USA Swimming Southern Zone Meeting September 18, 2014 Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
Jacksonville, Florida
Zone Directors: Zone Age Group Chair – Brian Dangelmaier Jay Thomas – Non-Coach Zone Senior Chair – Jimmy Parmenter Tim Bauer – Coach Zone Diversity Rep – Suzanne Dangelmaier Zone Secretary/Treasurer – Herb Schwab Zone Senior Athlete Representative – Patrick Lane Zone Officials Chair – Wayne Shulby Zone Junior Athlete Representative–Seth Maslowski
Call to order by Jay Thomas, Zone Director, on Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 7:10 p.m.
Roll Call – Herb Schwab 15 LSCs in attendance with 141 delegates. All LSCs were present.
LSC Delegates LSC Delegates Border 1 North Carolina 15 Florida 16 North Texas 13 Florida Gold Coast 15 South Carolina 10 Georgia 13 South Texas 13 Gulf 11 Southeastern 12 Kentucky 1 West Texas 1 Louisiana 8 West Virginia 7 Mississippi 5
Moment of Silence for all Zone Members who have passed away during this past year
Introduction of Zone Officers Jay Thomas introduced all of the Zone Officers present.
Agenda distributed and approved This year, in an effort to be eco-friendly, the Agenda and Minutes were distributed electronically to the LSCs and each Southern Zone Delegate registered for the USAS Convention. Each LSC was also asked to forward the electronic files to their delegates. No paper copies were distributed.
These Agenda items were added to the Agenda that was previously distributed: 1. Proposal for the Zone Age Group Championships to add scoring for swimmers with a disability. 2. Proposal to remove the Open Water events from the Zone Age Group Championships, and to create a separate Zone Open Water Championships Meet.
Approval of 2013 Meeting Minutes Moved/Seconded/Passed
Reports of Officers, Committees and Others:
Jay Thomas, Non-Coach Zone Director Jay gave a report on the activities of the past year. Jay chaired the Safe Sport Program Review Task Force that was responsible for reviewing the Vieth Report. The Task Force proposed several legislative items, which will be presented at the House of Delegates Meeting.
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This is Jay’s last meeting as the Non-Coach Zone Director. Jay thanked everyone in the Zone, and on the USA Swimming Staff, for their support for the past four years.
Tim Bauer, Coach Zone Director Tim will give his report later.
Herb Schwab, Secretary/Treasurer Herb reported that the Southern Zone account balance is $10,687.92.
Brian Dangelmaier, Age Group Chair Brian reported on the 2014 Southern Zone Age Group Championships, held in San Antonio, TX. Brian was not able to attend the meet, since he had a conflict with the Senior Zone Championships. BJ Allenstein (ST) acted as Brian’s replacement for the meet. The meet was held in a great pool, with great staff and great hospitality. It was a fast meet. There were very few issues.
There were 568 athletes from 14 LSCs. There were 28 meet records set, and 32 Summer Junior cuts. There were 11 disability swimmers from 4 LSCs.
The Team Awards were: 1st place Georgia 2nd place Florida 3rd place Southeastern
The Charlene Craddock Award was presented to Florida Gold Coast.
There were no major issues. The meet evaluation reports were all good. There are some housekeeping items to deal with. 1. Need to look at the timeline for Friday’s session to include the athletes’ parade. 2. There were some concerns about the awards. Even though some changes were made to the awards presentations for this past year, there is some discussion about completely removing the awards presentation.
Brian also presented a comparison of our Zone’s results with the other three Zones. These results are included in the attachments.
Candidates for USA Swimming Board of Directors: Jim Sheehan (NJ) – Candidate for President Mary Jo Swalley (CA) – Candidate for President Jeff Gudman (OR) – Candidate for President
Stu Hixon (GA) – Candidate for Treasurer
Steve Morsilli (PC) – Candidate for Technical Vice-President Tim Bauer (GU) – Candidate for Technical Vice-President
Dan McAllen (NT) – Candidate for Program Operations Vice-President John Dussliere (CO) – Candidate for Program Operations Vice-President
John Bitter (PC) – Candidate for Program Development Vice-President Dave Berkoff (MT) – Candidate for Program Development Vice-President – Withdrawing his nomination
Robert Broyles (IE) – Candidate for Administration Vice-President was unable to attend, due to a family emergency
Jimmy Parmenter, Senior Chair Jimmy reported that the 2014 Senior Zone Championships were hosted by Gulf Coast Swim Team at Florida Gulf Coast College. There were 514 Southern Zone September 18, 2014 Page 3 of 8
athletes from 47 teams. There were 64 athletes from 4 teams out of the Southern Zone.
For 2015, the Southern Zone Senior Championships Committee is recommending: 1. Continue support of this meet – offers great opportunity for senior level athletes to train and race through August each year. 2. Keep time standards at National 15‐16 AA for 2015. 3. Finals Start Time: Begin finals at 5:00 p.m. ONLY if prelims finish by 12:30 p.m. Note: 6:00 p.m. start time if prelims timelines go past 12:30 p.m. 4. Pre‐seed all events except relays and distance (400’s and longer). 5. Order of events: Move the Women’s 800 Free Relay to Wednesday night finals. (Keep all other events in same order). 6. Event Limit: Move back to 6 Individual events max limit. 7. Close meet to only Southern Zone Teams. 8. Entry Fees: Change $15.00 Individual Events, $30,00 Relays, Surcharge $10.00, Time Trials $20.00. 9. Continue current bid process (submitted 30 days out from convention in the same format as current age group bids). Bids must come from host club attached to facility. NOTE: Clubs that have attended the Southern Zone meet in the past few years. Those bids will be looked at first. (We will take bids from the floor.) 10. PENALTIES: “Failure to Swim” a positive check‐in event or Finals, A,B,C,D will result in the swimmer being fined $50.00 CASH ONLY. Upon receiving payment of fine, the swimmer will be eligible to continue competing in the meet. NOTE: All no show fines must be paid before swimmer is permitted to swim his next event including relays. 11. Swimmers who fail to check‐in may swim, only if an open lane is available without creating another heat. 12. Awards – Same 13. Scoring: Proposal to score 3 heats. 14. 1500 Check‐in deadline: Proposed the scratch deadline 9:00 day of race. 15. Order of event on Saturday: Prelims 200 IM, 50 Free and 1500 Free. Saturday Finals order: Women’s 1500 Free, 200 IM, Men’s 1500 Free, 50 Free.
A concern was expressed about having all of the 200’s on the same day. Jimmy will discuss this concern with the Meet Evaluation Committee.
A motion was made to accept these proposed recommendations. M/S/P
Wayne Shulby, Officials Chair Wayne thanked all of the officials that participated in the Zone meets this past year, including the Sectional Meets and the Age Group Championships and Senior Championships. Wayne encouraged the LSCs to continue to use these meets as developmental opportunities for officials.
Wayne presented statistics on the number of officials for each LSC and for the Zone. Wayne encouraged the LSCs to help increase the number of officials registered and officiating at the meets.
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Patrick Lane, Athlete Representative Patrick reported on the activities on the Athletes, and on the results of the Athletes elections. Zone Senior Athlete Representative: Seth Maslowski (NC) Zone Junior Athlete Representative: Connor Rammacher (NC)
2016 Southern Zone Age Group Championships Dates and Site Nominations/Presentations The dates for 2015, set at last year’s Convention: August 4-8, 2015, with Open Water on August 9, 2015
For 2016, the proposed dates are: August 2-6, 2016, with Open Water on August 7, 2016 M/S/P
No Bids were received by the deadline of 30 days before this Meeting. Bids were taken from the floor: Cary, NC Indian River may bid on this meet, depending upon later discussions about the Open Water Events.
It was decided to hold off awarding this meet, until the Open Water events have been discussed.
2016 Southern Zone Senior Championships The dates for 2015, set at last year’s Convention: August 3-7, 2015, at Greenville, SC
The proposed dates for 2016 are: August 2-6, 2016 M/S/P
Timely bids for the 2016 Southern Zone Senior Championships were received from:
Gulf Coast Swim Team Florida Gulf Coast College, FL Shockwave Tupelo Aquatic Center, MS
Each venue was allowed to present their bid, and answer questions from the delegates.
Tupelo Aquatic Center was selected as the host by secret ballot.
Suzanne Dangelmaier, Diversity Rep Suzanne reported on the activities of the Diversity Committee. The Diversity Committee is promoting the theme of “Be Diverse AND Include”. Suzanne encouraged the LSCs to have their Diversity Coordinators become more involved and more active, and to form a Diversity Committee in each LSC. The Zone held the Zone Diversity and Inclusion Camp last year, and will hold similar camps every two years. In the off-years, each LSC is encouraged to hold their own Diversity and Inclusion Camp. For more information, the Southern Zone has included a Diversity page on the Southern Zone website.
Nominations Zone Director – Non-Coach: Clark Hammond, SE Gloria Schuldt, NT Motion to close the nominations/S/P
Clark Hammond was elected by secret ballot.
Zone Secretary/Treasurer: Herb Schwab, Gulf Motion to close the nominations/S/P Southern Zone September 18, 2014 Page 5 of 8
A Motion was made to elect the Zone Secretary/Treasurer by acclamation. M/S/P
Zone Age Group Chair: BJ Allenstein, ST Motion to close the nominations/S/P
A Motion was made to elect the Zone Age Group Chair by acclamation. M/S/P
Scholastic All America Swimmers Jay congratulated the Southern Zone for having the most Scholastic All America Swimmers in the four Zones. Among the LSCs, North Carolina LSC had the most Scholastic All America Swimmers, and SwimMAC Carolina was the club with the most athletes on the Scholastic All America list.
Southern Zone Age Group Handbook Matt Webber (SE) presented the recommendations from the Task Force assigned to update the Zone Age Group Championships Handbook. The Task Force tried to simplify the Handbook and update the Handbook to conform to current procedures. The recommendations are: 1. Remove Section I, II, and III: Responsibilities of Zone Age Group Chairman, Meet Evaluation Committee Job Description, Meet Bid Procedure. Re-number remaining sections. 2. Reworded “Zone Meet Host Responsibilities, At the Meet, line regarding timers” 3. Eliminated the designation of a “trading post.” 4. Removed the athlete parade from the meet information. This allows hosts to run at their discretion, but removes requirement. 5. Changed and simplified language in regards to results distribution requirements. 6. Deleted eligibility statement under “Visiting LSC Obligations”. 7. Changed Code of Conduct to an LSC created Code of Conduct. 8. Changed chaperone requirements to reflect 5 to 1 athlete to chaperone/coach ratio, with a maximum of 12 chaperones. 9. Formatted Section III: Zone Meet Rules and Regulations to include liability and eligibility sections. 10. Awards section updated to state only 1st-3rd place awards will be handed out on medal stand. All others will be given to Zone Head Coach. 11. Amount of Champions Medals and t-shirts was amended to reflect actual amount needed. 12. Inserted Meet Committee into Section III. 13. Deleted items 7-10 under Section IV: Zone Meet Disability Information. 14. Deleted Sample Meet Information within Meet Handbook. This changes Appendix I to include only warm-up procedure and order of events. Zone Age Group Chair will provide host team with a sample meet information packet that the host team can choose to use. 15. Changed Warm-up group names from 1, 2, 3 to A, B, C. 16. Deleted LSC Mailing Roster. 17. Deleted Zone Code of Conduct. 18. Various formatting updates that do not change content. 19. Remove Appendix IV: Zone Meet Records.
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Item 1 from the Recommendations was withdrawn, since it deals with modifications of parts of the Zone Bylaws. Those recommendations from Item 1 will be brought back to the Zone Meeting at next year’s Convention. A Motion was made to accept the remaining recommendations from the Task Force.
An Amendment was made to change Item 14, and “require” the host team to use the sample meet information. The Amendment was seconded and passed. After a full and complete discussion, the Motion, as amended, was passed.
Proposal to Change the Scoring for Swimmers With a Disability Stu Hixon (GA) submitted the attached proposal to modify the scoring for swimmers with a disability, competing in the Zone Age Group Championships. The proposal allows those swimmers to be scored, based upon their preliminary results.
The proposal includes the provision that the swimmers with a disability would swim with the able-bodied athletes in the preliminary events. The swimmers would then be broken out and scored according to how many disability athletes are in that PARTICULAR event. That is, for five athletes, the scoring would be 6-4-3-2-1; for four athletes, the scoring would be 5-3-2-1; for three athletes, the scoring would be 4-2-1; for two athletes, the scoring would be 3-1; and one athlete, the scoring would score 2 points.
The Motion was made and seconded.
An Amendment was made to allow the swimmers with a disability to be able to compete in Finals in their own heat. One heat would be added to Finals with all ages included. The Amendment was seconded, and passed.
The Motion, as amended, was passed.
Proposal to Create a Zone Open Water Championships Julie Smiddy (FG) submitted the attached proposal to remove the Open Water event from the Zone Age Group Championships and create a separate Open Water Championships meet, to be held earlier in April, May, or June. This would be effective for 2015. The proposal is: 1. Establish a Southern Zone Open Water Championship. This would replace the open water swim competition at age group zone meet 2. Time period: April/May/June 3. 2-3 athletes of each gender and age group 11-12/13-14/15- 16/17-18 with 3-4 coaches to represent each LSC 4. Each LSC would establish their own criteria for selection (as they do for Zone Age Group Championships) 5. Option for other teams /swimmers to participate, but those swimmers would not score for LSC Championships; this would encourage more participation and also alleviate costs. The host may also add on other open water competitions when the course is set up.
The Motion was made, and Seconded.
An amendment was made to add a “Senior” category to the age groups listed in the proposal. The Amendment was seconded, and passed. After a full and complete discussion, the Motion, as amended, was passed.
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In consideration of this Motion being passed, a Task Force was formed to implement these Open Water Championships for 2015. The Task Force will report back to the Zone, within 30 days, with the dates and plan for the meet. The Task Force will consist of two Coaches, two Non- Athlete Members, and two Athletes. Jay asked for volunteers for the Task Force. The Task Force members are: Matt Wilson (Non-Athlete), Tim Byerly (Non-Athlete), Sid Cassidy (Coach), Don Henshaw (Coach), Taylor Cooper (Coach), Alicia Finnigan (Athlete), and Chris Roberts (Athlete). The Task Force will report back to the Zone Directors and the Zone Delegates within 30 days.
Two venues have submitted bids to host these Championships: Ft. Myers, FL Seven Lakes, NC
After a full and complete discussion, a Motion was made to allow North Carolina to host the Championships in 2015, and Ft. Myers to host the Championships in 2016. M/S/P
2016 Southern Zone Age Group Championships Site Nominations/Presentations (Continued) Indian River’s venue is not equipped with blocks at both ends of the pool, which would be necessary for the 200 meter relays. Indian River withdrew their bid for hosting the 2016 Zone Age Group Championships.
A Motion to award the 2016 Age Group Championships to Cary, NC was made and seconded. M/S/P
Zone Board of Review Jay and Tim, after discussions with the other Zones, proposed to form the Zone Board of Review by requesting that each LSC provide one Athlete, one Non-Athlete, and one Coach to be nominated for the Zone Board of Review. For the Non-Athlete and Coach Members, prior LSC Board of Review experience is desired. Also, it would be preferable for the Non-Athlete and Coach Members to have some legal experience. This would constitute a pool of 45 members to use for the Zone Board of Review. M/S/P
Each LSC is requested to submit their nominations to Herb by October 31, 2014.
Zone Sanction Appeal Panel The Zone Sanction Appeal Panel was created by legislation to handle appeals and disputes for denied LSC sanction requests. A Motion was made to use the same body that was created for Zone Board of Review to also sit as the Zone Sanction Appeal Panel. M/S/P
Old Business None
New Business Seth Maslowski (NC) expressed the desire of the Zone athletes to create a biannual or quarterly newsletter for athletes. This newsletter would be created by the athletes, and for the athletes. After some discussion, it was decided that the Athletes will have a page on the Southern Zone website, devoted to the athletes, and the athletes can interact and post a newsletter on that web page.
Announcements Tim Bauer thanked Jay for his great work as the Non-Coach Zone Director for the past four years.
Speedo Championship Series Eastern Sectionals March 5-8, 2015 Greensboro, NC July 9-12, 2015 Savannah,GA
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Southern Sectionals March 12-15, 2015 Plantation, FL July 9-12, 2015 Orlando, FL
Western Sectionals Feb 26 - Mar 1, 2015 College Station, TX July 9-12, 2015 Austin, TX (Closed Competition)
Age Group Sectional Meet Eastern Age Group Sectional March 12-15, 2015 Georgia Tech
Motion to Adjourn at 9:29 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Herb Schwab Secretary/Treasurer Southern Zone Southern Zone September 2014
Southern Zone Financial Report September 2014
Previous Balance as of 9/2013 $9,888.48
Interest for Year 2013 $49.44
Annual Membership Dues - Year 2014 $750.00
Total Income $799.44
Expense Reimbursement $0.00
Total Expenses $0.00
Current Balance as of 9/2014 $10,687.92 !
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! 2014 Southern Zone Age Group Chair Annual Report
Jacksonville, FL September 16-20, 2014 Page 1 2014 Southern Zone Age Group Championships
! SZAG Chair Report
Jacksonville, FL September 16-20, 2014 Page 2 Meet Statistics !
• 568 Athletes
• 14 LSC’s
• 28 SZ Meet Records
• 32 USAS Jr National cuts
• 11 Disability Swimmers from 4 different LSC’s
• Team Scores
• Combined - 1st Georgia, 2nd Florida, 3rd Southeastern
• Craddock Sportsmanship Award - Florida Gold Coast !
Jacksonville, FL September 16-20, 2014 Page 3 Special Thanks !
• NEISD Administration and Staff
• Meet Referee Ron Zolno and other officials - THANK YOU!!
• BJ Allenstein ! Attachments !
