TCAY TIDALWAVES PENTATHLON INVITATIONAL NOVEMBER 9, 2014 PRINCIPIA COLLEGE 100 MAYBECK PLACE ELSAH, ILLINOIS 62021 USA Swimming Sanction # OZ5661 Facility: The meet will be held at Principia College, 1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, Illinois, 618-3742131. The facility features an eight-lane, 25-yard pool with non-turbulent lane lines, Paragon starting blocks and Daktronics timing system. Warm up/Cool down will be available in two lanes in the shallow end of the pool behind the bulkhead. Note: the warm up and cool down area is NOT to be used for recreational swimming. Spectator seating will be provided on the pool balcony. Please, no flash cameras are to be used prior to and during the start of each race. Locker rooms will be available for changing. It is requested that all spectators turn off their cell phones while on the pool deck as they can interfere with the operation of the starting system. Each team will be given a designated area in the gym for their team area. Lawn chairs and coolers may be brought into the gym. Vendors will also be selling merchandise in the gym. No smoking is permitted inside the building. Tidalwaves parents will provide a delicious array of food and drinks for sale in the concession area. PLEASE NOTE: There will NOT be an ATM on site for this one day event. It is encouraged that swimmers and their families arrive to the meet with an adequate supply of cash in small denominations. Location: Travel onto IL RT 100 “The Great River Road.” Enter Elsah via Elsah Road and continue on Elsah Road, turning right at the stop sign. This will be Beltrees Road; there will be a sign for Principia College at this intersection. Travel 1.2 miles; the college’s campus entrance will be on the right. The pool is located on the extreme left of the campus; look for the signs. Approval: The meet will be a USA “Approved” meet. This is a closed YMCA meet. Rules: YMCA rules will govern the meet. USA technical rules will apply. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including cell phones, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms, or locker rooms. Meet Referee: John Lynch will serve as meet referee; 618-792-4222, [email protected]. Entries and Deadline: Age of swimmer as of 12/01/14 will govern and determines the age group for competition. Swimmers may compete in 4 individual events and if so, are eligible for the pentathlon scoring. An open mixed boys (2) and girls (2) 200 free relay may also be entered. Entry times must be in short-course yards only. Email entries to [email protected] by October 31, 2014. An event file will be accessible on our website, tcaytidalwaves.com. It is the responsibility of the teams to check their entries for error. Deck entries will be accepted in open lanes of existing heats only. Note: The email information entry must include a team roster with each swimmer’s birth date provided. Team warm-up assignments and worker schedule will be posted on our website by Thursday, November 6, 2014. Each team may enter an unlimited number of entries in each event. USA SWIMMERS: This will be a USA Swimming approved meet (held under the sanction of USA swimming, Ozark Swimming sanction number 5661.) Those teams that want their swimmers swims observed and times recorded in the USA Swimming data base (SWIMS) must provide the name (first, middle, last), date of birth, and USA Swimming athlete registration number with their Invitational entries on sheet provided. Please do not build an ID in Team Manager if the swimmers are not registered with USA Swimming as this will delay the process of getting times submitted into SWIMS. 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 request. Fees: Individual events are $4.00 per event. Relays are $16.00 per team. There will be an $8.00 per swimmer surcharge to defray pool rental fees. Deck entries will be $5.00 per event and payment must be submitted as entry is made. Mail swimmers form and check to made payable to “Tidalwaves Swim Team” to TCAY Tidalwaves, P.O Box 336, Tolle Lane, Godfrey, IL 62035 phone # (618)558-0518; email address: [email protected] NEW**** All Meet payments due from participating teams are due by the start of the meet. If payment is not received by the start of the meet, a 5% administration fee will be charged. Meet Schedule: Warm-up: The warm-up schedule will be set once all entries are received and will be posted on our website Thursday, November 6, 2014 Warm-up I: 8:-00-8:25am Warm-up II: 8:25-8:50am Scratches and Deck entries done by 8:30, Officials meeting at 8:40am (Hospitality), Coaches Meeting 8:50am (Hospitality), Timers Meeting at 9:00am (Pool Deck), 1 st event called at 9am, Meet commences at 9:15am with the singing of the National Anthem. Workers: Meet referees: John Lynch (618) 972-4222; [email protected]. The meet will be USA Approved and times will be submitted for entry in the USA Swimming SWIMS database. Certified officials will be needed from all teams as well as timers. Timer assignments will be posted on our website Thursday, November 6, 2104. Awards and Scoring: Swimmers who choose to compete in all four individual events will be eligible for Pentathlon scoring; this scoring will be a compilation of times for all 4 events. If a swimmer misses an event, has a false start or receives a DQ in any of the five events, the swimmer will receive their completed times for that stroke plus a two minute time penalty (for pentathlon scoring purposes.) This penalty applies to each DQ during the entire meet. Swimmers must swim all four events in their age group if they wish to be eligible to compete in the IM race at the conclusion of the meet. The top 8 scoring swimmers at the conclusion of the Freestyle events will compete in the IM. The IM time will be added to their overall score. (There will be no fee for the IM event.) 