2008
MARYLAND WINTERFEST INVITATIONAL
January 10 & 11, 2009
ENTRY
Deadline:
December
6th, 2008
ELIGIBILITY:
Be a current full privilege
YMCA member for the team they are representing.
Individual entries require qualification times
achieved in either open league, dual, or high
school meet competition or before three (3) official timers from a local
association.
PROOF OF TIME
AND PARTICIPATION OF
SWIMMERS IS REQUIRED UPON CHALLENGE. FAILURE TO
PROVIDE SUCH PROOF WHEN REQUESTED
WILL BE SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION
AND POSSIBLE
DISQUALIFICATION BY THE MEET
COMMITTEE OR THE COMPETITIVE COMMITTEE.

ENTRY RULES: Entry Rules for the 2009 Maryland Winterfest
Invitational are as follows:
Individual
entries require qualification times achieved in either open league, dual, or
high school meet competition or before three (3) official timers from a
local association.
There are
no restrictions on the number of entries per team in individual events. The
host reserves the right to limit the number of heats in certain events.
There is no limit to the number of relays that a team may entry in a relay
event, however only one relay team per association may score in an event.
Swimmers
may swim three (3) individual events and two (2) relays per day
EX: 11-12 girl may swim 2 individual events as an 11-12 and 1 open event per
day.
She may
only swim 2 relays per day but that could be one 11-12 relay and one Open
Relay
Deck
entries will be permitted at $10.00/individual event and $25/relay if space
allows. They
will be non-scoring. Swimmers must be entered in the meet to be deck seeded.
A swimmer
may move up an age group for the entire meet.
The
swimmer’s age as of December 1, 2008, determines their age for this meet.
MEET RULES: The meet will be run in accordance with the 2008 USA-S Rule
Book.
The meet
referee reserves the right to make any adjustments to the provisions of the
meet announcement necessary to ensure the fair and efficient running of the
meet.
ENTRY PROCEDURES:
Entries
are to be submitted to Pat Ryan via entry form below:
.
ENTRY DEADLINE: All entries must be received no later than 8:00
PM,
December
6th, 2008.
NO LATE
ENTRIES
- NO CHANGES MAY BE MADE AFTER THE ENTRY IS RECEIVED.
ENTRY
FEES:
$ 5.00 per
individual event
$20.00 per relay event
$
7.00 per swimmer for facility fee
(each participant will receive a meet goodie bag)
Please make check payable to Nancy Conard and mark WINTERFEST on the memo
line of the check.
Please Note:
Refunds cannot be considered
Once HATY's Meet Registration is submitted to
the Host Team - Payment is due whether your swimmer shows up at the meet or not.
MEET FORMAT: All individual events (#1-#114) will be swum in Trials/Finals
format
EXCEPT for
the following:
All 9-10
Events will be swum as Timed Finals during prelims.
New 2008-2009 Season
Events #
29 & #30 (400 IM) and ALL
RELAY EVENTS will be swum as TIMED FINALS during the
Preliminary sessions.
In
addition, Events 113 & 114 (11-12 500 free), 35 & 36 (9-10 200 free), 93 and
94 (9-10 200 IM) will also be swum as timed finals in the prelim session.
Top 8 from
prelims for all age groups will qualify for the evening finals.
Open and
13-14 age group the top 9 –16 will qualify for a consolation heat
Events 73,
74, 75, and 76 (500 Free) WHERE ONLY THE TOP 8, NOT TOP 16 will qualify for
Finals.
SCRATCHES:
Failure to Compete in preliminaries and Timed Finals: In all events where
preliminary heats are necessary or which are swum as timed finals, any
swimmer who fails to compete in an individual
event in which he has been entered shall count as an individual event No
Further penalties will apply.
Failure to Compete in Finals: Any swimmer qualifying for any heat of
finals who fails to compete
and who has not been scratched will be barred from their next individual
event.
Exceptions: No penalty shall apply for failure to compete in finals if:
1. The referee is notified in the event of injury or illness and accepts the
proof thereof.
