Andover / North Andover YMCA Hurricanes

Hurricane Sprints 2008

 

Held under approval of USA Swimming and Connecticut Swimming, approval #L08-36a

University of Connecticut, Wolff-Zackin Natatorium, Storrs, CT

June 13-15, 2008

 

Events List (Adobe PDF)

Entry Cover Page (Adobe PDF)

Hy-Tek Events File for Team Manager

Warm-Up Lane Assignments (Adobe PDF)

Timer Lane Assignments (Adobe PDF)
Real-time Results

Results

Results (Adobe PDF)

 

 

 

Meet Director:  Sean Doyle, ana_meet_director@yahoo.com, 978-771-7344

Meet Referee:  Paul Burkhardt, paulburkhardt34@comcast.net, 603-493-2870

Entry Chairperson:  Ed Hunter, ana_entries@yahoo.com, 978-475-7699

Safety Chair:  Joe Alwan, joe.alwan@gmail.com, 978-409-1227

 

MEET CLASSIFICATION:  Open Invitational

 

MEET FORMAT:  The meet will be swum as timed finals.  Coaches will receive a scratch sheet for each session in their coach's packet.  Coaches must indicate scratches on these sheets and return them to the computer room no later than 30 minutes before the beginning of each session.  Coaches, please carefully review the information contained in the coach's packet.  Please check the psych sheet immediately for any errors and contact the Entry Chairperson to make corrections.  Heat sheets will be posted around the pool deck.  Coaches will be able to pick up heat sheets for each event at the timing console.  Events will be swum slow-to-fast.

 

SITE:  University of Connecticut, Wolff-Zackin Natatorium, Storrs, CT.  Six 50-meter lanes with non-turbulent lane lines.  The pool is equipped with a Colorado Timing System, touch pads and an electronic scoreboard.  Spectator seating for 800, including wheelchair accessible spectator area.  Disabled/elderly parking and access to the pool deck and lockers is available from the rear of the pool.  In emergency, contact campus police at (860) 486-4800.  The pool is located on the University of Connecticut campus, at the intersection of Hillside Road and Stadium Road.  Directions may be found later in this document.

 

COURSE:  Long course meters (50 meters).

 

EVENTS and SESSIONS:  See attached list.

 

ELIGIBILITY:  All swimmers are eligible, including USA and YMCA swimmers and teams.

 

USA SWIMMING “APPROVED COMPETITION”:  The meet has been certified by Connecticut Swimming as an Approved Competition under 2008 USA Swimming Rules.  Approved Competition meets are open to all USA and non-USA swimmers and teams.  Times achieved by registered USA Swimmers will be recognized as official USA Swimming times and will be uploaded by Connecticut Swimming into the SWIMS database.  For more information, see:  http://www.ctswim.org/ctswim/policies/Sanctions-Approved%20&%20Observed%20Swims%2010-04.pdf

 

ENTRY INFORMATION:  Entries must be received no later than June 1, 2008.  Per Connecticut Swimming rules, CT teams entered by May 2, 2008 will be entered first.  Make checks payable to “Andover / North Andover YMCA Hurricanes”.  Mail completed forms (including signed entry cover page and waiver) and payment to the Entry Chairperson:

 

Hurricane Sprints Entries

Andover/North Andover YMCA

165 Haverhill Street

Andover, MA 01810

 

To insure receipt of your entries, please notify Entry Chairperson by email (ana_entries@yahoo.com) or phone upon mailing.  All entries must be typed or printed legibly.  Team Manager Lite software is available from Hy-Tek at no cost to prepare electronic entries (http://www.hy-tekltd.com/Updates/TM_Lite.pdf).  If electronic entries cannot be provided, contact Entry Chairperson for manual entry forms.  All entries must include a printed copy of electronic entries (or manual entry forms) and a completed and signed entry cover sheet and waiver.  No deck entries will be accepted.  No refunds will be given for entries that are accepted, or for entries that are rejected due to improper entry.

 

ELECTRONIC ENTRIES:  Electronic entries (such as from Hy-Tek Team Manager or other team management software) that are in Hy-Tek ZIP (CL2/HY3) or SD3/SDIF format may be emailed as an attachment to the Entry Chairperson at:  ana_entries@yahoo.com.  Please check that your team name, address, and contact information are listed correctly in this file.  For email entries, payment and printed copy of the entry (including signed entry cover page and waiver) must be received within 10 days of the receipt of the email entry – but no later than June 1, 2008.  If payment is received within ten (10) days of the email receipt date, the email receipt date will be considered the entry date.  If payment is received more than ten (10) days after the email receipt date, the payment receipt date will be considered the entry date.

 

ENTRY LIMITS:  Athletes may enter and swim a maximum of five (5) events per day, with the exception of the Friday Evening session for which they may enter and swim in a maximum of one (1) event.