1. Pentathlon Awards: Trophies will be awarded to the top 3 fastest total times with medals going to swimmers in places four through eight for boys and girls in each age group. 2. Individual awards: Individual ribbons will be awarded for places one through eight for each event. Ribbons will be awarded for the top three relay finishes. 3. Heat Awards: Heat awards will be given to swimmers upon completion of their races. 4. Door Prizes: Door prizes will be awarded to swimmers throughout the meet. Concessions: Full concession will be available; a hospitality room will be available for coaches and officials. Heat Sheets: Will be available for sale in the lobby area of the facility. Vendors: B&B Aquatics will be on site and will offer swim suits, goggles, caps, etc. for sale. Bullpen: There must be parental supervision of each team in the bull pen AT ALL TIMES. Swimmers must stay out of the weight room and hot tub and may not use the track, gymnastics, or other equipment in the Principia Field House. Swimmer’s Conduct: It is expected that all swimmers and spectators alike will exhibit courteous, sportsmanlike conduct at all times. Running, ball throwing, horseplay and vandalism will not be permitted in any area of the facility. Boom box radios and the like will not be permitted in the team area. Date Recap: TM File posted on website: 10/9 Entry Deadline: 10/31 Warm-up and timer schedule posted on website: 11/6 For more information about this meet, contact: Nancy Miller, Head Coach [email protected] 618-462-4444 Kurt Kaufmann, Entry Chair [email protected] 618-558-0518 Stacey Noble Loveland, Meet Director [email protected] 618-334-6931 Kim Conley, Meet Director [email protected] 314-608-8918 Amy Pohlman, Meet Director [email protected] 618-741-2078 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tcaytidalwaves.com TCAY PENTATHLON EVENTS November 9, 2014 Meet Starts at 9:15am Girls Event# 1 3 5 7 9 11 Event 6 & under 25 butterfly 8 & under 25 butterfly 9-10 50 butterfly 11-12 50 butterfly 13-14 100 butterfly 15-21 100 butterfly Boys Event# 2 4 6 8 10 12 13 15 17 6 & under 25 backstroke 8 & under 25 backstroke 9-10 50 backstroke 14 16 18 19 21 23 11-12 50 backstroke 13-14 100 backstroke 15-21 100 backstroke 20 22 24 25 27 29 31 33 35 6 & under 25 breaststroke 8 & under 25 breaststroke 9-10 50 breaststroke 11-12 50 breaststroke 13-14 100 breaststroke 15-21 100 breaststroke 26 28 30 32 34 36 37 39 41 43 45 47 61 49 51 53 55 57 59 6 & under 25 freestyle 8 & under 25 freestyle 9-10 50 freestyle 11-12 50 freestyle 13-14 100 freestyle 15-21 100 freestyle Open 200 Free Relay 6 & under 100 IM 8 & under 100 IM 9-10 100 IM 11-12 200 IM 13-14 200 IM 15-21 200 IM 38 40 42 44 46 48 62 50 52 54 56 58 60 Local Hotel Listing Comfort Inn of Alton 11 Crossroads Court Alton, IL 62002 618-465-9999 Best Western Parkway 1900 East Homer M Adams Parkway Alton, IL 62002 855-280-9403 Holiday Inn-Alton 3800 East Homer Adams Parkway Alton, IL 62002 618-462-1220 Super 8 Motel of Alton 1800 East Home M Adams Parkway Alton, IL 62002 618-465-8885 TCAY TIDALWAVES PENTATHLON INVITATIONAL NOVEMBER 9, 2014 PRINCIPIA COLLEGE 100 MAYBECK PLACE ELSAH, ILLINOIS 62021 Complete this form and mail with your check made payable to “Tri City Area Tidalwaves” to: TCAY Tidalwaves, P.O. Box 336, 400 Tolle Lane, Godfrey, IL 62035. Please note this form along with your team fee check must be received no later than October 31,, 2014. Summary of Fees # of individual entries _______________x $4.00= # of Relay Entries _______________x $16.00= $ _____________________________ $ _____________________________ # of Swimmers _______________x$ 8.00= TOTAL $ _____________________________ $ ______________________________ NEW****All participating teams fees MUST be received PRIOR to the beginning of the meet. Payments not received prior to meet will be assessed a 5% administration fee. Name of Team: ___________________________________ Code: ______________________ Head Coach: _____________________________________ Phone: ______________________ Email: _______________________ Coaches Attending the Meet: _____________________________________________________ In consideration of this entry and its acceptance, I intend to be legally bound, hereby consign, waive and release any and all rights and claims for damages which may occur against Principia College and TCAY Tidalwaves, their representatives, employees, volunteers, or successors for any and all injuries suffered by me or any contestants or spectators or representatives in said meet, as a representative of my club and/or association. ______________________________________ Executive Director or Head Coach ________________________________ Date