Long Course Championships
Competitions Committee
Duffy Earle (Technical Director)
Randy Ball
Trevor Fradshum
Lesley Marie Lahey
Alex Smith
Jane Hogan
Jason Warford
2015 SNL Long Course Championships
Dates
Friday, May 29, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Location
The Aquarena
Westerland Road
St. John’s, NL
Sanctioned
Swimming/Natation Canada
Swimming Newfoundland and Labrador
Meet Manager
Jim Nixon
Email:
Phone: 709-746-7988
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Entries
Entries MUST be submitted using the SNC online entry procedures at
https://www.swimming.ca/MeetList.aspx no later than Friday, May 15th by 6:00 pm. All late team entries submitted after the entry deadline will incur a $100.00 penalty WITH NO EXCEPTIONS (payable to SNL).
Completed entries must NOT be converted. Meet Management will complete conversion from SC to LC. Completed relay team entries including names are a must.
Attention should be given to the entry guidelines and the meet format in this document. Inaccurate entries will be returned to the coach. Ensure athletes are in the correct age group for this meet and SNC registration number is included.
Meet Manager will acknowledge team entries with a meet entry report by
Monday, May 18th, 2015.
Entry Fees
Championship entry fees are set by SNL. Championship meet fees are $62.00 per swimmer, which includes the $7.00 levy for the provincial electronic timing system and $5.00 to the swimmer development fund. Scratches and changes will be accepted until 6:00pm MONDAY May 25th. After this time no refunds will be issued. New additions will be accepted no later than this date and will incur a $100.00 penalty (payable to SNL).
Entry fees must be received by the Meet Manager prior to the start of the first warm-up session. Meet Management reserves the right to refuse deck access to a club for non-payment of entry fees. Cheques should be made payable to Swimming Newfoundland and Labrador.
Eligibility
Swimmers must be registered with SNC or a FINA affiliate by the meet entry deadline and must have met the qualifying standards required to compete in this Championship Meet.
Swimmers must have competed in at least two invitational meets, sanctioned by SNL, during this season.
All swimmers must have at least one (1) qualifying championship time standard and must swim a minimum of one (1) qualifying event.
NOTE: Swimmers are NOT required to have achieved their qualifying championship time(s) in the current season but must be qualified for their current age group.
Time standards are available at www.swimnl.nfld.net
Age Groups
Championship age groups will be:
12 & under
13-14
15 & over
Entry Limitations
Swimmers with only 1 QT are permitted to enter 4 swim events plus relays. Swimmers with 2 or more QT’s are permitted to enter 6 swim events plus relays. (Appendix A)
All relay swimmers must be entered in individual events. One (1) or two (2) swimmers may be from a younger age group.
Swimmers shall only swim one (1) relay per session.
Rules
SNC rules will govern the meet.
Exhibition swims WILL NOT be permitted.
General Meet Format
· The 800 and 1500 Free will be mixed heats by seed time regardless of gender and age group and will run fast to slow. Meet Management reserves the right to combine events, heats, and the doubling of lanes. All swimmers swimming the 800 and/or 1500 Free MUST have met the qualifying standard in one of 800 or 1500. Proof of qualifying swims must be available through the swimming.ca database.
· The fastest heat of the 800 and 1500 Free regardless of age group or gender will be swum as the first event during the finals session.
· There will be a 5-15 minute warm up prior to the 800 and 1500 in the morning sessions. The meet manager will judge this based on the timeout of the session.
· All relays will be swum as time final events and will be seeded by age group if timing allows. Scoring will be done by age group.
· All qualifying times must have been achieved at an SNL/SNC sanctioned event.
· Preliminary Heats will be circle seeded by entry time and not by age group.
· Time Final Events will be open seeded by entry time but scored by age group.
· All events will be swum as preliminaries and finals with the exception of the 800/1500 Free and Relays. There will be (A) Finals for each age group/gender. There will be (B) Finals for the 15 and over age group only, and only in those events with 18 or more entries.
· All events will be scored by age group.
· Relays will be seeded by age group. When there is less than three teams in an age group meet management may combine heats. Relay cards will be distributed at the coaches meeting on May 29th. Relay cards MUST be submitted by the end of the morning session prior to the relays. Relay name changes only, not entries will be accepted 1⁄2 hour prior to the start of the session. Relay names will not be printed in any public documents to ensure the coaches right to change the relay swimmers names up until that time.
· SNC Warm Up procedures will be in effect at this meet. There will be an open warm-up at the scheduled time in the meet package. (Appendix B)
· During each session, swimmers can avail of the unused part of the pool for warmup and cool down. Should that part of the pool not be available during any session, then the competition pool will be made available for cool down for 30 minutes at the end of that session.
Coaches
All coaches must be in good standing with SNC, the NLSCA and the CSCA in order to coach at any sanctioned competition.
SNL policy requires that all coaches be certified at SWIM101 or equivalent qualification to receive deck access for this competition.
Coaches Meeting
Date: May 29th, 2015 Time: 6:45 am Place: Bubble Room, Aquarena
Scratches
All events will be pre-seeded. Coaches may pick up their meet information package, upon receipt of entry fees from the Meet Manager at the coaches meeting. The Meet Referee will be available at that time. Coaches must complete scratches in writing on provided scratch forms and present to the Meet Manager or designate.
Heats: Scratches will be accepted 30 minutes prior to the session start.
Finals: Scratch deadline will be 30 minutes after the conclusion of the preliminary heats of the session immediately preceding the finals that day. This may be prior to the finish of the timed final distance events that morning. Failure by a swimmer to scratch from a final by this time shall result in the swimmer being scratched from all remaining events, including relays, that day (CSW 3.6.3).