 

ENTRY TIME UPDATES:  Entry times may be updated through June 1, 2008.  No new entries will be accepted after the June 1, 2008 entry deadline.  Entry time updates should be sent via email to the Entry Chairperson at:  ana_entries@yahoo.com.  Entry time updates must be sent in electronic format (Hy-Tek ZIP or SD3/SDIF files).

 

ENTRY FEES:  Electronic entries: $4.00 for individual events.  Non-electronic entries: $5.00 for individual events.

 

ENTRY TIMES:  All entries must be specified in long-course meter (50-meter pool) times.  Yard times must be converted to meter times.  To make sure your swimmers are in an appropriate heat and to run the meet efficiently, please do not submit NT times (“coach’s times” are preferred for swimmers without a previous time).

 

ENTRY CUTS:  Entry cuts, if necessary, will be made according to the entry date.  Teams will be notified that they have been accepted or cut from the meet within seven days of their entry date.  Entries will be accepted or cut to achieve a four-hour session time-line goal.

 

INSURANCE:  Any team with entered swimmers who are not 2007 registered USA Swimming athlete members, and/or any team that is not a 2008 registered USA Swimming member club, must provide a certificate of insurance naming “University of Connecticut and Merrimack Valley YMCA” as additional insured in regard to the Hurricane Sprints Swim Meet on June 13-15, 2008.  Certificate must accompany your entry.  Please contact your insurance agent immediately so that the certificate is ready to mail with your entry.

 

RELAYS:  Relays will not be offered.

 

TIMERS & OFFICIALS:  Teams will have timing assignments based upon the number of entries and number of officials supplied.  Available officials from participating teams should contact the Meet Referee Paul Burkhardt at:  paulburkhardt@verizon.net  (603) 493-2870.

 

PROGRAMS:  A full meet program for the entire weekend will be available for $8.00.

 

ADMISSION:  There is no admission charge for this meet.

 

WARMUPS:  The pool will open for warm-ups one hour and 15 minutes before the beginning of each session.  The pool will close five minutes before the beginning of each session.  Teams will be assigned warm-up lanes after all entries are received.

 

SAFETY:

 

1. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups except for specifically announced one-way sprint warm-ups.
2. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
3. No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
4. Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach.  If a swimmer arrives at the meet without a coach, the swimmer should notify the referee before he/she warms up.  The referee will assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.
5. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.

 

RULES:  2008 USA Swimming Technical rules will govern all competition.  Decisions by the meet referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the heat swum.

 

TIME TRIALS:  Time trials will be offered at the discretion of the meet referee at the conclusion of each session if time allows.  Time trials are $10.00.

 

DECK ACCESS:  Only athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck.

 

SCORING:  The meet will not be scored.

 

AWARDS:  Ribbons will be awarded to the top six finishers in each age group (8 & Under, 9-10, 11-12) in the 12 & Under individual events only (Saturday AM and Sunday AM sessions).

 

FOOD:  A concession stand will be in operation for the duration of the meet.

 

EQUIPMENT VENDOR:  A swimming equipment vendor will be selling suits, goggles, and other accessories for the duration of the meet.

 

MISCELLANEOUS:  The University of Connecticut, Connecticut Swimming, and the Andover / North Andover YMCA assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property.  Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility.  The Meet Director and Meet Referee reserve the right to make any adjustments to the provisions of this meet announcement deemed necessary to ensure the fair and efficient running of the meet, with approval from Connecticut Swimming Program Operations.

 

PARKING:  There is ample parking available in the parking garage adjacent to the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium.

 

DIRECTIONS:  The Wolff-Zackin Natatorium is located on the University of Connecticut campus at the corner of Hillside Road and Stadium Road.  From the Boston area, take Mass Pike to I-84 West.  From I-84 take Exit 68 onto Route 195.  Follow Rt. 195 East approximately seven miles to the University of Connecticut campus.  Take a right into the campus on North Eagleville.  Follow approximately 1/2 mile to first light.  Take left onto Hillcrest Road.  Pool is approximately one mile on your right next to the basketball arena.  You can use the following street address to get directions from MapQuest or other internet mapping services:  2095 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT.  Do not park on the street in front of the pool facility.  You will be towed.

 

LODGING:  The following hotels and motels are in the area:

 

Nathan Hale Inn – (860) 427-7888 – Storrs – On Campus

Best Western Regent Inn - (860) 423-8451 - Mansfield Ctr. - 6.8 miles

Sleep Inn - (860) 684-1400 - Willington - 7.3 miles

Comfort Inn - (860) 871-2432 - Vernon - 15 miles

Holiday Inn Express - (860) 648-2000 - Vernon - 15 miles

Howard Johnson's Express - (800) 654-2000 - Vernon - 15 miles

Quality Inn - (800) 235-4667 - Vernon - 15 miles

Clarion Suites - (860) 643-5811 - Manchester - 17 miles

Courtyard - (860) 533-8484 - Manchester - 17 miles

Super 8 - (860) 643-1864 – Manchester - 17 miles

 

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