Westbrook Seals The Dennis Connolly (Summer) Swim Your Own Age 2021
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Westbrook Seals
The Dennis Connolly (Summer) Swim Your Own Age 2021
Davan Pool, 426 Bridge Street,
Westbrook, Maine
7/17-7/18, 2021
Held under the sanction of USA Swimming/Maine Swimming, Inc.
#2021-0717-TT
Meet Director: Kyle Bauer (kbauer@clubaycc.org, 207-844-4663)
Meet Referee: Jerry Crouter (jcrouter@dwmlaw.com)
Entry Chairperson: Joe Pritchard (Jpritch220@maine.rr.com)
Admin Official: Sheree Inman (inmansh@gmail.com)
Safety Monitor: Marcy Scharf (marcy.barrows@gmail.com)
SAFETY INFORMATION: An inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any
public place where people are present COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease
that can lead to severe illness and death.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, senior citizens and
individuals with underlying medical conditions are especially vulnerable.
USA Swimming, Inc., cannot prevent you (or your child(ren)) from becoming exposed
to, contracting, or spreading COVID-19 while participating in USA Swimming sanctioned
events. It is not possible
To prevent against the presence of the disease. Therefore, if you choose to participate
in a USA Swimming sanctioned event, you may be exposing yourself to and/or
increasing your risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19.
BY ATTENDING OR PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPETITION, YOU VOLUNTARILY
ASSUME ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 AND
FOREVER RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS USA SWIMMING AND MAINE
SWIMMING AND EACH OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES
OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM ANY LIABILITY
OR CLAIMS INCLUDING FOR PERSONAL INJURIES, DEATH, DISEASE OR
PROPERTY LOSSES, OR ANY OTHER LOSS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
CLAIMS OF NEGLIGENCE AND GIVE UP ANY CLAIMS YOU MAY HAVE TO SEEK
DAMAGES, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, FORESEEN OR UNFORESEEN, IN
CONNECTION WITH EXPOSURE, INFECTION AND/OR SPREAD OF COVID-19
RELATED TO PARTICIPATION IN THIS COMPETITION.
STATE GUIDELINES AND USA SWIMMING PROTOCALS DUE TO COVID-19:
https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/infectious-disease/epi/airborne/coronavirus/communities-
workplaces-schools.shtmlhttps://www.usaswimming.org/docs/default-source/coronavirus-resources--- updated/2020returntocompetitionlscsanctionreqsv4.pdf All swimmers must have an affirmation form and COVID waiver on file prior to the meet. It is each team’s responsibility to ensure the affirmation forms have been completed. MEET FORMAT: This meet will be swum as timed finals. For Sessions One and Three, Swimmers will only compete against other swimmers “their own age” (except for the 6 & under category and the 15 & over category). Events will be swum mixed gender, but scoring will be done separately for boys and girls. Sessions 2 & 4 will be swum OPEN. The meet will be pre-seeded with Meet Manager 8.0 and will be swum as per the pre-seeded heat sheet.. Heat sheets will be posted around the pool deck. No lane changes or late additions will be allowed. Coaches will be able to pick up heat sheets for each event at the Meet Director’s Table. SITE: The Davan Pool is a 6-lane, 25-yard pool with non-turbulent lane lines and fully- automatic Colorado Time Systems electronic timing with touch pads at the finish end of the pool with single-line electronic display. There are no touch pads at the turn end of the pool. The finish end of the pool is 10 feet deep; the turn end of the pool is 3 feet deep. The pool is located inside the Westbrook Community Center at 426 Bridge Street, Westbrook, ME. The entrance door is at the side of the building. Seating available in gallery (90 max) and on- deck handicap space available. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). . COURSE: Short course yards (25 yards). 