Treasure Coast Swimming Conquistadores Fall Invitational

October 13-14, 2012

Sanction By:

Florida Swimming of USA Swimming # 5977

In granting this approval it is understood and agreed that USA-S and FL shall be free and held harmless from any liabilities or claims from damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event.

Condition of Sanction: Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA-S member
coach, Must be certified by a USA-S 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 swimmers legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement.

Hosted By: Type of Meet: Dates & Times:

Treasure Coast Swimming 25 yard short course/ timed finals Session 1 Saturday, Oct. 13th (11 & over) Warm up: 7:30 Meet Start 8:30 a.m. Session 2: 10 minutes after session 1 (500 free) Session 3 Saturday, Oct 13th (10 & under) Warm up guaranteed hour after conclusion of session 2 Start: One half hour after the conclusion of session #2 , but no earlier than 11 a.m. Session 4 Sunday, Oct. 14th (11 & over) Warm up: 7:30 a.m. Meet Start 8:30 a.m. Session 5 :10 minutes after session 4 (400 IM) Session 6 Sunday, October 14th (10 & under) Warm up guaranteed hour after conclusion of session 5 Start: One half hour after the conclusion of session #5 , but no earlier than 11 a.m. North County Aquatic Center 9450 Fellsmere Rd (County Rd.#512) Sebastian, FL 32958-6402

Location:

Pool Specifications:

Water depth at the starting end is a minimum of 5 feet 8 inches at both ends. Outdoor 8 Lane 25 yard pool Non turbulent lane lines 25 yd. Warm up/warm down available Colorado Timing System and display scoreboard Session 1, 4 7:30 a.m. (12 & over) Session 3,5 Warm up: one half hour long immediately following session #2 , Session #5 Open to all currently USA swimming registered swimmers Limited to the first 400 Swimmers. On deck registration will be allowed. 2012 USA registrations must be presented to the Referee. Entries will close upon receipt of the team that puts the entries over the four hour time limit per session. Swimmers are limited to 4 events per day plus relays. We reserve the right to eliminate relays if the time line will exceed 4 hours. The 500 free and 400 IM will be seeded and swum together by gender, but scored separately. Use 25 yard short course times. Conversions using the formula in the 2009 Florida swimming handbook may be used for entry and seeding purposes. No penalty for scratching on the block Entries must be in USA swimming SDIF or Hy-tek CL2 format submitted on a Hy=tek disk, or sent by email using Hy-tek team manager. Corrupted, unreadable, or incorrectly formatted files must be corrected within 24 hours. Errors in entries submitted electronically are the responsibility of the applicant. Please list all attending coaches and contact phone numbers in the body of the email. Confirmation will be sent via email upon receipt Entries will be accepted via electronic mail attachment to [email protected] or via mail on a CD. Free text email will not be accepted.

Timing Equipment: Warm Up:

Eligibility:

Entry limit:

Combined Events:

Seeding:

Scratches: Entries:

A signed hard copy printout also serves as proof of entry. The legal name and current USA swimming registration number for each swimmer must be listed on the entry file, including relay only swimmers.

Deck seeded Events:

The 500 freestyle and 400 IM will be deck seeded. A positive check in with the clerk of course will be required by these deadlines in order to seed the event. 500 Free: 9:30 a.m 400 IM: 9:30 a.m. Deck entries are to be submitted to meet management no later Than 30 minutes prior to the start of each session. A $10.00 fee per deck entry is required at the time of submitting the entry. Swimmers will only be allowed to deck enter an event if the event has an open lane, no new heats will be established. Swimmers must meet all other standard requirements of the meet and they may not go over the maximum limit of 4 individual events per session. Swimmers can not scratch an event to deck enter another event. Swimmers must have proof of USA swimming membership. $7.50 per swimmer meet surcharge $3.00 per individual event $5.00 per relay charge $50.00 additional fee if entries are not submitted in the Hy-tek format. Checks payable to TCSC Entries must be received by: Wednesday, October 3rd No phone or faxed entries accepted. TCSC 854 Indian Lane Vero Beach, FL 32963 Email entries to: [email protected]

Deck entries:

Entry Fees:

Entry Deadline:

Mail entries to:

Heat Sheets:

Heat sheets will be posted on treasurecoastswimming.com, floridaswimming.org and emailed to all of the competing teams contact person no later than 48 hours prior to the start of the meet. These are to be printed and brought to the meet. A $2.00 charge will be applied to each swimmers entry fee. No heat sheets will be available for purchase at the meet. Coaches please make your team aware of this. Meet Referee: Judi Wojcik Starter: Chris Wojcik Head stroke & turn: Mark Hill Marshal: Lori McCloud Meet Manager: Scott Barlow

Officials:

OFFICIALS: Teams entering 15 or more swimmers are asked to bring one USA Swimming Certified Official. Each Official will be afforded free designated parking, hospitality, and other complimentary items. Please register your official's names with Judi Wojcik ([email protected]) to make sure there are enough complimentary goodie bags for each. Uniform for officials will be white polo shirt and navy shorts, slack or skirt (as appropriate) and white sneakers.

Scoring: Awards:

Individual 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, no relay points 12& under Individual Events 1st-3rd Medals 4-8th Ribbons 12 & under Relays 1st-3rd ribbons 1st place High Point Award each age group Mystery Heat winner prizes Prior to the start of the meet, the name of one person other than the coach, who will check with the referee about any matter pertaining to the meet, may be given to the referee. For each team, the coach and that person will only be recognized. All swimmers must be represented by a certified USA swimming member coach. Coaches and Officials shall wear their USA Swimming registration card in a conspicuous location at all times while on deck during the swim meet. Scott Barlow 561-870-5403 email [email protected] Current USA swimming rules will govern the meet. Safety rules, as outlined by USA Swimming, and as recommended by the head marshal, will be in effect during all warm ups and in all warm up areas. No recall false start will be used as outlined in 102.14.48.

