Farewell To Short Course
Manta Ray Aquatics
Tony St. Onge Pool of Dreams
Moses Lake
March 10th-12th, 2017
Held under Sanction of United States Swimming, Inc. and
Inland Empire Swimming, Inc., Sanction #IE 17-1321
In granting this sanction it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming (USA-S) and Inland Empire Swimming (IES) shall be free and held harmless from anyLiabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. Use of audio or visual recording devices (including a cell phone camera), is not allowed in changing areas, behind starting blocks, rest rooms or locker rooms. Deck Changing is prohibited: Changing into or out of swimsuits other than in the facility locker rooms, or other designated area designated by the host facility, is not appropriate, and is prohibited.Operation of a drone, or any other flying apparatus, is prohibited over the venue (pools, athlete/coachareas, spectator areas and open ceiling locker rooms) any time athletes, coaches, officials and/or spectators are present.
Host: Manta Ray Aquatics, P.O. Box 452, Moses Lake, WA 98837
Location:Tony St. Onge Pool of Dreams (MLHS), 803 Sharon Avenue, Moses Lake, WA 98837
Format:Timed Finals, Non-Split
Schedule:Friday:Warm-ups: 4:30-5:15 p.m.
Events start: 5:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday:Warm-ups: 8:00-8:35 a.m. (13 & O) 8:40-9:15 a.m. (12 & U)
Events start: 9:30 a.m.
Meetings:Friday: Coaches: 4:15p.m. - Officials: 4:45 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Coaches: 7:45a.m. - Officials: 8:15 a.m.
Entry Deadline:
Due to last chance entries following IES Short Course Champs, entries must be received no later than Monday, March 6, 2017 at 11:59 p.m.to ensure entrance into the meet. Entries will be limited to include teams up to and including the team that has the 350th swimmer entered.We reserve the right to change the warm up and start times after all entries are received.
Rules:Current USA Swimming Rules will govern throughout the meet. The rules and procedures of Inland Empire Swimming also apply. The referee of the meet shall be the final authority for the conduct of the competition. IES scratch rules will be in effect. 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 requirement. Only swimmers, coaches, officials and meet workers are permitted in the deck area. Spectators will not be allowed in the deck area without proof of current USA Swimming membership. The deck area is considered to be a 3 foot area from the edge of the pool and the area behind the start platforms up to the timer chairs.
Course:Indoor,25 yard,8 lane pool with turbulence control racing lane lines. Depending on meet attendance and timeline considerations, seeding may be reduced to 6 Lanes for competition, providing a warm-up/cool-down lane that would be available during competition. Pool meetsUSA Swimming water depth and starting block height requirements. The Competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). Meet Marshalls will be on deck during warm-up sessions.
Timing:The Daktronics Timing System will be the primary time recording system; however, lane timers will be needed throughout the meet. Each team will be responsible for sharing in the timing duties.
Swimmers shall provide their own timers and counter for the 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle events.
Eligibility:All participants must be currently registered with USA Swimming. USA-S numbers must be included with the entries. Swimmers compete for scoring in their respective age groups. Age on the first day of the meet shall govern the full meet. Swimmers not represented by a coach must check in with the meet referee before warm-ups. Athletes with a disability are welcome and are asked to provide advance notice of necessary accommodations.
SWIMS:The USA Swimming SWIMS database requires that ALL swimmer data be correct before any meet data (swimmer times) will be loaded into the USA Swimming database. If you know of any swimmer data that is NOT correct in the meet database please notify the meet referee as soon as possible. The appropriate changes will be made. The data will be sent to USA Swimming within 3 days of the meet.
Coaches:All Coaches must be currently USA Swimming certified. Proof of current certification must be supplied to the meet referee or administrative office upon request.
Awards:All individual events entered by the deadline will score towards high point scoring. Deck entries and time trials will not be scored. Combined events will be separated into 8 & Under; 9-10; 11-12; 13-14; and 15 & Over as appropriate. Ribbons will be awarded for 1st through 8th place for individual events and 1st through 3rd place for relays. Individual high point awards will be given to each girls and boys age group. No team awards will be given.