25-YARD EVENTS: 25 yard events will start from in the water at the shallow end of the pool. Electronic timing will be used. MEET COMMITTEE/JURY: The Meet Jury will be made up of one official, one coach, and one athlete to be selected by the Meet Referee who will present issues and moderate the jury but not vote. The Meet Jury will decide all issues of eligibility and anything not addressed in the Meet Announcement. The Meet Referee shall have authority as described in the current USA Swimming Rulebook WEATHER PROTOCOL: If weather or facility conditions make it impossible to follow the original timeline of events, the Meet Director and Meet Referee have a right to make changes to the meet sessions. The Meet Director will notify the teams of the changes with as much notice as possible. Cancellation of the meet, or a session, is the decision of the Meet Director, Meet Referee and the Meet Jury. ELIGIBILITY All swimmers must be 2021 registered swimmers. Age is determined by the age of the swimmer on the first day of the meet. All coaches on deck must be registered with USA Swimming and display their coach membership cards or display their deck pass when asked. 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. CUT PROTOCAL: If the meet is over-subscribed the following cuts will be made: Date of entries – last entries in will be first entries cut. SWIMWEAR: Per USA Swimming rules (102.8.1.F), 12 & Under swimmers may not wear a Technical Suit at any Sanctioned, Approved, or Observed meet. The age of the swimmer is determined on the first day of the meet. Guidance on identifying compliant and non-compliant suits can be found on the USA Swimming website under Tech Suit Restriction for 12-and-Under Swimmers. REGISTRATIONS: All swimmers must be registered with USA Swimming before the first day of the start of the meet. Any swimmer who has entered a meet and does not register by 11:59 PM on the day before the first day of the meet is subject to a $100 fine and will be scratched from the meet. Meet reconciliation will be done for this meet. DISABILITY SWIMMERS: Any current athlete members of USA Swimming with a disability, as defined by USA Swimming Rules and Regulations, may enter this meet. If modifications to USA Swimming rules are necessary, then the coach or athlete must notify the meet referee and meet director of any disability prior to competition. EVENTS and SESSIONS: See attached list. ENTRY LIMITS: Swimmers may swim a maximum of 3 individual events per session and a total of 6 individual events per day and one relay per day. Each team is allowed two relays (A and B.) Time trials are included in the individual daily limit. ENTRY FEES: Electronic entries: $4.00 per individual event and $6.00 per relay Swimmer Participation Fee is $5.00 per swimmer Athlete Travel Fee: $1.00 per swimmer. There will be a .50 per event surcharge for paper non-electronic entries. Entries are due by end of day on July 13, 2021 Payment is due by the beginning of the meet on July 17, 2021 Checks should be made out to the Westbrook Seals. Payment should be sent to Marcy Scharf, 9 Frenchman’s Lane, Windham, ME 04062 ENTRY TIMES: All entries must be specified in short yard times. Meter times must be converted to yard times. (Coach’s times should be used instead of NT’s) RELAYS: Relays will be limited to TWO relays per team per event. All relay swimmers must be officially entered into the meet. Relays are intended to be either all girl or all boy. The relays will be swum in mixed gender heats (like all the other events), but the individual teams shall not be mixed.
TIME TRIALS: Time trials will be offered at the discretion of the Meet Director and the Meet
Referee if time allows. Time trials are $10.00 for individual events.
DECK ENTRIES AND REGISTRATION: Deck entries and deck registrations will not be
accepted at this meet.
ADMISSION: Parents will be allowed on the deck to watch his/her swimmers event only. A
Meet Marshall will usher in & out spectators accordingly. Entry and exit will be by the door on
the south side of the pool adjacent to the playing fields. The competition will also be streamed
(via the Seals Facebook Page) in order for parents to view their swimmer’s competition. Cost of
admission is $2.00.
PROGRAMS: We will post the program outside and inside the facility in several locations.. It
will be posted on the Seals website and Maine Swimming website and emailed to participating
coaches in advance of the meet.
MEET MOBILE: Meet Mobile will be functional for this meet. All users should be aware that
Meet Mobile publishes unverified raw data which cannot be relied upon until the official results
have been published and posted in the facility.
WARM-UPS: The pool will open at 8 a.m. for 75 minutes of warm up for sessions 1and 3
and at 12:30 pm for an hour warm up prior to sessions 2 and 4. Lanes will be assigned after
entries have been received and every effort will be made to give teams their own lane.
