KERN COUNTY SWIM TEAM COUNCIL

CHAMPIONSHIP SWIM MEET

July 28, 2007

HOST: RipTide Swim Team

LOCATION: Hillman pool, Cal State University, Bakersfield, CA (on the University campus; see Directions, below)

PARTICIPANTS: All clubs which are members of the Kern County Swim Team Council. Swimmers must be in good standing with their respective clubs. To qualify for entry to this meet, swimmers must have competed in 3 other meets as approved by the Council. (Council swim meets between May 19 and July 22, inclusive.)

COURSE: 25-yard pool with 10 lanes for prelims, 8 for finals.

TIME: The first event will begin at 8:00 AM. Warm-ups will be from 7:00 to 7:45.
This is a card-less meet with no check-in.

RULES: 1. With regard to stroke & turn, 2007 U.S.A. Swimming rules will govern the meet.

2. Swimmers must compete in age groups based on their ages as of July 28.
Age groups are listed in the Schedule of Events.

3. For seeding purposes, swimmers must submit best times for events entered, or use our times of record.

4.  Each swimmer may enter no more than 3 events. Events may not be changed on the day of the meet.

5.  Any protest must be referred to a team coach who will present it to the meet director.
The decisions of the meet director will be final.

6.  This is a preliminaries and finals meet for events 1 through 80 and timed finals for the remaining events. The swimmers finishing 1st through 8th in the preliminaries will compete in the finals to determine the top 8 awards. The 9th and 10th place swimmers in the preliminary will be alternates if one of the top 8 is unable to swim in the final. Except for events 81-100, any event with 8 or fewer entries will be swum only during the finals.

7.  Clubs must designate one person to pick up awards.

ENTRIES: TEAMS MUST SUBMIT ENTRIES USING THE HyTek SYSTEM

Individual swimmers may use the form below for submission to their own team only. --
Please supply all requested information.

SWIMMERS & PARENTS: Please give all entry forms to your club's meet coordinator no later than July 17, 2007. Meet-entry Coordinators: Please see separate instructions for submission of entries for processing.

ENTRY FEES: $2.00 for each individual event. Swimmers should pay their own club's meet coordinator. Council will bill the clubs after the meet.

AWARDS: Medals for 1st through 8th, ribbons for 9th through 32nd in 3 groups of 8 each (“B”, “C” and “D”).

MEET DIRECTOR: Dennis Champion e-mail:

All entries MUST be entered on HyTek system and sent to
For info about entries, contact Bruce Constantino, 661-322-3648.

FACILITIES Parking is available in the parking lot south of the pool. Please keep driveways clear and observe regulations of the day. Food – A snack bar will be in operation for the duration of the meet.

DIRECTIONS TO THE POOL: : Enter the Cal State campus from Camino Media on the south side of the campus. Proceed north to the parking lot south of the gym. The pool is on the east side of the gym.

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KERN COUNTY SWIM TEAM COUNCIL

CHAMPIONSHIP SWIM MEET -- July 28, 2007 < ENTRY FORM - - PLEASE PRINT >

NAME______AGE_____ Circle One: BOY GIRL

BIRTHDATE______PHONE______TEAM______

Event # Event Name Best Time to Date

______:_____._____

______:_____._____

______:_____._____

No more than 3 event entries per swimmer will be accepted.

All entries must be submitted to your local swim club.

Late entry policy will be enforced.