Team Representative:

Identification:

Information: Rules:

Camera Zones: Per Florida Swimming Rule 223.12 Meet Management shall designate and inform the public of Camera Zones at each swim meet where both still photography and video photography of a race or a competitor in a race may be taken. Acceptable Camera Zones may include, but are not limited to the side courses of a pool, team gathering areas, concession area, turn-end of competition course when not in use as a start-end, etc. Meet Management shall also designate Non-Camera Zones. Under NO circumstances will Camera Zones include the area immediately behind the starting blocks at either end of the racing course(s) while they are in use for race starting purposes during competition and warm-ups, locker rooms, restrooms, or any other dressing area. Any individual failing to abide by this rule could be subject to the Florida Swimming Code of Conduct violation as defined in Rule 239.2.

Directions:

From 1-95 exit 156 Sebastian/Fellsmere (512). Turn east, drive approximately 2 miles and the pool will be on the left hand side of 512.

Hotels:

Key West Inn Sebastian(Capt. Hirams) 772-388-8588 Best Western (new) Sebastian 772-388-9300 Hampton Inn Vero Beach 772-770-4299 Holiday Inn Express 772-567-2500 Holiday Inn Vero Beach 772-231-2300 The Driftwood Vero Beach 772-231-0550 Disney Resort (on beach) 772-234-2000 Springhill Suites 772-778-9292

WARM-UP SCHEDULE No equipment permitted Swimmers must enter the water feet first with at least one hand in contact with the pool deck except when executing a controlled racing start, supervised by a coach. General warm up First hour Lanes 1-8 Circle swimming only Controlled warm-up Last hour Lane(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Pace 50s -push off Racing starts-one way only Circle swimming only Circle swimming only Circle swimming only Racing starts-one way only Racing starts-one way only Pace 50s-push off

ORDER OF EVENTS Saturday, October 13th Session I 11 & over Warm ups @ 7:30 a.m.
1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-20 21-22 23-24 25-26 27-28 29-30 31-32 33-34 Senior 11-12 Senior 13-14 11-12 Senior 13-14 11-12 Senior 13-14 11-12 Senior 13-14 11-12 Senior 13-14 11-12

Sunday, October 14th Session IV 11 & over Meet starts @ 8:30 a.m.
67-68 69-70 71-72 73-74 75-76 77-78 79-80 81-82 83-84 85-86 87-88 89-90 91-92 93-94 95-96 97-98 99-100 Senior 200 Med. Relay 11-12 200 Med. Relay Senior 200 Free 13-14 200 Free 11-12 200 Free Senior 100 Back 13-14 100 Back 11-12 100 Back Senior 200 Fly 13-14 200 Fly 11-12 50 Fly Senior 100 Breast 13-14 100 Breast 11-12 100 Breast Senior 50 Free 13-14 50 Free 11-12 50 Free

200 Free Relay 200 Free Relay 200 IM 200 IM 200 IM 100 Free 100 Free 100 Free 200 Back 200 Back 50 Back 100 Fly 100 Fly 100 Fly 200 Breast 200 Breast 50 Breast

10 min. break Session II

35-36 Senior 500 Free

10 min. break Session V

101-102 Senior 400 IM

Saturday, October 13th Sunday, October 14th Session III 10 & under Session VI 10 & under Warm up one half hour at the completion of a.m sessions, meet start not before 11 a.m.
37-38 39-40 41-42 43-44 45-46 47-48 49-50 51-52 53-54 55-56 57-58 59-60 61-62 63-64 65-66 10&under 50 Free 8 & under 50 Free 6 & under 25 Free 10 & under 100 Back 8 & under 25 Back 6 & under 25 Back 10 & under 200 Free Relay 8 & under 100 Free Relay 10 & under 50 Fly 8 & under 50 Fly 6 & under 25 Fly 10 & under 100 Breast 8 & under 25 Breast 6 & under 25 Breast 10 & under 200 IM 103-104 105-106 107-108 109-110 111-112 113-114 115-116 117-118 119-120 121-122 123-124 125-126 127-128 10 & under 100 IM 8 & under 100 IM 10 &under 100 Free 8 & under 25 Free 10 & under 50 Back 8 & under 50 Back 10&und. 200 Med R. 8&und. 100 Med. R. 10 & under 100 Fly 8 & under 25 Fly 10 &under 50 Breast 8 & under 50 Breast 10 & under 200 Free

Treasure Coast Swimming Fall Invitational Master entry form

Team name______________________________Call Letters_____________ Address_______________________________________________________ Coach______________________________Phone______________________ Email_____________________________ Swimmers/Coach Registration I certify that all individuals listed on the attached forms are currently registered members of USA
Swimming and are eligible to compete in this meet. I further certify that one or more of the USA Swimming listed member coaches will be on deck supervising during warm-up and competitive sessions at the meet.

Name of Coach

Team

___________________ ___________________ ___________________

________________________ ________________________ ________________________

I certify that all individuals listed above are currently registered USA Swimming Coach Members, and that I am a current USA Swimming registered Non-athlete member.

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Signature (must be USA swimming member)

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Team Date

Entries must be received by Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Please mail entries to : TCSC 854 Indian Lane Vero Beach, FL 32963 Email:[email protected] Contact: Scott Barlow 561-870-5403 ******************************************************************************************** Financial Recap Total Swimmers ______________________x $7.50 _______= _________ Individual Events_____________________x$3.00 _______=__________ Relays ____________________x $5.00 _______= __________ No Hy-tek Fee _____________________x$50.00 _______=___________ TOTAL $__________