OFFICIALS: No walk on officials permitted. Please email the Meet Referee prior to the meet if
you would like to officiate.
All officials must have an affirmation form and Covid waiver on file prior to the meet. It is each
team’s responsibility to ensure the affirmation forms have been completed.
SAFETY:
1. No shaving is permitted at the competition site.
2. No glass containers are permitted within the facility.
3. No food is allowed on the pool deck.
4. Swimmers must be under the supervision of a coach. If a swimmer arrives at the meet
without a coach, the swimmer should notify the referee before he/she warms up. The
referee will assign the swimmer to a registered coach for warm-ups.
5. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in
changing areas, rest rooms, locker rooms, behind the blocks, or in any marked NO
CAMERA ZONE.
6. Deck changes are prohibited.
7. Operation of a drone, or any other flying apparatus, is prohibited over the venue (pools,
athlete/coach areas, Spectator areas and open ceiling locker rooms) any time athletes,
coaches, officials and/or spectators are present.RULES: Current USA Swimming rules will govern all competition. Decisions by the Meet Referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the heat swum. A swimmer may compete under protest during appeal of a decision of the MESI Board of Directors or MESI House of Delegates only upon presentation of a written protest and its required fee of $100 to the General Chair. All swimmers, coaches and officials will follow the USA Swimming code of conduct under article 304 of the USA Swimming rules and regulations. Any violation of such policy will be reported to the Meet Referee and the Maine Swimming office for further review and/or action. SAFE SPORT: The conduct of all participants and spectators at a meet is governed by USA Swimming Rules 304/305. Any and all infractions must be reported to an official, the Meet Referee or the Meet Director to be resolved. PHOTOGRAPHY: PHOTOGRAPHERS ON DECK: As per Maine Swimming policy, only coaches are permitted to use video equipment on deck, but this is not permitted from behind the blocks. The use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted behind the starting blocks, including in any spectator area behind the starting blocks, nor in any other marked NO CAMERA ZONE, including on deck. All NO CAMERA ZONES will be clearly designated. Email the Meet Director with questions and requests. DECK ACCESS: Only 2021 USA Swimming registered athletes, coaches, officials, and official meet staff are permitted on the pool deck. All non-athletes on the pool deck must display their current USA Swimming registration card or display their Deck Pass when asked. Individuals without proof of USA Swimming registration will be removed from the pool deck and will be subject to a fine by Maine Swimming. SCORING: Individual events (from Sessions 1 and 3 only) will be scored as below. Individual events (from Sessions 2 and 4) will not be scored. Relay events will not be scored. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 AWARDS: Trophies will be awarded to the top 3 female swimmers and the to the top 3 male swimmers, overall, in each age group and medals will be awarded to places 4-6 from combined events in Session 1 & 3. Awards will be presented after session 3. “Hot Heat” awards will also be handed out to swimmers. Awards will not be given for sessions 2 or 4. FOOD: Food and beverages are not permitted. Personal water only on the pool deck. EQUIPMENT VENDOR: There will not be a vendor at this meet. MISCELLANEOUS: Seals Swimming assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen property. Pets of any kind and smoking are not permitted within the facility.
LIABILITY RELEASE: Any swimmer whose entry is accepted will, for him/herself, his/her heirs, executors and administrations, waive and release any and all rights and claims for damages he/she may have against United States Swimming, Maine Swimming, Seals Swimming and Westbrook Community Center for any and all injuries suffered by him/her at said meet. In submitting this entry the undersigned team certifies that all athletes in the entry are registered with USA Swimming and understands that the team may be fined $100 for each swimmer in the entry that is not registered with USA Swimming. PARKING: There is ample parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Westbrook Community Center. Please park in designated parking zones. DIRECTIONS: Directions to the Davan Pool can be found at our website: www.sealsswimming.org.