• USAS AG Champs Comparison
• 2014 SZAGC Meet Summary
• SZ Handbook Committee Recommendations
Jacksonville, FL September 16-20, 2014 Page 4 2014 ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
GIRLS TEN & UNDER EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Zoe Skirboll Yvonne Jia Riley Huddleston Claire Tuggle 50 free AM Not competed MN OH CC 29.77 29.52 29.53 29.79 Jill Berger Yvonne Jia Ava Lachey Claire Tuggle 100 free PV Not competed MN OH CC 1:06.27 1:05.95 1:05.48 1:03.35 Jill Berger Yvonne Jia Meg Calumpang Claire Tuggle 200 free PV Not competed MN IN CC 2:25.07 2:26.09 2:22.87 2:20.84 Joy Jiang 400 free MR Not competed Not competed Not competed Not competed 4:59.56 Joy Jiang Allie Hathaway Ava Lachey Daciana Colon 50 back MR Not competed MN OH CO 33.10 34.60 34.69 35.23 Joy Jiang Grace Frericks Ava Lachey Claire Tuggle 100 back MR Not competed IA OH CC 1:11.01 1:15.24 1:14.05 1:16.45 Suzanne Sokolowski Aubree Brouwer Yitian Zhang Cecilia Hagewood 50 breast NI Not competed AR MI SI 38.76 39.63 39.28 37.39 Jessica Kuo Erin Palmer Yitian Zhang Cecilia Hagewood 100 breast MA Not competed ND MI SI 1:24.56 1:26.25 1:26.58 1:21.94 Joy Jiang Yvonne Jia Sam Durrant Grace Monahan 50 fly MR Not competed MN MI HI 31.02 32.18 32.24 31.59 Joy Jiang** Hannah Hailu Meg Calumpang Grace Monahan 100 fly MR Not competed MW IN HI 1:08.67 1:12.89 1:13.59 1:12.28 Joy Jiang Yvonne Jia Martina Peroni Emily Lundgren 200 i.m. MR Not competed MN OH SI 2:35.27 2:45.24 2:44.18 2:44.75 Metropolitan Swimming Minnesota Swimming Ohio Swimming Southern California Not competed 200 free relay 2:03.41 2:04.19 2:02.34 2:06.46 Metropolitan Swimming Southern California Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 free relay 4:28.78 4:41.81 Metropolitan Swimming Minnesota Swimming Michigan Swimming Southern California Not competed 200 medley relay 2:18.31 2:21.06 2:19.83 2:22.10 Metropolitan Swimming Southern California Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 medley relay 5:01.48 5:12.69
*Eastern Zone – No competition *Central Zone – 10 and under – Timed finals *Southern Zone – 10 and under – not competed *Western Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16)
**NAG Record 2014 ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOYS TEN & UNDER EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Johnny Bradshaw Austin Henderson Benjamin Clarkston Zachary Washburn 50 free PV Not competed WI IN IE 29.22 29.61 29.93 29.67 Justice Carrenard Andrew Rogers Parker Stocker Zachary Washburn 100 free MR Not competed AR OH IE 1:03.91 1:03.79 1:05.46 1:04.95 Justice Carrenard Andrew Rogers Parker Stocker Humbert Najera 200 free MR Not competed AR OH SI 2:21.32 2:17.94 2:22.10 2:20.58 Sean Santos 400 free MA Not competed Not competed Not competed Not competed 5:02.55 Johnny Bradshaw Will Little Andrew Lin Ronald Dalmacio 50 back PV Not competed AR IL CA 34.14 33.65 33.79 33.82 Justice Carrenard Andrew Rogers Andrew Lin Ronald Dalmacio 100 back MR Not competed AR IL CA 1:13.93 1:12.38 1:12.21 1:13.07 Johnny Bradshaw Kerry Meng-Lin Adam McDonald Kalen Alejandro 50 breast PV Not competed MN OH CA 38.01 37.71 38.87 38.78 Jonathan Luo Kerry Meng-Lin Adam McDonald Kalen Alejandro 100 breast NJ Not competed MN OH CA 1:24.16 1:24.12 1:24.41 1:25.05 Ivan Dodor Andrew Rogers Parker Stocker Zachary Washburn 50 fly NE Not competed AR OH IE 32.43 30.90 32.47 32.15 Geonwoo Kim Andrew Rogers Andrew Lin Evan VanBrocklin 100 fly MR Not competed AR IL UT 1:11.86 1:08.61 1:11.05 1:10.79 Justice Carrenard Andrew Rogers Andrew Lin Kalen Alejandro 200 i.m. MR Not competed AR IL CA 2:40.43 2:36.55 2:40.41 2:42.86 Potomac Valley Team Wisconsin Illinois Swimming Southern California Not competed 200 free relay 2:02.07 2:03.84 2:02.28 2:06.76 Potomac Valley Southern California Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 free relay 4:32.43 4:39.42 Potomac Valley Minnesota Swimming Illinois Swimming Southern California Not competed 200 medley relay 2:17.98 2:17.76 2:17.66 2:19.33 New Jersey Swimming Pacific Northwest Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 medley relay 5:02.87 5:11.52
*Eastern Zone – No competition *Central Zone – 10 and under – Timed finals *Southern Zone – 10 and under – not competed *Western Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16)
2014 ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
GIRLS 11-12 EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Caroline Famous Andrea Santander Lexi Freeman Bridget O’Leary Jada Surrell-Norwood 50 free MA FG MN IL CO 27.43 27.00 27.92 28.00 27.56 Christiana Regenauer Andrea Santander Cassandra Stegner Bridget O’Leary Leanna Gharbaoui 100 free MR FG WI IL SI 1:00.73 59.04 1:01.61 1:00.46 1:00.39 Torie Buerger Andrea Santander Makayla Swigert Bridget O’Leary Jasmin O’Brien 200 free AM FG MV IL HI 2:11.58 2:08.16 2:12.34 2:10.78 2:11.24 Abigail Doss Andrea Santander Kaitlyn Wilhelms Bridget O’Leary Jasmin O’Brien 400 free MA FG WI IL HI 4:34.94 4:30.18 4:36.79 4:37.47 4:38.83 Elise Mozeleski Gabriela Donahue Rachel Lyle Kate Saczawa Amy Tang 50 back PV FL MV OH PN 31.40 30.63 31.28 31.41 31.94 Torie Buerger Grace VanBrunt Tori Michel Kate Saczawa Amy Tang 100 back AM GA IA OH PN 1:07.49 1:08.50 1:07.99 1:07.60 1:08.45 Torie Buerger Tori Michel Mallory Jackson Reese Hazan 200 back AM Not competed IA IN CA 2:25.59 2:26.23 2:24.92 2:30.42 Kate Douglass Addie Farrington Marian Frick Jordan Aurnou Caraline Baker 50 breast MR GA MV OH CO 33.84 34.24 34.21 35.55 35.18 Kate Douglass Abby Arens Bella Cothern Mary Jania Lena Wang 100 breast MR NC AR IL PC 1:13.84 1:13.89 1:17.10 1:16.15 1:16.48 Kate Douglass Emma Lasecki Mary Jania Lena Wang 200 breast MR Not competed WI IL PC 2:40.25 2:48.14 2:42.54 2:42.43 Kate Douglass Tristen Ulett Emma Lasecki Courtney Connolly Crystal Murphy 50 fly MR GA WI MI PC 29.21 29.24 29.72 29.54 29.50 Gabby Standfield Andrea Santander Emma Lasecki Courtney Connolly Crystal Murphy 100 fly PV FG WI MI PC 1:06.19 1:04.27 1:06.13 1:05.22 1:06.27 Kayla Brown Emma Lasecki Lauren Payton Mikayla Seigal 200 fly CT Not competed WI IL CO 2:28.60 2:25.52 2:28.33 2:25.93 Danning Hu Andrea Santander Emma Lasecki Mallory Jackson Caraline Baker 200 i.m. NJ FG WI In CO 2:23.96 2:25.99 2:29.00 2:27.40 2:30.79 Reese Hazan 400 i.m. Not competed Not competed Not competed Not competed CA 5:16.86 Metropolitan Swimming Florida Gold Coast Minnesota Swimming Illinois Swimming Colorado Swimming 200 free relay 1:50.54 1:51.66 1:54.33 1:53.82 1:53.30 Potomac Valley Florida Gold Coast Team Wisconsin Illinois Swimming Colorado Swimming 400 free relay 4:08.53 4:06.20 4:12.70 4:09.34 4:09.71 Metropolitan Swimming Georgia Swimming Missouri Valley Swimming Ohio Swimming Pacific Swimming 200 medley relay 2:03.85 2:04.72 2:05.87 2:05.63 2:05.12 Metropolitan Swimming Georgia Swimming Team Wisconsin Illinois Swimming Pacific Swimming 400 medley relay 4:34.87 4:33.01 4:41.11 4:36.20 4:35.98
*Eastern Zone – Prelim Final (Top 8) *Central Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16) – no 400 i.m. *Southern Zone –Prelim Final (Top 8) – no 200 strokes, 400 i.m. *Western Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16) – 200 strokes, 400 i.m. – Timed Finals (Top 8 in finals)
2014 ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOYS 11-12 EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Alex Neff Blake Reynolds Josh Pales Isaac Grinberg Ethan Dang 50 free VA GA MW OH PN 26.35 26.37 26.04 25.98 26.08 Destin Lasco Rafael Rodriguez Josh Pales Isaac Grinberg Winn Aung 100 free MA FG MW OH SN 55.04** 57.46 57.14 57.80 57.31 Destin Lasco Rafael Rodriguez Josh Pales Isaac Grinberg Winn Aung 200 free MA FG MW OH SN 2:02.93 2:03.16 2:05.87 2:06.94 2:05.72 Matthew Lequang Rafael Rodriguez Josh Pales Maxwell Kramer Winn Aung 400 free NJ FG MW IN SN 4:23.69 4:18.36 4:30.25 4:32.02 4:29.54 Destin Lasco Conner Kang Jacob Bening Adam Chaney Kai Crews 50 back MA KY OZ OH HI 28.63 30.32 31.06 30.95 30.67 Destin Lasco Gabriel Bartolomei Jacob Bening Aaron Seueira Connor Elwyn 100 back MA GA OZ OH IE 1:00.97 1:06.76 1:05.86 1:06.72 1:06.32 Destin Lasco Forrest Frazier Jacob McDonald Harrison Lierz 200 back MA Not competed IA OH CO 2:10.39** 2:24.17 2:26.21 2:21.43 Ian Liu Ben Duckworth Josh Pales Ryan Tran Ethan Dang 50 breast NJ NC MW IL PN 32.88 33.36 32.37 34.47 31.86 Ian Liu Ben Duckworth Alex Rosenkranz Ansel Froass Ethan Dang 100 breast NJ NC OZ OH PN 1:11.30 1:12.89 1:15.85 1:14.42 1:10.45 Paul DeGrado Forrest Frazier Thomas Reedy Ethan Dang 200 breast NJ Not competed IA IL PN 2:29.96 2:45.50 2:40.90 2:30.46 Alexander Chiu Blake Reyolds Andrew Karpenko Isaac Grinberg Connor Elwyn 50 fly MA GA MN OH IE 28.05 27.86 28.70 27.54 29.31 Zachary Bayler Rafael Rodriguez Andrew Karpenko Isaac Grinberg Winn Aung 100 fly PV FG MN OH SN 1:04.47 1:02.19 1:05.39 1:01.20 1:02.04 Anthony Minickiello Kaiser Neverman Andrew Dai Winn Aung 200 fly NE Not competed WI IL SN 2:24.71 2:27.97 2:25.42 2:21.52 Destin Lasco Rafael Rodriguez Josh Pales Ansel Froass Ethan Dang 200 i.m. MA FG MW OH PN 2:15.33** 2:20.69 2:22.64 2:24.51 2:20.27 Ethan Dang 400 i.m. Not competed Not competed Not competed Not competed PN 4:59.76 Mid Atlantic Swimming Georgia Swimming Minnesota Swimming Team Indiana Pacific Northwest 200 free relay 1:47.51 1:47.58 1:49.57 1:49.83 1:50.41 Mid Atlantic Swimming Georgia Swimming Minnesota Swimming Ohio Swimming Pacific Northwest 400 free relay 3:57.73 3:57.23 4:06.78 4:04.24 4:02.94 Mid Atlantic Swimming Georgia Swimming Minnesota Swimming Illinois Swimming Pacific Northwest 200 medley relay 1:58.43 1:59.08 2:02.55 2:02.91 2:02.05 Mid Atlantic Swimming Georgia Swimming Minnesota Swimming Illinois Swimming Pacific Northwest 400 medley relay 4:21.35 4:24.90 4:37.94 4:28.94 4:29.37
*Eastern Zone – Prelim Final (Top 8) *Central Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16) – no 400 i.m. *Southern Zone –Prelim Final (Top 8) – no 200 strokes, 400 i.m. *Western Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16) – 200 strokes, 400 i.m. – Timed Finals (Top 8 in finals)
**NAG Record
2014 ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
GIRLS 13-14 EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Kate Hazlett Reagan Weakly Bettie Logan Ashley Voelkerding Gabby Dang 50 free CT SE MV OH PN 26.80 26.73 27.00 27.20 26.98 Simona Visinski Riley Gaines Claire Campbell Claire Abbasse Gabby Dang 100 free CT SE MV MI PN 59.25 57.60 59.18 59.74 58.30 Danika Katzer Abigail Burke Franki Petrosino Lucy Callard Halladay Kinsey 200 free VA FL OZ OH SN 2:08.99 2:04.76 2:09.00 2:07.23 2:06.59 Maggie Wallace Alena Kraus Alexis Ljunggren Carla Gildersleeve Rose Saya 400 free MA FL ND IN CO 4:31.37 4:24.89 4:30.39 4:26.69 4:24.40 Maggie Wallace Christina Cianciolo Alexis Ljunggren Maryasha Petrova Erica Sullivan 800 free MA FL ND OH CA 9:14.48 9:13.95 9:19.95 9:13.16 9:06.36 Maggie Wallace Alexis Ljunggren Maryasha Petrova Erica Sullivan 1500 free MA Not competed ND OH CA 17:33.38 17:48.14 17:28.25 17:36.34 Sonora Baker Lainie Bell Abbi Schwartz Emma Hazel Natalie Arky 100 back VA GA MN MI CO 1:05.70 1:03.96 1:06.08 1:06.15 1:05.75 Sydney Winters Olivia Carter Elsa Litteken Lucy Callard Milava Shumilova 200 back NE NC MN OH UT 2:22.75 2:20.45 2:22.49 2:22.71 2:22.19 Lindsey Gordon Sheridan Schrieber Vanessa Herrmann Giovanna Cappabianca Sarah Nicholls 100 breast CT GA ND LE IE 1:13.96 1:12.31 1:16.14 1:12.06 1:13.48 Isabelle Clark Isabel Ivey Vanessa Herrmann Giovanna Cappabianca Lauren Burckel 200 breast PV FL ND LE NM 2:43.00 2:36.49 2:42.51 2:40.11 2:38.67 Andrea Wei Riley Gaines Isabella Gati Julia Brunner Lizzie Menzmer 100 fly NE SE AR MI SN 1:04.34 1:02.92 1:02.56 1:04.19 1:02.81 Katherine Connolly Alena Kraus Franki Petrosino Carla Gildersleeve Lizzie Menzmer 200 fly NE FL OZ IN SN 2:22.30 2:19.57 2:24.65 2:22.02 2:20.25 Danika Katzer Isabel Ivey Berkeley Livingston Giovanna Cappabianca Halladay Kinsey 200 i.m. VA FL MW LE SN 2:25.37 2:21.99 2:26.69 2:24.09 2:24.00 Danika Katzer Ella Nelson Berkeley Livingston Emma Theobald Amelie Lessing 400 i.m. VA SE MW IL CO 5:06.14 5:01.36 5:11.34 5:05.63 5:02.62 Connecticut Swimming Southeastern Swimming Missouri Valley Swimming Team Indiana Oregon Swimming 200 free relay 1:50.27 1:47.77 1:50.04 1:51.39 1:48.81 Virginia Swimming Florida Swimming Missouri Valley Swimming Team Indiana Sierra Nevada Swimming 400 free relay 4:01.84 3:53.12 4:00.87 4:03.00 3:59.92 Connecticut Swimming Southeastern Swimming Minnesota Swimming Michigan Swimming Colorado Swimming 200 medley relay 2:03.11 1:59.45 2:03.85 2:03.30 2:02.10 New England Swimming Georgia Swimming Minnesota Swimming Lake Erie Swimming Colorado Swimming 400 medley relay 4:32.37 4:21.81 4:34.93 4:28.43 4:24.71
*Eastern Zone – Prelim Final (Top 8) *Central Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16) *Southern Zone –Prelim Final (Top 8) *Western Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16)
2014 ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOYS 13-14 EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Brandon Hamblin Tan Dunn III Seth Bailey David Madej Nathaniel Cunnan 50 free VA GA AR LE PC 25.06 24.14 25.39 25.20 24.93 Phil Costin Eien McGee Shane Blinkman Eddie Michael Thomas Roark 100 free VA MS MN OH SR 54.91 53.46 55.34 53.72 53.80 Will Barao Zach Hils Jon Busse Drew Kibler Nicholas Tan 200 free NE KY MN IN PC 1:59.40 1:55.29 1:58.26 1:57.69 2:00.71 Will Barao Alex Ballard Kevin Callan Will Chan Alex Wright 400 free NE GA OK LE PN 4:14.64 4:08.55 4:13.19 4:17.16 4:13.29 Will Barao Jack Little Alex Thomas Alex Wright 800 free NE Not competed AR LE PN 8:53.34 8:48.73 8:52.71 8:50.48 Brennan Doss Alex Ballard Jack Little Nicholas Perera Alex Wright 1500 free VA GA AR OH PN 16:58.20 16:23.50 16:51.20 16:41.04 16:50.01 Patrick Townsend Tan Dunn III Jon Busse Eddie Michael Danny Kovac 100 back VA GA MN OH CO 1:00.73 58.21 1:00.74 1:01.60 1:00.49 Patrick Townsend Tan Dunn III Kade Knoch Eddie Michael Ethan Harder 200 back VA GA OK OH MT 2:12.64 2:06.38 2:11.72 2:13.26 2:10.66 Eli Fouts Dillon Hall Shane Blinkman Will Chan Daniel Roy 100 breast PV GA MN LE IE 1:07.31 1:07.59 1:09.15 1:07.44 1:06.50 AJ Bornstein Dillon Hall Shane Blinkman Will Chan Daniel Roy 200 breast CT GA MN LE IE 2:23.95 2:25.86 2:33.89 2:26.88 2:24.18 Luke Durocher Alex Ballard Joshua Winters Drew Kibler Seth Hendrix 100 fly VA GA MN IN CO 58.49 57.56 58.09 58.13 58.12 Patrick Townsend Alex Ballard Matthew Daniel Nicholas Perera Seth Hendrix 200 fly VA GA OZ OH CO 2:11.41 2:09.49 2:11.51 2:11.81 2:07.36 Luke Durocher Alberto Gomez Kevin Callan Jacob Zalinski Brian Copley 200 i.m. VA FG OK MI PC 2:12.85 2:09.85 2:13.83 2:12.23 2:13.96 John Clado Alberto Gomez Kade Knoch Jacob Zalinski Brian Copley 400 i.m. PV FG OK MI PC 4:44.86 4:36.84 4:45.22 4:42.00 4:44.47 Virginia Swimming North Carolina Swimming Minnesota Swimming Illinois Swimming Pacific Northwest 200 free relay 1:41.09 1:40.26 1:42.70 1:40.51 1:41.42 Virginia Swimming Georgia Swimming Minnesota Swimming Illinois Swimming Pacific Northwest 400 free relay 3:44.79 3:37.13 3:46.46 3:43.67 3:44.36 Virginia Swimming Georgia Swimming Minnesota Swimming Michigan Swimming Colorado Swimming 200 medley relay 1:52.87 1:50.31 1:52.89 1:54.55 1:53.70 Virginia Swimming Georgia Swimming Minnesota Swimming Illinois Swimming Colorado Swimming 400 medley relay 4:05.49 4:00.37 4:06.93 4:09.14 4:08.02
*Eastern Zone – Prelim Final (Top 8) *Central Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16) *Southern Zone –Prelim Final (Top 8) *Western Zone – Prelim/Final (Top 16)
2014 ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
GIRLS 15-18 EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Isabelle Jubin Donna Blaum Not competed Not competed Not competed 50 free PV GA 27.03 26.78 Carrie Heilbrun Emma Cole Not competed Not competed Not competed 100 free PV GA 59.37 57.63 Carrie Heilbrun Emma Cole Not competed Not competed Not competed 200 free PV GA 2:07.26 2:03.80 Carly Soares Emma Cole Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 free NE GA 4:31.86 4:19.87 Veronica Wolff Emma Cole Not competed Not competed Not competed 800 free PV GA 9:17.44 9:02.95 Camila Perez-Segnini Not competed Not competed Not competed 1500 free MR Not competed 17:48.25 Carrie Heilbrun Raleigh Bentz Not competed Not competed Not competed 100 back PV GA 1:06.67 1:03.99 Hannah Rusinko Raleigh Bentz Not competed Not competed Not competed 200 back AM GA 2:26.28 2:20.14 Carly Soares Rachel Hughes Not competed Not competed Not competed 100 breast NE KY 1:15.32 1:13.67 Sarah Slepian Lexi Glunn Not competed Not competed Not competed 200 breast NJ GA 2:41.01 2:36.70 Carrie Heilbrun Sarah Chambliss Not competed Not competed Not competed 100 fly PV SE 1:04.05 1:01.84 Carrie Heilbrun Emma Cole Not competed Not competed Not competed 200 fly PV GA 2:19.54 2:18.80 Sarah Slepian Lexi Glunn Not competed Not competed Not competed 200 i.m. NJ GA 2:23.96 2:21.17 Carly Soares Lexi Glunn Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 i.m. NE GA 5:02.40 4:58.77 Potomac Valley Georgia Swimming Not competed Not competed Not competed 200 free relay 1:51.24 1:47.09 Potomac Valley Georgia Swimming Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 free relay 4:04.13 3:54.53 New Jersey Swimming Southeastern Swimming Not competed Not competed Not competed 200 medley relay 2:02.11 2:00.32 New Jersey Swimming Georgia Swimming Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 medley relay 4:31.20 4:22.70
*Eastern Zone – Prelim Final (Top 8) *Central Zone – No competition *Southern Zone –Prelim Final (Top 8) *Western Zone - No Competition
2014 ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOYS 15-18 EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Jonathan Pins Cody Cline 50 free PV FG Not competed Not competed Not competed 24.83 23.78 Joseph Eiden Cody Cline 100 free MR FG Not competed Not competed Not competed 53.83 52.18 Jr Eric Pauls Cody Cline 200 free NE FG Not competed Not competed Not competed 1:57.69 1:54.97 Arthur Markley Alexander Arrieta 400 free MA FG Not competed Not competed Not competed 4:10.36 4:05.38 800 free Not competed Not competed Not competed Not competed Arthur Markley Christopher Robinson 1500 free MA SE Not competed Not competed Not competed 16:21.66 16:26.44 Will Cumberland Brennan Pastorek 100 back PV GA Not competed Not competed Not competed 1:00.29 59.29 Will Cumberland Keanan Dols 200 back PV FL Not competed Not competed Not competed 2:10.38 2:06.54 Spencer Rowe Nicholas Wukovits 100 breast PV SC Not competed Not competed Not competed 1:07.82 1:06.53 Spencer Rowe Matthew Dunphy 200 breast PV SE Not competed Not competed Not competed 2:28.26 2:24.02 David Pearcy Luke Smutny 100 fly VA FG Not competed Not competed Not competed 57.83 57.26 Joseph Eiden Luke Smutny 200 fly MR FG Not competed Not competed Not competed 2:08.61 2:06.05 Keenan Novis Brennan Pastorek 200 i.m. NE GA Not competed Not competed Not competed 2:12.81 2:07.45 Chris Balbo John Fulginiti 400 i.m. NJ FL Not competed Not competed Not competed 4:41.65 4:34.72 New England Swimming Georgia Swimming Not competed Not competed Not competed 200 free relay 1:39.90 1:36.02 New England Swimming Georgia Swimming Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 free relay 3:39.29 3:31.17 Potomac Valley Georgia Swimming Not competed Not competed Not competed 200 medley relay 1:49.18 1:48.00 Potomac Valley Georgia Swimming Not competed Not competed Not competed 400 medley relay 4:01.89 3:57.05
*Eastern Zone – Prelim Final (Top 8) *Central Zone – No competition *Southern Zone –Prelim Final (Top 8) *Western Zone - No Competition
2014 ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
TEAM SCORES Combined
EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Potomac Valley 1263.0 Georgia 992.0 Minnesota 4669.0 Illinois 4037.0 Colorado 3283.0 Metropolitan 979.0 Florida 800.0 Missouri Valley 2260.0 Ohio 3912.0 Pacific Northwest 3056.0 Virginia 872.0 Southeastern 702.0 Ozark 2136.0 Michigan 3911.0 Pacific 2491.0 Mid Atlantic 761.0 North Carolina 582.0 Wisconsin 1966.0 Indiana 3222.0 Southern California 1597.0 New England 736.0 Florida Gold Coast 516.0 Arkansas 1773.0 Lake Erie 1963.0 Oregon 1195.0 New Jersey 660.0 Kentucky 276.0 Iowa 1570.0 San Diego Imperial 1160.0 Alleghany Mountain 379.0 South Texas 237.0 Midwestern 1441.0 Sierra Nevada 1108.0 Connecticut 368.0 South Carolina 135.0 Oklahoma 1378.0 New Mexico 673.0 Niagara 207.0 Louisiana 129.0 South Dakota 370.0 Inland Empire 647.0 Adironack 62.0 North Texas 53.0 North Dakota 350.0 Utah 552.0 Mississippi 47.0 Central Cal 523.0 Border 21.0 Hawaii 500.0 West Texas 20.0 Snake River 293.0 Montana 257.0 Arizona 161.0 Wyoming 150.0 Alaska 90.0
Mens
EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Potomac Valley 680.0 Georgia 489.0 Minnesota 2249.0 Illinois 2366.0 Pacific Northwest 1703.0 Virginia 519.0 Florida 416.0 Ozark 1334.0 Ohio 2079.0 Colorado 1473.0 Mid Atlantic 483.0 Florida Gold Coast 309.0 Arkansas 1026.0 Michigan 1615.0 Pacific 1363.0 Metropolitan 397.0 Southeastern 244.0 Missouri Valley 919.0 Indiana 1487.0 Southern California 798.0 New Jersey 370.0 North Carolina 241.0 Wisconsin 914.0 Lake Erie 980.0 Sierra Nevada 572.0 New England 296.0 Kentucky 158.0 Oklahoma 848.0 Oregon 520.0 Connecticut 167.0 South Texas 112.0 Iowa 780.0 Inland Empire 398.0 Alleghany Mountain 151.0 South Carolina 89.0 Midwestern 598.0 Utah 393.0 Niagara 66.0 Louisiana 87.0 South Dakota 190.0 San Diego Imperial 367.0 Adironack 13.0 North Texas 44.0 North Dakota 69.0 New Mexico 362.0 Mississippi 43.0 Central Cal 229.0 West Texas 13.0 Hawaii 208.0 Border 9.0 Snake River 204.0 Montana 137.0 Wyoming 101.0 Arizona 29.0 Alaska 14.0
Womens
EASTERN SOUTHERN CENTRAL CENTRAL WESTERN Richmond, VA San Antonio, TX Oklahoma City, OK Geneva, OH Federal Way, WA Potomac Valley 583.0 Georgia 503.0 Minnesota 2420.0 Michigan 2296.0 Colorado 1809.0 Metropolitan 582.0 Southeastern 458.0 Missouri Valley 1341.0 Ohio 1833.0 Pacific Northwest 1353.0 New England 440.0 Florida 384.0 Wisconsin 1051.0 Indiana 1735.0 Pacific 1128.0 Virginia 353.0 North Carolina 341.0 Midwestern 843.0 Illinois 1671.0 Southern California 799.0 New Jersey 290.0 Florida Gold Coast 207.0 Ozark 801.0 Lake Erie 983.0 San Diego Imperial 793.0 Mid Atlantic 278.0 South Texas 125.0 Iowa 790.0 Oregon 675.0 Alleghany Mountain 228.0 Kentucky 118.0 Oklahoma 529.0 Sierra Nevada 536.0 Connecticut 201.0 South Carolina 46.0 Arkansas 474.0 New Mexico 311.0 Niagara 141.0 Louisiana 42.0 North Dakota 281.0 Central Cal 294.0 Adironack 49.0 Border 12.0 South Dakota 180.0 Hawaii 292.0 North Texas 9.0 Inland Empire 249.0 West Texas 7.0 Utah 159.0 Mississippi 4.0 Arizona 132.0 Montana 119.0 Snake River 89.0 Alaska 76.0 Wyoming 49.0
*Eastern Zone Scoring (Top 8) *Central Zone – Scoring (Top 16) *Southern Zone – Scoring (Top 8) *Western Zone - Scoring (Top 16; 8 relays) Gulf Swimming - For Office Use Only License HY-TEK's MEET MANAGER 5.0 - 8/4/2014 Page 1 2014 ST AAAA Southern Zones Champ - 7/29/2014 to 8/2/2014 Meet Summary All Teams
Women Men Relays Total Teams : 14 Athletes : 283 285 568 1st Round Splashes : 1614 1626 288 3528 1st Round Scratches : 5 0% 1 0% 0 0% 6 0% 1st Round No Shows : 7 0% 13 1% 0 0% 20 1% DQ's : 14 1% 19 1% 8 3% 41 1% Time Standard Over-Achievers : 10 1% 8 0% 2 1% 20 1% Time Standard Under-Achievers : 8 0% 13 1% 0 0% 21 1% Record Breakers : 10 1% 6 0% 12 4% 28 1% Improved Times : 720 45% 915 56% 189 66% 1824 52% 08‐12‐14 by Jimmy Parmenter
2014 Southern Zone Report
Southern Zone Committee: Scott Bonine, Tim Bauer, Don Henshaw, Brian Dangelmaier, Duffy Dillon, Jimmy Parmenter
2014 Senior Zone Southern Championships Was hosted by Gulf Coast Swim Team at Florida Gulf Coast College. 514 Athletes – Last year at Plantation we had 325 Athletes 47 Teams
64 Athletes Total from out of Zone 4 Teams from out of Zone
For 2015 the Southern Zone Committee is recommending:
1. Continue support of this meet – offers great opportunity for senior level athletes to train and race through August each year.