IndividualEntries:
Swimmers may enter a maximum of two (2) individual events on Friday and maximum of five (5) individual events on Saturday and Sunday. Entries will be limited to the team that has the 350th swimmer entered. Date of receiving entries determines the order of entry. “No Time”(NT) entries are allowed. All entries must be in yard times. Once the meet has been seeded, swimmers that are already registered in the meet may request to deck enter additional events (up to the corresponding daily limit), pending availability of empty lanes, and at the discretion of the referee, with payment of $3 per event due upon approval. There will be no deck registrations.
The 1650 free, 1000 free, 500 free, and 400 IM will be swum mixed gender fastest to slowest. Swimmers must provide their own timers and counter for the 500, 1000, and 1650 freestyle events. Please estimate times for the 1650 free, 1000 free, and 500 free for swimmers with a “No Time” or old time. There may be a positive check-in for the 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free, and 400 IM depending on the number of entries.Coaches will be informed prior to the first day of the meet if a Positive Check-in will be required. Check-in will close 1 hour before the scheduled event time. If a swimmer fails to check in by the deadline for any of these four events, they will not be allowed to compete in that event. If a swimmer checks in and then fails to swim the event, the swimmer will be disqualified from his/her next individual event.
Events may be combined and swum mixed gender and/or age group depending on the number of entries. If there is a need to reduce the time line, events may be limited to the fastest swimmers. Reductions will begin with the longer events. We will notify all coaches of teams affected if we have to cut swimmers from events.
Relay Entries:Swimmers may enter a maximum of one (1) relay per day. For entry purposes, there are separate girls, boys, and mixed events for each age group. However, relays may be combined and swum together, depending on entries. Mixed relays must consist of 2 girls and 2 boys to be official. Any relay team that doesn’t meet these requirements can compete but will be disqualified.
Time Trials:Time trials may be offered at the discretion of the meet referee during the break before the 500 free and 1000 free events. Time trials will be limited to swimmers already entered in the meet and will count towards the 5 events per day limitation. The cost of each time trial event entered will be $5.00 paid at the time of the swim.
Entry Fees:Entry fees are $3.00 for each individual event, $12.00 for each relay and a $12.00 IESsurchargeper swimmer.
Please make checks payable to: Manta Ray Aquatics.
Entries:Submitting Instructions for e-mailing entries:
E-mail entries to:
Payment must be received by March10th for entries to be considered official.
Please e-mail the following attachments no later than 11:59 p.m. March 6th, 2017:
- Commlink entry file from Team Manager or Team Unify
- Print to file (Word format or PDF) of team individual entries.
- Print to file (Word format or PDF) of team relay entries.
- Print to file (Word format or PDF) of meet fees due.
Payment sent to: Manta Ray Aquatics
P.O. Box 452
Moses Lake, WA 98837
***Please waive requirements for signature***
Meet Director:Steve Washburn:
Meet Referee:Rod Richeson:
Administrative Official:Steve Washburn:
Head Starter:Angela Richeson
Stroke & Turn:Mitch Heaps, Jean Siebert, Melissa Heaps, Eric Lindberg
Officials Contact:Rod Richeson:
The Manta Rays welcome the help from visiting officials. The uniform is a white Polo shirt, blue shorts/pants/skirt, and white shoes.
Lodging: Ameristay Inn & Suites(509) 764-7500Inn at Moses Lake(509)-766-7000
Lakeshore Inn(509) 765-9201Ramada Inn(509)-766-1000
Best Western(509) 765-9211Quality Inn(509)-765-8886
El Rancho Motel(509) 765-9173Comfort Suites(509)-765-3731
Holiday Inn Express(509) 766-2000Shilo Inn(509)-765-9317
Motel 6(509)-766-0260
Concessions:Programs, concessions, will be available for sale at the meet. There will be no credit/debit card purchases available.
Facility:Additional spectator and athlete seating will be available in the Gold Gym inside the back door of the high school behind the pool locker rooms. A PA system in the gym will broadcast all announcements, event, and heat information pertaining to the meet. The heat and event information will also be displayed on a video board in the gym. The pool deck and Gold Gym are wheel chair accessible.
Hospitality:MRA will be providing concessions to all Coaches and Officials.
