Magnus Aquatic Group/Attleboro Bluefish 2003 Fall Pentathlon

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Magnus Aquatic Group/Attleboro Bluefish
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DATES AND LOCATION
Saturday, November 8, 2003 and Sunday, November 9, 2003
Attleboro High School, Attleboro, MA

CONTACTS
Paul Mangili (508) 761-8992 Paul Mangili
Referee: Paul Sullivan (508) 541-8806 Paul Sullivan
For ABF Team information, warm-up schedules, timing assignments, and/or "day-of-the-meet" weather or emergency notices, access the ABF web page (www.abfswim.com) through the US Swim Link City pages or call the ABF hotline at (508) 761-8992.

SESSIONS
November 8 Warm-up Start
Afternoon Session: 12:30 PM 1:45 PM

November 9 Warm-up Start
Morning Session: 7:00 AM 8:15 AM
Afternoon Session: 1:00 PM 2:15 PM

FACILITY
Attleboro High School has an eight lane, 25 yd pool with non-turbulent lane lines, Colorado Timing System (electronic touch pads and new 8 lane scoreboard) and bleacher seating for spectators. Members of New England Swimming and their families are restricted to the pool, spectator stands and the concession area. There is no smoking in the building or within 500 feet of the building. Failure to abide by these rules may result in ejection from the facility. Only people with proper credentials will be allowed on deck.

FORMAT
All events are swum as timed finals and will be deck seeded after the scratch deadline. The scratch deadline will be 45 minutes before the start of each session. Heat and lane assignments will be posted and handed out to coaches prior to each session.

There will be a bullpen for 8 & under swimmers. The bullpen will be located at the shallow end of the pool. All other swimmers are to report directly to their lane when their event is called. Coaches are responsible for ensuring their swimmers are in the correct heat and lane. Any swimmer who does not scratch an event but fails to swim will then be scratched from the remainder of his/her events for that day.

ELIGIBILITY
All swimmers must be 2003 US Swimming registered swimmers. Please include USS number on the entry form. Swimmers may register with Mary Riddell, 20 Cleveland Rd., Needham, MA 02192. Age eligibility is determined by the age of the swimmer the day of the meet and must be shown on the entry form. All coaches on deck must be registered with US Swimming and present their coach membership cards.

ENTRY INFORMATION
No swimmer may enter more than 5 individual events per day and swimmers may swim in only one age group (i.e., Open or 8U, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14). A swimmer 14 years old or younger will be allowed to enter the "open" competition only if their entry doesn’t cause the morning session to exceed the four-hour time limit. Acceptance of an entry in the Open age group is at the discretion of the Meet Manager using this guideline.

Entries must be submitted to Paul Mangili and will not be accepted any earlier than Monday, October 6, 2003 or any later than Saturday, October 25, 2003. All entries arriving on or before October 6 will be counted as arriving on October 6. NT or "no time" entries are not allowed and will be scratched immediately upon receipt of the entry. If a swimmer does not have an official time for a particular event, a coach’s time must be used instead.

Email Entries: Email entries with a standard SD3 or CL2 data file of your team’s entries attached are encouraged, provided the payment of the meet fees accompanies the entry. Entries (either email or sent overnight mail) WILL NOT be accepted until all meet fees are paid.

Other Entries: Send a diskette with a standard SD3 or CL2 data file and a hard copy of your entry, either using the enclosed form, or a computer print out containing the entry in a similar format, with your summary sheet and check made payable to "Attleboro Bluefish" on or before October 26. United States Postal Service Overnight Mail is the preferred mailing method. If Overnight Mail is used, indicate that the package be delivered even if no one is there to sign for it.

Whether sent using email or regular mail, all entry forms must be accurate, legible and complete. No fax, telephone, or deck entries will be accepted and all fees must accompany the entry. Entries may not be changed after they are submitted. Exceptions to this policy are at the discretion of the Meet Manager or Meet Referee. Seed cards are not required. Meet fees will not be returned or credited to new entries for scratches or errors in the entry. PLEASE NOTE: Your entry must include the email address of your team’s contact(s). All future meet information will be sent to this address and you may have as many team email addresses for information distribution as you wish.

The entry fee is $3.50 per individual event when submitting entry in with a standard SD3 data file as defined by US Swimming. In accordance with the entry rules specified by New England Swimming, if an entry is not submitted on computer diskette in a standard SD3 format, the entry fee is an additional $0.50 per individual entry (e.g. $4.00 per event). Please mail the hard copy of your entry to:

Attleboro Bluefish
C/o Paul Mangili
49 Siesta Drive
North Attleboro, MA 02761

PROCEDURES FOR CUTTING THE MEET
The number of entries will be limited so that no session exceeds the four-hour time limit. If the meet becomes oversubscribed, entries will be cut by the date the entry and payment is received. In the morning session, any swimmers 14 years old or younger entered in the Open category will be cut by date received and placed in their actual age group when necessary to keep the session within the time limit. Again, please take note: we are intent on being fair to all teams attempting to enter our meet, and entries will not be accepted until payment is received. If email entries are sent without payment, they will be ignored until a payment is received in the mail.

RULES
2003 US Swimming rules will govern all competition and the decisions of the referee will be final unless a written protest is lodged within 30 minutes of the swim heat being protested. Disabled swimmer forms are required by US Swimming and are available from the New England Swimming office.