2. Keep time standards at National 15‐16 AA for 2015.
3. Finals Start Time: Begin finals at 5:00 p.m. ONLY if prelims finishes by 12:30 p.m. Note: 6:00 p.m. start time if prelims timelines go past 12:30 p.m.
4. Pre‐seed all events except relays and distance (400’s and longer).
5. Order of events: Move the Women’s 800 Free Relay to Wednesday night finals. (Keep all other events in same order).
6. Event Limit: Move back to 6 Individual events max limit.
7. Close meet to only Southern Zone Teams.
8. Entry Fees: Change $15.00 Individual Events, $30,00 Relays, Surcharge $10.00, Time Trials $20.00.
9. Continue current bid process (submitted 30 days out from convention in the same format as current age group bids). Bids must come from host club attached to facility. NOTE: Clubs that have attended the Southern Zone meet in the past few years. Those bids will be looked at first. (We will take bids from the floor.)
10. PENALTIES: “Failure to Swim” a positive check‐in event or Finals, A,B,C,D will result in the swimmer being fined $50.00 CASH ONLY. Upon receiving payment of fine, the swimmer will be eligible to continue competing in the meet. NOTE: All no show fines must be paid before swimmer are permitted to swim their next event including relays. 08‐12‐14 by Jimmy Parmenter
11. Swimmers who fail to check‐in may swim, only if an open lane is available without creating another heat.
12. Awards – Same
13. Scoring: Proposal to score 3 heats.
14. 1500 Check‐in deadline: Proposed the scratch deadline 9:00 day of race.
15. Order of event on Saturday: Prelims 200 IM, 50 Free and 1500 Free. Saturday Finals order: Women’s 1500 Free, 200 IM, Men’s 1500 Free, 50 Free.
Southern Zone SOUTHERN Official’s Chair Report ZONE September 2014
Sectional and Zone Meets
I would like to thank all the officials who participated in our sectional and zone meets for their service to the athletes. I would particularly like to thank the officials below for taking a leadership role and serving as meet referees.
Meet Location Meet Referee LSC No. of No. of Applications Officials Eastern Spring Charlotte, NC Mike Hoffer North Carolina 16 32 Sectional Southern Spring Plantation, FL Jay Thomas Florida Gold 18 33 Sectional Coast Western Spring College Station, TX Brian Walls Gulf 22 28 Sectional Eastern AG Atlanta, GA Doug Kintz Georgia 3 47 Sectional Eastern Summer Greensboro, NC Chris Kitchens North Carolina 23 33 Sectional Southern Summer Orlando, FL Bob Griffiths Florida 22 48 Sectional Western Summer Shenandoah, TX Ron Lusk Gulf 25 31 Sectional AG Zone San Antonio, TX Ron Zolno South Texas 25 30 Senior Zone Ft. Myers, FL Mark McCaw Florida 11 24
We had a good mix of experienced and first time meet referees for our meets. I would like to encourage the LSCs to continue using these meets as development opportunities for officials in the section/zone. Officials who have successfully served in the positions at LSC championship meets and are ready to expand their experience should be selected to serve with experienced officials to ensure a good experience for our athletes while developing the next generation of officials.
Officials by LSC
LSC Number As % of Athletes 2012 2013 2014 2012 2013 2014 Border 37 45 63 6.2% 6.1% 8.2% Florida 341 367 374 3.6% 2.6% 2.8% Florida Gold Coast 146 142 173 2.9% 2.1% 3.0% Georgia 257 266 290 3.2% 2.7% 2.9% Gulf 173 206 266 2.6% 2.4% 3.2% Kentucky 295 333 346 11.3% 11.1% 11.3% Louisiana 93 113 95 3.4% 3.4% 3.0% Mississippi 67 75 92 5.1% 4.2% 5.4% North Carolina 388 409 453 4.9% 4.2% 4.5% North Texas 120 123 155 2.2% 1.8% 2.3% South Carolina 126 162 171 5.2% 5.3% 5.7% South Texas 126 124 139 1.8% 1.5% 1.7% Southeastern 382 429 496 5.5% 4.9% 5.9% West Texas 25 22 27 3.5% 2.2% 2.8% West Virginia 38 40 41 6.8% 5.5.% 6.7% Southern Zone 2,614 2,949 3,473 3.9% 2.6% 3.0% Eastern Zone 2,128 2,375 2,580 3.4% 3.1% 3.4% Central Zone 2,906 3,414 3,824 5.4% 4.2% 4.8% Western Zone 6,395 6,810 7,302 4.3% 4.1% 4.4% USA Swimming 12,190 15,548 17,179 4.1% 3.5% 3.9%
While each LSC continues to grow the number of officials, we do have a challenge to grow at the same rate as we grow our athletes. I feel that each LSC has a sufficient number of officials to serve our athletes, but we need to ensure that we do not burn out our officials and continue to develop the next generation. Kentucky continues to have the highest ratio of officials to athletes of any LSC in the country, but the Southern Zone has the lowest ratio of officials to athletes.
The challenge to grow our officials is not only the responsibility of the official’s committee in each LSC, but to each team. Our zone tends to be number one in most categories, let’s see if we can grow our officials!
Respectfully submitted,
Wayne Shulby
Wayne Shulby SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/13
APPLICATION FOR SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING AND OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS '\ C'- The /12,1 It Co 6,' of .d W · "" 1(-( 1 ¥Ie Local Swimming Committee wishes to bid for the 20 16 South fnn one Age Group Swimming and Open Water Championships. Ur"VJ !Ie",) h"' .... Chairman, t:ccul 8 .. iiiiiiii::g 8 Cli"iiittee l:iSA-Swimming;-1nc.
The organization that will be assigned the Championship is the :
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The organization President is: NAME : _--,I2l..L..!;D~"IL-.J.M-,-,p=-:,,,,,~s~h~c.,,,-,,,,,,/,,---______ADDRESS dO l{;). ( Roc; Kr ;"~I, ;// CITY: fi ifro STATE :-LF -L1 __ZIP 2?J2i' PHONE W?1) !, 60 - t/6J. 0 f../fj.;o Home Work
FACILITY INFORMATION
Please read the Southern Zone Championship Meet Handbook and Article 103· Facility Standards. USA Swimming Rules and Regulations. Please be certain you understand the requirements for hosting the meets.
If the organization is awarded these Championships . we propose to conduct the meet at the following facilities.
SWtMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Name of Facility: LH ("~1 J_, / t:"r£u 1)9",""1- (t'",h·- 2. Name of Pool (if different):,-:=---",,"' _' -.~c-:--:-______3. Organization Administerin Facility:_ -'=--9r'c-"'''''-______4. Facility Administrator :""".>oool.Tu"-"\"-";"'n'~t"=-"""".'-"'-"~ ______Address: h F L", It" '" City : 'I. M~t"· S'tate: _.L...... _____Zip : Phone (,2J9 ) :;Xil) _ 22t2 ? _.2""'-~=-__ 5. Pool Street Address:_~_· ___--:--;".,.., ' ,.-· ______--:-=_.,--_---;-,-__ City: I' " State: q h Zip: " I.- 6. The pool is ---1l,.... years old . It oBened for the first time on ;p eQ !l.. -----;-(d"'aC"te"")-. -- 7. The pool is: _indoor _V_ ooutdoor _ indoor I outdoor
24 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/13 ' , 7'/1' 8. What is the depth of the pool? Start end: 6 7 Center:.,..L--'=o,--- Turn end :: 6' "} ': Are all lanes the same depth? Y ,,"S If not, e x p a i n : ______
Please sketch a profile of the pool bottom with the depths marked: 9. There are ...jL,.lanes for racing. Each lane is ~wide . 10. Does the pool have a water heater? _ - A. Is it installed or rented? - -+.:"M ..L'i7-'-"c.. (;-=------B. Name of touch pads =-~L.:"e,7_"'F--;=------C. Name of back up system _-'!f"F-.:J"2:1rJ...!:h",,,:::~,-______D. Where is it located? E. I s a readout scorebo"'a"'rd7""in"'s"'ta"'II"'e""d?"'. ----.y:-T.n= ------If not will you rent one? _-,--;(1/..:..>:0 ______How many lines? --,--J.,/ ...I>>----, --;----;7-==----,------,-,- 18. Do you have, or will you have a sound starting device under each lane? 19. Computerization: What computer system and meet management program will be used for the meet? y1 nf fIII''',,~_ 20. Scoreboard: Will you have a am scoreboard for 1 • 15 places? What type? "" 21 . What are the--;de- c<.Ck"'mw..::ea'-s-u-re- m-en"'t-s""? --:-L-e"'ft-s"'id,-e-..---"'R"ig-:-h-:-t -si"'d-e...... ,"'O""------Turning end__ Behind start 22. Total seating capacity pool area-----:2Gb" ( min of 1200 seating) (min deck space 550-700) Right side of pool Left side of pool - 07'7'- Starting end'r-____, Turning d... _ /-.-___ Comments: ~ hoI' (o .... 1 ~._. flow ,-e.·,k 23 . Resting Area: '7/>1') 1 Is it convenient? YtS Is it shaded? a How) arge? L!Z..- Indoor/Outdoor? ~~~...I.. " How far from the rest area to the pool?_-,O"-."''-'.VI--=.e;..' _,,______ 25 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/13 24. Locker Facilities : (20 swimmer+ equipment min) Women: # lockers 'J 0 Men: # lockers 30 # showers~ # showers---.:r- # toilets ...... $- # toilets -X.. 25 . P.A. System: .u In pool area? ..::tJ2... In locker rooms? ~ In rest area? ~ Are acoustics acceptable if indoors? _--,,,---______Are speakers adequate if outdoors? =:::Y:;l:"~.2.:c-::c:"-,-::-:-""",-",-="",,,:- 26. Wi ll the facilities be available to the swimmers only on a full-time basis beginning one day before the meet? -:f."'£ 27 . Isa Certification of Pool Length Application on file at the United States Swimming National Headquarters? 28 . Do y~/fsu have any policies that would restrict USA sponsorship obligations? _ --<.M..::...\V"'-___ 29.Per USA Swimming Rules and Regulations NO NOISE MAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED AT MEET. 30.Will meet marshals be available throughout the meet? )L€-> OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Name of Facility:,;-;-;=::-:-====.,.-______2. Name of Body of Water (if different): 3. Organization Administering Facility: ------4. Facility Administrator:______Address: City: ------;;S:;:ta:;-te:::: ======"',Z:::ip:::: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Phone: ( 5. Facility-;:S"tr-e-e'7't ":-A-;d-;d-re-s-s-: ~~~~~~~~~~~:~~~~~_-______---.,o;c-______City : State:.,.,---,,--,-=_____ ,Zip: ___-:-;--,--, __ 6. The facility is __ years old. It opened for the first time on ______(date). 7. What is the depth of the water? Start : Ave. course depth: Please sketch a profile of the body of water with the course and de p"'th-s-m-a-r;-ked: 8. What will the water temperature (estimate)? ______ 9. Timing system trade name and model : ______A. Name of back up system ______B. Where is it located? C. Is a readout scorebo:-a:::r-cd""i-ns-Ct-a:7l1e-d7.?,------If not will you rent one? ___--,.-;--.."._-;--;-_.,..,-...."._-;-_ 10. Do you have, or will you have a sound starting device at both ends of sta rt? ______11 . Computerization: What computer system and meet management program will be used for the meet? ____ 12. Scoreboard: Will you have a team scoreboard fo r 1 - 15 places? ______Whattype?--,______13. Resting Area : Is it con venient? __ Is it shaded? __ How large? __ Indoor/Outdoor? ___ How far from the rest area to the wa ter? ______14. Locker Facilities: Women: # lockers __ Men: # lockers __ # showers # showers # toilets # toilets 26 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/ 13 15. P.A. System : In start area? __ In locker rooms? In rest area? Are speakers adequate for outdoors? ______ 16. Do you have any policies that would restrict USA sponsorship obligations? ______ OTHER INFORMATtON: 1. Hotel Headquarters: II J I r / b Name: A) /1 fVle-.~4 /"fe?(f '5 ((t':'-C; -t Add ress: ------c~' ------=------Ci ty:. ___~ ______State : Zip :______Phone:....L( _..J-______Manager's Name :. ______=..,-_--,-_..,.....,-,.,.- Number of rooms:,-___--=c-.,..,. Distance from hotel to pool :______Room rates: Single Double: Quad : ___ Describe facilities, including th e restaurants and hours of operation: ______ 2. Other Hotels: Please attach a list of other hotels with the following information: Name: Number of rooms:...,-_--,. ____ _ Room rates: Single __ Double Quad Driving time to pool :. _____ " Address:...,_------~--~-~------Contact Name: Phone:..J.,( _-'-______ 3. Please indicate the number of restaurants in each category: Fast food : 1-5 miles~ 6-10 miles ~ '1 1-20 miles ___ Inexpensive: 1-5 miles ~ 6-10 miles ~ 11-20 miles ___ Moderate: 1-5 miles 6-1 0 miles 11-2 0 miles ___ 4 . Transportation To And From l he City : Ai rlines serving the A ci t y : _--"tA;cnl~I-<-:=:,,...; , .!::14l!S~A:..:/:.:r;;7 .~LAe:..:..::""~' ~C!!v:.!-1:!.L' ..!1i'..L.:.""~f::.:r:;,!..!·tO!""'I!:!..-'--'..5'='.Jv-.Q;tU{"~=:!!.Io.:..S Lr_ <;::0.-" _ 1 I"y\p /'f' Distance from airport to the pool:c__ S""' -'-q-L!:""""=·1"-"I'J"--_~~--~..,_..,...,...",_...,...,,...... ,,....,,,_ Will there be free transportation from the hotels to the pool ? ~ Schedule? v'" -2''> How many rental vans are available at the airport? (YI~ ~ I" Car rental companies serving the city: _ £?t:\L1 !..1 --'Q1...F~2-1.!.h!c!:.."' ~'='-______ Is there a traffic problem getting to the po ol from housing? dvo If so , explain :. ___ 27 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 APPLICATION FOR SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING AND OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS .,--I--~~~""-';2 The organization that will be assigned the Championship is the: NAME: dtocl..WJ.Vu ADDRESS 70. bw 3f72> CIT~~ STATE:-----.l-'IUS'=-_~Z IP : ,~ PHONE:! ;C~ ~ 0 -3 7 (p ~ eJ L0c8, The organization President is: NAME: __b=f.""-'-u...f, --,-M_(-,<-l?=o. ~dt",------=-______ADDRESS: p_O. 'Hro'f- 3 ~z.?J CITY: 1\1Ve \0 STATE: M..S PHONE:I~1..) 2>2-\-31..\D ( ) >q~ Home Work FACILITY INFORMATION Please read the Southern Zone Championship Meet Handbook and Article 103 - Facility Standards, USA Swimming Rules and Regulations. Please be certain you understand the req uirements for hosting the meets. If the organization is awarded these Championships, we propose to conduct the meet at the following facilities . SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Name of Facility: TDP[kO AQUATIC CEtJrER 2. Name of Pool (if different):::-;=:'"""';:-::--;:-:-;=,--,----;;c=c;-:--;;-n:::-:-:--:-;;;:-:-:;-7T____ _ 3. Organization Administering Facility: TUPELQ PAR'iS r. RfC&EAliON 4 . Facility Administrator:-..e::A...,I'YI-'-'y..LJKE:L.><;.JIJOlJ>JMLFdt.LV>f--=-_---,=--=-______Address: ltAz VtcfFf2AN'S MEM6121AL.. B~vD City: TvrrLO State:--.JMc:j..;S"--_____,Zip: 3SBoL{ Phone: (&&2.) il'lO- 31&> e 5. Pool Street Address: " '12 Ve;faUlf,/'s M!"" QI? 'ft~ BLJ/P City: TUPEL 0 State: !0s ZIP :.",:3~fl-L'O",-O"';Y7-:--;-__ 6. The pool is _ Lyears old. It opened for the first time on -Pee. I») 2.D IL (date). 7. The pool is: kindoor _outdoor _indoor I outdoor 24 ' c: II '1 J SO . ZONE MEET HAN DBOOK , rev. 09/ 12 8. What is the depth of the pool? Slart end: ~' Center: 7' Turn end': '-l ,{, " Are all lanes the same depth? --,,!--'L7r-' If nol, explain: -I1... e is i1 dllf "'til , \ l.f . ' t:l{t • Please sketch a p ofile of the pool bottom wilh the depths marked: 9. There are ~ lanes for racing. Each lane is A-wide. 10. Does the pool have a wa ter heater? _ ."V.... f"'> '---___ A water cool ing system? =.,--:.;:N",O"--,=,.--;;::-::-c==:-;-::c:: 11 . Can you guarantee that the water will be the correct temperature range for competition? ¥E with no current \/H . 12. What is the ca ndTeijJOwe r lighting three feet abqve th e water with existing lights? /1J~"1' 17... .11 f (. Candlepower at finishing and turnin9!nd? J'rV.vQ.~~ \)~ ~L 13. Brand name of lane dividers {.II!~o\.o( (t~ . 14 . What type of gutter system is installed? "'\,(1& :10'53< ~u;g;; ... 15. Warm-Up Pool(s): (min of 6 lanes) Length J 5" ' \oYl>Ith 36' Depth at Shallow end: __3u-' _----'C,L'_' __ Number of lanes ~ Width of lanes 1 ' Starting Platforms N 0 Indoor/ou tdoor-p-0-071-~J""J-., A. Is it installed or rented ? .,-fI.!-'Nsr=fI"'l"L... f.... UL--_-.,,--._-===,,-, _ B. Name of touch pads to le,c,041 1:.-...t ~.."., 1"" A'i"'1'/~S C. Name of back up system D. Where is it located? ------E. Is a readout scoreboard i ns tall~d ? _Y"lv'-'''--,3,--______If not will you rent one? -=--i-N'-+-{!!1-______How many lines? '1.' ' ( L _ L J....J c.h 18. Do you have, or will you have a sound starting device under each lane? "\!!:> l ~flU'-Ll!-r "'OU/TT~ ~~t6o. "\ 19. Computerization: ~~ ,- Of"") What computer system and meet management program will be used for the meet? ~ -re.l6 20. Scoreboard: Will you have a team scoreboard for 1 -15 places? ______What type? ==------,-"7""'=~_,_,_,..,..,_=__=-,-,_,_,_~------21. What are the deck measurements? Left sideJfOH" Right side~ Turning end ~c.,I' Behind start~~ /I S'O 0 22. Total seating capacity in pool area en I -rr min of 1200 seating) (min deck space 550-700) Right side of pool _ _ _ Left side of pool Starting end Turning end,____ _ Comments: !l,n SU~'j ~S 6" Ill\( 5 ,' c\.e 23. Resting Area: '" j'I Is it convenient? .....lL- Is it shaded? ~ How large? __ Indoor/Outdoor? How far from th e root area to the pool~ ! Q M·d!' S 25 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/13 24 . Locker Facilities: (20 s\Nj(nmer+ equipment min) ~ Women: # lockers Z. '1 U Men: # lockers 100 # showers 5" # showers ~ # toilets -L # toilets _~_ 25 . PA System: ," A In pool area? ~ In locker rooms? ~ In rest area? ~ Are acoustics atceptable if indoors? _----1~p:... SL------ Are speakers adequate if outdoors? ~j>J, 26 . Will the facilities be available to the s-w-'i.,-lrrlr-',mLe~rs-"'o-nl'y--'o-n-a-f'-u-;;II--Cti--'m-e-Cb'asis beginning one day before the meet? ~£S 28 . Do you ave any policies that would restrict USA sponsorship obligations? "o,.,e: 29.Per USA Swimming Rules and Regulations NO NOISE MAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED AT MEET. 30.will meet marshals be available throughout the meet? ____ OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Name of Facility:=.,-,-----,~=-_,,------2. Name of Body of Water (if different): 3. Organization Administering Facility: ------4. Facility Administrator:______Address:______-=:-:- ______=- ______City: State:______,Zip : Phone: ( ------5. Facility Street Address:__ _ __r;; =-.,.______=-,---- ______City: State:.-cc-----;--,-,:c-_ __~ Zip: ___~__;__c,.-- 6. The facility is _ _ years old. It opened for the first time on ______(date). 7. What is the depth of the water? Start: Ave . course depth:c-_ ---,- Please sketch a profile of the body of water with the course and depths marked: 8. What will the water temperature (estimate)? ______ 9. Timing system trad e name and model : ______A. Name of back up system B. Where is it located? ------C. Is a readout scoreboard installed? ______If not will you rent one? -----;--:--cc--,---,-----,.,...-,.,------,- 10. Do you have, or will you have a sound starting device at both ends of start? ______11. Computerization: What computer system and meet management program will be used for the meet?_ _ _ _ 12. Scoreboard: Will you have a team scoreboard for 1 • 15 places? ______What~p e ?__,.------13. Resting Area: Is it convenient? __ Is it shaded? _ _ How large? __ Indoor/Outdoor? ___ How far from the rest area to the water? ______14. Locker Facilities: Women: # lockers Men : # lockers _ _ # showers # showers # toilets # toilets 26 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/13 15. P.A. System: In start area? ~ In locker rooms? ~ In rest area? ~ Are speakers adequate for outdoors? ---'I''t>''"'------ 16. Do you have any policies that would restrict USA sponsorship obligations? ______ OTHER INFORMATION: 1. Hotel Headquarte s: /' A.' ~. \ --r:.,., L Name:__ _ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~'N~N~~~ ______AddffiSS~:~_~~~~-~~~LL~~'~~~n-____~_~~~ ______City: I D State : --.'""",~ ___,Zip : .3 ~'('o Phone : ...l..~ !.!v~~~~:h~~in~c~lu~d~inzg~tLhje~re~s~ta~u~rn~n~t~~an[d~ha~u~rs~o ~ {'eJ (l-~MtS w,,,",",, ''::' f~01~~e~ra~ti~0~n:?DO :~~~~~~~hD~~~J[~/~,~~~.'. ,,-,' D 2. Other Hotels: Please attach Ilist of qther hotels with the following information: Name: l",!'2 IJ 1l\4-lt; Number of rooms: Room rates: Single _ _ Double _ _ Quad~ Driving time-t-o-p-0-071 :-~5~1\1-'-N76- Address: \Ol~ ~'l.-l.h 3. Please indicate the number of restaurants in each category: Fast food: 1-5 miles 6-10 miles 11-20 miles Inexpensive: 1-5 miles 6-10 miles 11-20 miles--- Moderate: 1-5 miles 6-10 miles 11 -20 miles ___ 4. Transportation To And From The City: ~ Ayines serving.!,tJl! citY : ",---,-~.:sec....~~<1~~~.!J_Ll--,-;;--:-_---f:!-_ _ ---'-;--_ _ *" _____ ~XV\y;h.iJ. )N CcILLvnbl,.,J. M~, i3'rm.'~IY" AI o..t /:(.1 (120('t I 1 Is there a traffic problem getting to the pool from housing?:--,4J'-'-r----,lf so, explain:;_-- e." CIA' "',. ;L - 4 tc:..n(. alOJ 'i.e, S 27 TUE TUPELO AQUATIC CENTER 0'@~~ po Box 3608 Located in Veterans Park in Tupelo, 692 Veterans Blvd. Tupelo, MS 38804 § ,- ;:; Tupelo. MS 38803 I- r ;0 www.tupeloaquatics.com 662 .840.3768 ~acility Information: • Total square footage is 43,665 • The building has a meet square feet management space of 236 sq ft • Seating capacity of 971 people with direct view of the competition • Myrtha competition pool is 20 pool lane, 25 yard pool/S lane, 50 • Two Colorado Time System meter Scoreboards (One is a 9' x 16' full color • Separate 3,000 sq feet teaching displayed between the two pools at the pool end of the 50 meter pool and the other is • 1,000 sq ft men's & 1,200 sq ft a 6'4" x 12'6" spectator board displayed women's locker room with showers, on side wall) lavatories, and toilets/urinals For more information on sports facilities in Tupelo, visit www.tupelo.net. For more information on Tupelo's aquatics program, call 662-840-3768 or email amy.kennedy@fupe/oms.gov. or go to www.tupeloaquatics.com i=or information about Tupelo's attractions such as Elvis Presley® Birthplace, Tupelo Buffalo Park, l-IealthWorks! Kids Museum, shopping, dining, and family-fun special events, visit our website at www.tupelo.net or give us a call at 600-533-0611. Imagine wltat you can clo Itere! ©ABG EPI: IP LlC Reg. U.S. Pat. & TM. Off. Veterans Park , Tupelo, Mississippi Partnership: City of Tupelo Parks & Recreation Department Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau Shockwave Aquatic Club Location: Tupelo – Meet in the Middle in the Southern Zone Tupelo is in the heart of the Southeast Region Located right on the future I‐22 corridor between Birmingham and Memphis Driving Distances Little Rock 4 hours Nashville 4 hours New Orleans 5 hours Atlanta 5 hours Orlando 12 hours Dallas 9 hours Charlotte 9 hours Louisville 656.5 hours Air Travel –Tupelo is serviced by Seaport connection through Nashville Tennessee ClColum bus MS, MMhiemphis, Birm ing ham, MMluscle Shoal s are all within a two hour drive from Tupelo Tupelo Aquatic Facility: Stadium seating view: Starting block view: Aquatics Center Layout: Veterans Park Site Map: Aquatic Center Specs: Total square footage – 43,665 sq. ft. Seating Capacity – 970+ spectators & 600 athletes Training/Teaching Pool – 3,000 sq. ft. Competition Pool –20 lane 25 yard pool/8 lane 50 meter Locker Rooms –Women’s 1,200 sq. ft, Men’s 1,000 sq. ft Family Changing Rooms Deck Space – 11,000 sq. ft Multi‐Purpose Room – 1,316 sq. ft w/214 sq. ft. kitchen Exercise Deck –1,200 sq. ft. Commons Area – 1,435 sq. ft. Meet Management Space – 236 sq. ft. Offices –1,280 sq. ft. w/130 sq. ft. conference room Scheduled past and future meets: 2014 MS Swimming Short 2014 Mississippi High Course State Meet – School Activities 368 swimmers Association State 2014 MS Swimming Long Championships Course State Meet – 2015 MS Swimming Short 418 swimmers Course State Meet 2014 Dixie Zone Masters 2015 USA Swimming Swim Meet –42 swimmers Southern Zone Meet Hotels, Restaurants, and Attractions: Tupelo has over 1800 hotel rooms All hotels are less than 10 miles away from the Aquatic Center There are over 130 restaurants in Tupelo Some Area Attractions fun for the athletes and coaches: Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo Tupelo Automobile Museum Healthworks! Museum The Mall at Barnes Crossing Elvis Presley Birthplace Coaches Info: Welcoming Social for teams and coaches Tupelo will secure a location to host all athletes for a social function that they all will be able to attend and have a fun time. Catering for teams The Tupelo Aquatic Center staff will have pre‐meet packets available to all teams well in advance of the meet. These will include many options for teams to order food from and have it delivered. The lis ting will iildnclude fdfood, priiicing lis t, and tlteleph one number provided by the restaurants. Tupelo works directly with the North Mississippi Medical Center Sports Medicine Unit to provide NATA certified athletic trainers for all sporting events. Veterans Park , Tupelo, Mississippi Southern Zone Diversity and Inclusion 2014 Report - Be Diverse AND Include Information Update • Diversity and Inclusion Chair of each LSC needs to be an active participant within the LSC • USAS recommends Diversity and Inclusion Chair be a voting member on the LSC board • USAS encourages all the LSCs to have a Diversity Camp on the even years, alternating with the Southern Zone Diversity Camp • Create a Diversity and Inclusion Page on LSC website • LSC Diversity and Inclusion Chair please send me the link ([email protected] • Not only should we be diverse, but we need to include and make everyone feel welcome • IE - Celebrate MLK or Hispanic Heritage Month • 3 LSCs reported facilitating a Diversity Camp: South Carolina, North Texas, and South Texas • USAS provides $5,000 for Zone Diversity Camp, we need to explore funding opportunities for Zone to match USAS $5,000 • IE - Central Zone splits surcharge of Senior and Age Group Zones Meet for Diversity Zone Budget. Western Zone - $0.10/member (Sept-March) for each LSC sent to Zone Diversity Budget • SZ Diversity and Inclusion Committee: Rodney Sellars (NC) and Cedric Rawls (ST), and myself (NT) • We need one athlete (contact me Zone and LSC Camps • SZ Camp tentatively scheduled June 18-21, 2015 at the University of Texas at Arlington • Each LSC outlines the athlete application/guidelines • 2 females and 2 males (ages 13-16) • LSC Diversity and Inclusion Chair • South Carolina Diversity and Inclusion Camp (May 2014) • North Texas and South Texas Diversity and Inclusion Camp (June 2014) Southern Zone Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator Report Suzanne Dangelmaier! (www.marswim.org) ! Southern Zone Diversity Camp 2015 will be held June 18-21 at University of Texas at Arlington. 