Results:Results will be posted in the pool house throughout the meet. The results will also be available on the Meet Mobile and Meet Bop apps. Final results will be posted on the IES website after the conclusion of the meet.
Manta Ray Aquatics
Tony St. Onge Pool of Dreams
Moses Lake
March 10th-12th, 2017
Entry Fee Tabulation
Team: ______Coach: ______
Address: ______
Telephone: ______E-mail:______
# Of Coaches attending: ______
Computations:
Surcharge per swimmer (# of swimmers) ______x $12.00 =______
Number of individual entries ______x $3.00 = ______
Number of relays ______x $12 .00= ______
Total Entry Fee $______
Make checks payable to: Manta Ray Aquatics
Mail to:Manta Ray Aquatics
P.O. Box 452
Moses Lake, WA 98837
Friday, March 10th Events
Girls / EVENT / Boys1 / Mixed 11 & Over 400 IM / 1
2 / 11-12 200 IM / 3
4 / 10 & Under 200 IM / 5
- / 10 MINUTE BREAK / -
6 / Mixed 11 & Over 1650 Freestyle / 6
Saturday, March 11th Events
Girls / EVENT / Boys7 / 8 & Under 100 Freestyle / 8
9 / 9-10 200 Freestyle / 10
11 / 11-12 200 Freestyle / 12
13 / 13 & Over 200 Freestyle / 14
15 / 10 & Under 100 Medley Relay / 16
17 / Mixed 10 & Under 100 Medley Relay / 17
18 / 12 & Under 200 Medley Relay / 19
20 / Mixed 12 & Under 200 Medley Relay / 20
21 / 13 & Over 200 Medley Relay / 22
23 / Mixed 13 & Over 200 Medley Relay / 23
24 / 8 & Under 25 Butterfly / 25
26 / 9-10 100 Butterfly / 27
28 / 11-12 100 Butterfly / 29
30 / 13 & Over 100 Butterfly / 31
32 / 8 & Under 50 Backstroke / 33
34 / 9-10 50 Backstroke / 35
36 / 11-12 50 Backstroke / 37
38 / 11 & Over 200 Backstroke / 39
40 / 8 & Under 25 Breaststroke / 41
42 / 9-10 100 Breaststroke / 43
44 / 11-12 100 Breaststroke / 45
46 / 13 & Over 100 Breaststroke / 47
48 / 8 & Under 50 Freestyle / 49
50 / 9-10 50 Freestyle / 51
52 / 11-12 50 Freestyle / 53
54 / 13 & Over 50 Freestyle / 55
- / 15 MINUTE BREAK (Time Trials) / -
56 / Mixed 11 & Over 500 Freestyle / 56
Sunday, March 12th Events
Girls / EVENT / Boys57 / 8 & Under 100 IM / 58
59 / 9-10 100 IM / 60
61 / 11-12 100 IM / 62
63 / 13 & Over 200 IM / 64
65 / 8 & Under 50 Butterfly / 66
67 / 9-10 50 Butterfly / 68
69 / 11-12 50 Butterfly / 70
71 / 11 & Over 200 Butterfly / 72
73 / 10Under 100 Freestyle Relay / 74
75 / Mixed 10 & Under 100 Freestyle Relay / 75
76 / 12 & Under 200 Freestyle Relay / 77
78 / Mixed 12 & Under 200 Freestyle Relay / 78
79 / 13 & Over 200 Freestyle Relay / 80
81 / Mixed 13 & Over 200 Freestyle Relay / 81
82 / 8 & Under 25 Backstroke / 83
84 / 9-10 100 Backstroke / 85
86 / 11-12 100 Backstroke / 87
88 / 13 & Over 100 Backstroke / 89
90 / 8 & Under 50 Breaststroke / 91
92 / 9-10 50 Breaststroke / 93
94 / 11-12 50 Breaststroke / 95
96 / 11 & Over 200 Breaststroke / 97
98 / 8 & Under 25 Freestyle / 99
100 / 9-10 100 Freestyle / 101
102 / 11-12 100 Freestyle / 103
104 / 13 & Over 100 Freestyle / 105
- / 15 MINUTE BREAK (Time Trials) / -
106 / Mixed 11 & Over 1000 Freestyle / 106