St. Patrick’s Day Invitational

Troup County Sharks

Saturday, March 15th, 2014

HOST:The Troup County Sharks and theTroup County Parks and Recreation Commission

Sanction # _applied for______

Date:March 15, 2014

Deadline:March 3, 2014

MEET ORGANIZER:Michelle Rochedieu,

FACILITY:TroupCountyParks & RecreationCenter, 1220 Lafayette Parkway, Lagrange, GA30241. This is an eight (8) lane, 25 yard pool with non-turbulent lane lines. Omega Timing System with an eight lane display scoreboard will be used and operated by Peachtree Timing. The pool depth at one end is between 7 feet in depth and 4 feet in depth at the other end.

The competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4) . The copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming & Georgia Swimming

ELIGIBILITY:This meet is aclosed meet by invitation only. All swimmers must be USA Swimming, Inc. registered.

RULES:The 2013 USAS Rules and Regulations will govern the conduct of the meet unless otherwise noted herein

“Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA Swimming member coach, 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. It is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement.”

Additionally, use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms.

FORMAT:This meet is aclosed meet by invitation only to USA Swimming registered swimmers. All events will be timed finals.

ENTRIES:Please submit all entries on disk or e-mail to Carol Yin, . Entries should be submitted using Hy-Tek Software and include each swimmer’s first and last name, middle initial, age, seeding time to the 100th of a second and event number of each event entered. Swimmers will be limited to four (4) individual events and two (2) relay events. Meet will be limited to 225 swimmers each session, not to exceed 4 hours in length per session.

Hy-Tek Meet Manager will be used to manage the meet.

LATE ENTRIES:Late entries will be accepted until 30 minutes prior to the meet start time for empty lanes only; no new heats will be created.

ENTRY FEES:$4.00 for each individual event; $6.00 for each relay event. Late entries are double the stated fees. Please make checks payable to: Troup County Sharks (TCS).

ENTRY DEADLINE:All Entries must be received on or before March 3rd. Entries received after the above date will be considered “Late Entries” and the appropriate fees will be assessed. Please send entry disk, copy of entries, summary sheet, and check (PAYABLE TO TCS) to: TCS,

CAROL YIN, 1220 Lafayette Parkway, Lagrange, GA30241or e-mail entries to:

WARM-UP:USAS warm-up guidelines will be followed. Each team will be required to furnish a coach to monitor their team’s warm-up period. Morning warm-ups will begin at 7:30 AM. Afternoon warm-ups will begin at 12:30.

The morning session will begin at 9:00 AM. The afternoon session will start no later than 1:30 PM.

SPECIAL NOTE:Bull pen will be provided for 8 & under events other than relays. PLEASE NOTE that each team is responsible for organizing relays and sending an adult to the starting blocks with relay teams.

SCORING:Scoring will be calculated for individual awards as follows:

9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

AWARDS:Individual – Ribbons will be awarded to the top eight (8) finishers in each event. High Point Trophies will be awarded to top eight (8) swimmers in each age/gender group.

OFFICIALS:Meet Referee will be Deb Skinner. Starter will be Ralph McCrory. The Sharks welcome and would appreciate any available help from visiting officials at this meet.

LIABILITY:The Troup Co. Parks & Recreation Commission, The Troup County Sharks, USA Swimming, Inc. and Georgia Swimming Inc., shall be free and harmless from any and all liabilities or claims for damage arising by reason of injury to anyone during the conduct of this meet. Acceptance of this policy is evidenced by entry into this meet.

INFORMATION:For more information, please contact:

Michelle Rochedieu

Carol Yin

CONCESSIONS:The RecCenter will provide a concession stand with snack, meals, and drinks.

SWIM SHOP:Friends Unlimited Swim Shop will be at the meet.

Contact them at 1-800-742-8218 for your special needs.

EVENTS LIST
GIRLS / DESCRIPTION / BOYS
1 / OPEN 100 yard FREESTYLE / 2
3 / 13-14 100 yard FREESTYLE / 4
5 / 11-12 100 yard FREESTYLE / 6
7 / 15 & up 200 yard FREE RELAY / 8
9 / 13-14 200 yard FREE RELAY / 10
11 / 11-12 200 yard FREE RELAY / 12
13 / OPEN 100 yard BACKSTROKE / 14
15 / 13-14 100 yard BACKSTROKE / 16
17 / 11-12 50 yard BACKSTROKE / 18
19 / OPEN 100 yard BUTTERFLY / 20
21 / 13-14 100 yard BUTTERFLY / 22
23 / 11-12 50 yard BUTTERFLY / 24
25 / OPEN 50 yard FREESTYLE / 26
27 / 13-14 50 yard FREESTYLE / 28
29 / 11-12 50 yard FREESTYLE / 30
31 / OPEN 100 yard BREASTSTROKE / 32
33 / 13-14 100 yard BREASTSTROKE / 34
35 / 11-12 50 yard BREASTSTROKE / 36
37 / OPEN 200 yard INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY / 38
39 / 13-14 200 yard INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY / 40
41 / 11-12 200 yard INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY / 42
43 / OPEN 200 yard FREESTYLE / 44
LUNCH BREAK and WARM-UP FOR AFTERNOON SESSION
45 / 9-10 100 yard FREESTYLE / 46
47 / 7-8 50 yard FREESTYLE / 48
49 / 6 & U 50 yard FREESTYLE / 50
51 / 9-10 100 yard FREE RELAY / 52
53 / 8 & under 100 yard FREE RELAY / 54
55 / 9-10 50 yard BACKSTROKE / 56
57 / 7-8 25 yard BACKSTROKE / 58
59 / 6 & U 50 yard BACKSTROKE / 60
61 / 9-10 50 yard BUTTERFLY / 62
63 / 7-8 25 yard BUTTERFLY / 64
65 / 6&U 25 yard BUTTERFLY / 66
67 / 9-10 50 yard FREESTYLE / 68
69 / 7-8 25 yard FREESTYLE / 70
71 / 6&U 25 yard FREESTYLE / 72
73 / 9-10 50 yard BREASTSTROKE / 74
75 / 7-8 25 yard BREASTSTROKE / 76
77 / 6&U 25 yard BREASTSTROKE / 78
79 / 9-10 100 yard INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY / 80
81 / 7-8 100 yard INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY / 82
83 / 6 & U 100 yard INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY / 84

TEAM INFORMATION

Team Name:Club Code:

Team Address:

Head Coach:

Contact Person:Telephone:

Fax:Cell Phone:E-mail:

Coaches attending meet:

Certified officials who may wish to work the meet:

SUMMARY OF FEES

Number of Swimmers

Total Number of Individual eventsx $4.00=$

Total Number of Relay Eventsx $6.00=$

TOTAL DUE:$

WAIVER, ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND LIABILITY RELEASE

I, the undersigned coach or team representative, verify that all of the swimmers and coaches listed on the enclosed entry are registered with USA Swimming.

I acknowledge that I am familiar with the safety rules of USA Swimming and Georgia Swimming regarding warm-up procedures and that I shall be responsible for the compliance of my swimmers with those rules during this meet.

United States Swimming, Inc., Georgia Swimming, Inc., The Troup County Sharks and the Troup County Parks and Recreation Commission, and their agents, employees, and coaches shall be free from any liability or claim for damages arising by reason of illness or injury to anyone during the conduct of this meet

Signature/Title ______Date ______