3 LSCs reported facilitating a Diversity Camp: South Carolina, North Texas, and South Texas. USA Swimming wants the Diversity and Inclusion Chair of each LSC be an active participant within the LSC. USA Swimming does recommend that the Diversity and Inclusion Chair be a voting member on the LSC board. USA Swimming would encourages all the LSCs to have a Diversity Camp on the even years, alternating with the Southern Zone Diversity Camp. ! ! South Carolina Diversity/Inclusion Committee Diversity Select Camp May 2014 - News Letter SC Swimming First Ever Diversity Camp The camp was an outstanding success. The Aquatic Director at the Drew Wellness Center, began the camp with the opening address and tour. He gave a tour of the center showing pictures of African-American competitive swimmers in the 1950's to 1972. The motivational speaker, Christopher Sullivan, inspired the athletes with words of wisdom. Mr. Sullivan, who is a 26 years old entrepreneur, discussed the importance of setting goals. He told them the importance of setting a goal, making a plan and working the plan. He used himself, a young business owner, as an example of what can happen when you set goals and work hard. The new women’s swim coach at Columbia College, Jason Gallaher, addressed the athletes. He spoke to the athletes about the Clearing House, SAT, ACT and encouraged them to search college websites and fill out their swim team department questionnaire. He coached the swimmers in the first pool session with some college practice sets. The afternoon session began with Coach Shawn Hendrix swim coach at North Carolina A&T. She started talking with athletes about education and college swimming with right attitude. Then she did a dry land exercise session that included Yoga and stretches. After the dry land session, she had the swimmers in the pool and had them perform various drills. She explained the importance of the drills and the need for proper conditioning. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! We closed out the camp with a goal setting session with the athletes and their parents. They discussed the importance of the family unit, with both the athlete and the parents working toward achievable athletic goals. The athletes were reminded of the importance of respect for adults and the need! to develop a good moral character and roses for each mother! During the lunch session, Ms. Lisa Love, a dietician from the University of South Carolina, counseled the athletes about nutrition. She outlined the right foods to eat before and after practice and swim meets in order to maximize performance. She had an open question and answer session after her presentation.! ! ! ! ! North Texas and South Texas LSCs ! ! North Texas Swimming and South Texas Swimming hosted their first Diversity Select Camp in Arlington Texas on June 7, 2014. The one-day camp was held at the University of Texas at Arlington. Fifteen athletes were represented from eight teams across the two LSCs for the inaugural select camp. Head coaches for the camp were Shannon Gillespy, representing North Texas, and Scott Gainey, representing South Texas. Camp staff included three additional coaches from the NT LSC. Athletes had the opportunity to interact with each other, learn from their experiences in and out of the water, and participate in an educational session. Brett Ringgold, who competed for USA Swimming at the 2013 FINA World Junior Championships, shared his experiences as an athlete with the camp attendees. During the sessions with Brett, he shared his training experiences, nutritional information, and experiences being a part of the National Select and National Diversity Select camps. As a member of the camp staff, Brett also spent valuable time with the athletes in the water. Diversity Select camps provide athletes from underrepresented populations programming in and out of the pool which empowers swimmers at the local, LSC, Zone, and USA Swimming levels. Camp programming includes pool training, motivational, educational sessions, and team building activities. Special thanks to Betsie Cook, Audrey Cormack, Suzanne Dangelmaier, Cedric Rawls, and Andy Ringgold. A photostream of the camp, taken by Andy Ringgold, can be seen at https://www.flickr.com/photos/aringo/sets/ 72157644666979458. The Southern Zone Handbook committee was charged with rewriting/ editing the Southern Zone Age Group Championship Handbook. Please accept the following committee recommendations as proposed legislation for the 2014 Southern Zone Meeting. 1. Remove Section I, II, and III: Responsibilities of Zone Age Group Chairman, Meet Evaluation Committee Job Description, Meet Bid Procedure. Re‐number remaining sections. Reasoning: Redundant with Zone By‐Laws. 2. Reworded “Zone Meet Host Responsibilities, At the Meet, line regarding timers” Reasoning: Simplified language 3. Eliminated the designation of a “trading post.” Reasoning: Was not being done by meet hosts. 4. Removed the athlete parade from the meet information. This allows hosts to run at their discretion, but removes requirement. Reasoning: Parade was not supported by committee or assorted coaches surveyed. 5. Changed and simplified language in regards to results distribution requirements. Reasoning: Language was dated and did not reflect central distribution through a website. 6. Deleted eligibility statement under “Visiting LSC Obligations”. Reasoning: Redundant to Zone Meet Rules and Regulations 7. Changed Code of Conduct to an LSC created Code of Conduct. Reasoning: Zone Code of Conduct is redundant to both the LSC Code of Conduct and USA Swimming Athlete and Coach Code of Conduct. 8. Changed chaperone requirements to reflect 5 to 1 athlete to chaperone/coach ratio, with a maximum of 12 chaperones. Reasoning: Language throughout document was contradictory. Simplified. 9. Formatted Section III: Zone Meet Rules and Regulations to include liability and eligibility sections. Reasoning: Formatting and organization of document change. 10. Awards section updated to state only 1st‐3rd place awards will be handed out on medal stand. All others will be given to Zone Head Coach. Reasoning: Speeding up Finals session. 11. Amount of Champions Medals and t‐shirts was amended to reflect actual amount needed. Reasoning: Every athlete on winning team should receive shirt and medal. Maximum of 54 athletes on a winning team. 12. Inserted Meet Committee into Section III. Reasoning: Appropriate place. 13. Deleted items 7‐10 under Section IV: Zone Meet Disability Information. Reasoning: Matches scoring of disability athletes that is in current meet information. 14. Deleted Sample Meet Information within Meet Handbook. This changes Appendix I to include only warm‐up procedure and order of events. Reasoning: Allows host team to format the Meet Information as they see fit, and also eliminates chance of error in meet information by only including information once within Meet Handbook. Zone Age Group Chair will provide host team with a sample meet information packet that the host team can choose to use. 15. Changed Warm‐up group names from 1, 2, 3 to A, B, C. Reasoning: Helps avoid confusion. 16. Deleted LSC Mailing Roster. Reasoning: Not needed anymore. 17. Deleted Zone Code of Conduct. Reasoning: Redundant to LSC and USA Swimming Code of Conduct. 18. Various formatting updates that do not change content. Reasoning: Aesthetic. 19. Remove Appendix IV: Zone Meet Records. Reasoning: It would exist better as its own document on the website. USA Swimming Southern Zone Meet Handbook (Revised 9/2012) SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE MEET HANDBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS: SECTION I RESPONSIBILITIES OF ZONE AGE GROUP CHAIRMAN 3 SECTION II ZONE MEET EVALUATION COMMITTEE 4 SECTION III ZONE MEET BIDS 4 SECTION IV ZONE MEET HOST RESPONSIBILITIES 5 SECTION V VISITING LSC OBLIGATIONS 7 SECTION VI ZONE MEET RULES AND REGULATIONS 8 SECTION VII ZONE MEET DISABILITY INFORMATION 11 APPENDIX I ZONE MEET INFORMATION LETTERS (SAMPLE) 13 APPENDIX II ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS BID APPLICATION 26 APPENDIX III ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP FORMS 31 FINANCIAL REPORTS FORMS 31 EVALUATION FORM 32 LSC MAILING ROSTER FORM 34 CODE OF CONDUCT 35 APPENDIX IV ZONE MEET RECORDS 36 2 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 See Zone By-Laws for Age Group Chair Job DescriptionSECTION I - RESPONSIBILITIES OF ZONE AGE GROUP CHAIRMAN The Zone Age Group Chairman (Z.A.G.C.) shall be elected by the Zone members in even years to serve a two-year term. Pre-meet Act as Meet Coordinator for the Annual Southern Zone Age Group Championships and the Annual Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championships. Following the annual meeting, put together the general meet information for the upcoming year's host. By January 1, forward drafts to Zone Directors, Zone Secretary and meet host for review. Approve the final draft of the meet information for both meets, as completed by the meet host. Ensure the meet host distributes meet information in accordance with Section IV. To ensure smoothly run, quality competitions for the athletes, the Z.A.G.C. shall act as liaison between LSC's, meet host and Zone Directors regarding any questions or problems that may arise prior to the meets. Meets The Z.A.G.C. or Designee will attend the meets to ensure smoothly run, quality competitions for the athletes; the Z.A.G.C. shall run the General Meeting prior to the start of competition and Chair the Meet Committee. Post-meet Work with meet host to ensure that post-meet obligations are met in a timely manner. Chair the Zone Championship Evaluation Committee and report on that Committee’s meeting to the annual meeting of the Zone. Update the Southern Zone Meet Records and distribute them to the member LSC’s at the Annual Southern Zone Meeting at the USA Swimming Convention. Zone Handbook Will update the Zone Handbook as required and directed by the voting membership of the Southern Zone LSC’s attending the Southern Zone Meetings at each year’s USA Swimming Convention. Ensure that the distribution of the Southern Zone Handbook will be as follows: One (1) Copy to each of the member LSC’s General Chairman. One (1) Copy to each of the member LSC’s Age Group Chairman. One (1) copy to each of the Southern Zone Directors. Ensure that a copy of the Meet Handbook is posted on the Southern Zone Website, if applicable. 3 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 See Zone By-Laws for Meet Evaluation Committee Job Description SECTION II - ZONE MEET EVALUATION COMMITTEE Formatted: Font: (Intl) Arial Unicode MS Membership The Z.A.G.C. shall serve as Chairman. At least six (6) additional members shall be appointed by the Z.A.G.C. If at all possible the committee should include: the immediate past Zone Meet Director; the immediate past Meet Referee; no more than one (1) representative from each LSC; representation from coaches, athletes and lay people. Purpose and Duties Shall meet at the annual convention to evaluate past meets and establish the meet format, order of events, fees and general procedures for the conduct of the meet. Any item included in this provision may be rejected by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the SZC at the annual meeting. An amendment or substitute of a rejected item may be adopted by a majority vote of the SZC. SECTION III - ZONE MEET BIDS Bid Procedures A written statement of LSC intention to bid must be submitted to the Z.A.G.C. thirty (30) days prior to the first session of the annual Zone meeting. (Convention) This written proposal shall include general information on the facilities (Appendix II). No additional bids will be accepted after this time. Zone Meet bids must be made 2 years in advance beginning with the 2004 USA Convention. All bidders must agree to meet or exceed all of the criteria and requirements contained in this handbook as well as in the USAS Zone Age Group Championship Contract. OW bid to remain “connected” with pool bid Bidding host to provide historical venue viability data at time of bid. Also provide contingency plan in case of unforeseen venue closure (POW). • Bidding hosts can elect to not host OW event. • If bidding host declines OW bid other LSCs or teams can submit bid for OW only, including at a different date or in conjunction with an existing event within the zone. Rotation o The rotation was suspended at the Convention in 2007. Facility Requirements The facility shall meet the preferred standards for National Championships as found in the current USA Swimming Rules and Regulations. Facilities must have the capability to run the meet in two courses or from "both ends" of the same course (chase starts). Must have 50 split capabilities. An on-site warm-up pool is required Awarding of Bids A majority vote of LSC Representatives attending the annual meeting is required for site selection.See Zone By- Laws for Meet Bid Procedure Formatted: Font: 8 pt, Not Bold, (Intl) Arial Formatted: Indent: Left: 1", No bullets or numbering, Tab stops: Not at 1.25" 4 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 SECTION IIV - ZONE MEET HOST RESPONSIBILITIES Pre-meet Obligations By March 1, the Meet Host will have a conference call with all LSC Zone Team Directors. Formatted: Font: 8 pt, (Intl) Arial By March 1, the meet host shall add specifics (i.e. key officials' names, pool specifications, warm-up procedure, admission fees (if any), hotels, restaurants, maps, special events, etc.) to the meet information draft provided by the Z.A.G.C. and return completed information letter to the Z.A.G.C. By March 1, the meet host shall distribute the completed meet information to the Z.A.G.C., Zone Directors, Zone Secretary and the LSC's in the following manner: one (1) copy each to the LSC General Chair, LSC Age Group Chair, Official's Chair and permanent office. Formatted: Font: 6.5 pt, (Intl) Arial By March 1, the meet information will be posted on the Southern Zone Website. By July 1, the meet host shall mail an invitation, registration to officiate form to the Official's Chair of each LSC, and a current address form for key positions in the LSC (see #2 above for positions) to the General Chairman of each LSC. Such forms should be returned to the meet host by the entry deadline. In addition, the host agrees to the following: To sign and adhere to all requirements and agreements in the USA Swimming Zone Age Group Championship Meet contract and the USA Swimming Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championships. Post a Psych Sheet, timelines and info needed 24 Hrs after the entries have been received. To provide a specific, detailed warm-up schedule and procedure in the meet information letter and ensure the enforcement of these procedures by the Meet Marshals. To provide pool time for practice/warm-up one (1) day prior to the start of the meet. Additional time may be scheduled at the discretion of the Meet Director (the day of the distance/meeting event in the morning). To provide a meeting room for the General Meeting which shall be held two (2) hours prior to the first event of the meet and 1 hour prior to the start of the first open water event. Officials - The following minimum standards for the number of officials at the Zone Championships: 1 Referee; 1 Starter; 2 Place Judges; 2 Stroke Judges; 4 Turn Judges; Administrative Referee; Marshals as needed; Relay Take-Off Judges as necessary. To provide heat sheets to all LSC coaches and meet officials. To provide an Exception Report at the General Meeting for all to view and correct. To check membership credentials of all coaches, chaperones and officials as required by USA Swimming. To determine, in consultation with the Z.A.G.C., the make-up of the Meet Committee. The Committee shall include the Z.A.G.C. or Designee (Chairman) Head Referee, two (2) coaches, and two (2) athletes appointed from three (3) randomly selected LSC's. This committee shall have jurisdiction over questions of entry, eligibility, technical protests with the exception of officials' judgment calls and weather issues. The Meet Committee Meeting may only be called by the Z.A.G.C. (or Designee) or the Head Referee. To apply for national certification for meet officials. To provide all awards, individual and team, for the meet. Provide a Championship Ready Room for finals as is the preferred standard for National Championship Meets away from the pool deck. 5 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 At the Meet The host shall provide preliminary heat sheets; finals heat sheets and final results. Each of the publications shall include the Southern Zone Meet Records (Appendix V), all National Qualifying Times and National Top 16 Reportable Times. The prelim heat sheets shall be available no later than the start of the General Meeting. The finals heat sheets shall be available prior to the start of finals each day. A maximum of twelve (12) deck passes will be issued to each LSC for those coaches, managers and/or chaperones listed on the meet entry form. Excluding disability assistance with a maximum of two (2) passes. The host shall be responsible for providing all timers and officials necessary to conduct the meet. Any visiting officials are encouraged to assist in officiating the meet. At which time the meet host cannot provide adequate timers the team timing assignments shall apply, two (2) timing passes will be issued to each LSC to be worn only by the timer when timing. (see warm-up procedure for timing assignments)The meet host shall be responsible for arranging timers either through their own volunteers or assigning attending LSC’s timing responsibilities. There shall be an OVC official or OVC applications at the meet, in order that OVC's may be issued in a timely manner. The host shall designate a "trading post" area where swimmers may exchange equipment. The host shall distribute a copy of the Meet Evaluation Form to the Head Coach of each LSC, the Head Referee, the Z.A.G.C. or Designee and the 2 athletes on the Meet Committee and collect them prior to the Conclusion of the meet. Meet production shall include: Finalist Ready Room (this must be away from the pool deck); Formatted: Tab stops: 0.75", Left Athlete/Coach Credentials; Athlete, Seating on deck; Finalist Introductions and Awards Ceremony. The athlete parade will commence Friday before the finals session. Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.75", Hanging: Post-Meet 0.25", Outline numbered + Level: 1 + Electronic copies of the final results must be presented within fifteen (15) days after the completion of the Numbering Style: Bullet + Aligned at: competition to Swimming World Magazine, the Zone Directors, Z.A.G.C., Zone Secretary, USA Swimming 0.75" + Tab after: 0.75" + Indent at: 0.75", Tab stops: 0.75", Left Open Water Swimming Coordinator, and the following from each participating LSC: General Chairman; Age Group Chairman, Head Coach and permanent office. Electronic copies should be sent to the USA Swimming Domestic Technical Director. Head Coaches, wishing to receive a copy, should leave e-mail addresses with the meet host. Final results must include each participant’s age and LSC designation. One disk copy of the final results in SDI formatHy-Tek results files shall be e-mailedsent to each participating LSC's Top 16 Tabulator and the National Top 16 Coordinator and the Z.A.G.C, along with a hard copy.the host LSC’s swim chair, the Z.A.G.C., and each Zone Head Coach. The results shall also be sent to the Southern Zone website for posting within fifteen (15) days after the completion of the competition. The meet host is also encouraged to send the results to various swim publications. All financial reports (Appendix III) must be filed with the Zone Directors, Z.A.G.C. and USA Swimming Athlete Development Director no later than thirty (30) days following the last day of the competition. The Meet Director's report/meet evaluation and the Meet Evaluations filled out at the meet shall be submitted to the Z.A.G.C. no later than thirty (30) days following the last day of the competition. 