SESSION TIMES:
Session 1 – 9:15 AM Warm-up: 8:00 AM
Session 2 – 1:30 PM Warm-up: 12:30 PM
Session 3 - 9:15 AM Warm-up: 8:00 AM
Session 4 – 1:30 PM Warm-up: 12:30 PM
Session # 1
Event # Mixed Age Event
1 15 & Over 100 Breast
2 14 to 14 100 Breast
3 13 to 13 100 Breast
4 12 to 12 50 Breast
5 11 to 11 50 Breast
6 10 to 10 50 Breast
7 9 to 9 50 Breast
8 8 to 8 25 Breast
9 7 to 7 25 Breast
10 6 & under 25 Breast
11 15 & Over 50 Free
12 14 to 14 50 Free
13 13 to 13 50 Free
14 12 to 12 50 Free
15 11 to 11 50 Free
16 10 to 10 50 Free
17 9 to 9 50 Free
18 8 to 8 25 Free
19 7 to 7 25 Free
20 6 & under 25 Free
21 15 & Over 100 IM
22 14 to 14 100 IM
23 13 to 13 100 IM24 12 to 12 100 IM
25 11 to 11 100 IM
26 10 to 10 100 IM
27 9 to 9 100 IM
28 8 to 8 100 IM
29 7 to 7 100 IM
30 6 & Under 100 IM
31 13 & Over 200 Medley Relay
32 12 & Under 200 Medley Relay
Session # 2
Event # Mixed Age Event
33 Open 500 Free
34 Open 400 IM
35 Open 1650 Free
Session # 3
Event # Mixed Age Event
36 15 & Over 100 Fly
37 14 to 14 100 Fly
38 13 to 13 100 Fly
39 12 to 12 50 Fly
40 11 to 11 50 Fly
41 10 to 10 50 Fly
42 9 to 9 50 Fly
43 8 to 8 25 Fly
44 7 to 7 25 Fly
45 6 & under 25 Fly
46 15 & Over 100 Back
47 14 to 14 100 Back
48 13 to 13 100 Back
49 12 to 12 50 Back
50 11 to 11 50 Back
51 10 to 10 50 Back
52 9 to 9 50 Back53 8 to 8 25 Back
54 7 to 7 25 Back
55 6 & under 25 Back
56 15 & Over 100 Free
57 14 to 14 100 Free
58 13 to 13 100 Free
59 12 to 12 100 Free
60 11 to 11 100 Free
61 10 to 10 100 Free
62 9 to 9 100 Free
63 8 to 8 50 Free
64 7 to 7 50 Free
65 6 & under 50 Free
66 13 & over 200 Free Relay
67 12 & under 200 Free Relay
Session 4
Event # Mixed Age Event
68 Open 100 Back
69 Open 200 Back
70 Open 100 Breast
71 Open 200 Breast
72 Open 100 Fly
73 Open 200 Fly
74 Open 200 Free
75 Open 200 IMSeals Swimming
Summer Swim Your Own Age 2021
Davan Pool, 426 Bridge Street Westbrook, ME 04092
July 17 and 18 , 2021
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Team Name: Abbreviation:
Deck Coach: Phone: Email:
Entries Contact: Phone: Email:
Address:______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Unattached Swimmers:
______________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
ENTRY FEES (non-electronic add .50 per entry)
_____ Individual Entries @ $4.00/ $4.50 = $ _______
_____ Relays @ $6.00/ $6.50 = $ _______
____ Swimmer Participation Fee: # athletes______ @ $ 5.00 = $ _______
Total: $
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Make check payable to: Westbrook Seals
Mail to:
Marcy Scharf
9 Frenchman’s Lane, Windham, ME 04062
LIABILITY RELEASE
Any swimmer whose entry is accepted will, for him/herself, his/her heirs, executors and
administrations, waive and release any and all rights and claims for damages he/she may have
against United States Swimming, Maine Swimming, Westbrook Seals and Westbrook
Community Center for any and all injuries suffered by him/her at said meet. In submitting this
entry the undersigned team certifies that all athletes in the entry are registered with USA
Swimming and understands that the team may be fined $100 for each swimmer in the entry that
is not registered with USA Swimming.
____________________________________ __________
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