2024 New England College Club & Masters Swimming Meet

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Registration Schedule

This competition is limited to the first 600 entrants.
Currently there are 6 entrants.

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Monday, Oct. 28

• Online relay entries open: 12:00pm

Friday, Nov. 1

• Online event check-in opens: 9:00am

Saturday, Nov. 2

• Pool deck opens: 8:15am
• Warm-up opens in all 15 lanes: 8:30am
• 500 freestyle check-in closes: 9:00am
• 10 competition lanes close: 9:20am
• 500 freestyle starts: 9:30am
• Main session event check-in & relay entries close: 10:30am
• Competition lanes reopen for warm-up: 10:45am (estimate)
• Main session starts: 11:15am (estimate)

FACILITY: Boston University Aquatics Center includes a 10-lane by 16-lane competition pool changeable from short course meters to yards via movable bulkhead. The pool depth slopes from 7 feet to 13.5 feet. The water temperature is 79 to 80 degrees. For this meet, the pool will be configured as a 10-lane, 25-yard competition course with non-turbulent lane lines plus five 25-yard auxiliary lanes for continuous warm-up. The capacity is 200 persons on deck plus 500 in the deck-accessible stands. There is wheelchair access to public areas, including the pool deck, locker rooms, and stands via elevator. For more accessibility information, click here.

POOL LENGTH CERTIFICATION & TIMING SYSTEM: The length of the competition course is in compliance and on file with USMS in accordance with articles 105.1.7 and 106.2.1, but as a bulkhead course is subject to length confirmation. Daktronics Timing System with automatic touchpads, semiautomatic buttons, and an alphanumeric scoreboard. Eligibility of times achieved in this meet by USMS members for USMS record and Top Ten consideration and by CCS members for CCS records, rankings, and national qualifying times will be contingent on verification of bulkhead placement.
 
Meet Email: info@swimri.org
Meet Directors: Douglas Sayles (401) 633-5756 & Jason Weis (412) 779-8120
Asst. Meet Director: Casey McQuesten (401) 234-3527
Meet Referee: Ken Galica | kennethgalica@gmail.com | (978) 808-0328
 
ENTRIES:

• Online Only (no paper entries): https://bit.ly/ccs-usms-newenglandmeet24
• Entries Open: Thursday, August 15, 2024.
• Entry Deadline: Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 11:59pm.
  • We may close entries early upon reaching 600 swimmers or the meet's timeline limits.
  • We may close or temporarily suspend USMS or CCS entries to maintain parity.
• Entry Limits:
  • 3 individual events + 3 relay events per swimmer.
  • Event caps: 500 Free ~ 100 swimmers.
  • We may add or adjust event entry caps. Check back here for updates.
• Event Order: Scroll to the bottom of this web page to view the order of events.
• Entry Fee:
  • USMS Members — $50 per swimmer nonrefundable charge to your credit card from “WWW.NELMSC.ORG.”
  • CCS Members — $25 per swimmer. No charge during the meet entry process, unless you purchase a meet t-shirt. After entries close, we will email each CCS club president an invoice for their club's total amount due.
• Change/Add Events: Once you've entered the meet, you cannot change events but you can add events while entries are open by emailing your seed times to info@swimri.org.

ELIGIBILITY: Members aged 18 or older of U.S. Masters Swimming or College Club Swimming. The age determining date is November 2, 2024.

USMS will issue a certificate of insurance (providing participant accident, general liability, and excess liability coverage) for this meet contingent upon all swimmers being USMS or CCS members. To join USMS, click here. To register a club or swimmer with CCS, click here.

SWIMMERS WITH DISABILITIES: Before competing, please notify the meet director and meet referee of any desired accommodations.

RULES: 2024 USMS Rules & Regulations apply. We may use dive-over starting. If you want more time to exit the pool, please notify the meet referee.

AGE GROUPS: The individual event age groups are 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, etc. in five-year increments. The relay event age groups are 18+, 25+, 35+, 45+, etc. in 10-year increments, determined by the youngest relay member’s age.

