2008
SPONSORED BY:
SANCTIONED BY: Louisiana Swimming, Inc., Sanction # 820
MEET REFEREE: BRUCE THOMAS
LOCATION: LSU Natatorium,
DATE & TIME: Thursday MARCH 13 –
A.
Warm-ups
for the mixed 1000 Freestyle Events will begin at
B.
All
morning sessions will begin at
1.
Preliminaries
for all age groups and 19/under events.
2.
All
but the fastest heat of the 19/under.
400 IM and 19/Under 500
freestyle.
1650 free plus 13-14, 15-16, and 19/Under
3.
All
age group relays will be swum in the a.m. sessions and all 19/Under relays will
be swum in the p.m. sessions.
C.
Finals
sessions will begin at
1.
Consolation
finals and finals for 13 and above age groups.
2.
Championship
heat only for the 10/u's and 11/12 age groups.
3.
Fastest
heat of the 19/u 400IM, 1650, 13/14, 15-16 & 19/u 500 freestyle.
FACILITIES: Indoor 50 meter pool divided into two
eight lane 25 yard pools by paddock bulkheads with non-turbulent lane lines.
Electronic timing for all 16
lanes. There are two warm-up pools adjacent to the main pool. Starting blocks
will be provided for both pools.
TIMING:
RULES & 2008
United States Swimming Technical Rules and Code of Regulations
SEEDING will
govern this meet.
ELIGILILITY: Swimmers must have current 2008
NOTE: AS
VOTED ON BY THE DELEGATES, ANY SWIMMER THAT WINS AN EVENT IN THE DISTRICT
MEET WITH A DISTANCE OF 50, 100, OR 200 WILL AUTOMATICALLY SWIM THAT EVENT IN
THE STATE MEET WITH NO MORE THAN THREE SWIMS A DAY. SWIMMERS WHO CHANGE A/G
AFTER DISTRICT AND PRIOR TO STATE CAN STILL SWIM IN THEIR YOUNGER A/G, BUT WILL
BE PLACED ON THE RESULTS WITH THE OLDER AGE GROUP. SECONDLY, NO WATCH TIME
SPLITS MAY BE USED AS QUALIFYING TIMES FOR STATE MEETS.
LIMIT
OF Each swimmer may enter a
maximum of three individual events plus
EVENTS relays per day, not to exceed a total
of seven individual events
plus
relays for the entire meet. The 400 IM, 500, 1000 and 1650 Free ARE NO LONGER
TO BE USED AS BONUS EVENTS. YOU MUST HAVE THE QUALIFING TIMES TO SWIM THESE
EVENTS. QUALIFYING TIMES MADE FOR EITHER
THE 1000/1650YD, 800M/1500M FREE MAY BE USED TO SWIM EITHER EVENT.
ENTRY
FEES: Individual events = $2.50 each
SURCHARGE: A $10.00 surcharge will be assessed each individual
who participates in the Championship Meet.
$5.00 will go the LSI All Star Travel Fund, and $5.00 will go to the
host team.
TRAVEL FUND: 10% of all entry fees will be submitted to
the LSI travel fund.
SCORING:
Individual events:
20,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,9,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Relay events:
40,34,32,30,28,26,24,22,18,14,12,10,8,6,4,2
19/Under relays must equal or
better qualifying times in order to score points.
Individual points scored in age
group events are not scored toward 19/Under individual and/or team awards.
Points scored in 19/Under events are scored toward age group individual and/or
team awards providing that event is not offered in their respective age group.
AGE GROUP TEAM CHAMPIONS: Points will be compiled for each boy/girl age
group including 19/Unders in order to ascertain team boy/girl age group and
19/Under champions. NO AWARDS WILL BE
GIVEN.
AWARDS: Individual Events: Medals:
1st – 8th places.