Scoring
Individual Scoring: 5 – 2 – 1
Team Scoring for Individual Events: 50,30,20,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3
Team Scoring for Relays: 50, 30, 20, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11
**Only one (1) relay team per event will score for each club
Swimmers who fail to make the Championship Qualifying Standard in an event will not score but will receive placing awards.
Awards
Individual Event Awards:
Medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
Ribbons for 4th to 6th place
Relay Event Awards:
Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
Top Achiever Awards:
Top Achiever Awards will be given to individual high point achievers in each age group, both male and female. Certificates will be awarded for 2nd and 3rd place.
Top Team Award:
Top Overall Team with the highest aggregate points
Most Improved Team Award:
The most improved team award will be given to the club with the highest average points per splash improvement from LC Champs 2014 to LC Champs 2015 for a team with a minimum of 5 swimmers each year.
Performance Swims of the Meet
These awards will be given to the male and female swims with the highest fina point scores, based on the most recent FINA World point charts, attained during finals.
Of these two swims the one with the highest FINA points will be awarded the Jacinta Sheppard Memorial award.
Deck Access
Access to the pool deck will be restricted to swimmers, coaches and session officials.
Officials
To assist in running successful Championships, clubs are asked if they could provide assistance as per SNL Policy Section 6.09 (f).
Assistance with officiating by qualified persons from each club is required.
Officials are asked to wear white. Please contact Kerri Wareham at with your volunteer list, including certification and availability.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
2015 SNL Long Course Championships
Friday, May 29 / Saturday, May 30 / Sunday, May 31AM PRELIMS / Warm up: 7:00 – 7:50 am
Session: 8:00 am – 12:30 pm
200 IM
400 Free
100 Breast
200 Back
100 Free / Warm up: 7:30 – 8:20 am
Session: 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
50 Back
200 Breast
100 Fly
400 IM
50 Free
5-15 minute break
800 Free (time final) / Warm up: 7:30 – 8:20 am
Session: 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
200 Fly
50 Breast
200 Free
100 Back
50 Fly
5-15 minute break
1500 Free (time final)
PM FINALS / Warm up: 6:30 – 7:20 pm
Session: 7:30 – 10:00 pm
200 IM
400 Free
100 Breast
200 Back
100 Free
4 x 100 Medley Relay / Warm up: 6:30 – 7:20 pm
Session: 7:30 – 10:00 pm
800 Free (fast heat)
50 Back
200 Breast
100 Fly
400 IM
50 Free
4 x 100 Free Relay / Warm up: 5:00 – 5:50 pm
Session: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
1500 Free (fast heat)
200 Fly
50 Breast
200 Free
100 Back
50 Fly
4 x 50 Free Relay
· Warm up durations & session start times are subject to change.
Welcome Banquet
The host club, St. John’s Legends, will be holding a welcome banquet for all participants of the 2015 Provincial Long Course Championships on Thursday, May 28th, 6:30 pm at St. Augustine’s Church (next door to the Aquarena).
A pasta dinner, a goodie bag, and an inspirational talk from Olympian Paula Kelly will all make for a great start to the weekend. The cost is $10 per person.
Details about registering for this event will follow shortly.
Thanks
Jim N
- APPENDIX (A) –
SWIMMING/NATATION CANADA
WARM-UP PROCEDURES (2005)
During the designated warm-up period, the meet management committee shall be responsible for ensuring that all Risk Management/Warm-up procedures are followed. It is incumbent on all participants, i.e. meet management, coaches, swimmers, and officials to comply with these procedures. Non-compliance with these procedures will result in a warning or removal of the swimmer from the warm-up pool, and possible further reporting to meet management and the Referee for action under rule SW 2.1.1.
Meet management shall designate Safety Marshals to actively monitor the warm-up period in the competition pool and ensure compliance with these procedures. Safety Marshals should be notified of any disabled swimmers who are participating in warm-ups. Additional “practice” pools, if any, are to be supervised by lifeguards and coaches.
“Safety Marshals shall be responsible to the Referee for all aspects of safety related to conduct during the warm-up period ….. and shall ensure that all appropriate warm-up procedures are followed.” (CSW 2.13.1.5)
General Warm-Up Rules:
• Swimmers shall enter the water FEET FIRST in a cautious manner.
• No Running on the pool deck or Diving from the side of the pool.
• Meet Management shall provide signage to indicate designated lane use during warm-up.
• Notices/barriers shall be placed on starting blocks to prevent diving during the general
warm-up.
• Diving Starts are only permitted in designated Sprint Lanes during the warm-up period.
• Lanes shall be open primarily for ‘Circle Swimming’ during the General warm-up period.
• Coaches and swimmers shall allow Backstrokers & SWAD the ‘right of way’ for safety
purposes.
• Meet Management may designate a Sprint Lane(s) and/or a Pace Lane(s) throughout
the general warm-up period.
Specific/Sprint Warm-Up Period:
• Sprint and Pace lanes must be opened for at least the last 30 minutes of warm-ups or as
designated by meet management.
• Outside Lanes should be designated as Sprint Lanes.
• Only ‘one-way’ swimming shall be permitted in Sprint Lanes.
• Sprint Lanes, Pace Lanes, and Circle Swimming lanes shall be clearly marked with
signage.
• The following statement shall appear in the meet information and in posted notices:
"SNC WARM UP PROCEDURES WILL BE IN EFFECT AT THIS MEET".
Equipment:
• FLUTTER BOARDS and PULLBUOYS are allowed.
• HAND PADDLES and FLIPPERS (ZOOMERS) are NOT ALLOWED.