6 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Formatted: Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned SECTION IIV - VISITING LSC OBLIGATIONS at: 0.5" + Indent at: 0.75" Formatted: Font: 10 pt Responsibilities Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.75", Outline o The official contact within each LSC shall be the Age Group Chair unless the LSC informs the Meet Director numbered + Level: 1 + Numbering Style: and Z.A.G.C. otherwise. Bullet + Aligned at: 0.75" + Tab after: o Each LSC shall determine its own team selection procedures that within the follow the eligibilitying 0.75" + Indent at: 0.75" guidelines. Formatted: Font: (Intl) Arial o Formatted: Font: 10 pt o Each LSC shall create their own Code of Conduct Form.Any swimmer who has ever achieved the current Summer Junior National Championship Time Standard in any event (long or short course) prior to the Formatted: Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned latest possible entry deadline {the actual date shall be published in the meet information letter} is at: 0.5" + Indent at: 0.75" ineligible for competition in the Southern Zone Age Group Championships. Formatted: Tab stops: Not at 0.96" o Maximum of eight participants of each gender in each age group 11-12, 13-14 and 15-18 age group. Formatted: Font: 10 pt Maximum total number on each LSC's team is Forty-eight (48). Master entry shall include each athlete's o Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.75", Outline name, age, home club and complete USA Swimming number. numbered + Level: 1 + Numbering Style: o Master entry shall include the name, address and phone number of the person in charge of entries for the Bullet + Aligned at: 0.75" + Tab after: LSC. 0.75" + Indent at: 0.75" o Entries for the pool meet must be on Hy-Tek (or other approved team manager software) with electronic Formatted: Font: 10 pt delivery or hand delivered to the Meet Director by 12:00pm on the Monday of the week of the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships. A psych sheet and timeline for the meet must be posted on the Formatted: Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned Southern Zone website by midnight on Monday. The entries for the Open Water Competition shall be brought at: 0.5" + Indent at: 0.75" to or faxed in by the entry deadline listed in the Zone Open Water Meet Information Letter. Formatted: Font: 10 pt The person in charge of entries for the LSC shall phone the Meet Director after e-mailing the entries o Formatted: Font: 10 pt to ensure the entries have been received by the host. o Entry Fees for both meets shall be hand delivered to the Meet Director prior to the conclusion Formatted: Bulleted + Level: 2 + Aligned of the General Meeting at the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships. at: 1" + Indent at: 1.25" o. Each Head Coach is responsible for ensuring his/her team's compliance with the published Formatted: Bulleted + Level: 3 + Aligned warm-up guidelines and procedures for the host LSC and Facility. at: 1.5" + Indent at: 1.75" o Each LSC shall at the earliest possible date forward to the Meet Director a list of officials who are Formatted: Font: 10 pt interested in working at the meet. o Each LSC Head Coach shall attend the General Meeting, which shall be held a minimum of two hours prior to Formatted: Font: 10 pt the start of warm-up for the meet. Formatted: Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned o Each LSC shall designate at least one (1) and no more than three (3) team captains. At at: 0.5" + Indent at: 0.75", Tab stops: Not . least one of whom shall attend the general meeting. at 1" o Each LSC shall have a Team Staff with Coaches and Chaperones at a ratio of one (1) adult Formatted: Font: (Intl) Arial (Coach/Chaperone) to every five (5) swimmers attending the meet, with a mandatory requirement of up to a maximum of eight (8)twelve (12) adults. These Zone Team Staff Members must stay with the team Formatted: Font: 10 pt throughout the duration of the trip. Formatted: Font: 10 pt o The Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championships will be open to all Year-round USA Swimming Formatted: Font: Arial, 10 pt registered members of the Southern Zone. Formatted: List Paragraph, Bulleted + Level: 3 + Aligned at: 1.5" + Indent at: SECTION IIIVI - ZONE MEET RULES AND REGULATIONS 1.75" Formatted: Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned at: 0.5" + Indent at: 0.75", Tab stops: Not Dates at 1" o The dates of the meets shall be determined by a majority vote of LSC representatives at the annual Formatted: Font: 10 pt meeting. Formatted: Font: 10 pt Rules Formatted: Font: 8 pt, (Intl) Arial o The meets shall be conducted according to the rules of USA Swimming. Formatted: Indent: Hanging: 0.75", Liability Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned at: 0.75" + o The meet is held under the sanction of USA Swimming, inc., and the meet host. In granting this sanction, Indent at: 1", Tab stops: 0.5", Left + Not it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming, inc., and all meet officials shall be free from any at 1" liabilities or claims for damage arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. Damage to the facility, when proven, will cause the offending swimmer's LSC to be held account- able for Formatted ... [1] Formatted ... [2] 7 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 repairs. Formatted: Tab stops: 3.01", Left + Not Eligibility at 0.25" + 0.5" + 0.75" + 1" + 1.25" o All swimmers shall be USA Swimming year-round registered athletes, and must be registered with an LSC within the Southern Zone.. o Each LSC may select a maximum of forty-eight (48) athletes for its team. They may select a maximum of eight (8) females and eight (8) males in each of the 11-12, 13-14 and 15-18 age groups. o Any swimmer who has ever achieved the current Summer Junior National Championship Time Standard in any event (long or short course) prior to the latest possiblefourteen (14) days before the entry deadline {the actual date shall be published in the meet information letter} is ineligible for competition in the Southern Zone Age Group Championships. o The age of a swimmer on the first day of the respective meet shall determine the swimmer's age for that meet. Events The order of events is published in Appendix I. Formatted: Font: 8 pt, (Intl) Arial Open Water USA Swimming Open Water Guidelines are published in the USA Swimming HandbookAppendix IV. Entries Formatted: Font: Arial q Entries for each meet must be submitted using Hy-Tek or other approved automated entry software. A Formatted: List Paragraph, Indent: zip file of the team entries, as well as an MSWord or .pdf by Name document and Entry Fee Report Hanging: 0.75", Bulleted + Level: 2 + documents are required, and must be e-mail to the meet director or meet entry chairman. No other forms Aligned at: 0.75" + Indent at: 1" of entry shall be accepted. Formatted: Font: Arial, 10 pt, Bold q Master entry shall include the name, address and phone number of the person in charge of entries for the LSC. Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.75", Bulleted + Each LSC shall identify in the electronic message, the name and telephone of the person responsible for Level: 1 + Aligned at: 0.25" + Indent at: 0.5", Tab stops: Not at 1" their entries. Each LSC shall bring to the general meeting, a copy of their LSC's Official Selection Procedure for this Formatted: Tab stops: Not at 0.96" meet. Entries shall include each swimmer's first and last name, age as of the first day of the meet, home club and their complete USA Swimming number. A list of coaches and chaperones up to 12 individuals must accompany the entries and may be e-mailed. Formatted: Font: 8 pt, (Intl) Arial By the end of the general meeting, each LSC shall turn in to SZAGC signed LSC Code of Conduct Forms from each athlete. Entry limits • Each LSC is limited to o Three (3) individual entries for the 400 Free/400 IM/800 /1500 FREE o Unlimited entries for all other individual events, o One (1) relay team per relay event. • Each swimmer is limited to o Six (6) individual events for the meet (entered), o Three (3) individual events per day (entered). Formatted: Indent: Left: 1.75" o Entry Fees Formatted: Font: (Default) Arial, 10 pt, o Entry Fees for both meets shall be hand delivered to the Meet Director prior to the conclusion of the Bold General Meeting at the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships.. q Formatted: List Paragraph, Bulleted + q Entry fees for Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships: Level: 1 + Aligned at: 0.5" + Indent at: • Individual events - $7.50/event. 0.75" • Relay events - $10.00/event. Formatted: Font: Bold • Fees may be changed by a majority vote of the LSC representatives in attendance at the annual Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.75", Bulleted + meeting. Level: 1 + Aligned at: 0.25" + Indent at: Entry fees for Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championships: 0.5", Tab stops: Not at 0.5" • $25.00 per event • **2007 and beyond – All swimmers entered in the Southern Zone Meet will pay a $7.50 Formatted: Font: 8 pt, (Intl) Arial 8 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Surcharge which will go to the Open Water Host, regardless of participation. Swimmers not in the Southern Zone Meet will pay the entry fee of $25.00. Seeding • Only long course times shall be used for seeding. • The 11-12 400 Free, the 13-14 and 15-18 800/1500 Free shall be deck-seeded, timed final events. Positive check-in will be required. The heats in these events will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating women and men. • All other individual events will be seeded as Prelim/Final events. • All relays will be swum as timed finals during the Finals sessions. • Re-seeding shall only be done in the case of administrative error by the host. • Under no circumstance will any swimmer left off the LSC’s original Entry Form be permitted to swim any event(s) in the meet. Scratches No penalty for scratches on the blocks in the preliminaries. For deck-seeded events, swimmers who are checked in and then fail to compete will be barred from their next individual event. For the Finals, those swimmers who qualify for the finals and fail to declare their intention to scratch to the Head Referee or Clerk of Course (whichever is applicable) with in thirty (30) minutes of the announcement of the finalists for that event, and then fail to scratch within thirty (30) minutes of their last event of that session and then fail to compete in the event in the finals, will be barred from all subsequent competition in the meet. (Exception: The Head Referee may allow a swimmer to compete further if based on his judgment, the swimmer was ill or the reason for missing the final was beyond the control of the swimmer.). Scoring Each meet shall be scored separately. Each LSC shall be scored as a team for the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championship. Each Zone Team and Individual team entering the Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championship shall be scored separately for this meet. Each event shall be scored according to the amount of lanes in use at said facility. (Ex, 8 Lanes score to 8, 10 Lanes score to 10). • Each event shall be scored to eight places under the following system: o Individual events: (8 lane) 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1/(10 lane) 11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 o Relay events: (8 lane) 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/(10 lane) 22-18-16-14-12- 10-8-6-4-2 Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championship: • The Top 16 Open Water swimmers will score in each age group and gender. The scoring will be as follows: o Individual events: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Awards All Awards shall be given to 1st through 3rd place after each set of events with the last set of events being Formatted: Superscript awarded the next night. All other awards will be presented to the LSC Head Coach for dispersal. Formatted: Superscript The following awards shall be presented at the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships: • Individual events: 1st-8th place medals, (or lanes in use, ie.10 lanes) 9 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 • Relay events: 1st-3rd place medals, • Team Awards: 54 1st Place “Champions Medals” and 540 t-shirts. 2nd & 3rd Place: Plaque/Trophy • Age Group Awards: 1st place Women and Men in each age group – Plaque/Trophy • Open Water Awards: Medals: 1st – 8th place, by age group and gender. • The Charlene Craddock Sportsmanship Award: Medals and 540 caps swim caps. o Shall be awarded to the team who exhibits the highest level of sportsmanship throughout the meet. (This is a Sportsmanship Award as opposed to a Spirit Award). o Shall be voted on by the Meet Director, Head Referee, Chief Starter and LSC's (one (1) vote each) during the last session of the competition. o A minimum of nine (9) votes shall be required for selection. Formatted: Font: 12 pt, (Intl) Arial Officials Formatted: Font: 12 pt, (Intl) Arial oq The meet is approved as a national certification meet for officials. It is requested that any LSC with Formatted: Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned qualified officials, who are interested in working at the meet, please contact the meet director. at: 0.25" + Indent at: 0.5", Tab stops: Not at 2" Warm-up Formatted: List Paragraph, Indent: First The competition pool shall be open on the travel day (Monday) for approximately 2 hours. The line: 0", Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned at: competition pool shall be open approximately 2 hours the morning of the meet prior to exclusive meet 0.5" + Indent at: 0.75", Tab stops: Not at warm-up. 0.25" + 0.5" + 0.75" + 1" + 1.25" + 2" The competition pool shall be available exclusively for meet warm-up at least two (2) hours prior to the Formatted: Font: (Default) Arial, 10 pt start of the preliminary sessions. The competition pool shall be available exclusively for meet warm-up at least one and one-half (1 1/2) hours prior to the start of the final sessions. Warm-up procedures shall be set by the Host LSC and Facility and will comply with the current USA Swimming Rules and Regulations. Formatted: Font: 12 pt, (Intl) Arial Meet Committee Formatted: Font: 12 pt, Not Bold, (Intl) The meet director and Southern Zone Age Group Chairman will appoint a meet committee. It will Arial consist of the head referee, zone age group chairman or his designee, 3 coaches and 2 athletes from 5 different, randomly selected LSC's. This committee will have jurisdiction over technical Formatted: Indent: Left: 0.25", Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned at: 0.5" + Indent at: protests with the exception of officials' judgment calls. The committee will follow the USA 0.75" Swimming rules and regulations, the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships meet handbook and the meet information letter at all times. Formatted: Font: 10 pt, Not Bold Formatted: List Paragraph, Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned at: 1.25" + Indent at: 1.5" Formatted: Font: Not Bold Formatted: Font: Not Italic Formatted: Font: Not Italic Formatted: Font: (Default) Arial, 10 pt SECTION IVVII - ZONE MEET DISABILITY INFORMATION Formatted: Font: 10 pt 1. Disability Eligibility / Time Standards Formatted: List Paragraph, Indent: Left: 1", Widow/Orphan control Each LSC may bring six (6) swimmers 3 boys and 3 girls with disabilities who are 11 to 18 years of age selected in any manner deemed appropriate by their LSC in conjunction with the LSC’s Adapted Swimming Chair and assisted by the Southern Zone Adapted Swimming Coordinator if necessary. Swimmer’s disability must satisfy the definition of a disability as outlined in USA Swimming Rules and Regulations: A permanent physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. These swimmers with disabilities are in addition to the permitted 48 swimmers and are not required to meet the time standards for their age groups/events. However, they must provide a time for each event they enter. Swimmers with disabilities may compete in finals, earn awards and score points for their team in the same manner as the able bodied swimmers. 2. Entries 10 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Entries for swimmers with disabilities should be submitted on the attached entry form indicating preference for seeding, and highlighted on the hard copy of the LSC's meet entry. 3. Classification of a swimmer with a disability is irrelevant. It is the responsibility of the swimmer, or his/her coach, to inform the Meet Referee of any disability-related accommodations he/she may need to compete. This information must be given in advance of the meet. The Meet Referee shall inquire about the swimmer’s needs and determine any modifications that may be required. This information shall be relayed to the starter and stroke and turn judges. Visually impaired swimmers who require tappers must bring their own devices and individuals to use them. The Meet Referee may reassign the lane of a deaf swimmer if a required view of the strobe light is obscured, and the light cannot be repositioned. The meet referee shall determine an appropriate method of seeding the athlete into events. It is the responsibility of the USA Swimming Disability Swimming Chair to provide the Meet Referee with current American Records for swimmers with disabilities. It is the swimmer’s responsibility to complete and submit an application for an American Record should one beis set. 4. Create four categories of disabilities: 1. Visually Impaired 2. Hearing Impaired 3. Cognitively Impaired 4. Physically Impaired 5. Each swimmer wishing to enter the disability events would have to have a classifiable disability that would fall into at least one of the four categories. 6. If a swimmer had more than one category of disability, they would then choose which of the categories they would like to compete in for the duration of the meet. 7. Each disability swimmer would enter the able-bodied 50, 100, or 200 free in prelims for their age group and use the results for seeding purposes for the disability timed final events.** All disabled swimmers would be swimming at finals. 8. Swim the 50 Free on Tuesday, 200 Free Wednesday night, and 100 Free on Friday night all as timed final events. 9. Swim each event as coed and all age groups. 10. Score each gender and category separately. 7.11. Allow disability swimmers to enter six total events with any number of those being the disability events. 11 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 APPENDIX - I SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP WARM-UP PROCEDUE AND ORDER OF EVENTS AND SOUTHERN ZONE OPEN WATER SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP MEET INFORMATION LETTERS (SAMPLES) 12 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 2XXX USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS AUGUST 2 - AUGUST 5, 2XXX ( SAMPLE) Sponsored by: USA Swimming Sanctioned by: Host LSC sanction # Host & facility: Host Team Meet director: Head referee: Head starter: Head stroke & turn: Head marshal: Pool specs: Timing system: Meet schedule: Tuesday, Aug 1 Warm-up - 12:00pm; Timed finals - 2:00pm Wed.-Sat Aug 2-5 Warm-up - 7:00am; Prelims - 9:00am Warm-up - 4:00pm; Finals – 5:30pm Please see attached warm-up schedule for lane assignments See meet website for warm-up schedule prior Tuesday’s events. Rules: Current USA Swimming rules will govern the meet Eligibility: Currently registered, USA Swimming year-round athletes selected by their LSC. Any swimmer who has ever achieved the current Summer Junior National Championship Time Standard in any event (long or short course) prior to the latest possible entry deadline (the actual date shall be published in the meet information letter) is ineligible for competition in the Southern Zone Age Group Championships. Entry limit: Each LSC is limited to: *48 swimmers – 8 females & 8 males in each age group for 11-12,13-14 and 15-18 years. *One relay team per event; *Three individual entries per event for the 400 free, 400 IM & 800/1500 FR; *Unlimited individual entries per event for all other individual events. Each swimmer is limited to: 6 individual events for the meet & 3 events per day the age of the swimmer on the first day of the meet will be their age for the entire meet. 13 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Seeding: Only long course (50 meter) times will be accepted for the purpose of seeding. First day events 800/1500 will be deck-seeded timed finals; positive check-in by the end of the general meeting. The heats in each event will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating women and men. Scratches: 1. No penalty for scratches on the blocks in the preliminaries. 2. For deck seeded events, swimmers who are checked in, and then fail to compete will be barred from their next individual event. 3. For the finals, those swimmers who qualify for the finals and then fail to declare their intention to scratch, to the head referee, or clerk of course (whichever is applicable) with in thirty (30) minutes of the announcement of the finalists for that event, and then fail to scratch within thirty (30) minutes of their last event of that session and then fail to compete in the event in the finals, will be barred from all subsequent competition in the meet (exception: the head referee may allow a swimmer to compete further if based on his judgment, the swimmer was ill or the reason for missing the final was beyond the control of the swimmer.). Relays: All relays will be swum in the evening session as timed finals. Relay cards will be filled out at the meet. Entry form: entries shall be submitted using Hy-Tek format. An entry zip file, MSWord or .pdf Name and entry fee document shall be included electronically. A list of coaches and chaperones (up to 12) shall accompany the team entry. A copy of the LSC's official selection procedure for this meet must be delivered at the general meeting. Entry fees: $7.50 per individual event and $10.00 per relay. All zone meet participants will incur a $7.50 surcharge for entry into the open water meet, regardless of actual participation. Please make checks payable to: ______All entry fees are to be hand delivered and paid in full to the meet director prior to the conclusion of the general meeting on the first day of the competition. Entry deadline: All entries must be e-mailed or hand delivered to the meet director by 12:00pm on the Monday of the week of the meet. No other form of entry will be accepted. It is the responsibility of each LSC to contact the voice confirmation number after e-mailing their entries to ensure that the entries have been properly received. Voice confirm: ______(number) Code of conduct: All athletes and coaches are required to sign the enclosed code of conduct in order to participate in the meet. Forms must be turned into the meet director at registration or the general meeting. Awards: - Individual events: 1st-8th place medals (or lanes used) - Relays: 1st-3rd place medals - Team awards: 1st place: “Champions Medals” & 50 t-shirts 2nd & 3rd place: plaque/trophy - Age group awards: 1st women & men by age group-plaque/trophy - all awards will be given after each set of events with the last set of events given 14 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 the next day) Scoring: - individual events: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 relays: 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 Charlene Craddock Sportsmanship award: Medals & 50 swim caps will be awarded to the team who exhibits the highest level of sportsmanship throughout the meet. The winner will be decided by a vote during the last session of the competition. Each LSC, the meet director, head referee and chief starter will be entitled to one vote. A minimum of nine (9) votes will be required for selection. Medical releases: The Southern Zone and meet host recommend that the coach carry emergency medical releases for their athletes. Captains: Each LSC is required to designate at least one and no more than three athletes as captains. One captain must attend the pre-meet general meeting. General meeting: There will be a mandatory meeting for all head coaches and at least one captain from each LSC on the first day of the meet a minimum of 2 hours prior to start of warm-up for the meet. Parade: The athlete parade will be on Friday prior to Finals. Meet committee: The meet director and Southern Zone Age Group Chairman will appoint a meet committee. It will consist of the head referee, zone age group chairman or his designee, 3 coaches and 2 athletes from 5 different, randomly selected LSC's. This committee will have jurisdiction over technical protests with the exception of officials' judgment calls. The committee will follow the USA Swimming rules and regulations, the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships meet handbook and the meet information letter at all times. Liability: This meet is held under the sanction of USA Swimming, inc., and meet host. The sanction number is #______. No entry will be accepted unless the swimmer is registered with USA Swimming, inc., and the LSC they represent. The complete USA Swimming registration number for each individual must be placed on the team entry form. In granting this sanction, it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming, inc., and all meet officials shall be free from any liabilities or claims for damage arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. Damage to the facility, when proven, will cause the offending swimmer's LSC to be held account- able for repairs. Disability info: Each LSC may bring six (6) swimmers 3 boys and 3 girls with disabilities who are 11 to 18 years of age selected in any manner deemed appropriate and assisted by the southern zone adapted swimming coordinator if necessary. Swimmer’s disability must satisfy the definition of a disability as outlined in USA Swimming rules and regulations: a permanent physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. These swimmers with disabilities are in addition to the permitted 48 swimmers and are not required to meet the time standards for their age groups/events. However, they must provide a time for each event they enter. Swimmers with disabilities may compete in finals, earn awards and score points for their team in the same manner as the able bodied swimmers. 