2008 AUBURN MASTERS SHORT-COURSE YARDS INVITATIONAL

AUBURN, ALABAMA, FEBRUARY 16-17, 2008

Sanctioned by Southeastern Masters Swimming for United States Masters Swimming, Inc., Sanction No. 157-008.

 

HOSTED BY:  Auburn Masters Swimmers.  Meet Director:  Tom Healey.  Phone:  334.844.1963 (mornings); 334.826.0687 (afternoons and evenings until 9 p.m.; no calls after 9 p.m., please).  Fax:  334.844.0703.  Email: auswim1@auburn.edu .

 

MAIL ENTRIES TO:  Tom Healey, P.O. Box 351, Auburn, AL 36830. 

 

ENTRY DEADLINE: Entry deadline is Tuesday, February 5, 2008.  Entries must be received, not postmarked, by the deadline.  Late entries arriving by email and by fax after that date will be accepted at the discretion of the Meet Director up to Monday, February 11th but will incur an additional fee of $15.  Entries received by February 11th will be seeded.  Any entries after that will be considered deck entries and also incur an additional fee of $15.

 

DECK ENTRIES:  Deck entries will be allowed at the discretion of the Meet Director.  We will try to accommodate deck entries but only if such entries do not require additional heats.  Swimmers registering for the meet as deck entries will be asked to pay both the regular and the late entry fees.  Deck entries made by swimmers registered in our meet simply to enhance their or their team’s chance to score points will not be accepted.

 

FACILITY:   The James E. Martin Aquatics Center <http://auburntigers.cstv.com/facilities/aub-facilities-swim.html> on the campus of Auburn University is an indoor 25 yard, 8 lane competition pool equipped with Competitor non-turbulent lane lines and a fully automatic Colorado timing system.  A separate warm-up and warm-down pool will be available before and during competition.  The pool is FAST!

 

RULES:   2008 USMS Rules and Southeastern LMSC Safety guidelines and warm-up procedures will govern.  Safety guidelines specify feet-first entry during warm-ups except for designated sprint lanes.

 

ELIGIBILITY:   All swimmers must be registered with United States Masters Swimming, Inc.  Please enclose a photocopy of your year 2008 USMS registration with your entry materials.  If not provided in advance, you will be asked to show a 2008 USMS registration card when you check in.  Swimmers will be able to register with USMS at the meet. 

 

ENTRIES:   A swimmer may enter up to 5 individual events per day and 10 individual events for the meet, exclusive of relays.  Please submit entries on the attached form.  Entry times will be assumed to be in yards unless otherwise indicated.  If you are using times for short-course or long-course meters, please so indicate.  We will convert your time and seed you based on short-course yards equivalents (converted SCY times will be shown on the heat sheets).  NT entries will be seeded as slowest times.  Please avoid using NT times whenever possible, and please use realistic entry times.

 

1650 FREE ON SATURDAY: We will offer a 1650 free event Saturday morning to the first 32 entrants.  Positive check-in required in person at the registration desk by 10:00 a.m.  We will seed the event at 10:15 a.m.  If there are swimmers who have not checked in by that time, other swimmers on “stand by” will be given their place.  If you provide an email address, we will confirm your entry in this event.  If you do not have an email address and want confirmation of entry, please send a stamped and self-addressed envelope.

 

SEEDING: The 1650 free will be seeded fast to slow without regard to age or gender.  All other events will be seeded slow to fast and without regard to age or gender.  Results will be tabulated by gender and age group as defined by USMS.

 

SCHEDULE:  Warm-up for the 1650 will begin at 10 a.m.  The first heat of 1650 will start at 10:45 a.m.  Warm-ups for the Saturday afternoon session will begin at 12:30 p.m. with competition to follow at 1:15 p.m.  Sunday morning warm-ups will start at 8:45 a.m. with competition at 9:30 a.m.