Ribbons: 9th - 16th places
All State Patches: 1st - 3rd
places
Relay Events: Medals: 1st - 3rd places
Ribbons: 4th -
16th places
All State
Patches: 1st – 3rd places
Overall Team Championship Awards:
1st – 8th places
Individual Team High Point Awards:
A high point award will be awarded to
each outstanding boy/girl swimmer of each age group and 19/Under category who
accumulates the highest number of points for each respective category.
DAMON MCCOY SWIMMER OF THE MEET
AWARD:
Presentation of this award will be
made following the final event on Sunday evening.
RAY HARVARD AWARD:
Presentation of this award will
be made prior to the swimming of the 19/under freestyle relays on Saturday
evening.
ROY BRENNER AWARD:
This award will be
presented to the Outstanding LSI Coach for 2007. The winner was chosen by vote of the LSA
coaches at their Fall meeting and will be presented prior to the swimming of
the 19/Under Freestyle relays on Saturday evening.
MEET Each participating team shall provide
officials or assume various responsibilities as outlined on the attached
Officials Work Assignments. Teams
failing to comply with these assignments will be subject to any or all of the
following:
1.
$100.00
fine and still is required to provide officials.
2.
Expulsion
from the meet with no return of entry fees. If unable to fulfill the assigned
requirements, teams must submit a statement with their entries outlining which
responsibilities they can fulfill, and which they cannot fulfill. If necessary, final resolution of Problems
concerning these responsibilities will be made at the coordination meeting on
Thursday night. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE WORKERS FOR YOUR ASSIGNED
POSITIONS, PLEASE NOTIFY BRUCE THOMAS IN WRITING, PRIOR TO THE MEET STATING THE
REASONS YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO COMPLY.
BRUCE THOMAS,
WARM-UP: United States Swimming Rules now
require close supervision of all warm-up periods. Each lane must be supervised by a coach or a
team representative who is a member of USA Swimming. No diving will be allowed
except at the end of the pool in the lanes where such supervision exists. Lane assignments will be posted in the heat
sheet along with other instructions. It is suggested that you limit the number
of swimmers that you have in the pool at any one time. A 15 min. continuous or short swim is a much
better warm-up than 45 min. of standing in the pool or hanging on the lane
ropes. Remember, it is the coaches'
responsibility to instruct swimmers regarding safety guidelines during
warm-ups. Note that it is the host
team's responsibility to furnish appropriate guards to monitor warm-ups/downs. Swimmers who fail to follow safety procedures
in warm-up/down pool subject themselves to appropriate sanctions and possible
dismissal from the meet.
COACHES: If required the final coordination
meeting for the remainder of the meet will be held following the completion of
the 800 relays, no earlier then 8:00 p.m. If necessary, there will be a meeting
of the coaches at
ATHLETE'S REP: If necessary, there will be a meeting of all
athletes at the end of preliminaries on Sunday morning.
CONDUCT OF LOUISIANA STATE
SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
A.
The preliminary events will be started from
both ends of the pool. Boys' and girls' events will start from either the
diving well end or the scoreboard end of the pool and may be alternated each
day. Some of the mid-distance and long distance finals events may be run using
each end of the pool. This meet has been exempt from the LSI time limit rule.
Based upon entries and time, finals may be run in two pools.
B. PRELIMINARIES WILL BE HELD FOR THE FOLLOWING:
10/U's, 11/12, 13-14, 15-16 and 19/under
events. Exception: 400 IM, 500 Free, 1000 Free and 1650 Free.
These events will be timed final events
with the fastest heat being swum in final session. All other heats will be swum with the
preliminaries, except the 1000 Free which will be swum on Thursday no earlier
than 7:00 PM.
C. TIMED FINALS WILL BE HELD FOR THE FOLLOWING:
·
11-12 500 Free and the 1000 (MIXED) Free - Will be swum Thursday
evening no earlier than
·
400 IM
- The fastest heat will be swum in the final session on Friday. All other heats will be swum fastest to
slowest in the preliminary session on Friday.
