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2009 MARYLAND WINTERFEST INVITATIONAL

 

 

 

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:             

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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

 Winterfest Invitational 2008-2009 Entry Form:

 Please Note:  Swimmers must meet Qualifying Times (see below)

 MUST BE RETURNED to PAT RYAN BY Saturday, December 06, 2008

  Name:      Male Female

   E-mail Address:  (Used for entry validation)

  (Pick up to 3 Individual events / day)

 

  Saturday January 10th Individual Events:

   10 & U:    50 Free  200 Free      100 Fly      50 Back     50 Breast   100 IM

   11-12:      50 Free  200 Free      100 Fly      50 Back     50 Breast     

   13-14:      50 Free  200 Free      100 Fly    200 Back   200 Breast   

   Open    50 Free  200 Free      100 Fly   200 Back    200 Breast   400 IM

    Are You Available for a Relay on Sunday?        Yes:     No:  

 

  Sunday January 11th Individual Events:

   10 & U:   100 Free      50 Fly      100 Back    100 Breast   200 IM

   11-12:     100 Free      50 Fly      100 Back    100 Breast   200 IM    500 Free

   13-14:     100 Free    200 Fly      100 Back   100 Breast    200 IM    500 Free

   15-19:     100 Free    200 Fly     100 Back    100 Breast    200 IM    500 Free

   Are You Available for a Relay on Sunday?        Yes:     No:

  

 

ORDER OF EVENTS - MARYLAND WINTERFEST 2009

Hosted by SPY SWIMMING
 

Event # Gender Age Distance Stroke SCY Fee Session - Saturday AM
  1 Female  13-14 400 Medley Relay   $20.00 1
  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
  2 Male  13-14 400 Medley Relay   $20.00 2
  4 Male  Senior  400 Medley Relay   $20.00 2
  6 Male  13-14 200 Back 2:22.99 $5.00 2
  8 Male  Senior  200 Back 2:15.09 $5.00 2
 10 Male  13-14 200 Free 2:07.99 $5.00 2
 12 Male  Senior  200 Free 1:56.49 $5.00 2
 14 Male  13-14 100 Fly 1:08.99 $5.00 2
 16 Male  Senior