15 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Disability entries: Entries for swimmers with disabilities should be submitted on the attached entry form indicating preference for seeding, and highlighted on the hard copy of the LSC's meet entry. Classification of a swimmer with a disability is irrelevant. It is the responsibility of the swimmer, or his/her coach, to inform the meet referee of any disability-related accommodations he/she may need to compete. This information must be given in advance of the meet. The meet referee shall inquire about the swimmer’s needs and determine any modifications that may be required. This information shall be relayed to the starter and stroke and turn judges. Visually impaired swimmers who require tappers must bring their own devices and individuals to use them. The meet referee may reassign the lane of a deaf swimmer if a required view of the strobe light is obscured, and the light cannot be repositioned. The meet referee shall determine an appropriate method of seeding the athlete into events. It is the responsibility of the USA Swimming disability swimming chair to provide the meet referee with current American records for swimmers with disabilities. It is the swimmer’s responsibility to complete and submit an application for an American record should one be set. Visiting officials: the meet is approved as a national certification meet for officials. It is requested that any LSC with qualified officials, who are interested in working at the meet, please contact the meet director. Spectator admission: prelims - finals - Heat sheets: prelims - finals - Important contact information: ______- meet director Brian Dangelmaier- Zone Age Group Chairman ______127 Varsity Circle ______Arlington, Texas 76013 ______(home) 817-925-0505 (home) ______(office) 817-274-9214 (fax) ______(e-mail) [email protected] (e-mail) Tim Bauer – Zone Director - Coach Jay Thomas – Zone Director – Non Coach 1601 Bonham Pkwy Lantana, TX 76226 (214) 697-4145 (home) 972-539-1591 (office) [email protected] (e-mail) 16 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Warm-up: Southern Zone warm-up procedures Formatted: Free Form 1. Pool will be open for warm-up during the following times before the meet begins: Monday 4:00-8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00-10:00 am Lanes Group A1 Group B2 Group C3 1 2 Georgia Mississippi Kentucky 3 South Texas Border North Carolina 4 Florida North Texas South Carolina 5 Gulf Florida Gold Coast West Texas 6 Louisiana Southeastern West Virginia 7 8 Disability Disability Disability 2. Assignments for warm-up: 1st warm-up 2nd warm-up 3rd warm-up Tuesday Group A1 Group B2 Group C3 Wednesday Group C3 Group A1 Group B2 Thursday Group B2 Group C3 Group A1 Friday Group A1 Group B2 Group C3 Saturday Group C3 Group A1 Group B2 Warm-up times: Tuesday finals: 11:00 - 11:30am 1st warm-up 11:30am - 12:00pm 2nd warm-up 12:00 - 12:30pm 3rd warm-up 12:30 - 12:45pm lanes 1,2,7,8 pace lanes lanes 3 & 6 one-way sprints lanes 4 & 5 general warm-up Wed-Sat prelims: 7:00 - 7:30am 1st warm-up 7:30 - 8:00am 2nd warm-up 8:00 - 8:30am 3rd warm-up 8:30-8:50 am lanes 1, 8 pace lanes lanes 2, 3, 6, &7 sprint lanes lanes 4 & 5 general warm-up Wed-Sat finals: 4:00-4:45 pm lanes 1-8 general warm-up 4:45-5:15 pm lanes 1 & 8 pace lanes lanes 2, 3, 6 & 7 sprint lanes lanes 4 & 5 general warm-up **sprint and pace lanes may be adjusted at the discretion of the meet referee. 17 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 3. On Friday night, the day of the parade, the general warm-up will end at 4:45 pm and the pool will close at 5:00 pm. 2XXX USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP Date XXXXXXX Women odd # events Order of Events Men even # events Tuesday XXXXXXX Timed Finals 1:00 PM Event # Age Group Event Event # 1 11-12 400 Free* 2 3 13-18 800 Free* 13-18 1500 Free* 4 *The 400, 800 & 1500 Free will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating women then men. Wednesday XXXXXXXX Prelims 9:00 AM Finals 5:30 PM **All Relays are timed final events and will be swum in the finals. Event # Age Group Event Event # 5 11-12 200 Free 6 7 13-14 200 Free 8 9 15-18 200 Free 10 11 11-12 50 Breast 12 13 13-14 200 Breast 14 15 15-18 200 Breast 16 17 11-12 100 Fly 18 19 13-14 100 Fly 20 21 15-18 100 Fly 22 23 11-12 400 Medley Relay 24 25 13-14 400 Medley Relay 26 27 15-18 400 Medley Relay 28 18 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Thursday XXXXXXXX Prelims 9:00 AM Finals 5:30 PM **All Relays are timed final events and will be swum in the finals. Event # Age Group Event Event # 29 15-18 200 Back 30 31 13-14 200 Back 32 33 11-12 50 Back 34 35 15-18 100 Free 36 37 13-14 100 Free 38 39 15-18 400 IM 40 41 13-14 400 IM 42 43 11-12 400 FR Relay 44 45 13-14 400 FR Relay 46 47 15-18 400 FR Relay 48 Friday, XXXXXXXXX Prelims 9:00 AM Finals 5:30 PM Event # Age Group Event Event # Formatted Table 49 11-12 100 Back 50 51 13-14 100 Back 52 53 15-18 100 Back 54 55 11-12 100 Breast 56 57 13-14 100 Breast 58 59 15-18 100 Breast 60 61 11-12 100 Free 62 63 13-14 400 Free 64 65 15-18 400 Free 66 67 11-12 200 Medley Relay 68 69 13-14 200 Medley Relay 70 71 15-18 200 Medley Relay 72 **All Relays are timed final events and will be swum in the finals. 19 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Saturday, XXXXXXXX Prelims 9:00 AM Finals 5:30 PM **All Relays are timed final events and will be swum in the finals. Event # Age Group Event Event # 73 11-12 200 IM 74 75 13-14 200 IM 76 77 15-18 200 IM 78 79 11-12 50 Free 80 81 13-14 50 Free 82 83 15-18 50 Free 84 85 11-12 50 Fly 86 87 13-14 200 Fly 88 89 15-18 200 Fly 90 91 11-12 200 Free Relay 92 93 13-14 200 Free Relay 94 95 15-18 200 Free Relay 96 **Complete information regarding lodging and activities will be inserted into the invitation after the meet date has been confirmed. 20 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 2XXX USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET Swimmers with Disabilities Entry Form Name: ______DOB:___/___/___ Male Female Address: ______USA Swimming #: ______City: ______State: ____ Zip: ______Age on August 1, 2XXX:______ Disability: ______Classification (if known): ____ Swimmer/Parent E-mail Address: ______ Club: ______Club Coach: ______Phone: ______ Parent/Guardian’s Name: ______ Phone: Day: ______Evening: ______Cell: ______ Emergency Contact: Name: ______Phone:______ Special Accommodations Needed: ______ ONLY LONG COURSE METER (LCM) TIMES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SEEDING SEED WITH # EVENT ENTRY TIME Age Group Different Distance Comparable DESCRIPTION (same age & (same age) Time distance) (distance depends on entry time) 1 ______2 ______3 ______4 ______5 ______6 ______Please indicate the swimmer’s preference regarding seeding of their entry for each event. Please note that changing age groups may change the session that the swimmer swims. Changing the distance may affect the date on which the swim occurs. Take these factors into consideration when selection the seeding procedure for each event listed below. The Meet Referee has the final decision regarding seeding procedures. I certify that the above listed times are correct. Signed: ______Date: ______Club Head Coach/Age Group Coach (REQUIRED SIGNATURE) 21 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 2XXX USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS AUGUST 6, 2XXX (SAMPLE) SPONSORED BY: UNITED STATES SWIMMING SANCTIONED BY: HOST LSC and # HOST: HOST TEAM or LSC. LOCATION: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 7:00AM ...... REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN 7:40AM ...... MEETING FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS 8:00AM...... …5K.....START FOR 13-18 SWIMMERS 8:15AM...... 3K..…START FOR 11-12 SWIMMERS IF A LARGE NUMBER OF SWIMMERS ENTER THE MEET, THE SCHEDULE MAY BE ADJUSTED SO THAT EACH AGE GROUP SWIMS SEPARATELY ON THE COURSE. ALL EVENTS SHOULD BE FINISHED BY 1:00PM. COURSE: SWIMMERS WILL START IN THE WATER, AND WILL COMPLETE _____ OR MORE CIRCUITS OF A _____WELL MARKED ______MILE COURSE. THE COURSE DEPTH WILL BE APPROXIMATELY. THE WATER TEMPERATURE IS EXPECTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY ______. SAFETY: DIFFERENT COLORED CAPS WILL BE ISSUED TO SWIMMERS IN EACH AGE GROUP SO THAT MEET DIRECTORS CAN MONITOR THE SWIMMERS' PROGRESS THROUGH THE COURSE. MEET/SAFETY PERSONNEL WILL PATROL THE COURSE. QUALIFIED FIRST AID PROVIDERS WILL BE ON SITE. IN THE CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE MEET COMMITTEE MAY MODIFY STARTING TIMES OR CANCEL EVENTS. ELIGIBILITY: OPEN TO ALL USAS/SOUTHERN ZONE REGISTERED ATHLETES IN THE FOLLOWING AGE GROUPS, 11-12, 13-14 OR SENIOR, AS OF AUGUST XX, 2XXX. QUALIFYING STANDARDS: NONE. ENTRIES: ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE ENCLOSED FORMS. THEY MUST BE RECEIVED BY ALL ENTRY FEES SHALL BE HAND-DELIVERED TO THE MEET DIRECTOR PRIOR TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE GENERAL MEETING AT THE SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. ENTRY LIMIT: THE MEET MANAGEMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN EACH AGE GROUP TO THE FASTEST 50 SWIMMERS ENTERED. ENTRY FEE: $25.00 PER EVENT. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: ______. SEEDING: THE FOLLOWING LONG COURSE METER EVENTS BE USED FOR ENTRY PURPOSES: 11-12 13-18 3k 5K 22 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 HEAT SHEETS: PSYCHE SHEETS WILL BE POSTED NEAR THE START/FINISH LINE. WARM UP: WARM UP PROCEDURES WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING THE PRE MEET MEETING. AWARDS: THE FIRST PLACE TEAM SHALL RECEIVE A BANNER. INDIVIDUAL 1ST-8TH PLACE MEDALS IN EACH AGE GROUP BY SEX WILL BE AWARDED. SCORING: EACH ZONE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL TEAM ENTERING THE SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIP SHALL BE SCORED SEPARATELY. SIXTEEN PLACES WILL BE SCORED AS FOLLOWS: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 RESULTS: RESULTS OF THE OPEN WATER EVENTS WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THE EVENTS OF THE "POOL" EVENTS, BUT THEY WILL BE SCORED SEPARATELY. MEET DIRECTOR: ______ MEET REFEREE: ______ STARTER: ______ MARSHALL: ______ ORDER OF EVENTS: 1-4 13-18* 5K 5-6 11-12* 3K *GENDERS WILL SWIM TOGETHER BY AGE GROUP BUT SCORED SEPARATELY 23 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 APPENDIX - II SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP AND SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIP MEET BID APPLICATION 24 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 APPLICATION FOR SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING AND OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS The ______Local Swimming Committee wishes to bid for the 20___ Southern Zone Age Group Swimming and Open Water Championships. ______Chairman, Local Swimming Committee USA Swimming, Inc. The organization that will be assigned the Championship is the: NAME:______ ADDRESS:______ CITY:______STATE:______ZIP:______ PHONE:(____)______ The organization President is: NAME:______ ADDRESS:______ CITY:______STATE:______ZIP:______ PHONE:(____)______(____)______Home Work FACILITY INFORMATION Please read the Southern Zone Championship Meet Handbook and Article 103 - Facility Standards, USA Swimming Rules and Regulations. Please be certain you understand the requirements for hosting the meets. If the organization is awarded these Championships, we propose to conduct the meet at the following facilities. SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Name of Facility:______2. Name of Pool (if different):______3. Organization Administering Facility:______4. Facility Administrator:______Address:______City:______State:______Zip:______Phone:_(____)______5. Pool Street Address:______City:______State:______Zip:______6. The pool is _____ years old. It opened for the first time on ______(date). 7. The pool is: ___indoor ___outdoor ___indoor / outdoor 25 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 8. What is the depth of the pool? Start end:______Center:______Turn end::______. Are all lanes the same depth? ______. If not, explain:______Please sketch a profile of the pool bottom with the depths marked: 9. There are ____ lanes for racing. Each lane is ____wide. 10. Does the pool have a water heater? ______A water cooling system? ______11. Can you guarantee that the water will be the correct temperature range for competition? ____ with no current _____. 12. What is the candlepower lighting three feet above the water with existing lights? ______Candlepower at finishing and turning end? ______13. Brand name of lane dividers______14. What type of gutter system is installed? ______15. Warm-Up Pool(s): (min of 6 lanes) Length ______Width ______Depth at Shallow end:______Number of lanes ______Width of lanes ______Starting Platforms ______Indoor/Outdoor pool ______Distance from competitive pool______Will lane dividers be provided? ______What type?______16. Starting platform information: A. Size of platform surface Length ______Width ______B. If slanted, the degree of slant ______C. Height above water surface ______D. Are all surfaces non-skid ______17. Timing system trade name and model of automatic timing system: ______A. Is it installed or rented? ______B. Name of touch pads ______C. Name of back up system ______D. Where is it located?______E. Is a readout scoreboard installed?______If not will you rent one? ______How many lines? ______18. Do you have, or will you have a sound starting device under each lane? ______19. Computerization: What computer system and meet management program will be used for the meet?______20. Scoreboard: Will you have a team scoreboard for 1 - 15 places? ______What type? ______21. What are the deck measurements? Left side____ Right side____ Turning end____ Behind start____ 22. Total seating capacity in pool area______( min of 1200 seating) (min deck space 550-700) Right side of pool______Left side of pool______Starting end______Turning end______Comments:______ 23. Resting Area: Is it convenient? _____ Is it shaded? _____ How large? _____ Indoor/Outdoor? ______How far from the rest area to the pool?______ 26 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 24. Locker Facilities: (20 swimmer+ equipment min) Women: # lockers _____ Men: # lockers _____ # showers _____ # showers _____ # toilets _____ # toilets _____ 25. P.A. System: In pool area? _____ In locker rooms? _____ In rest area? _____ Are acoustics acceptable if indoors? ______Are speakers adequate if outdoors? ______26. Will the facilities be available to the swimmers only on a full-time basis beginning one day before the meet? ______27. Is a Certification of Pool Length Application on file at the United States Swimming National Headquarters? ______28. Do you have any policies that would restrict USA sponsorship obligations? ______29. Per USA Swimming Rules and Regulations NO NOISE MAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED AT MEET. 30. Will meet marshals be available throughout the meet? ______ OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Name of Facility:______2. Name of Body of Water (if different):______3. Organization Administering Facility:______4. Facility Administrator:______Address:______City:______State:______Zip:______Phone:_(____)______5. Facility Street Address:______City:______State:______Zip:______6. The facility is _____ years old. It opened for the first time on ______(date). 7. What is the depth of the water? Start :______Ave. course depth:______. Please sketch a profile of the body of water with the course and depths marked: 8. What will the water temperature (estimate)? ______ 9. Timing system trade name and model: ______A. Name of back up system ______B. Where is it located?______C. Is a readout scoreboard installed?______If not will you rent one? ______10. Do you have, or will you have a sound starting device at both ends of start? ______11. Computerization: What computer system and meet management program will be used for the meet?______12. Scoreboard: Will you have a team scoreboard for 1 - 15 places? ______What type? ______13. Resting Area: Is it convenient? _____ Is it shaded? _____ How large? _____ Indoor/Outdoor? ______How far from the rest area to the water?______14. Locker Facilities: Women: # lockers _____ Men: # lockers _____ # showers _____ # showers _____ # toilets _____ # toilets _____ 27 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 15. P.A. System: In start area? _____ In locker rooms? _____ In rest area? _____ Are speakers adequate for outdoors? ______ 16. Do you have any policies that would restrict USA sponsorship obligations? ______ OTHER INFORMATION: 1. Hotel Headquarters: Name:______Address: ______City:______State:______Zip:______Phone:_(____)______Manager's Name:______Number of rooms:______Distance from hotel to pool:______Room rates: Single ______Double: ______Quad: ______ Describe facilities, including the restaurants and hours of operation: ______ 2. Other Hotels: Please attach a list of other hotels with the following information: Name:______Number of rooms:______Room rates: Single _____ Double _____ Quad _____ Driving time to pool:______Address:______Contact Name:______Phone:_(____)______ 3. Please indicate the number of restaurants in each category: Fast food: 1-5 miles ______6-10 miles ______11-20 miles ______Inexpensive: 1-5 miles ______6-10 miles ______11-20 miles ______Moderate: 1-5 miles ______6-10 miles ______11-20 miles ______ 4. Transportation To And From The City: Airlines serving the city:______Distance from airport to the pool:______Will there be free transportation from the hotels to the pool ? _____ Schedule?______How many rental vans are available at the airport?______Car rental companies serving the city:______Is there a traffic problem getting to the pool from housing?______If so, explain:______ 28 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 APPENDIX III SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING AND OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP & FINANCIAL REPORT MEET EVALUATION FORM ADDRESS ROSTER CODE OF CONDUCT 29 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 USA SWIMMING EVENT FINANCIAL REPORT EVENT: ______SITE: ______DATE: ______ EXPENSES REVENUES Rental Facilities ______Ticket Sales ______Championship Coordination Entry Fees ______Meeting (in Colorado) ______Event Sponsorship Sales ______Rental Equipment ______Program Advertising Sales ______Temporary Help ______Program Sales ______Printing (copies, tickets, Final Results Sales ______programs, heat sheets) ______Heat Sheet Sales ______Computer Expenses ______Concessions - Net Sales Medals and Awards ______Souvenirs ______Promotion and Publicity ______Snack Bar ______Hospitality ______USA Swimming Gift Services ______Press Room Set-up ______USA Swimming Sponsorship Telephone ______Funds (contingent upon Postage ______contract fulfillment) ______Office Supplies ______Contributions ______Black and White Photos ______*Other ______Officials' shirts, stipend gifts ______Officials Room Expenses ______TOTAL REVENUE $______Surcharge Fee Paid To LSC ______Sanction Fee Paid To LSC ______*Other ______ TOTAL EXPENSES $______ TOTAL REVENUE $______TOTAL EXPENSES $______NET PROFIT (LOSS) $______ TIME TRIALS $______ *Please detail Other Revenue and Other Expenses on separate sheet(s) and attach. 30 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Southern Zone A/G Championship Meet Evaluation Form Meet:______Date:______Location:______ This form will be used to assist future hosts, officials and the Zone in general, to improve competition for our athletes. Please complete and deposit in Meet evaluation box or mail directly to the Southern Zone Age Group Chairman: Brian Dangelmaier, SZ Age Group Chair, 127 Varsity Circle, Arlington, TX 76013 (PLEASE CIRCLE A NUMBER FOR SECTIONS 1 THRU 5, #1 BEING LOW / #4 BEING HIGH) 1. PRE-PLANNING Pre-meet information 1 2 3 4 Packets 1 2 3 4 Hotels & Restaurants 1 2 3 4 Maps 1 2 3 4 Transportation (cost/convenience) a. Airlines 1 2 3 4 b. Car Rental 1 2 3 4 Planning for Climatic Changes 1 2 3 4 2. FACILITIES/GENERAL Parking 1 2 3 4 Registration 1 2 3 4 Restrooms/Dressing rooms 1 2 3 4 Swimmers' Rest Areas 1 2 3 4 Public Address System 1 2 3 4 Spectator seating 1 2 3 4 Warm up/down facilities 1 2 3 4 3. FACILITIES/COMPETITION POOL Pace Clocks 1 2 3 4 Scoreboard/timing equip/computer 1 2 3 4 Lighting 1 2 3 4 Ventilation 1 2 3 4 Water Conditions 1 2 3 4 Starting System 1 2 3 4 Pool set-up (deck space, media...) 1 2 3 4 4. OFFICIALS Meet 1 2 3 4 Administrative Referee 1 2 3 4 Deck Referee(s) 1 2 3 4 Starter(s) 1 2 3 4 Announcer(s) 1 2 3 4 Chief Judge(s) 1 2 3 4 Stk & Turn 1 2 3 4 Relay take-off 1 2 3 4 Clerk of Course 1 2 3 4 Meet Director 1 2 3 4 5. GENERAL APPRAISAL Meet Administration 1 2 3 4 Hospitality 1 2 3 4 Awards/Ceremonies 1 2 3 4 Safety Procedures 1 2 3 4 Overall success of meet 1 2 3 4 Use page 2 for general comments of if you gave any category a rating of 2 or lower. Signed:______LSC______ { } Swimmer { } Coach { } Official - Position______{ } Other - Title______31 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 (Southern Zone Meet Evaluation Page 1 of 2) 6. LIST THINGS THAT WERE PARTICULARLY GOOD: ______ 7. LIST THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED TO MAKE THE NEXT MEET BETTER: ______ 8. LIST GENERAL COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THIS MEET: ______ 9. IF YOU GAVE ANY CATEGORY A RATING OF 2 OR LOWER, PLEASE EXPLAIN: ______ 32 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 Southern Zone A/G Championship LSC Mailing Roster LSC:______ LSC General Chairman: ______LSC Age Group Chairman: ______ Name:______Name:______ Address:______Address:______ City:______City:______ State:______Zip:______State:______Zip:______ LSC Head Coach LSC Permanent Office (If Applicable) Name:______Name:______ Address:______Address:______ City:______City:______ State:______Zip:______State:______Zip:______ LSC Top 16 Tabulator Name:______ Address:______ City:______ State:______Zip:______ 33 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS CODE OF CONDUCT The following code is in effect throughout the 2XXX USA Swimming Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships. Anyone who, in the opinion of the LSC Zone Meet Coaching Staff, acts in a manner that would interfere with the travel objectives listed below, will be subject to immediate return home (at the expense of the parent and/or swimmer) and other punishments including barring from future LSC trips or competition may be imposed. 1) The LSC may travel as a team to these meets/training sessions and everyone is expected to behave in an exemplary manner. The reputation of the LSC, as well as the other athletes with you, is dependent on your behavior. 2) The LSC Coaching Staff holds the final word on any rules, regulations or disciplinary actions. 3) a) The consumption or purchase of alcohol, smoking or chewing tobacco, or use of any other illegal drug or substance of any kind will not be allowed. In addition, any member found or suspected to be in the presence of others (regardless of team affiliation) partaking in any of the above activities will be subject to the same punishments and probable expulsion from the LSC Zone Team. Any swimmer suspected of such activity will appear before a review committee composed of the LSC Coaching Staff, and LSC Zone Team Captains. b) Use of inappropriate language, including obscene language or gestures and other threatening language or conduct will not be tolerated while traveling with the LSC Zone Meet. 4) At no times will male and female athletes be in the same hotel room together. This applies to your LSC Zone Team members or members of any other LSC Zone Team. 5) No team meetings or practices may be missed. Be punctual to all meetings and warm-up times. 