file at USA Swimming.
TIMING: Colorado Timing System with touch-pads and full matrix LED display.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all swimmers holding a 2016 or 2017 USA Swimming membership card. Any swimmer that appears on the Colorado Swimming (CSI) exceptions report without registration must come to the meet prepared to show their card, or they will be deck registered before they can enter the water. The deck registration fee will include a $25 surcharge plus the current registration fee. Age group will be determined by the swimmer’s age on November 11, 2016. All deck entries must present proof of current registration.
AWARDS: Individual 12 & Under Ribbons - 1st through 16th place
Individual 10 & Under Ribbons - 1st through 16th place
Individual 8 & Under Ribbons - 1st through 16th place
Swimmers get awards after results for individual events are announced.
HIGH POINT: Top 5 Scoring swimmers in each age group. Points are tracked in the age group in which the event was swum. For example, a 10 year old swimming some events as a 10 & Under and some events as a 12 & Under would score points in both age groups and these points are not added together.
ENTRY FEES: Make one check payable to Loveland Swim Club
• $4.75 For each Individual event. ($.75 of each individual event goes to the CSI Support Fund)
• $6.00 per swimmer facility charge
SCORING: Individual events: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
ENTRIES:
• Swimmers may enter up to 4 Events per Day.
• We will let teams know prior to the meet if positive check-in will be needed for any events.
• Coaches, the longer events are offered for swimmers with experience (200’s of stroke for 12 & Under, 400’s and longer events for all age groups). Please do not enter a swimmer unless they have a “B” time standard minimum in the shorter event.
• This meet may be pre-seeded for all Saturday and Sunday Sessions, except for races 200 yards and longer which may require positive check-in. If positive check-in is required for those events, swimmers must check in to be seeded. Failure to check in may result in not being allowed to swim if there are no empty lanes. Check in and additional entries will close at announced time before the start of the session.
• Distance events (400 yards and longer) may be seeded alternating girls and boys heats, fastest to slowest. Events may be combined (scored separately) to reduce the number of heats. Swimmers must bring their own volunteer counter and timer for distance events. All 12&U Sessions are planned to fit within four hours and all sessions may be limited for a reasonable meet length. Teams will be notified in advance of any changes. The distance events may be seeded alternating girls and boys heats, fastest to slowest. Distance events may be combined (scored separately) to reduce the number of heats. The 1650 may be limited to the top 16 boys and girls. Teams will be notified in advance of any changes.
• If Positive check-in is required for any events, a swimmer must check in to be seeded. Failure to check in may result in not being allowed to swim if there are no empty lanes. Check-in and additional entries will close as announced during warm-up for that session. Swimmers must bring their own volunteer counter and timer for the distance events.
ENTRY PROCEDURES:
· Computer entries, prepared using Hy-Tek software. THIS IS THE ENTRY METHOD OF PREFERENCE. This can be emailed or mailed. Your team is responsible for the accuracy of the electronic entries. A team manager events file will be on the Loveland Swim Club web site, www.lovelandswimclub.com, prior to the meet to assist teams with the entry process.
· Hard copy of your Hy-Tek Data including entries listed by name and Hy-Tek Fees report. This is due with team check by the entry due date.
· Any team entering swimmers must enter on HY-TEK or pay a $25 fee.
· A psych sheet will be posted on the Loveland Swim Club web site www.lovelandswimclub.com prior to the meet to help correct any entry errors. Teams will be given time to send in corrections. A final psych sheet will be posted prior to the meet.
· Teams will be notified in advance on updated warm-up and start times for all sessions based on final team entries.
ENTRY DEADLINE:
Our entry chairman must receive entries by Friday, October 28, 2016. Entries received after the entry deadline will be processed as deck entries. All mail will be prioritized by date and time received. Do not send entries that require a signature. Entries will be limited for a planned four hour session for the 12 & Under swimmers and a reasonable meet length. All entries received after entry deadline may be accepted at the discretion of the Meet Director or Meet Referee at $10.00 per event plus Pool Surcharge. Please do not send entries that require a signature. Mail or deliver entries to:
Loveland Entries
3 Gregg Drive
Loveland, CO 80538
MEET DIRECTORS:
Jim Nickell
Maria Strait
MEET REFEREE:
Jay Gorham (970) 391-2646
SAFETY DIRECTOR:
Melissa Kralik
RULES:
· Current USA Swimming Rules will govern the meet in conjunction with the following information from CSI.
· The Meet Referee will have the final authority on all matters related to the meet.
· Colorado Swimming, Inc. procedures for warm-up will be observed. Warm-up Assignments and updated session times will be posted at www.lovelandswimclub.com two days prior to the 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 the swimmer in making arrangements for such supervision, but it is a swimmer’s responsibility to make arrangements prior to start of meet.
· The use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms, or locker rooms.
· Except where venue facilities require otherwise, changing into or out of swimsuits other than in locker rooms or other designated areas is not appropriate and is prohibited.
· 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. When unaccompanied by a member-coach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement.
· No on deck photography from behind the starting platforms.
