Men’s New England Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Championships
Roger Williams University
February 27, 28, and March 1, 2009
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
Bentley University, Bridgewater State College, Colby-Sawyer College, Elms College, Gordon College, Keene State College, Norwich University, Regis College, Roger Williams University, St. Joseph College (ME), St. Michael’s College, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, University of New England
WARM UP
The pool will be available for warm up from 3:30-9:00 pm on Thursday. Warm-up times for Friday through Sunday will be distributed at our dinner meeting Thursday night.
The pool will open each day at 7:30 am and teams will be assigned 40-minute warm-up times (7:30, 8:10, and 8:50) and these times will rotate each day. A general warm up will occur at 9:30am. Evening warm-up is a general warm-up.
At 9:30 am and 5:30 pm, Lanes 7 and 8 will be pace lanes and 1 and 2 will be sprinting lanes.
During the trials and finals, Lane 1 will serve as a warm-up/down lane and Lane 2 will be the buffer lane.
SHAVING
No shaving is allowed in the locker rooms.
TIME TRIALS
Time trials will take place at the conclusion of each morning session for a fee of $5.00 per swim. Entry cards will be available at the starter’s platform.
SEATING
There will be assigned deck seating based on team size. ONLY athletes and coaches are allowed on the deck at all times. All spectators must use the seating provided upstairs. Please encourage your athletes to bring a lock and lock their bags in the locker rooms.
CONCESSIONS
We will have our campus coffee shop open during the meet. It is located in the lobby of the Rec Building.
ENTRIES
Hytek entries are required and are due on Monday, February 23rd by midnight. Email to JBenkerObrien@rwu.edu . Verification of entries will be emailed to each coach. Entry fees are $15 per athlete and coach. Please make checks payable to NEISDA and mail to Jim Donoghue or hand carry to meet.
ATHLETIC TRAINING ROOM
A trainer will be available in the training room during warm-ups for both morning and evening sessions and will be on site throughout the meet. Please refer to our athletic training webpage for further information on specific needs: http://www.rwuhawks.com/sports/2007/10/3/athletic_training.aspx?tab=athletictraining
DIRECTIONS
Directions to the campus are available at http://www.rwu.edu/about/maps/directions/.
PARKING
Spectators and buses should park in North Lot, which is located opposite the baseball field. You can drop off athletes in front of Rec Building but then must immediately move your vehicle to North Lot.
TICKETS
Spectator seating will be on a first come, first serve basis for each session. Tickets will be available for a full day ($10) or $5.00 for trials, $7.00 for finals.
COACHES' MEETING
There will be a meeting for the coaches at 6pm in the Rec Center Conference room, located at the end of the hallway on the same floor as the pool
RELAY DECLARATION
Relay declaration cards will be found in your coaches packets and will also be available at the administrative table. Cards are due 10 minutes before the start of the relays.
RELAY TAKE OFF
The officials will be governing the relay takeoffs and we as coaches should not be assigned a lane unless it is absolutely necessary.
AWARDS
The top 12 men will count towards scoring. Six divers will advance to the final round. The top six individuals and the top three relays will receive medals. We would like to give awards either after each event or after the consultation heat of the next event.
SCORING
Relays: 32-26-24-22-20-18-14-10-8-6-4-2
Individual Events: 16-13-12-11-10-9-7-5-4-3-2-1
Except in timed final events, points for the first six places shall be awarded solely on the basis of the championship final. Points for 7th through 12th place shall be awarded solely on the basis of the consolation final.
800 FREE RELAY
All of the heats of the 800 Free Relay will be swum as a timed final at night. Seeding will be based on submitted entry times.
1000 FREESTYLE
The 1000 Freestyle will be swum after the conclusion of the swimming trials on Saturday. It will be swum fastest to slowest heats.
1650 FREESTYLE
The final heat will be swum at night. Trials will be swum at the conclusion of the swimming trials on Sunday following the 400 Freestyle Relay. Heats will be swum fastest to slowest.
DIVING
Diving trials (all 11 dives) will take place between trials and finals on Friday and Saturday. There will be an hour warm-up and competition will begin no earlier than 1:30pm. The top 6 finalists will compete their 6 optionals again during finals on Friday evening and Sunday evening. We will discuss whether or not diving warm up is needed during the morning warm up sessions.
PROTESTS
A formal protest must be submitted in writing to the meet director. The meet committee will make the final decisions.
QUALIFYING TIMES
Qualifying times submitted on the psyche sheet may be challenged before Thursday night scratch deadline; coaches will be asked to provide proof of qualifying. If no proof can be shown, the swimmer will be disqualified from that event. If a swimmer does not meet the qualifying standard at the meet, that time can be challenged as well. Relay splits are not permitted for use as entry times unless it is the lead off split.
RESULTS
Psyche sheets and results will be available on the NEIDSA web link at http://www.rwuhawks.com/sports/2009/2/6/mswim_09_neisda_championship_results.aspx?id=110
Psyche sheets should be posted by Wednesday, February 25th.