6) No team member may be out of their room after the assigned curfew time and no one may leave their room alone. Permission must be obtained from the LSC Coaching Staff to leave the room. 7) Any damages or thievery incurred at a hotel will be at the expense of the swimmers assigned to that room, and further disciplinary action will be taken. No loud or boisterous behavior will be tolerated in the hallways or public areas, such behavior should be kept to a minimum in your rooms. Make all phone calls (except within the hotel) from a pay phone. 8) Any individual damages or thievery incurred on the trip will be at the expense of the swimmer, and further disciplinary action will be taken. Such behavior will not be tolerated. 9) All team members will be polite in restaurants. Leave a 15% tip (Minimum). If there is a problem with the service, see the LSC Coaching Staff. 10) Agree to follow these and any other rules having to do with the behavior and the LSC Zone Team, as established by the Coaching Staff and the LSC. I recognize my responsibility to abide by these rules and requirements and those of the LSC Zone Team I am representing and I acknowledge that I have received and read such. Swimmer/Coach Name (printed) ______Dated ______ Swimmer/Coach Signature ______Dated ______ LSC Head Coach's Signature ______Dated ______ 34 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 APPENDIX IV SOUTHERN ZONE MEET RECORDS (Updated:08/04/2013) Long Course – Meters 11-12 YEAR NAME LSC TIME EVENT TIME LSC NAME YEAR 09 Simone Manuel GU 27.10 50 FR 25.60 FL Caleb Dressel 09 09 Simone Manuel GU 58.42 100 FR 55.45 WV Preston Padden 10 03 Chelsea Franklin FLA 2:06.31 200 FR 2:02.64 KY Wil Tarvestad 13 09 Summer Finke FL 4:23.56 400 FR 4:17.74 SC Reeve Irvin 91 06 Sabrina Bensen NC 30.90 50 BK 28.49 GA Seth Beer 09 07 Lily Tang GA 1:06.66 100 BK 1:01.35 GA Seth Beer 09 05 Kaylin Burchell KY 33.90 50 BR 32.45 FGC Cassidy Quinn 08 11 Annie Kyriakidis SE 1:13.62 100 BR 1:12.15 GU Maverick Smalley 00 05 Lauren Harrington SE 28.59 50 FL 27.49 GA Seth Beer 09 11 Annie Kyriakidis SE 1:04.11 100 FL 1:01.03 NC Tyler Silver 10 06 Lauren Driscoll FGC 2:23.20 200 IM 2:16.58 WV Danny Ott 87 10 McGrath, Fields, Seidt, Bauer KY 1:51.77 200 FR 1:47.05 SE Thomas, Kerr, Kim, Carbone 09 Morrison, Markert, Homovich, 12 NC 2:04.33 200 MR 2:00.65 GA Dunn, Hall, Yap, Ballard 12 Menkhaus 11 Everett, Kyriakidis, Hale, Madden SE 4:32.42 400 MR 4:24.52 KY Hils, Bibeau, Tarvestad, Johnston 13 11 Everett, Laning, Kyriakidis, Madden SES 4:04.21 400 FR 3:56.19 GA Dunn, Yap, Young, Ballard 12 13-14 YEAR NAME LSC TIME EVENT TIME LSC NAME YEAR 12 Marta Ciesla FG 26.76 50 FR 24.38 FGC Daniel Spas 09 09 Angela Algee FL 58.38 100 FR 53.46 GA Gunnar Bentz 10 11 Rebecca Postoll GA 2:05.01 200 FR 1:54.88 GA Jimmy Yoder 10 09 Danielle Valley FL 4:22.65 400 FR 4:02.25 FL Alex Katz 10 08 Cha-Cha Bugatti FL 8:57.01 800 FR 8:42.06 FG John Atkinson 97 1500 Fr 16:08.80 GA Jimmy Yoder 10 00 Sarah Reynolds SE 1:05.07 100 BK 59.60 FG Bradley Alley 01 08 Jullian Vitarius GU 2:18.60 200 BK 2:09.38 FL Alex Katz 10 05 Laura Johnson SE 1:12.28 100 BR 1:05.31 GA Gunnar Bentz 10 13 Brooke Forde KY 2:35.30 200 BR 2:23.03 GA Gunnar Bentz 10 09 Nicole Stafford GA 1:02,45 100 FL 57.98 GA Derek Cox 12 09 Nicole Stafford GA 2:18.24 200 FL 2:07.07 SES Joey Carbone 11 09 Madeline Hazle GU 2:21.71 200 IM 2:07.03 GA Gunnar Bentz 10 09 Kara Kopsco LA 4:57.92 400 IM 4:34.78 GA Gunnar Bentz 10 10 Cooper, Wayner, Meyer, Soufi GA 1:48.78 200 FR 1:38.32 FGC Spas, Ballestras, Holland, Cassidy 09 Reyes-Capo, Rojas, 06 Chaney, Goss, Harrington, White SE 2:01.75 200 MR 1:51.53 FGC 08 Sequera, Vazquez 11 Kollevoli, Wade, Johnson, Pilkinton SE 4:23.64 400 MR 4:02.65 GA Dunn, Pastorek, Paquette, Riley 13 11 Allen, Liu, Lawton, Ontjes NC 3:57.92 400 FR 3:38.94 GA Dunn, Ballard, Oh, Riley 13 15-18 YEAR NAME LSC TIME EVENT TIME LSC NAME YEAR 09 Caroline Thomas KY 26.57 50 FR 23.72 SE Troy Tillman 09 11 Suzanne Bessire FL 58.48 100 FR 51.95 SE Troy Tillman 09 11 Suzanne Bessire FL 2:04.68 200 FR 1:52.65 FL Ty Rocca 11 08 Kate Woolbright FL 4:22.19 400 FR 4:02.03 FL Patrick Ceddia 07 03 Elizabeth Stowe FL 8:58.93 800 FR 8:39.06 WV Joe Krysak 97 35 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 1500 FR 15:55.75 FL John Orban 08 09 Chrissy Oberg SC 1:03.97 100 BK 58.22 FG Bradley Alley 02 09 Chrissy Oberg SC 2:16.60 200 BK 2:05.41 GA Jay Litherland 11 09 Jessie Kopsco LA 1:11.73 100 BR 1:05.47 GA Dillion Connelly 04 09 Jessie Kopsco LA 2:34.29 200 BR 2:21.70 GA Dillion Connelly 04 12 Kayla Moran FL 1:02.20 100 FL 55.88 SE Hayden Baker 08 08 Raquel Raybon KY 2:15.71 200 FL 2:03.79 FL Mark Cox 08 05 Lauren Cartwright GA 2:20.45 200 IM 2:07.78 FL Jonathan Taddeo 09 08 Raquel Raybon FL 4:57.03 400 IM 4:32.65 SE Christian Carbone 10 11 Caraballo, Grams, Bessire, Bonnema FL 1:47.86 200 FR 1:36.09 LA Dorsey, Gallego, Butler, Carr 09 11 Caraballo, Harris, Grams, Bessire FL 1:59.89 200 MR 1:45.65 SE Bolton, Kerns, Davis, Tillman 09 11 Rist, Lee, Love, House KY 4:22.99 400 MR 3:56.47 GA Locke, Hall, Graff, Powell 12 11 Grams, Casey, Bessire, Bonnema FL 3:56.32 400 FR 3:33.89 FGC Wathen, Hartley, Cassidy, Kohner 12 Disability Records 11-12 50 FR VI 50 FR HI 50 FR CI 12 Maya Kahn GA 1:16.29 50 FR PI 100 FR VI 100 FR HI 100 FR CI 12 Maya Kahn GA 2:43.95 100 FR PI 200 FR VI 200 FR HI 200 FR CI 200 FR PI Disability Records 13-14 50 FR VI 12 Brittney Campbell FL 33.66 50 FR HI 27.74 SE Abraham Gale 12 50 FR CI 50 FR PI 32.73 GA Trey Davis 12 100 FR VI 12 Brittney Campbell FL 1:13.78 100 FR HI 59.24 SE Abraham Gale 12 100 FR CI 100 FR PI 1:11.17 ST Asher Hartman 13 200 FR VI 12 Brittney Campbell FL 2:38.61 200 FR HI 2:07.69 SE Abraham Gale 12 200 FR CI 200 FR PI 2:35.92 ST Asher Hartman 13 Disability Records 15-18 36 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 50 FR VI 50 FR HI 50 FR CI 12 McKensie Coan GA 32.73 50 FR PI 100 FR VI 13 Brittney Campbell FL 1:09.87 100 FR HI 59.77 FL Charles Volz 13 100 FR CI 1:16.08 GU Jared Abramovitch 12 13 McKensie Coan GA 1:15.74 100 FR PI 1:05.19 ST Jacob Gwin 13 200 FR VI 13 Brittney Campbell FL 2:28.43 200 FR HI 2:11.28 FL Charles Volz 13 200 FR CI 2:16.01 ST Jacob Gwin 13 13 McKensie Coan GA 2:38.32 200 FR PI 2:51.12 GA Trey Davis 13 37 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/12 38 Page 7: [1] Formatted Matt Webber 2/21/2014 9:42:00 PM Font: 8 pt, Not Bold, (Intl) Arial Page 7: [2] Formatted Matt Webber 2/21/2014 9:42:00 PM Bulleted + Level: 1 + Aligned at: 0.75" + Indent at: 1", Tab stops: 0.5", Left + Not at 1" USA Swimming Southern Zone Meet Handbook (Revised 9/2014) SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE MEET HANDBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS: SECTION I ZONE MEET HOST RESPONSIBILITIES 3 SECTION II VISITING LSC OBLIGATIONS 4 SECTION III ZONE MEET RULES AND REGULATIONS 5 SECTION IV ZONE MEET DISABILITY INFORMATION APPENDIX I SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP 8 WARM-UP PROCEDUE & ORDER OF EVENTS APPENDIX II ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS BID APPLICATION 14 APPENDIX III SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING AND OPEN 19 WATER CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP, FINANCIAL REPORT, AND MEET EVALUATION FORM 2 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 SECTION I - ZONE MEET HOST RESPONSIBILITIES Pre-meet Obligations By March 1, the Meet Host will have a conference call with all LSC Zone Team Directors. By March 1, the meet host shall add specifics (i.e. key officials' names, pool specifications, warm-up procedure, admission fees (if any), hotels, restaurants, maps, special events, etc.) to the meet information draft provided by the Z.A.G.C. and return completed information letter to the Z.A.G.C. By March 1, the meet host shall distribute the completed meet information to the Z.A.G.C., Zone Directors, Zone Secretary and the LSC's in the following manner: one (1) copy each to the LSC General Chair, LSC Age Group Chair, Official's Chair and permanent office. By March 1, the meet information will be posted on the Southern Zone Website. By July 1, the meet host shall mail an invitation, registration to officiate form to the Official's Chair of each LSC, and a current address form for key positions in the LSC (see #2 above for positions) to the General Chairman of each LSC. Such forms should be returned to the meet host by the entry deadline. In addition, the host agrees to the following: To sign and adhere to all requirements and agreements in the USA Swimming Zone Age Group Championship Meet contract and the USA Swimming Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championships. Post a Psych Sheet, timelines and info needed 24 Hrs after the entries have been received. To provide a specific, detailed warm-up schedule and procedure in the meet information letter and ensure the enforcement of these procedures by the Meet Marshals. To provide pool time for practice/warm-up one (1) day prior to the start of the meet. Additional time may be scheduled at the discretion of the Meet Director (the day of the distance/meeting event in the morning). To provide a meeting room for the General Meeting which shall be held two (2) hours prior to the first event of the meet and 1 hour prior to the start of the first open water event. Officials - The following minimum standards for the number of officials at the Zone Championships: 1 Referee; 1 Starter; 2 Place Judges; 2 Stroke Judges; 4 Turn Judges; Administrative Referee; Marshals as needed; Relay Take-Off Judges as necessary. To provide heat sheets to all LSC coaches and meet officials. To provide an Exception Report at the General Meeting for all to view and correct. To check membership credentials of all coaches, chaperones and officials as required by USA Swimming. To determine, in consultation with the Z.A.G.C., the make-up of the Meet Committee. The Committee shall include the Z.A.G.C. or Designee (Chairman) Head Referee, two (2) coaches, and two (2) athletes appointed from three (3) randomly selected LSC's. This committee shall have jurisdiction over questions of entry, eligibility, technical protests with the exception of officials' judgment calls and weather issues. The Meet Committee Meeting may only be called by the Z.A.G.C. (or Designee) or the Head Referee. To apply for national certification for meet officials. To provide all awards, individual and team, for the meet. Provide a Championship Ready Room for finals as is the preferred standard for National Championship Meets away from the pool deck. 3 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 At the Meet The host shall provide preliminary heat sheets; finals heat sheets and final results. Each of the publications shall include the Southern Zone Meet Records (Appendix V), all National Qualifying Times and National Top 16 Reportable Times. The prelim heat sheets shall be available no later than the start of the General Meeting. The finals heat sheets shall be available prior to the start of finals each day. A maximum of twelve (12) deck passes will be issued to each LSC for those coaches, managers and/or chaperones listed on the meet entry form. Excluding disability assistance with a maximum of two (2) passes. The meet host shall be responsible for arranging timers either through their own volunteers or assigning attending LSC’s timing responsibilities. There shall be an OVC official or OVC applications at the meet, in order that OVC's may be issued in a timely manner. The host shall distribute a copy of the Meet Evaluation Form to the Head Coach of each LSC, the Head Referee, the Z.A.G.C. or Designee and the 2 athletes on the Meet Committee and collect them prior to the Conclusion of the meet. Meet production shall include: Finalist Ready Room (this must be away from the pool deck); Athlete/Coach Credentials; Athlete, Seating on deck; Finalist Introductions and Awards Ceremony. Post-Meet Hy-Tek results files shall be e-mailed to the host LSC’s swim chair, the Z.A.G.C., and each Zone Head Coach. The results shall also be sent to the Southern Zone website for posting within fifteen (15) days after the completion of the competition. The meet host is also encouraged to send the results to various swim publications. All financial reports (Appendix III) must be filed with the Zone Directors, Z.A.G.C. and USA Swimming Athlete Development Director no later than thirty (30) days following the last day of the competition. The Meet Director's report/meet evaluation and the Meet Evaluations filled out at the meet shall be submitted to the Z.A.G.C. no later than thirty (30) days following the last day of the competition. SECTION II - VISITING LSC OBLIGATIONS Responsibilities o The official contact within each LSC shall be the Age Group Chair unless the LSC informs the Meet Director and Z.A.G.C. otherwise. o Each LSC shall determine its own team selection procedures that follow the eligibility guidelines. o Each LSC shall create their own Code of Conduct Form.Entries for the pool meet must be on Hy-Tek (or other approved team manager software) with electronic delivery or hand delivered to the Meet Director by 12:00pm on the Monday of the week of the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships. A psych sheet and timeline for the meet must be posted on the Southern Zone website by midnight on Monday. The entries for the Open Water Competition shall be brought to or faxed in by the entry deadline listed in the Zone Open Water Meet Information Letter. o The person in charge of entries for the LSC shall phone the Meet Director after e-mailing the entries to ensure the entries have been received by the host. . Each Head Coach is responsible for ensuring his/her team's compliance with the published warm-up guidelines and procedures for the host LSC and Facility. o Each LSC shall at the earliest possible date forward to the Meet Director a list of officials who are interested in working at the meet. o Each LSC Head Coach shall attend the General Meeting, which shall be held a minimum of two hours prior to the start of warm-up for the meet. o Each LSC shall designate at least one (1) and no more than three (3) team captains. At . least one of whom shall attend the general meeting. o Each LSC shall have a Team Staff with Coaches and Chaperones at a ratio of one (1) adult (Coach/Chaperone) to every five (5) swimmers attending the meet, with up to a maximum of twelve (12) adults. These Zone Team Staff Members must stay with the team throughout the duration of the trip. o The Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championships will be open to all Year-round USA Swimming 4 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 registered members of the Southern Zone. SECTION III - ZONE MEET RULES AND REGULATIONS Dates o The dates of the meets shall be determined by a majority vote of LSC representatives at the annual meeting. Rules o The meets shall be conducted according to the rules of USA Swimming. Liability o The meet is held under the sanction of USA Swimming, inc., and the meet host. In granting this sanction, it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming, inc., and all meet officials shall be free from any liabilities or claims for damage arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event. Damage to the facility, when proven, will cause the offending swimmer's LSC to be held account- able for repairs. Eligibility o All swimmers shall be USA Swimming year-round registered athletes, and must be registered with an LSC within the Southern Zone. o Each LSC may select a maximum of forty-eight (48) athletes for its team. They may select a maximum of eight (8) females and eight (8) males in each of the 11-12, 13-14 and 15-18 age groups. o Any swimmer who has achieved the current Summer Junior National Championship Time Standard in any event (long or short course) prior to fourteen (14) days before the entry deadline {the actual date shall be published in the meet information letter} is ineligible for competition in the Southern Zone Age Group Championships. o The age of a swimmer on the first day of the respective meet shall determine the swimmer's age for that meet. Events The order of events is published in Appendix I. Open Water USA Swimming Open Water Guidelines are published in the USA Swimming Handbook. Entries q Entries for each meet must be submitted using Hy-Tek or other approved automated entry software. A zip file of the team entries, as well as an MSWord or .pdf by Name document and Entry Fee Report documents are required, and must be e-mail to the meet director or meet entry chairman. No other forms of entry shall be accepted. q Master entry shall include the name, address and phone number of the person in charge of entries for the LSC. Each LSC shall bring to the general meeting, a copy of their LSC's Official Selection Procedure for this meet. Entries shall include each swimmer's first and last name, age as of the first day of the meet, home club and their complete USA Swimming number. A list of coaches and chaperones up to 12 individuals must accompany the entries and may be e-mailed. By the end of the general meeting, each LSC shall turn in to SZAGC signed LSC Code of Conduct Forms from each athlete. Entry limits • Each LSC is limited to o Three (3) individual entries for the 400 Free/400 IM/800 /1500 FREE o Unlimited entries for all other individual events, o One (1) relay team per relay event. • Each swimmer is limited to 5 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 o Six (6) individual events for the meet (entered), o Three (3) individual events per day (entered). Entry Fees q Entry Fees for both meets shall be hand delivered to the Meet Director prior to the conclusion of the General Meeting at the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships. q Entry fees for Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships: • Individual events - $7.50/event. • Relay events - $10.00/event. • Fees may be changed by a majority vote of the LSC representatives in attendance at the annual meeting. Entry fees for Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championships: • $25.00 per event • **2007 and beyond – All swimmers entered in the Southern Zone Meet will pay a $7.50 Surcharge which will go to the Open Water Host, regardless of participation. Swimmers not in the Southern Zone Meet will pay the entry fee of $25.00. Seeding • Only long course times shall be used for seeding. • The 11-12 400 Free, the 13-14 and 15-18 800/1500 Free shall be deck-seeded, timed final events. Positive check-in will be required. The heats in these events will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating women and men. • All other individual events will be seeded as Prelim/Final events. • All relays will be swum as timed finals during the Finals sessions. • Re-seeding shall only be done in the case of administrative error by the host. • Under no circumstance will any swimmer left off the LSC’s original Entry Form be permitted to swim any event(s) in the meet. Scratches No penalty for scratches on the blocks in the preliminaries. For deck-seeded events, swimmers who are checked in and then fail to compete will be barred from their next individual event. For the Finals, those swimmers who qualify for the finals and fail to declare their intention to scratch to the Head Referee or Clerk of Course (whichever is applicable) with in thirty (30) minutes of the announcement of the finalists for that event, and then fail to scratch within thirty (30) minutes of their last event of that session and then fail to compete in the event in the finals, will be barred from all subsequent competition in the meet. (Exception: The Head Referee may allow a swimmer to compete further if based on his judgment, the swimmer was ill or the reason for missing the final was beyond the control of the swimmer.). Scoring Each meet shall be scored separately. Each LSC shall be scored as a team for the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championship. Each Zone Team and Individual team entering the Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championship shall be scored separately for this meet. Each event shall be scored according to the amount of lanes in use at said facility. (Ex, 8 Lanes score to 8, 10 Lanes score to 10). • Each event shall be scored to eight places under the following system: o Individual events: (8 lane) 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1/(10 lane) 11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 o Relay events: (8 lane) 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2/(10 lane) 22-18-16-14-12- 10-8-6-4-2 Southern Zone Age Group Open Water Championship: • The Top 16 Open Water swimmers will score in each age group and gender. The scoring will be as follows: o Individual events: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Awards 6 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 Awards shall be given to 1st through 3rd place after each set of events with the last set of events being awarded the next night. All other awards will be presented to the LSC Head Coach for dispersal. The following awards shall be presented at the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships: • Individual events: 1st-8th place medals, (or lanes in use, ie.10 lanes) • Relay events: 1st-3rd place medals, • Team Awards: 54 1st Place “Champions Medals” and 54 t-shirts. 2nd & 3rd Place: Plaque/Trophy • Age Group Awards: 1st place Women and Men in each age group – Plaque/Trophy • Open Water Awards: Medals: 1st – 8th place, by age group and gender. • The Charlene Craddock Sportsmanship Award: Medals and 54 caps swim caps. o Shall be awarded to the team who exhibits the highest level of sportsmanship throughout the meet. (This is a Sportsmanship Award as opposed to a Spirit Award). o Shall be voted on by the Meet Director, Head Referee, Chief Starter and LSC's (one (1) vote each) during the last session of the competition. o A minimum of nine (9) votes shall be required for selection. Officials q The meet is approved as a national certification meet for officials. It is requested that any LSC with qualified officials, who are interested in working at the meet, please contact the meet director. Warm-up The competition pool shall be open on the travel day (Monday) for approximately 2 hours. The competition pool shall be open approximately 2 hours the morning of the meet prior to exclusive meet warm-up. The competition pool shall be available exclusively for meet warm-up at least two (2) hours prior to the start of the preliminary sessions. The competition pool shall be available exclusively for meet warm-up at least one and one-half (1 1/2) hours prior to the start of the final sessions. Warm-up procedures shall be set by the Host LSC and Facility and will comply with the current USA Swimming Rules and Regulations. Meet Committee The meet director and Southern Zone Age Group Chairman will appoint a meet committee. It will consist of the head referee, zone age group chairman or his designee, 3 coaches and 2 athletes from 5 different, randomly selected LSC's. This committee will have jurisdiction over technical protests with the exception of officials' judgment calls. The committee will follow the USA Swimming rules and regulations, the Southern Zone Age Group Swimming Championships meet handbook and the meet information letter at all times. SECTION IV- ZONE MEET DISABILITY INFORMATION 1. Disability Eligibility / Time Standards Each LSC may bring six (6) swimmers 3 boys and 3 girls with disabilities who are 11 to 18 years of age selected in any manner deemed appropriate by their LSC in conjunction with the LSC’s Adapted Swimming Chair and assisted by the Southern Zone Adapted Swimming Coordinator if necessary. Swimmer’s disability must satisfy the definition of a disability as outlined in USA Swimming Rules and Regulations: A permanent physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. These swimmers with disabilities are in addition to the permitted 48 swimmers and are not required to meet the time standards for their age groups/events. However, they must provide a time for each event they enter. Swimmers with disabilities may compete in finals, earn awards and score points for their team in the same manner as the able bodied swimmers. 