2012 New England SCM Championship Meet

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Registration Schedule

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Sanctioned by NELMSC for USMS, Inc: Sanction Number: 022-S010

Meet Website: http://scmchamps.blogspot.com/

Pool: The competition pool at the Boston University FitRec Center features ten racing lanes with additional area for continuous warm up and warm down, electronic timing and scoreboard. Water depth is 7 to 13.5 feet. Facility address: 915 Commonwealth Ave., Boston MA 02215

Directions: Click here for complete directions.
Mass Transit: MBTA Green (B-Line) service to "St. Paul" stop.
Parking: Check the meet website for the most up-to-date information on parking availability.

Hotels: The Inn at Longwood, 1 mile away from the pool, $99/night.
Contact gsinclair@innatlongwood.com Tel: 617-731-4700
Rooms must be reserved by 11/27/12.

Eligibility: 2012 or 2013 registered United States Masters Swimming (USMS) swimmers 18 years or older by December 10, 2012, and 2012 or 2013 registered masters swimmers from other countries.

Rules: 2012 USMS rules apply.

Entries: Enter a max of five individual events each day, plus all relays.

ENTER ONLINE! Online meet entry provided by Club Assistant. You may also find online meet entry link at our meet website.
Paper/mailed meet entry must include entry form, USMS card copy if from a non-NELMSC club, and check payable to Great Bay Masters to: GBM, PO Box 1723, Dover NH 03821. Problem entries will be posted on the meet website. All problem entries must be resolved and fees received by Saturday, December 1, or the entry will be rejected. Please check the meet website to make sure your entry has been processed and that you are not on the “problems” list.

Entry Fees:  $25 base meet entry fee plus $5 per individual event.  There is no fee for relays.  Online entries are paid by credit card to "ClubAssistant.com Events."

Entry Deadline: Online Entries will continue until the meet is deemed full or until 11:59pm Eastern Time on Monday, December 3, 2012.  Mailed entries must be postmarked by Wednesday, November 21, 2012.

No Fee Refunds: No entry fee refunds will be issued for any reason. Overpayment of fees will not be refunded.

Seed Times: A short course meters seed time must be submitted for each event entered. Entry times of “NT” will not be accepted. An online time converter is available at: www.greatbaymasters.org. Swimmers must seed themselves truthfully. The meet director or meet referee shall have the right to change seed times that are obviously incorrect.

800 Free: Swimmers may need to participate in the backup timing for this event.

Heat Seeding: All events are timed finals and will be seeded from entry form times. Heats are seeded by gender from slowest to fastest except for the 800 free which will be seeded from fast to slow, alternating heats of women and men. Genders may be combined in the slowest two heats of the 800.

ALL EVENTS REQUIRE POSITIVE CHECK-IN:  Events will close for check-in and will be seeded approximately one hour before they start, with the exception of the 800 Free which will close for check in at the start of warmup at 4:30pm. When you arrive at the pool, be sure to visit the check-in table immediately to check-in for your events. The first event on Saturday and Sunday will close for check-in 45 minutes before the session starts. (Saturday-Women's 400 free & Sunday-Men’s 400 free check-in will close at 9:15am.)

MEET ENTRY CAP: This meet must have cleared the water by 9:00pm on 12/7 and 7pm on 12/8 and 12/9. If the timeline reaches these limits, no further entries will be processed for the day, or days, where the projected meet timeline is a problem per Meet Director’s judgment.

Dive Over Starting - All Events Except Backstroke: Swimmers completing a heat will finish at the wall, and stay in the water until the next heat is called to the blocks. Swimmers will stay in the water until the next heat "Dives Over" the top of them. Immediately after the next heat has started, the swimmers from the previous heat will exit the pool. If you need to use the ladder to exit the pool, notify the starter before your race.

Relays: Relay swimmers must be entered in at least one individual event. Relays will be deck entered at the meet, and entry deadlines will be announced at the meet. There is no fee for relays. All four members of a relay must be members of the same USMS club. USMS unattached swimmers may not participate in relays. Swimmers may participate in
either the single or mixed gender, but not both, of each relay event.

Event List:  View full event list on SwimPhone.com.

Scoring: The first 16 places in each individual age group event will score in the following sequence: 17, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. The top 16 relays in each age group event score double points. The 800 free relay is un-scored. NEM “Workout Groups” will be scored in one division, and non-NEM USMS clubs scored in a separate division.

Awards and Award Ceremony: Certificates will be provided for mounting an adhesive label record of your performance in each event. Trophy for the male and female high point winners. Awards for the top three Large (26+ entrants), Medium (12-25), Small (4-11) and Squad (1-3) NEMSC Workout Groups, and for the top-3 non-NEM USMS clubs. Awards not picked up at the Award Ceremony will be discarded.

SAFETY, BEHAVIOR, RULES & SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Diving is prohibited during warm-up with the exception of one-way sprint lanes when announced. DIVING IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED in the WARM UP LANES behind the bulkhead.
2. All swimmers must enter the competition pool at starting end.
3. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
4. Glass containers are prohibited in the facility.
5. No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.
6. No flash photography at the start of any race.
7. Absolutely no swimming under the bulkhead or walking across the bulkhead at any time.
*Failure to abide by these rules and any other rules that may be announced or posted by meet officials during the meet may result in ejection from the facility. Meet officials have the authority to dismiss swimmers and spectators from the grounds. Boston University and Great Bay Masters Swimming are not responsible for lost or stolen items.

For More Information:
greatbaymastersswimteam@gmail.com
Meet information and updates posted on the meet website.
The meet web page will be updated with latest entries lists, psych sheets, problem entries, time line, and any other relevant meet updates and news; PLEASE CHECK THE MEET WEB PAGE FREQUENTLY.

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "TNT SWIMMING."