Meet Information: Bronze Qualifier

The Bronze Qualifier Meet will be held on February 24th at the University of Akron. Swimmers must be slower than a 'B' time in any event in order to swim that event. If a swimmer earns his/her 'B' cut at Bronze Qualifier, they are then eligible to enter the Silver Qualifier Meet.

The due date for entries is Friday February 1st. Please send your entries to neonswimming@gmail.com.

Please  provide the name(s) of your swimmer(s) in the e-mail, in addition to how many events you would like them entered in (up to 5 events).

LESI BRONZE QUALIFIER MEET

February 24, 2013

Please note DIFFERENT MEET FORMAT from last year

LOCATION:  Ocasek Natatorium, Univ. of Akron, 382 Carroll Street, Akron, OH

STARTING TIMES: Both sessions for this meet will be held starting at the same time.  Warm-ups will be held from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. for all swimmers, with competition starting at 8:35 a.m.  At the discretion of the Meet Safety Director, warm ups may be split by gender or age group or team. 

ENTRY FEES: Individual events $4.50; Relays: $9.00; plus a $2.00 per swimmer LESI surcharge. NO REFUNDS.

ENTRY LIMITATIONS: Swimmers may enter up to 5 individual events and 1 relay event.

QUALIFYING TIMES: Please see event listings.  A swimmer must have a legal time in the event they are entering.  NO “NT” entries will be accepted.  Swimmers times will be verified before they are entered into the meet, this includes deck entered swimmers.  Swimmers must be slower than the qualifying time listed as of the entry deadline. All entries MUST be entered in short course yards.  NO CONVERTED TIMES WILL BE ACCEPTED. 

Disqualified swimmers will be checked for a prior legal time post meet. 

CONDUCT:  All events are timed finals.    Heats will be swum slowest to fastest.  11 & Over swimmers/relay teams shall report promptly to the blocks on time for their heats/events.  There will be a clerk of course for 10 & Under swimmers, to guide them to their starting positions. 

SEEDING & CHECK IN: All individual events as well as all relays will be deck-seeded. All swimmers must check in at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the session. Check-in sheets will be posted in the racquetball courts in the main hallway of the facility.  Any swimmer failing to sign in will not be seeded.  Heat and lane assignments will be posted behind the blocks and in the main hallways on both levels of the facility.  All events except the relays will be seeded together but awards will be given for each individual age classification.  The ages will be as follows: 10 & under, 11-12, 13 & over. 

AWARDS:  Individual Events:  Ribbons for 1^st – 8^th place

        Relay Events: Ribbons for 1^st – 3^rd place

 

ADMISSION COST: Cost Per Person: $4.00. Cost for Psych Sheets: $3.00. Parking is free.

CAMERA ZONES: Meet Management shall designate and inform the public of “Camera Zones” at each swim meet where both still and video photography of a race or competitor may be taken. Acceptable Camera Zones may include, but are not limited to the side courses of a pool, team gathering areas, concession areas, the turn-end of the competition course when not in use as a start-end, etc. Meet Management shall also designate “No Camera Zones.” Under NO circumstances will Camera Zones include locker rooms, rest rooms, any dressing areas, or the area immediately behind the starting blocks at either end of the racing course(s) while they are in use for race starts during competition and warm-up. Those failing to abide by this rule may be removed from the venue.

NOTES:  Only athletes entered in the meet, working coaches, officials, and meet workers are allowed on deck.  Other non-participants are expected to remain in the spectator area.  Please note, due to the number of swimmers and spectators, swimmers will not be allowed in the spectator area, and spectators will not be allowed to bring chairs to the open areas of the spectator seating area, OR the hallways as has been allowed in the past.  This will be enforced!  There will be overflow seating in designated racquetball court areas for swimmers and spectators.

WORK ASSIGNMENTS: This is a Lake Erie championship qualifier meet.  Each team is expected to provide one timer for the meet.  Please see the attached work assignment sheet and return it via email to volunteers@hudsonheat.com.

If you have any questions, please ask! You can leave a comment on here or ask a coach before or after practice. Also, you can e-mail Coach Eric - aquaman429@cox.net, or Coach Kara - ms.kdennis@gmail.com.

Go NEON!