2. Entries Entries for swimmers with disabilities should be submitted on the attached entry form indicating preference for seeding, and highlighted on the hard copy of the LSC's meet entry. It is the responsibility of the swimmer, or his/her coach, to 7 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 inform the Meet Referee of any disability-related accommodations he/she may need to compete. This information must be given in advance of the meet. The Meet Referee shall inquire about the swimmer’s needs and determine any modifications that may be required. This information shall be relayed to the starter and stroke and turn judges. Visually impaired swimmers who require tappers must bring their own devices and individuals to use them. The Meet Referee may reassign the lane of a deaf swimmer if a required view of the strobe light is obscured, and the light cannot be repositioned. The meet referee shall determine an appropriate method of seeding the athlete into events. It is the responsibility of the USA Swimming Disability Swimming Chair to provide the Meet Referee with current American Records for swimmers with disabilities. It is the swimmer’s responsibility to complete and submit an application for an American Record should one be set. 4. Create four categories of disabilities: 1. Visually Impaired 2. Hearing Impaired 3. Cognitively Impaired 4. Physically Impaired 5. Each swimmer wishing to enter the disability events would have to have a classifiable disability that would fall into at least one of the four categories. 6. If a swimmer had more than one category of disability, they would then choose which of the categories they would like to compete in for the duration of the meet. 7.. Allow disability swimmers to enter six total events with any number of those being the disability events. APPENDIX - I SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP WARM-UP PROCEDUE AND ORDER OF EVENTS 8 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 Warm-up: Southern Zone warm-up procedures 1. Pool will be open for warm-up during the following times before the meet begins: Monday 4:00-8:00 pm Tuesday 8:00-10:00 am Lanes Group A Group B Group C 1 2 Georgia Mississippi Kentucky 3 South Texas Border North Carolina 4 Florida North Texas South Carolina 5 Gulf Florida Gold Coast West Texas 6 Louisiana Southeastern West Virginia 7 8 Disability Disability Disability 2. Assignments for warm-up: 1st warm-up 2nd warm-up 3rd warm-up Tuesday Group A Group B Group C Wednesday Group C Group A Group B Thursday Group B Group C Group A Friday Group A Group B Group C Saturday Group C Group A Group B Warm-up times: Tuesday finals: 11:00 - 11:30am 1st warm-up 11:30am - 12:00pm 2nd warm-up 12:00 - 12:30pm 3rd warm-up 12:30 - 12:45pm lanes 1,2,7,8 pace lanes lanes 3 & 6 one-way sprints lanes 4 & 5 general warm-up Wed-Sat prelims: 7:00 - 7:30am 1st warm-up 7:30 - 8:00am 2nd warm-up 8:00 - 8:30am 3rd warm-up 8:30-8:50 am lanes 1, 8 pace lanes lanes 2, 3, 6, &7 sprint lanes lanes 4 & 5 general warm-up Wed-Sat finals: 4:00-4:45 pm lanes 1-8 general warm-up 4:45-5:15 pm lanes 1 & 8 pace lanes lanes 2, 3, 6 & 7 sprint lanes lanes 4 & 5 general warm-up **sprint and pace lanes may be adjusted at the discretion of the meet referee. 9 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 3. If host team chooses to do a parade, warm-ups on the day they have designated for the parade in the meet information will be specific warm-up from 4:45-5:00, and the pool will close at 5:00. 2XXX USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP Date XXXXXXX Women odd # events Order of Events Men even # events Tuesday XXXXXXX Timed Finals 1:00 PM Event # Age Group Event Event # 1 11-12 400 Free* 2 3 13-18 800 Free* 13-18 1500 Free* 4 *The 400, 800 & 1500 Free will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating women then men. Wednesday XXXXXXXX Prelims 9:00 AM Finals 5:30 PM **All Relays are timed final events and will be swum in the finals. Event # Age Group Event Event # 5 11-12 200 Free 6 7 13-14 200 Free 8 9 15-18 200 Free 10 11 11-12 50 Breast 12 13 13-14 200 Breast 14 15 15-18 200 Breast 16 17 11-12 100 Fly 18 19 13-14 100 Fly 20 21 15-18 100 Fly 22 23 11-12 400 Medley Relay 24 25 13-14 400 Medley Relay 26 27 15-18 400 Medley Relay 28 10 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 Thursday XXXXXXXX Prelims 9:00 AM Finals 5:30 PM **All Relays are timed final events and will be swum in the finals. Event # Age Group Event Event # 29 15-18 200 Back 30 31 13-14 200 Back 32 33 11-12 50 Back 34 35 15-18 100 Free 36 37 13-14 100 Free 38 39 15-18 400 IM 40 41 13-14 400 IM 42 43 11-12 400 FR Relay 44 45 13-14 400 FR Relay 46 47 15-18 400 FR Relay 48 Friday, XXXXXXXXX Prelims 9:00 AM Finals 5:30 PM Event # Age Group Event Event # 49 11-12 100 Back 50 51 13-14 100 Back 52 53 15-18 100 Back 54 55 11-12 100 Breast 56 57 13-14 100 Breast 58 59 15-18 100 Breast 60 61 11-12 100 Free 62 63 13-14 400 Free 64 65 15-18 400 Free 66 67 11-12 200 Medley Relay 68 69 13-14 200 Medley Relay 70 71 15-18 200 Medley Relay 72 **All Relays are timed final events and will be swum in the finals. 11 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 Saturday, XXXXXXXX Prelims 9:00 AM Finals 5:30 PM **All Relays are timed final events and will be swum in the finals. Event # Age Group Event Event # 73 11-12 200 IM 74 75 13-14 200 IM 76 77 15-18 200 IM 78 79 11-12 50 Free 80 81 13-14 50 Free 82 83 15-18 50 Free 84 85 11-12 50 Fly 86 87 13-14 200 Fly 88 89 15-18 200 Fly 90 91 11-12 200 Free Relay 92 93 13-14 200 Free Relay 94 95 15-18 200 Free Relay 96 12 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 2XXX USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET Swimmers with Disabilities Entry Form Name: ______DOB:___/___/___ Male Female Address: ______USA Swimming #: ______City: ______State: ____ Zip: ______Age on August 1, 2XXX:______ Disability: ______Classification (if known): ____ Swimmer/Parent E-mail Address: ______ Club: ______Club Coach: ______Phone: ______ Parent/Guardian’s Name: ______ Phone: Day: ______Evening: ______Cell: ______ Emergency Contact: Name: ______Phone:______ Special Accommodations Needed: ______ ONLY LONG COURSE METER (LCM) TIMES WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SEEDING SEED WITH # EVENT ENTRY TIME Age Group Different Distance Comparable DESCRIPTION (same age & (same age) Time distance) (distance depends on entry time) 1 ______2 ______3 ______4 ______5 ______6 ______Please indicate the swimmer’s preference regarding seeding of their entry for each event. Please note that changing age groups may change the session that the swimmer swims. Changing the distance may affect the date on which the swim occurs. Take these factors into consideration when selection the seeding procedure for each event listed below. The Meet Referee has the final decision regarding seeding procedures. I certify that the above listed times are correct. Signed: ______Date: ______Club Head Coach/Age Group Coach (REQUIRED SIGNATURE) 13 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 APPENDIX - II SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP AND SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIP MEET BID APPLICATION 14 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 APPLICATION FOR SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING AND OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS The ______Local Swimming Committee wishes to bid for the 20___ Southern Zone Age Group Swimming and Open Water Championships. ______Chairman, Local Swimming Committee USA Swimming, Inc. The organization that will be assigned the Championship is the: NAME:______ ADDRESS:______ CITY:______STATE:______ZIP:______ PHONE:(____)______ The organization President is: NAME:______ ADDRESS:______ CITY:______STATE:______ZIP:______ PHONE:(____)______(____)______Home Work FACILITY INFORMATION Please read the Southern Zone Championship Meet Handbook and Article 103 - Facility Standards, USA Swimming Rules and Regulations. Please be certain you understand the requirements for hosting the meets. If the organization is awarded these Championships, we propose to conduct the meet at the following facilities. SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Name of Facility:______2. Name of Pool (if different):______3. Organization Administering Facility:______4. Facility Administrator:______Address:______City:______State:______Zip:______Phone:_(____)______5. Pool Street Address:______City:______State:______Zip:______6. The pool is _____ years old. It opened for the first time on ______(date). 7. The pool is: ___indoor ___outdoor ___indoor / outdoor 15 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 8. What is the depth of the pool? Start end:______Center:______Turn end::______. Are all lanes the same depth? ______. If not, explain:______Please sketch a profile of the pool bottom with the depths marked: 9. There are ____ lanes for racing. Each lane is ____wide. 10. Does the pool have a water heater? ______A water cooling system? ______11. Can you guarantee that the water will be the correct temperature range for competition? ____ with no current _____. 12. What is the candlepower lighting three feet above the water with existing lights? ______Candlepower at finishing and turning end? ______13. Brand name of lane dividers______14. What type of gutter system is installed? ______15. Warm-Up Pool(s): (min of 6 lanes) Length ______Width ______Depth at Shallow end:______Number of lanes ______Width of lanes ______Starting Platforms ______Indoor/Outdoor pool ______Distance from competitive pool______Will lane dividers be provided? ______What type?______16. Starting platform information: A. Size of platform surface Length ______Width ______B. If slanted, the degree of slant ______C. Height above water surface ______D. Are all surfaces non-skid ______17. Timing system trade name and model of automatic timing system: ______A. Is it installed or rented? ______B. Name of touch pads ______C. Name of back up system ______D. Where is it located?______E. Is a readout scoreboard installed?______If not will you rent one? ______How many lines? ______18. Do you have, or will you have a sound starting device under each lane? ______19. Computerization: What computer system and meet management program will be used for the meet?______20. Scoreboard: Will you have a team scoreboard for 1 - 15 places? ______What type? ______21. What are the deck measurements? Left side____ Right side____ Turning end____ Behind start____ 22. Total seating capacity in pool area______( min of 1200 seating) (min deck space 550-700) Right side of pool______Left side of pool______Starting end______Turning end______Comments:______ 23. Resting Area: Is it convenient? _____ Is it shaded? _____ How large? _____ Indoor/Outdoor? ______How far from the rest area to the pool?______ 16 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 24. Locker Facilities: (20 swimmer+ equipment min) Women: # lockers _____ Men: # lockers _____ # showers _____ # showers _____ # toilets _____ # toilets _____ 25. P.A. System: In pool area? _____ In locker rooms? _____ In rest area? _____ Are acoustics acceptable if indoors? ______Are speakers adequate if outdoors? ______26. Will the facilities be available to the swimmers only on a full-time basis beginning one day before the meet? ______27. Is a Certification of Pool Length Application on file at the United States Swimming National Headquarters? ______28. Do you have any policies that would restrict USA sponsorship obligations? ______29. Per USA Swimming Rules and Regulations NO NOISE MAKERS WILL BE ALLOWED AT MEET. 30. Will meet marshals be available throughout the meet? ______ OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1. Name of Facility:______2. Name of Body of Water (if different):______3. Organization Administering Facility:______4. Facility Administrator:______Address:______City:______State:______Zip:______Phone:_(____)______5. Facility Street Address:______City:______State:______Zip:______6. The facility is _____ years old. It opened for the first time on ______(date). 7. What is the depth of the water? Start :______Ave. course depth:______. Please sketch a profile of the body of water with the course and depths marked: 8. What will the water temperature (estimate)? ______ 9. Timing system trade name and model: ______A. Name of back up system ______B. Where is it located?______C. Is a readout scoreboard installed?______If not will you rent one? ______10. Do you have, or will you have a sound starting device at both ends of start? ______11. Computerization: What computer system and meet management program will be used for the meet?______12. Scoreboard: Will you have a team scoreboard for 1 - 15 places? ______What type? ______13. Resting Area: Is it convenient? _____ Is it shaded? _____ How large? _____ Indoor/Outdoor? ______How far from the rest area to the water?______14. Locker Facilities: Women: # lockers _____ Men: # lockers _____ # showers _____ # showers _____ # toilets _____ # toilets _____ 17 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 15. P.A. System: In start area? _____ In locker rooms? _____ In rest area? _____ Are speakers adequate for outdoors? ______ 16. Do you have any policies that would restrict USA sponsorship obligations? ______ OTHER INFORMATION: 1. Hotel Headquarters: Name:______Address: ______City:______State:______Zip:______Phone:_(____)______Manager's Name:______Number of rooms:______Distance from hotel to pool:______Room rates: Single ______Double: ______Quad: ______ Describe facilities, including the restaurants and hours of operation: ______ 2. Other Hotels: Please attach a list of other hotels with the following information: Name:______Number of rooms:______Room rates: Single _____ Double _____ Quad _____ Driving time to pool:______Address:______Contact Name:______Phone:_(____)______ 3. Please indicate the number of restaurants in each category: Fast food: 1-5 miles ______6-10 miles ______11-20 miles ______Inexpensive: 1-5 miles ______6-10 miles ______11-20 miles ______Moderate: 1-5 miles ______6-10 miles ______11-20 miles ______ 4. Transportation To And From The City: Airlines serving the city:______Distance from airport to the pool:______Will there be free transportation from the hotels to the pool ? _____ Schedule?______How many rental vans are available at the airport?______Car rental companies serving the city:______Is there a traffic problem getting to the pool from housing?______If so, explain:______ 18 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 APPENDIX III SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING AND OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP & FINANCIAL REPORT MEET EVALUATION FORM 19 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 USA SWIMMING EVENT FINANCIAL REPORT EVENT: ______SITE: ______DATE: ______ EXPENSES REVENUES Rental Facilities ______Ticket Sales ______Championship Coordination Entry Fees ______Meeting (in Colorado) ______Event Sponsorship Sales ______Rental Equipment ______Program Advertising Sales ______Temporary Help ______Program Sales ______Printing (copies, tickets, Final Results Sales ______programs, heat sheets) ______Heat Sheet Sales ______Computer Expenses ______Concessions - Net Sales Medals and Awards ______Souvenirs ______Promotion and Publicity ______Snack Bar ______Hospitality ______USA Swimming Gift Services ______Press Room Set-up ______USA Swimming Sponsorship Telephone ______Funds (contingent upon Postage ______contract fulfillment) ______Office Supplies ______Contributions ______Black and White Photos ______*Other ______Officials' shirts, stipend gifts ______Officials Room Expenses ______TOTAL REVENUE $______Surcharge Fee Paid To LSC ______Sanction Fee Paid To LSC ______*Other ______ TOTAL EXPENSES $______ TOTAL REVENUE $______TOTAL EXPENSES $______NET PROFIT (LOSS) $______ TIME TRIALS $______ *Please detail Other Revenue and Other Expenses on separate sheet(s) and attach. 20 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 Southern Zone A/G Championship Meet Evaluation Form Meet:______Date:______Location:______ This form will be used to assist future hosts, officials and the Zone in general, to improve competition for our athletes. Please complete and deposit in Meet evaluation box or mail directly to the Southern Zone Age Group Chairman: Brian Dangelmaier, SZ Age Group Chair, 127 Varsity Circle, Arlington, TX 76013 (PLEASE CIRCLE A NUMBER FOR SECTIONS 1 THRU 5, #1 BEING LOW / #4 BEING HIGH) 1. PRE-PLANNING Pre-meet information 1 2 3 4 Packets 1 2 3 4 Hotels & Restaurants 1 2 3 4 Maps 1 2 3 4 Transportation (cost/convenience) a. Airlines 1 2 3 4 b. Car Rental 1 2 3 4 Planning for Climatic Changes 1 2 3 4 2. FACILITIES/GENERAL Parking 1 2 3 4 Registration 1 2 3 4 Restrooms/Dressing rooms 1 2 3 4 Swimmers' Rest Areas 1 2 3 4 Public Address System 1 2 3 4 Spectator seating 1 2 3 4 Warm up/down facilities 1 2 3 4 3. FACILITIES/COMPETITION POOL Pace Clocks 1 2 3 4 Scoreboard/timing equip/computer 1 2 3 4 Lighting 1 2 3 4 Ventilation 1 2 3 4 Water Conditions 1 2 3 4 Starting System 1 2 3 4 Pool set-up (deck space, media...) 1 2 3 4 4. OFFICIALS Meet 1 2 3 4 Administrative Referee 1 2 3 4 Deck Referee(s) 1 2 3 4 Starter(s) 1 2 3 4 Announcer(s) 1 2 3 4 Chief Judge(s) 1 2 3 4 Stk & Turn 1 2 3 4 Relay take-off 1 2 3 4 Clerk of Course 1 2 3 4 Meet Director 1 2 3 4 5. GENERAL APPRAISAL Meet Administration 1 2 3 4 Hospitality 1 2 3 4 Awards/Ceremonies 1 2 3 4 Safety Procedures 1 2 3 4 Overall success of meet 1 2 3 4 Use page 2 for general comments of if you gave any category a rating of 2 or lower. Signed:______LSC______ { } Swimmer { } Coach { } Official - Position______{ } Other - Title______21 SO. ZONE MEET HANDBOOK, rev. 09/14 (Southern Zone Meet Evaluation Page 1 of 2) 6. LIST THINGS THAT WERE PARTICULARLY GOOD: ______ 7. LIST THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED TO MAKE THE NEXT MEET BETTER: ______ 8. LIST GENERAL COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THIS MEET: ______ 9. IF YOU GAVE ANY CATEGORY A RATING OF 2 OR LOWER, PLEASE EXPLAIN: ______ 22 PROPROSAL FOR SWAD SCORING AT SOUTHERN ZONES Georgia Swimming would like to propose the following change for Swimmers with a Disability (SWAD) at the Southern Zone meet. This past year, SWAD scoring was changed to have the SWAD scored against able-bodied swimmers. This made many SWAD athletes feel as though they were only swimming an exhibition swim. This change being proposed is to bring back scoring for SWAD, but not in the same fashion as it was for the 2013 and previous Southern Zone meet. In those meets, the maximum number of SWAD entrants in ANY event set the scoring for ALL the events. For instance, if there were five entrants in one event, and only one entrant in another event, the single swimmer would score as if there were five swimmers they were competing against. Our proposal is that the SWAD would swim with the able-bodied athletes in the preliminary events. They would then be broken out and scored according to how many disability athletes are in that PARTICULAR event….five athletes, scoring would be 6-4- 3-2-1; four athletes, 5-3-2-1; three athletes, scoring would be 4-2-1; two athletes, scoring would be 3-1; and one athlete, would score 2 points. This proposal allows the athletes to not only COMPETE, but to also have the opportunity to SCORE for their team. Southern Zone Open Water Proposal: Establish a Southern Zone Open Water Championship* First year at Florida Swimming Miromar Lakes, Florida Rotate LSC host or bid each year or remain at Miromar lakes Time period: April/ May/ June ; April 25 2015 Florida Swimming would be able to host . 2-3 athletes of each gender and age group 11-12/13-14/15-16/17-18 with 3-4 coaches to represent each LSC Each LSC would establish their own criteria for selection (as they do for Zone Age Group Championships) Option for other teams /swimmers to participate, but those swimmers would not score for LSC Championships; this would encourage more participation and also alleviate costs. The host may also add on other open water competitions when the course is set up. *This would replace the open water swim competition at age group zone meet Rationale: 1. Open Water at Zone Age Group Championships water conditions are difficult. The host team invests time and money, only to have the event cancelled. 2. Swimmers at the zone meet have been competing at a high level for 5 days and are mentally and physically spent. They are not prepared to compete in an open water event. Also, most zone swimmers are not open water swimmers and do not want to swim open water. 2. Provide a venue for open water swimmers: some very good open water swimmers do not qualify for zones; this would give those swimmers an opportunity to go to a championship type open water event 3. Southern Zone has some unique venues for open water that are not utilized because of limitation to location of the pool competition. USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE MEET HANDBOOK All references to SOUTHERN ZONE OPEN WATER SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP in the SOUTHERN ZONE AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP section of the USA SWIMMING SOUTHERN ZONE MEET HANDBOOK shall be removed and applied to a separate SOUTHERN ZONE OPEN WATER SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP section in the handbook. Scoring and awarding would remain the same yet be scored as a separate championship. NC Swimming and Sandhills Sandsharks Proposal Southern Zone Open Water Championships June 5-7, 2015 OR Sept. 11-13, 2015 Seven Lakes, NC Proposal: NC Swimming and the Sandhills Sandsharks are interested in hosting a Southern Zone Open Water Championship at Lake Echo, Seven Lakes, NC, either in early June or September. Rationale and Considerations: Venue • Our venue and water temperature have consistently met all requirements since 1999. • We already host Open Water meets on the weekend of the first Saturday in June and the weekend of the first Saturday after Labor Day in September at this venue. • We are located in a resort area; Pinehurst, NC (home of the US Open Golf tournament) offers exceptional services for visitors and easily caters to events such as this one. Our Experience • We host two Open Water meets per year; one is our LSC’s State Champs; the other is part of Open Water Select Camp for swimmers from North Carolina and South Carolina. • We have hosted Zones in the past. • Our June meet has grown from 40 to over 600; we easily accommodate hundreds of swimmers. • NC Swimming and Sandhills Sandsharks also host Open Water Select camp at Lake Echo for top North Carolina and South Carolina swimmers. Format • One or three day meet options: Zone races can be held on one day only; teams who want clinics and a multi-day meet could have those as well, as we run other races that weekend. o Option 1: A one-day format (5K, 3K, 2K) o Option 2: A three- day format (to include a Friday night 1K, Open Water Clinic, and Sunday 2K Team Pursuit) • Early June/September dates fit well with training schedules and ensure that all LSC’s can get their OW swimmers prepared for the race. • Our LSC is home to 3 National Championship/Olympic Open Water swimmers who assist with Open Water clinics and who may be able to attend. Discussion Points: • Should Open Water Zones parallel Nationals in structure by giving swimmers more opportunities to compete over several days? • Should older swimmers be eligible for bids for Nationals? • Should financial viability be a factor in hosting this event? Submitted by: Taylor Cooper Sandhills Sandsharks Head Coach NC Open Water Chair [email protected] 910/690-2870 John Roy Head Coach/CEO WAVE Swimming 919-981-0644 office 919-906-7946 cell