This is a DECK SEEDED event. SWIMMER MUST HAVE QUALIFYING TIME TO
SWIM THE EVENT. All scratches or
confirmation with proof of seed time must be reported to the clerk of course by
·
500 Free - The fastest heat will be swum in the final session on
Saturday. All other heats will be swum
fastest to slowest in Preliminaries following the last a.m. relays on
Saturday. This event is a DECK SEEDED
event. SWIMMER MUST HAVE QUALIFYING
TIME TO SWIM THE EVENT. Proof
of seed time must be submitted to the clerk of course by
·
1650 Free - All but the top heat will be swum 10 min. after the
conclusion of the preliminaries on Sunday.
This event will be swum fastest to slowest. This is a DECK SEEDED event. SWIMMER MUST HAVE QUALIFYING TIME TO SWIM
THE EVENT. THIS IS A MIXED EVENT. All scratches or confirmations with proof
of seed time must be reported to the clerk of course 1 hr. prior to the event
being swum. Clubs are reminded that they are to provide their own timers and
counters. Official announcements will be
made 30-40 min. prior to the event being swum.
Participants will then be seeded according to USA SEEDING RULES FOR
TIMED FINAL EVENTS.
RELAYS – All age group
relays will be swum in the preliminary sessions.
All 19/under relays will be swum in the final
sessions. Relays submitted with no times
will not be accepted. Relays will be seeded by submitted times. WHEN REPORTING TO THE STARTING BLOCK, RELAY
MUST SHOW THE NAMES, AGES, AND ORDER OF SWIMMING OF COMPETING SWIMMERS. THE
HEAD LANE TIMERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO PREVENT RELAY FROM SWIMMING WHICH DOES
NOT PRESENT A PROPERLY FILLED OUT CARD.
THE
NOTE: In accordance with the new LSA relay policy
relay cards that are improperly filled out said club will be fined $25 payable
before the next subsequent event
D. Championship and Consolation Finals for all
age groups and 19/under will be swum during the p.m. session.
E. Consolation Finals and Finals heats will each
contain a maximum of Eight swimmers. The heat sheet for final events will list
two alternates. If additional alternates are required they will be pulled
sequentially from the preliminary results.
F. Placing
and point scoring shall be based on official final time.
G. Appropriate age groups swimming
preliminaries/finals who have eight or less swimmers/teams will automatically
be placed in the finals.
H. SCRATCHES - ALL SCRATCHES AND CONFIRMATIONS
OF SWIMMERS MUST BE CONFIRMED BY THE TEAM COACH. If applicable, scratch forms must be
submitted to the Clerk of Course by 8:30 a.m. each day for the morning sessions
and for afternoon Timed Final events during the break between sessions. The SCRATCH RULE regarding confirmation of
swimmers for the Consolation Finals and Finals and for Deck Seeded Finals will
be implemented.
I. QUALIFYING TIMES – (SEE ATTACHED
TIMES)
Qualifying times have been established in yards/meters
for all age groups and 19/Under events. Respective entries must reflect yd/mtr
after time as set forth by the state qualifying times.
J. PROOF OF
TIMES:
1.
Participants
in individual events who fail to meet the event qualifying time or whose time
is challenged by a coach must furnish verification of the SEED time for that
specific event. If unable to prove the
SEED time, the swimmer will automatically be disqualified from that event and
the remainder of the meet. PROOF OF TIME
MUST BE MADE WITHIN TWENTY MINUTES OF THE TEAM BEING CALLED OR THE SWIMMER WILL
BE DISQUALIFIED FROM THAT EVENT AND THE REMAINDER OF THE MEET.
2.
All
seed times must have been achieved in a
3.
Seed times must be verified from FINAL RESULT SHEETS of meets
held during the period covering January 1, 2007 TO THE DATE OF THE 2008 SHORT
COURSE STATE MEET. All meet results presented as proofs of time
must have the cover sheet attached showing the name of the meet, the date,
length of course, and sanction or approved number.