2. A swimmer qualifying for a final heat based on results of preliminaries
notifies the announcer within 30 minutes after the announcement of
qualifiers that he may not intend to compete and confirms his final
intentions with 30 minutes following his last individual preliminary event.
3. It is determined by the Referee that failure to compete is caused by
circumstances beyond the control of the swimmer.
MEET
SCHEDULE:
(“PM SESSIONS” and “FINALS” start times WILL be announced once entries are
received. You will be notified of exact times.)
Keep in mind afternoon session warm-up times will be different based on
projected ending time of the boys/girls morning sessions.
Saturday AM, January 5: 13-14
& Open Prelims
Session #1 - Girls and Session #2 - Boys
Warm-ups: 6:40 –
7:50 AM
Coaches Mtg: 7:20 AM
Meet Starts: 8:00 AM
400 IM: (Positive check in NLT 10:00 a.m.)
Saturday PM, January 5: 10 &
U, 11-12 Prelims
Session #3 – Girls Session #4 - Boys
Warm-ups: TBA Warm-ups: TBA
Meet Starts: TBA Meet Starts: TBA
Saturday Evening, January 5:
Session #5
Warm-ups: TBA
Meet Starts: TBA
Sunday AM, January 6: 13-14 &
Open Prelims
Session #6 – Girl and Session #7- Boys
Warm-ups: 6:40 –
7:50 AM
Meet Starts: 8:00 AM
500 Free: (Positive check in NLT 10:00 a.m.)
Sunday PM, January 6: 10 & U,
11-12 Prelims
Session #8 – Girls Session #9 - Boys
Warm-ups: TBA Warm-ups: TBA
Meet Starts: TBA Meet Starts: TBA
500 Free: (Positive check in NLT 1:30 p.m.)
Sunday Evening, January 6:
Session #10
Warm-ups: TBA
Meet Starts: TBA
ORDER OF EVENTS -
MARYLAND
WINTERFEST 2009
Hosted by SPY SWIMMING
|
Event # |
Gender |
Age |
Distance |
Stroke |
SCY |
Fee |
Session - Saturday AM |
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1 |
Female |
13-14 |
400 |
Medley Relay |
|
$20.00
|
1 |
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3 |
Female |
Senior |
400 |
Medley Relay |
|
$20.00
|
1 |
|
5 |
Female |
13-14 |
200 |
Back |
2:30.69 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
7 |
Female |
Senior |
200 |
Back |
2:23.99 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
9 |
Female |
13-14 |
200 |
Free |
2:12.99 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
11 |
Female |
Senior |
200 |
Free |
2:07.49 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
13 |
Female |
13-14 |
100 |
Fly |
1:09.99 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
15 |
Female |
Senior |
100 |
Fly |
1:05.99 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
17 |
Female |
13-14 |
200 |
Breast |
2:46.99 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
19 |
Female |
Senior |
200 |
Breast |
2:42.99 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
21 |
Female |
13-14 |
50 |
Free |
27.79 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
23 |
Female |
Senior |
50 |
Free |
26.79 |
$5.00
|
1 |
|
25 |
Female |
13-14 |
200 |
Free Relay |
|
$20.00
|
1 |
|
27 |
Female |
Senior |
200 |
Free Relay |
|
$20.00
|
1 |
|
29 |
Female |
Senior |
400 |
IM |
4:55.99 |
$5.00
|
1 |
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Event # |
Gender |
Age |
Distance |
Stroke |
SCY |
Fee |
Session - Saturday AM |
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2 |
Male |
13-14 |
400 |
Medley Relay |
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$20.00
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2 |
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4 |
Male |
Senior |
400 |
Medley Relay |
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$20.00
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2 |
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6 |
Male |
13-14 |
200 |
Back |
2:22.99 |
$5.00
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2 |
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8 |
Male |
Senior |
200 |
Back |
2:15.09 |
$5.00
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2 |
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10 |
Male |
13-14 |
200 |
Free |
2:07.99 |
$5.00
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2 |
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12 |
Male |
Senior |
200 |
Free |
1:56.49 |
$5.00
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2 |
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14 |
Male |
13-14 |
100 |
Fly |
1:08.99 |
$5.00
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2 |
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16 |
Male |
Senior |
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