 

PSYCH SHEETS: Will be posted on or about Tuesday, February 12th at http://www.ag.auburn.edu/~cbailey/masters.html .  Please check the psych sheets and report any mistakes to Tom Healey by email at auswim1@auburn.edu .

 

SCORING:   First 8 finishes in each event, by age and gender, will be scored as follows: Individual events 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1; Relay events 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2.

 

RELAYS: Relays will be deck-entered using forms provided at the meet.  Relay team members must be registered with the same club. For purposes of awards and scoring, the age of the youngest relay team member shall determine the age group in the following age categories: 18+, 25+, 35+, 45+, 55+, 65+, 75+, 85+, 95+, etc.

 

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:  Individual ribbons will be awarded for 1st through 3rd place by age group and gender.   High point awards will be given to top male and female swimmers in each age group based on points scored in individual events.   A swimmer must swim in at least five individual events to qualify.  Relay points will not count towards individual awards, but they will count for team awards. 

TEAM AWARDS: Trophies will be awarded to the top three teams in each of three categories: large, medium, and small teams.  The meet director will determine the break-off point between the three categories once entries have been received.  The host team will not be a contender for team awards.

 

SATURDAY NIGHT SOCIAL:  The meet planning committee are still working on plans for the Saturday Night Social.  As always, we will have good food and opportunity for the kind of casual interaction that has characterized our Saturday Night Socials every year. Cost is $10. Kids under 12 are free.  Come spend some quality time with a hundred or so of your best friends!

 

SWIM GEAR SALES: All American Swim Supply <http://www.allamericanswim.com> from Florence, Alabama, will be on hand and offer suits, goggles, and sundry other items and toys for Masters swimmers. 

 

EMERGENCY PHONE CONTACT:   The phone number at the pool office is 334.844.4182.  Campus security is 334. 844.4158.  These numbers are for emergency purposes only during competition.

 

DISABLED SWIMMERS: An information sheet for disabled swimmers is available.  This provides information necessary to prepare the facility and officials.  Please contact Tom Healey, Meet Director. 

 

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS: There are a number of options for lodging in the Auburn area.  This year we are recommending the Tiger Suites Condo Hotel <http://www.tigersuitesofauburn.com>, a new facility a few blocks from the pool.  The room rates are $100 for a one bedroom suite with two beds and $140 for a two bedroom suite with four beds.  A block of rooms have been reserved under “Masters Swimmers.”  Call toll free at 877.462.8276 or 334.466.5348 (direct).

 

Other options include: 

 

For nostalgia buffs who loved the movie Norma Rae, there is the Golden Cherry Motel at 1010 2nd Ave in the neighboring town of Opelika, approximately 20 minute drive to the pool (334.745.7623). 

 

DIRECTIONS TO POOL: Approaching Auburn via I-85 from either North or South, take Exit 51 (Hwy 29, also known as South College St.).  Follow South College approximately 3 miles until you reach the Auburn University campus, on your left.  Turn left on Samford Street and follow approximately 2 mile to Donahue.  Turn right at Donahue and then left at first light (Roosevelt).  Go past Memorial Coliseum on your left.  Pull into the parking lot just past the Coliseum.  The pool is immediately to the west of the Coliseum.  You can find a campus map at the following website:  <http://www.auburn.edu/its/ducapps/aumap/main.html>.  Search for Martin Aquatics Center to obtain a detailed map.

 

If you are coming to Auburn from the northwest via U.S. Hwy 280, turn right at Alabama Hwy 147 (which becomes North College St.) Follow for approximately 5 miles.  Campus will be on your right immediately after downtown.  Turn right at Samford Street, just after the Heart of Auburn Motel and just as you are leaving campus.  From there follow directions above.