KERN COUNTY SWIM TEAM COUNCIL

CHAMPIONSHIP SWIM MEET

July 28, 2007

GIRLS EVENTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS BOYS EVENTS

1 6 & UNDER 25 YD BUTTERFLY 2

3 AGE 7 25 YD BUTTERFLY 4

5 AGE 8 25 YD BUTTERFLY 6

7 AGE 9 50 YD BUTTERFLY 8

9 AGE 10 50 YD BUTTERFLY 10

11 AGE 11 50 YD BUTTERFLY 12

13 AGE 12 50 YD BUTTERFLY 14

15 AGE 13 50 YD BUTTERFLY 16

17 AGE 14 50 YD BUTTERFLY 18

19 15 - 18 50 YD BUTTERFLY 20

21 6 & UNDER 25 YD BACKSTROKE 22

23 AGE 7 25 YD BACKSTROKE 24

25 AGE 8 25 YD BACKSTROKE 26

27 AGE 9 50 YD BACKSTROKE 28

29 AGE 10 50 YD BACKSTROKE 30

31 AGE 11 50 YD BACKSTROKE 32

33 AGE 12 50 YD BACKSTROKE 34

35 AGE 13 50 YD BACKSTROKE 36

37 AGE 14 50 YD BACKSTROKE 38

39 15 - 18 50 YD BACKSTROKE 40

41 6 & UNDER 25 YD BREASTSTROKE 42

43 AGE 7 25 YD BREASTSTROKE 44

45 AGE 8 25 YD BREASTSTROKE 46

47 AGE 9 50 YD BREASTSTROKE 48

49 AGE 10 50 YD BREASTSTROKE 50

51 AGE 11 50 YD BREASTSTROKE 52

53 AGE 12 50 YD BREASTSTROKE 54

55 AGE 13 50 YD BREASTSTROKE 56

57 AGE 14 50 YD BREASTSTROKE 58

59 15 - 18 50 YD BREASTSTROKE 60

61 6 & UNDER 25 YD FREESTYLE 62

63 AGE 7 25 YD FREESTYLE 64

65 AGE 8 25 YD FREESTYLE 66

67 AGE 9 50 YD FREESTYLE 68

69 AGE 10 50 YD FREESTYLE 70

71 AGE 11 50 YD FREESTYLE 72

73 AGE 12 50 YD FREESTYLE 74

75 AGE 13 50 YD FREESTYLE 76

77 AGE 14 50 YD FREESTYLE 78

79 15 - 18 50 YD FREESTYLE 80

During the Preliminary heats, the above events are “circle-seeded”.

Events 81-100 are scored as time-based finals and are seeded normally.

81 6 & UNDER 50 YD FREESTYLE 82

83 AGE 7 50 YD FREESTYLE 84

(There is NO 50 Free for 8 year olds – don’t ask)

85 8 & UNDER 100 YD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 86

87 AGE 9 100 YD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 88

89 AGE 10 100 YD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 90

91 AGE 11 100 YD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 92

93 AGE 12 100 YD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 94

95 AGE 13 100 YD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 96

97 AGE 14 100 YD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 98

99 15 - 18 100 YD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 100

The finals for events 1-80 will be held approx. 30 minutes after the conclusion of event 100.

KERN COUNTY SWIM TEAM COUNCIL

CHAMPIONSHIP SWIM MEET

July 28, 2007

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEET-ENTRY COORDINATORS

After entries have been collected from team members, send by e-mail to:

Please submit entries using the Hy-Tek program. If you do not yet have this program, contact Bruce Constantino at 661-332-3648 or the above e-mail.

We will expect to have the bulk of your entries in hand by Wednesday, July 18.

Please note -- Bruce will accept no information or requests directly from swimmers or parents. All communication is to be from each club's meet coordinator.!! This means entries, scratches, seed time changes, etc. (Please note that this is a rule for ALL meets during the season.)

Requests to change events or seed times will be honored until 8 a.m. July 23. After that, all requests for late entries or event changes will be referred to a higher court.

Please DO NOT send payment with entries!

Championship meet entry fees will be billed by Council.

DEADLINE for CORRECTIONS

Monday, July 23, noon

ALL swimmers must have met the season competition requirements.

Swimmers may not change events after the deadline – Don’t ask!

Swimmers may scratch anytime prior to the deadline and not be billed.

Absolutely NO entries will be accepted after the deadline!

NO entries on the day of the meet.

A lost entry is a lost opportunity!