OFFICIALS AND TIMERS
All teams are asked to provide an appropriate share of officials and timers. Please include with your entry a list of your team’s eligible officials, their phone numbers, and the session(s) they are available to work. The Referee for this meet will be Paul Sullivan, and officials are encouraged to contact Paul at (508) 541-8806 or email before the meet. Teams will be asked to supply a number of timers for each session based on the number of swimmers entered. Team lane and timer assignments will be posted on the ABF website, included in the coach’s packet, and noted in the program.

SAFETY AND IMPORTANT RULES TO NOTE
All team and individual warm-ups and warm-downs shall be under the direct supervision of the respective swimmers' coach, or individual designated by the referee. Any swimmer participating in the meet without a US Swimming registered coach must report to the referee before the warm-up for the session. Diving will be prohibited during warm-ups with the exception of the sprint lanes when they are announced. Glass containers are prohibited in the pool area.

In accordance with New England Swimming policy, "There will be no shaving at any New England Calendar meet or at any other competition receiving a New England Swimming sanction." Therefore, no shaving is allowed in the showers, locker rooms, on the pool deck, in the bleachers or in any other location in and around the Attleboro High School property.

AWARDS
Swimmers’ times for all 5 events are added together and medals are awarded to the three lowest total times for each age group. Swimmers must enter all 5 events in their respective age group to be eligible for the Pentathlon competition. Any swimmer who scratches or is disqualified will be penalized, by adding 5 seconds to the slowest time swum in that event. Ribbons are awarded for the first 8 places in the individual events for each age group.

ADMISSION
Admission: $1.00 per session
Programs: $3.00 for each session; $5.00 for both sessions on Sunday;
$7.00 for all 3 sessions

CONCESSIONS
Refreshments will be available.

DIRECTIONS
Attleboro High School in Attleboro, Massachusetts is located on Rathbun Willard Drive. Take I-95 to the Attleboro Exit #3A, Route 123 towards Attleboro Center. Immediately after exiting off I-95, take a left at the Texaco gas station onto Lathrop Drive. Follow approximately one mile and take a right onto Rome Blvd. Rome Blvd will curve to the right and then back to the left before becoming Rathbun Willard Drive. Attleboro High School will be on your right. Enter the first large parking lot next to the School. On this route, look for signs indicating the way to the high school.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday November 8, 2003

Warm-up: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM; Start: 1:45 PM

Girls	Age Group	Event	Boys
1	Open	400 IM	2
3	Open	200 Back	4
5	Open	200 Breast	6
7	Open	200 Free	8
9	Open	200 Fly	10

Sunday November 9, 2003

Morning Session Warm-up: 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM; Start: 8:15 AM

Girls	Age Group	Event	Boys
11	8 & Under	100 IM	12
13	9-10	100 IM	14
15	Open	200 IM	16
17	8 & Under	50 FLY	18
19	9-10	50 FLY	20
21	Open	100 FLY	22
23	8 & Under	50 BACK	24
25	9-10	50 BACK	26
27	Open	100 BACK	28
29	8 & Under	50 BREAST	30
31	9-10	50 BREAST	32
33	Open	100 BREAST	34
35	8 & Under	50 FREE	36
37	9-10	50 FREE	38
39	Open	100 FREE	40

Afternoon Session Warm-up from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM; Start: 2:15 PM

Girls	Age Group	Event	Boys
41	13-14	200 IM	42
43	11-12	200 IM	44
45	13-14	100 FLY	46
47	11-12	50 FLY	48
49	13-14	100 BACK	50
51	11-12	50 BACK	52
53	13-14	100 BREAST	54
55	11-12	50 BREAST	56
57	13-14	100 FREE	58
59	11-12	50 FREE	60

Magnus Aquatic Group/Attleboro Bluefish 2003 Fall Pentathlon
November 8 and 9, 2003
Entry Form

Name of Team: Abbreviation:
Team Address:
Email Address for the Team’s Primary Contact:
Head Coach: Phone:
Coach’s Email Address:
Contact Person: Phone:
Entry Contact Person’s Email Address:

Age Group	Gender	Nbr of Swimmers	Nbr of Entries	Fee*	Entry Fee*
8 & Under	Girls			x $3.50/$4.00*
8 & Under	Boys			x $3.50/$4.00*
9 & 10	Girls			x $3.50/$4.00*
9 & 10	Boys			x $3.50/$4.00*
11 & 12	Girls			x $3.50/$4.00*
11 & 12	Boys			x $3.50/$4.00*
13 & 14	Girls			x $3.50/$4.00*
13 & 14	Boys			x $3.50/$4.00*
Open	Girls			x $3.50/$4.00*
Open	Boys			x $3.50/$4.00*
Total	Girls
Total	Boys
All Swimmers

* Add 50 cents per entry if NOT submitting entry using a SD3 data file.

Entry Period: Monday, October 6, 2003 to Saturday, October 25, 2003. Please make checks payable to the Attleboro Bluefish and mail entries to: Attleboro Bluefish; C/o Paul Mangili; 49 Siesta Drive; North Attleboro, MA 02760

By your signature below you acknowledge on behalf of your team and its swimmers that any swimmer, whose entry is accepted, will for himself/herself, his/her heirs or executors and administrators waive and release any and all rights and claims for damages he/she may have against United States Swimming, New England Swimming, the Attleboro Bluefish Swim Club, Magnus Aquatic Group, Attleboro High School, the Town of Attleboro or any of their officers for any and all injuries suffered by him/her at said meet.

Authorized Club Signature
Name:
Title:

Magnus Aquatic Group/Attleboro Bluefish 2003 Fall Pentathlon

Detail of Entries

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