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