ENTRIES: (COMPUTER) NOTE: THE HY-TEK
MEET MANGER PROGRAM SOFTWARE WILL BE USED FOR STATE ENTRIES. ALL LSI CLUBS ARE TO SUBMIT ENTRIES by E-Mail
in MEET MANAGER FORMAT. PLEASE PROVIDE A PRINTOUT FOR PROOF
NOTE:
Non-conforming TIMES must meet the state MINIMUM QUALIFYING TIMES. Relays submitted with NT will not be
accepted. All submitted times must be
certified by signature of the coach or team representative on the Summary of
Entries Form in the space provided. ENTRY
TIMES HARD COPY SHOULD REFLECT THE PROOF OF TIMES TEAM MANAGER FORMAT.
Fees must accompany entry forms. IF APPLICABLE, MAKE
SURE YOU BRING YOUR LATE ENTRY FEES TO STATE. Make checks payable to: LOUISIANA SWIM
ASSOCIATION. All entries must be
received NO LATER THEN 6:00 p.m. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Mail or deliver entries (WITH A WAIVER OF
THE SIGNATURE BLOCK) to:
200 North Military Rd.
Slidell, LA 70461
Direct
questions concerning entries to Ed Kelly (Fax) 985-643-6706 or (Cell) 504-458-3060. E-mail - hscflyer@bellsouth.net.
SHORT COURSE STATE
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD 2008
This award was initiated by the athlete
representatives and issued for the first time at L/C State 97. The award will
be presented at each state championship meet. The Sportsmanship Award has been
instated to create more enthusiastic championship meet and some fast swimming.
This award is presented to the team who demonstrates not only great spirit
through team cheers, signs, etc...but also good sportsmanship. Every team has
two votes to cast on Sunday evening. However, for a more varied voting range
the meet referee as well as five other randomly chosen officials will each have
two votes to be counted in the final tally. The meet referee and meet officials
often get a better glimpse of what is going on around the pool deck. Therefore,
their votes are important. Meet officials will be randomly chosen just prior to
Thursday nights session. Your ballot will be handed out at the end of prelims
on Sunday and should be handed in by 6:00 p.m. to the 19/Under athlete
representative.
THIS
MEET HAS BEEN DISIGNATED FOR USA SWIMMING OFFICIAL’S RECERTIFICATION AND
POSSIBLE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION. THE REQUIRED BRIEFINGS WILL BE HELD 45 MINUTES
IN ADVANCE OF EACH SESSION. OFFICIAL’S LSC RECERTIFICATION CLINIC WILL BE HELD
BETWEEN PRELIM AND FINALS ON SATURDAY. STROKE AND TURN CERTIFICATION CLINIC
WILL BE CONDUCTED BETWEEN SESSIONS ON SUNDAY.
SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
MARCH 13, 14, 15, 16, 2008
CLUB:
___________________________________________ INITIALS ____________
COACH:
__________________________________________ PHONE _______________
ENTRY
REPRESENTATIVE_____________________________ PHONE _______________
ADDRESS FOR MAILING FINAL RESULTS:
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
NUMBER
OF SWIMMERS ENTERED __________________ X $10 = _________________
(LSI
SURCHARGE-$5.00 TO LSI All Star Travel Fund AND $5.00 TO THE HOST TM.
NUMBER
OF INDIVIDUAL EVENT ENTRIES___________ X $2.50 = _______________
NUMBER
OF RELAY ENTRIES _____________________ X $8.00 = _______________
TOTAL FEES
_______________
SIGNATURE
OF COACH OR TEAM REPRESENTATIVE CERTIFYING ENTRIES:
_______________________________________________________________________
INDICATE
WHICH WARM-UP YOU WOULD PREFER:
(Attempts will be made to honor your requests)
7:30 - 8:10 _______
8:10 - 8:50 _______