Ymca Mini Cities Championship Swim Meet

YMCA MINI CITIES CHAMPIONSHIP SWIM MEET Sunday, January 29, 2017

Host: Cross Island YMCA Barracudas

Rules: USA Swimming rules will apply. Meet will count toward # of YMCA meets required for participation in YMCA States/Nationals.

Location: Cross Island YMCA, 238-10 Hillside Avenue, Bellerose, NY 11426

Facility Note: No glass bottles allowed on pool deck or in locker areas. Teams are expected to police and maintain their areas in the gymnasium and must provide proper chaperoning of their swimmers. Athletes, parents, and children are restricted to the pool, locker, and spectator areas. Footwear is required for all areas except on pool deck, in order to prevent accidents.

Warm-up: 3:00 PM; *8 and under warm-up will start at 3:30 PM and end at 3:50 PM; *Open swimmers will warm-up from 2 PM to 2:30 PM for the Open 50 Free (Need a Y meet???). No diving during general warm-up. Slide-in entry required. Sprint lanes for diving will be provided after general warm-up.

Format: All events are timed finals.

Scratches: Scratches are due by 3:30 PM.

Entry Note: Swimmers limited to 3 individual events, 4 events maximum including relays. Teams may enter multiple relays. Age as of December 1, 2016.

Entry Fees: Individual events: $5.00 per event; Relays: $10.00 per event Entry fee payment must accompany entries. Make checks payable to Cross Island YMCA. Please no phone or fax entries.

Entry Deadline: Hy-Tek via mail or e-mail. Please mail a hard copy of your entries if using e-mail. All entries must be received by January 12th and must be in yard times. Please include first and last names of swimmers and their ages. E- Mail all entries to: [email protected]

Please mail hard copy and check to: Kelly Donlevy-Swim Coach Cross Island YMCA 238-10 Hillside Ave Bellerose, NY 11426

Parking: Free parking in lots located directly outside the YMCA and on Hillside Avenue.

Admissions: Adult admission (18 & over): $5.00; Child admission (under 18): FREE

Programs: $3.00 each

Spectators/Swimmers/Coaches: Spectator seating will be provided on deck. Swimmers will remain in the gym area while they await their events. Swimmers will be seeded in the gym and escorted to the blocks by volunteers. Coaches need to make sure their swimmers arrive at the seeding area on times so as not to have swimmers miss their race. Swimmers will not be permitted to remain on deck after their race is completed. No smoking allowed in the building.

Concessions: Refreshments will be available and must be consumed in the designated concession area only. No food or glass bottles will be allowed on the pool deck or in the spectator area.

Awards: Medals to 1st through 3rd place for individual and relay events. Ribbons to 4th through 6th place for individual events. No Open awards.

Directions: Long Island Expressway or Northern State Parkway/Grand Central Parkway to Cross Island Parkway South. Take Cross Island Parkway to Hillside Avenue West. YMCA is two blocks down on the left. OR Southern State Parkway to Cross Island Parkway North. Take Cross Island Parkway to Hillside Avenue West. YMCA is two blocks down on the left. OR MTA Bus transportation is available along Hillside Avenue throughout Queens. YMCA MINI CITY CHAMPIONSHIP SWIM MEET Sunday, January 29th, 2017 2PM WARM-UP 3PM START

Girls Event Boys 1 8 and under 100 Medley Relay 2 3 Open 50 Free 4 5 8 and under 50 Free 6 7 8 and under 100 IM 8 9 8 and under 25 Free 10 11 8 and under 25 Back 12 13 8 and under 25 Fly 14 15 8 and under 25 Breast 16 17 8 and under 100 Free 18 19 8 and under 100 Free Relay 20