LovelandHeart of Winter

January 14-16, 2011

HOSTED BY: Loveland Swim Club

Held under the sanction of USA Swimming 2011-010

LOCATION: Mountain View Aquatic Center, 3560 Mountain Lion Drive, Loveland, CO 80537, 970-613-7880

Pool Directions: I-25 to Loveland. Exit HWY 34 West. Turn left (south) on to Boyd Lake Drive andthen right (west) on to Mountain Lion Drive. Turn left into the Mountain ViewHigh 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 turn end is 5 feet deep and the start end is 8 feet deep. Additional warm-up and warm-down lanes areavailable. USA Swimming Rules and Regulations - Article 202.3.5, A. The competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C (4). The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming.The use of cell phones or any cameras are prohibited in the locker rooms. On deck changing is not allowed.

TIMING: Colorado Timing System with touch-pads and full matrix LED display.

RULES: Current USA rules will apply. The meet referee will have final authority on all matters related to themeet. Coaches and parents will be responsible for the behavior and safety of their swimmers and theirfamilies. Teams will be held responsible for any damage to the school. Positive sportsman-likeconduct will be expected.

Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA Swimming member coach, 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.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all swimmers holding a 2011 USA Swimming membership. Any swimmer thatappears on the CSI exception report without registration must come to the meet prepared to showtheir card or they will be deck registered before they can enter the water. Age group will bedetermined by the swimmer’s age on January 14th. All deck entries must present proof of currentregistration.

EVENTS: Swimmers may enter up to 4 Events per Day, excluding relays. We will let teams know by Monday, January 10th if positive check-in will be needed for any events.

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 will need to bring their own volunteer counter and timer for the distance events.

The distance events may be seeded alternating girls and boys heats, fastest to slowest. Distance eventsmay be combined (scored separately) to reduce the number of heats. We will be following the fourhourrule and will limit the distance events (400 yards and longer) if needed. Teams will be notified atleast four days in advance of any changes.

ENTRY PROCEDURE:

  1. Computer entries, prepared using Hy-Tek software. THIS IS THE ENTRY METHOD OFPREFERENCE. 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 4 weeks prior to the meet to assist teams with the entry process.
  2. Hardcopy 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.
  3. CSI Meet verification formsare due with your entry.
  4. Any team entering 5 or moreswimmers must enter on HY-TEK or pay a $25 fee.
  5. A psych sheet will be posted on the Loveland Swim Club web site 1 week prior to the meet to help correct any entry errors. Teams will be given 48 hours to send in corrections. A final psych sheet will be posted 48 hours prior to the meet.

RELAYS: Loveland Swim Club does not charge for relay events to encourage teams to participate. Relays will be swum in sessions where the timeline permits them to be conducted and still finish within the 4 hour mark. Relays must be pre-entered and sent with your regular entry file. We encourage teams to send names with relay entries to assist in the meet process. Relays must be positively checked in at the clerk of course and will be deck seeded. Final relay names are due by the start of the session in which they will be swum.

FEES: INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: $4.00 per event

($.75 of each individual event goes to the CSI Support Fund)

RELAY EVENTS: Free!

POOL SURCHARGE: $5.00 per swimmer

DEADLINE: ONE CHECK PER TEAM, PAYABLE TO: LOVELAND SWIM CLUB – please include the Hy-Tek Fees Report. Entries must be received by our entry chairman by Thursday December 30th. All mail will be prioritized by date and time received. Do not send entries that require a signature! THIS MEET IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 600 SWIMMERS.

Mail or deliver entries to:

Loveland Entries

3 Gregg Drive

Loveland, CO80538

Please do not send entries that require a signature. All entries received after entry deadline may be accepted at the discretion of the Meet Director or Meet Referee at $5.00 per event plus Pool Surcharge.

SCORING: Individual events: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

AWARDS: All 12 & under, 10 & Under, and 8 & Under events will be awarded as follows:

Ribbons:1st through 16th place for Individual events. Swimmers can get their own awards after results for individual events are announced.

All age groups will be awarded as follows: High Points: Awards will be given out to the top 10 Scoring swimmers in each age group. Points are tracked in the age group in which the event was swum. 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.

