| GREEN YMCA BARRACUDA INVITATIONAL |
DATE | SUNDAY, January 18th, 2009 |
LOCATION
| Green Family YMCA 3800 Massillon Road, Uniontown, OH 44685 330-899-9622 |
POOL | 25 Yard / 6 Lane Pool Colorado Timing System with touch pads |
SPECTATOR SPACE
| There will be bleachers set in the pool area, however, seating is limited. Please plan to sit in the gym or racquetball courts with your swimmer(s) when they are not in an event. |
SWIMMER SPACE | Large Gym available for swimmers and their families to use between events. The Gym, Concession Area and Racquetball Courts are cold, please dress warmly. |
POOL AND GYM RULES
| Food is allowed in the concession area ONLY. NO food or drinks are allowed in the gym or in the pool area. SHOES must be worn at ALL TIMES. Please remember to take towels to the pool area before your event in order to prevent slippery floors. |
STARTING TIMES | There will be a Clerk of Course for ALL swimmers during the both sessions located in the Classroom across from the locker rooms. AM SESSION: 6 & under (boys and girls) (Freestyle and Backstroke ONLY) 8 & under (boys and girls) 10 & under (boys and girls) Warm-ups begin at 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM Meet will start at 8:00 AM PM SESSION: 13 & 14 (boys and girls) (We will accept 15 & older swimmers) 11 & 12 (boys and girls) Warm-ups will begin immediately after AM Session, but no earlier than 2:00 PM |
ELIGIBILITY | Each swimmer must be a full member of the YMCA that they represent in accordance with the NEO Swim League and National Rules. Ages are determined by the swimmer's age as of December 1, 2008 |
COACHES INFO
| Coaches Packets will be available upon arrival in Concessions Area. There will be a Coaches meeting prior to the AM Session for Head Coaches and their Assistants ONLY in the Concessions Area. |
RULES | USA rules as stated in the NEO YMCA League rulebook |
ENTRY FEES | PRE-SUBMITTED ENTRIES: Individual Events: $3.00 per event Relay Events: $12.00 per Relay Team Each swimmer may compete in up to four (4) individual events and two (2) relay events.
DECK ENTRIES: Individual Events: $5.00 per event Relay Events: $15.00 per Relay Team (Accepted only if there is room in current heat. NO new heats will be created with deck entries)
Deck Entries for the AM session will be accepted 7 am - 7:40 am.
Deck Entries for the PM session will be accepted ONLY AFTER the AM session is completed until 1:30 pm.
Please make checks payable to Green YMCA Swim Boosters or GYSB Payment will be accepted on the day of meet. Please pay Becky Rickman, GYSB Treasurer, before the start of the AM Session in Concessions area. Or mail payment to the following address: Green YMCA Barracuda Invitational c/o Becky Rickman / GYSB Treasurer 3796 Park Ridge Road Uniontown, OH 44865 |
CONDUCT | Coaches are responsible for the conduct and supervision of their swimmers. Please check your swimmer area in the gym prior to leaving the meet. All swimmers are required to wear shoes outside of the pool area and to take a towel with them to warm-ups and to their events, in order to keep the gym floor from getting wet and slippery. NO FOOD OR DRINK, EXCEPT FOR BOTTLE WATER WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE GYM AND RACQUETBALL COURTS. ALL FOOD AND DRINK MUST BE CONSUMED IN THE CONCESSION AREA. |
QUESTIONS
| Ty Shackelford / Barracuda Head Coach tshac@sbglobal.net 330-285-1303 (cell) |
DEADLINE | Team Manger entry files must be received by Monday, January 12th, 2009. All other entries must be received by Monday, December 31ST, 2008 Entries can be submitted by email to Coach Ty Shackelford at tshac@sbcglobal.net Mail all disk or paper entries to: Green YMCA Barracuda Invitational c/o Ty Shackelford / Barracuda Head Coach 731 Redwood Avenue Canal Fulton, OH 44614 There will be a $50 administrative fee charged to teams for paper entries |