· Deck changing is prohibited
· Drones are prohibited
· The pool deck is reserved for athletes, coaches, officials, and volunteers.
· Positive sportsman-like conduct will be expected. Coaches and parents are responsible for the behavior and safety of their swimmers and families.
· Any damage to the pool property will be grounds for dismissal from the remainder of the meet and the offenders will be held liable.
COACHES / OFFICIALS:
Only currently certified registered coaches, working officials, and volunteers will be allowed on deck. All coaches and uniformed officials MUST display their USA Swimming cards when on deck.
PROGRAMS:
$5.00 each. Coach’s copies are complementary. Final results will be posted as a Hy-Tek file on the Loveland Swim Club web site, www.lovelandswimclub.com.
CONCESSIONS:
A healthy selection of food and drink will be available at the concession stand. Colorado Swimming, Inc. does not support, recommend, endorse or take responsibility for the sale or marketing of any dietary supplements. It is the swimmers responsibility to know the contents of any food or drink he/she ingests. For more specific information on supplements please refer to the drug information on the USA Swimming website at
www.usaswimming.org.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Priority on entry for teams will be given to teams that enter a full complement of sessions. Teams that entered the meet last year will be given preference on entry acceptance for the current year.
WARM UP AND START TIMES:
SESSION / WARM UP TIME / START TIMEFRIDAY EVENING / 5:00 PM / 6:00 PM
SATURDAY AM / 7:00 AM / 8:35 AM
SATURDAY PM / 12:45 PM / 1:50 PM
SUNDAY AM / 7:00 AM / 8:35 AM
SUNDAY PM / 12:45 PM / 1:50 PM
**Warm up and start times are subject to change. Final times will be posted and emailed the Monday prior to the meet.
LOVELAND FALL OPEN NOVEMBER 11-13, 2016
FRIDAYSTART 6:00 PM
GRILS / SESSION 1 / BOYS
1 / 12 & U 500 FREE / 2
3 / 13 & OVER 500 FREE* / 4
*SCORED AS 13-14 , 15 AND OVER
SATURDAYSTART 8:35 AM
GIRLS / SESSION 2 / BOYS
5 / 12 & U 100 FREE / 6
7 / 10 & U 100 FREE / 8
9 / 8 & U 25 FREE / 10
11 / 12 & U 50 BREAST / 12
13 / 10 & U 50 BREAST / 14
15 / 8 & U 50 BREAST / 16
17 / 11-12 200 BREAST / 18
19 / 12 & U 100 FLY / 20
21 / 10 & U 100 FLY / 22
23 / 8 & U 25 FLY / 24
25 / 12 & U 50 BACK / 26
27 / 10 & U 50 BACK / 28
29 / 8 & U 50 BACK / 30
31 / 11-12 200 BACK / 32
33 / 10 & U 200 IM / 34
35 / 12 & U 200 IM / 36
37 / 8 & U 100 IM / 38
SATURDAY PM
START 1:50 PM
GIRLS / BOYS
39 / SENIOR 200 BACK / 40
41 / 14 & U 200 BACK / 42
43 / SENIOR 50 FREE / 44
45 / 14 & U 50 FREE / 46
47 / SENIOR 100 BREAST / 48
49 / 14 & U 100 BREAST / 50
51 / SENIOR 200 FLY / 52
53 / 14 & U 200 FLY / 54
55 / SENIOR 100 FREE / 56
57 / 14 & U 100 FREE / 58
59 / SENIOR 400 IM / 60
61 / 14 & U 400 IM / 62
SUNDAY
START: 8:35 AM
GIRLS / SESSION 4 / BOYS
63 / 12 & U 100 BACK / 64
65 / 10 & U 100 BACK / 66
67 / 8 & U 25 BACK / 68
69 / 12 & U 50 FLY / 70
71 / 10 & U 50 FLY / 72
73 / 8 & U 50 FLY / 74
75 / 11-12 200 FLY / 76
77 / 12 & U 100 BREAST / 78
79 / 10 & U 100 BREAST / 80
81 / 8 & U 25 BREAST / 82
83 / 12 & U 50 FREE / 84
85 / 10 & U 50 FREE / 86
87 / 8 & U 50 FREE / 88
89 / 12 & U 100 IM / 90
91 / 10 & U 100 IM / 92
93 / 8 & U 100 FREE / 94
95 / 12 & U 200 FREE / 96
97 / 10 & U 200 FREE / 98
SUNDAY PM
START: 1:50 PM
GIRLS / SESSION 5 / BOYS
99 / SENIOR 200 FREE / 100
101 / 14 & U 200 FREE / 102
103 / SENIOR 100 FLY / 104
105 / 14 & U 100 FLY / 106
107 / SENIOR 200 BREAST / 108
109 / 14 & U 200 BREAST / 110
111 / SENIOR 100 BACK / 112
113 / 14 & U 100 BACK / 114
115 / SENIOR 200 IM / 116
117 / 14 & U 200 IM / 118
SUNDAY
START AFTER SEESION 5
GIRLS / SESSION 6 / BOYS
119 / 13 & OVER 1650 FREE / 120
*SCORED AS 13-14 , 15 AND OVER