PROGRAMS: $5.00 each. Coach’s copies are provided free. Final results will be posted as a Hy-Tek file on our website within 48 hours of the meet.

CONCESSIONS: A healthy selection of food and drink will be available at the concession stand.

MEET DIRECTORS: Jim Nickell, email: 970-980-1994

MEET REFEREES: Rick Moore, email:

SAFETY DIRECTOR:Susanvon der Lippe 970-203-1374

CSI WARM UP PROCEDURES WILL BE ADHERED TO – Warm-up Assignments will be posted at 2 days prior to the meet. There will be a coaches’ meeting 5 minutes before the start of Session 1.

Meet Times:Session 1 Friday, January 14Warm-up 5:30 PMStart 6:35 PM

Session 2Saturday, January 15Warm-up 7:30 AMStart 8:35 AM

Session 3Saturday, January 15Warm-up 12:30 PMStart 1:35 PM

Session 4Sunday, January 16Warm-up 7:30 AMStart 8:35 AM

Session 5Sunday, January 16Warm-up 12:30 PMStart 1:35 PM

Friday Evening 6:35 Start
Girls / Session 1 / Boys
1 / 11-12 500 Free / 2
3 / 13 & Over 500 Free* / 4
*Scored 13-14, 15 and over
Saturday Morning 8:35 Start / Sunday Morning 8:35 Start
Girls / Session 2 / Boys / Girls / Session 4 / Boys
5 / Open 200 Free / 6 / 59 / Open 200 IM / 60
7 / 13-14 200 Free / 8 / 61 / 13-14 200 IM / 62
9 / Open 100 Breast / 10 / 63 / Open 100 Fly / 64
11 / 13-14 100 Breast / 12 / 65 / 13-14 100 Fly / 66
13 / Open 100 Back / 14 / 67 / Open 200 Back / 68
15 / 13-14 100 Back / 16 / 69 / 13-14 200 Back / 70
17 / Open 200 Fly / 18 / 71 / Open 200 Breast / 72
19 / 13-14 200 Fly / 20 / 73 / 13-14 200 Breast / 74
21 / Open 50 Free / 22 / 75 / Open 100 Free / 76
23 / 13-14 50 Free / 24 / 77 / 13-14 100 Free / 78
25 / Open 400 IM* / 26 / 79 / Open 1000 Free* / 80
*Scored 13-14, 15 and over / *Scored 13-14, 15 and over
Saturday Afternoon 1:35 Start / Sunday Afternoon 1:35 Start
Girls / Session 3 / Boys / Girls / Session 5 / Boys
27 / 12&U 100 Free / 28 / 81 / 12&U 100 Back / 82
29 / 10&U 100 Free* / 30 / 83 / 10&U 100 Back / 84
31 / 8&U 25 Free / 32 / 85 / 8&U 25 Back / 86
33 / 12&U 50 Breast / 34 / 87 / 12&U 50 Fly / 88
35 / 10&U 50 Breast / 36 / 89 / 10&U 50 Fly / 90
37 / 8&U 25 Breast / 38 / 91 / 8&U 25 Fly / 92
39 / 11-12 200 Breast / 40 / 93 / 12&U 200 Fly / 94
41 / 12&U 100 Fly / 42 / 95 / 12&U 100 Breast / 96
43 / 10&U 100 Fly / 44 / 97 / 10&U 100 Breast / 98
45 / 8&U 50 Fly / 46 / 99 / 8&U 50 Breast / 100
47 / 12&U 50 Back / 48 / 101 / 12&U 50 Free / 102
49 / 10&U 50 Back / 50 / 103 / 10&U 50 Free / 104
51 / 8&U 50 Back / 52 / 105 / 8&U 50 Free / 106
53 / 11-12 200 Back / 54 / 107 / 12&U 100 IM / 108
55 / 10&U 200 IM / 56 / 109 / 10&U 100 IM* / 110
57 / 12&U 200 IM / 58 / 111 / 10&U 200 Free / 112
*Scored 9-10, 8 and under / 113 / 12&U 200 Free / 114
*Scored 9-10, 8 and under