AWARDS | MEDAL AWARDS 1st - 3rd place in all individual and relay events RIBBON AWARDS Heat winners and 4th - 12th in all individual and relay events TROPHY AWARDS 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Team Trophies (Scoring 1 - 16 places) |
CONCESSION
| A full concession stand will be available during both AM and PM sessions. It will be located in the Multi-purpose room across from the gym. All food MUST be consumed in the Concession Area. The Barracudas will be selling an Invitational t-shirt this year. Limited amount of shirts and sizes will be available at the meet. Sizes can be ordered with a shipping charge included. |
ADMISSION | $3.00 for Admission for all spectators (Children under 5 are free) $5.00 for Heat Sheets either AM or PM Sessions $7.00 for Heat Sheet with both AM and PM Sessions |
HEAT SHEET ADS | Business and Swimmer ads are due to Valerie Schwartz by January 11, 2009. Ads are $5: ¼ page, $10: ½ page and $20: full page per session. All payments MUST be turned into swim team envelope no later than Jan 11th for ad to be placed in the Heat sheet for the Invitational. Please make all checks out to GYSB. Please click here for a customized order form or you can create your own in a Word Document or PDF. Please email ALL ads to vtschwartz@sbcglobal.net |
AM SESSION ORDER OF EVENTS
EVENT # GIRLS | AGE GROUP | EVENT | AGE GROUP | EVENT # BOYS |
1 | 10 & Under | 200 FREESTYLE | 10 & Under | 2 |
3 | 10 & Under | 200 MEDLEY RELAY | 10 & Under | 4 |
5 | 8 & Under | 100 MEDLEY RELAY | 8 & Under | 6 |
7 | 10 & Under | 50 FREESTYLE | 10 & Under | 8 |
9 | 8 & Under | 25 FREESTYLE | 8 & Under | 10 |
11 | 6 & Under | 25 FREESTYLE | 6 & Under | 12 |
13 | 10 & Under | 100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY | 10 & Under | 14 |
15 | 10 & Under | 50 BUTTERFLY | 10 & Under | 16 |
17 | 8 & Under | 25 BUTTERFLY | 8 & Under | 18 |
19 | 10 & Under | 100 FREESTYLE | 10 & Under | 20 |
21 | 8 & Under | 50 FREESTYLE | 8 & Under | 22 |
23 | 10 & Under | 50 BACKSTROKE | 10 & Under | 24 |
25 | 8 & Under | 25 BACKSTROKE | 8 & Under | 26 |
27 | 6 & Under | 25 BACKSTROKE | 6 & Under | 28 |
29 | 10 & Under | 50 BREASTSTROKE | 10 & Under | 30 |
31 | 8 & Under | 25 BREASTSTROKE | 8 & Under | 32 |
33 | 10 & Under | 200 FREESTYLE RELAY | 10 & Under | 34 |
35 | 8 & Under | 100 FREESTYLE RELAY | 8 & Under | 36 |
AFTERNOON SESSION ORDER OF EVENTS
EVENT # GIRLS | AGE GROUP | EVENT | AGE GROUP | EVENT # BOYS |
37 | 13 & Over | 200 FREESTYLE | 13 & Over | 38 |
39 | 11 - 12 | 200 FREESTYLE | 11 - 12 | 40 |
41 | 13 & Over | 200 MEDLEY RELAY | 13 & Over | 42 |
43 | 11 - 12 | 200 MEDLEY RELAY | 11 - 12 | 44 |
45 | 13 & Over | 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY | 13 & Over | 46 |
47 | 11 - 12 | 100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY | 11 - 12 | 48 |
49 | 13 & Over | 50 FREESTYLE | 13 & Over | 50 |
51 | 11 - 12 | 50 FREESTYLE | 11 - 12 | 52 |
53 | 13 & Over | 100 BUTTERFLY | 13 & Over | 54 |
55 | 11 - 12 | 50 BUTTERFLY | 11 - 12 | 56 |
57 | 13 & Over | 100 FREESTYLE | 13 & Over | 58 |
59 | 11 - 12 | 100 FREESTYLE | 11 - 12 | 60 |
61 | 13 & Over | 100 BACKSTROKE | 13 & Over | 62 |
63 | 11 - 12 | 50 BACKSTROKE | 11 - 12 | 64 |
65 | 13 & Over | 100 BREASTSTROKE | 13 & Over | 66 |
67 | 11 - 12 | 50 BREASTSTROKE | 11 - 12 | 68 |
69 | 13 & Over | 200 FREESTYLE RELAY | 13 & Over | 70 |
71 | 11 - 12 | 200 FREESTYLE RELAY | 11 - 12 | 72 |
73 | 13 & Over | 500 FREESTYLE | 13 & Over | 74 |