                 2008 AUBURN MASTERS SHORT-COURSE YARDS INVITATIONAL, AUBURN, ALABAMA

 

NAME      ____________________________   ___________________________    SEX _______             AGE _______

Last                                                        First                                                                              (As of 2/17/08)

POSTAL ADDRESS ______________________________   ______________________   _____   ____________

 

EMAIL ADDRESS ______________________________               USMS REGISTRATION NO. ________________

   (Legibility is a virtue)                                                                     (Please attach copy of 2008 USMS registration card)

DAYTIME PHONE (______) _______-_____________                           Entry Fees: Please make checks

EVENING PHONE  (______) _______-_____________                            to Auburn Masters Swimming         

BIRTHDATE     __________________                                                         Meet entry fee:                     $50.00     _______

Late fee (after Feb. 6th):        15.00   _______

CLUB NAME _________________________________                          Social                                       10.00     _______

                                                                                                                                 

CLUB ABBREVIATION ________________________                            Total enclosed                      $              _______

                                                                                                                               

 

                                                      MORNING SESSION, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2008

                                                             Warm-ups at 10:00 a.m., competition at 10:45 a.m.

WOMEN                                                                                                                                                                                      MEN   

Event No.              Entry Time                                                                             Entry Time                                          Event No.

     1                         __________                         1650 yard Free                                      __________                                       1    

(limited to first 32 entries received)

 

                                                                          SATURDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2008

WOMEN                                             Warm-ups at 12:30 p.m., competition at 1:15 p.m.                                                    MEN  

     2                         __________                         100 yard IM                                           __________                                      2    

     3                         __________                         200 yard Fly                                          __________                                      3      

     4                         __________                           50 yard Free                                        __________                                       4    

     5                         __________                         100 yard Breast                                     __________                                      5   

     6                         __________                         100 yard Back                                       __________                                      6   

     7                         __________                         200 yard Free                                        __________                                       7    

     8                         __________                           50 yard Fly                                          __________                                       8    

     9                         __________                         400 yard IM                                           __________                                      9    

   10                         //////////////////                        200 yard Medley Relay (women)       //////////////////                                   -

     S                         //////////////////                        200 yard Medley Relay (men)            //////////////////                                    11    

   12                         //////////////////                        200 yard Mixed Free Relay //////////////////                                                    12     

 

                                                         MORNING SESSION, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2008

                                                               Warm-ups at 8:45 a.m., competition at 9:30 a.m.

   13                         __________                         500 yard Free                                       __________                                     13

   14                         __________                         100 yard Fly                                          __________                                     14  

   15                         __________                         200 yard Breast                                     __________                                     15    

   16                         __________                           50 yard Back                                       __________                                     16                  

   17                         __________                         100 yard Free                                        __________                                     17 

   18                         __________                         200 yard Back                                       __________                                     18       

   19                         __________                           50 yard Breast                                     __________                                     19 

   20                         __________                         200 yard IM                                           __________                                     20        

   21                         //////////////////                        200 yard Free Relay (women)             //////////////////                                    -

    -                           //////////////////                        200 yard Free Relay (men)                  //////////////////                                 22

   23                         //////////////////                        200 yard Mixed Medley Relay           //////////////////                                23

 

                                                   THIS RELEASE MUST BE SIGNED

I, the undersigned participant, intending to be legally bound, hereby certify that I am physically fit and have not been otherwise informed by a physician.  I acknowledge that I am aware of all the risks inherent in Masters SWIMMING (training and competition), including possible permanent disability or death, and agree to assume all of those risks.  AS A CONDITION OF MY PARTICIPATION IN THE MASTERS SWIMMING PROGRAM OR ANY ACTIVITIES INCIDENT THERETO, I HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIMS FOR LOSS OR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ALL CLAIMS FOR LOSS OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE NEGLIGENCE, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, OF THE FOLLOWING:   UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING, INC., THE LOCAL MASTERS SWIMMING COMMITTEES, THE CLUBS, HOST FACILITIES, MEET SPONSORS, MEET COMMITTEES, OR ANY INDIVIDUALS OFFICIATING AT THE MEETS OR SUPERVISING SUCH ACTIVITIES.  In addition, I agree to abide by and be governed by the rules of USMS.

 

Signature: _______________________________________________                                 Date: __________________________________