TEAM AFFILIATION: Your meet entry must match your club affiliation (and, if applicable, your New England Masters Swim Club workout-group affiliation) in your USMS or CCS member record. Each NEM workout group will compete as a team against other registered NEM workout groups and USMS and CCS clubs. You cannot change your club or NEM workout-group affiliation after competing in an event at the meet. If you have questions about your USMS registration or competition eligibility, see the NELMSC's Demystifying USMS primer or contact NEmembership@usms.org.

RELAYS:

• Relay entries are free, but every swimmer must be registered for at least one individual event.
• Swimmers should indicate their relay availability (non-binding) when entering the meet.
• Online relay entries (preferred) will open at noon, Monday, October 28. We will also accept paper deck entries.
• Relay entries will close at 10:30am the day of the event.
• Each relay team must retrieve their printed relay card at the meet admin table after relay entries have closed and been seeded and must present that card to the head lane timer before their heat starts.
• A swimmer cannot swim on both a same-sex relay and a mixed relay for the same event.
• All four swimmers in a relay must be affiliated with the same club in their USMS or CCS member records.
• NEM members affiliated with different workout groups or no workout group can record an official time by forming a nonscoring “NEM-Unattached” relay.
• UC unattached swimmers (i.e., no club affliliation) cannot compete in relays.

Online Relay Entry Instructions: One person should enter all their team's relays online per the instructions below. That person must be affiiated with the team in their USMS member record.

1. When relay entries open, click the blue "Register Relays Online Now!" button at the top/bottom of this page.
2. Input your USMS membership credentials and verify your address, email, etc.
3. Bypass the biographical page — there should be no edits needed here.
4. Click an event to see your club's swimmers and create an entry for that event. You need not designate multiple entries as A, B, C, etc. The software will do it.
5. Enter the relay's estimated seed time and select four swimmers in the order they will swim.
6. Continue this process until you have entered all your relay teams/events.
7. Proceed to the review page and click to finalize and submit your team's relay entries.

Changing Relay Entries: Before relay entries close, you can change or add relay entries via the online relay entry procedure described above. After relay entries close, you can change the names or swim order in a relay entry by indicating changes on your relay card and notifying the head lane timer before your heat starts.

LAP COUNTERS: Plastic lap counters will be available for the 500 freestyle, but swimmers are responsible for finding someone to count for them.

HEAT SEEDING:

• Timed finals, deck seeded from entry times, slowest to fastest, after check-in closes.
• All individual event heats will be seeded men and women combined.
• Women's, men's, and mixed relays may be swum in combined heats.
• The meet director or referee can change seed times that are obviously incorrect based on prior performances.
• Entries without seed times will not be accepted.

CHECK-IN REQUIRED:

• Online Check-In: All events require positive check-in online via SwimPhone. Check-in will open Friday, November 1, at 9:00am and will close Saturday at 9:00am for the 500 freestyle and at 10:30am for the main session.
• BU Security Policy: Separate from the above online meet check-in process, BU requires every meet attendee to identify themselves when entering the building to verify that they've completed the FitRec Center User Agreement.

SCRATCHES: If you check in for an event then decide not to swim it, please scratch online via SwimPhone before check-in closes.

WARM-UP/WARM-DOWN: All 15 lanes will open for warm-up at 8:30am. The five non-competition lanes will close 15 minutes after the last event ends. Warm-up in the 10 competition lanes will close at 9:20am and reopen for ~25 minutes after the 500 freestyle. Teams and/or swimmers may be assigned specific warm-up lanes.

No Diving: Swimmers must enter warm-up lanes FEET FIRST except in designated one-way sprint lanes.

SPLIT REQUESTS: All relay leadoff splits (first 50 of 200 relay, and first 100 of 400 relay) will be recorded as automatic official splits. Official split requests for other distances or events must be submitted to the meet admin table using the Split Request Form.

For backstroke events, you must submit the split request form and notify the meet referee of your intent to record an initial split time after the heat sheet is posted but before you swim your event. For other events, you must submit the form to the meet admin table before the end of the meet; the meet staff will notify the meet referee of each split request in compliance with USMS Rule 103.18.1(B)(1).

RECORD-BREAKING SWIMS: Swimmers who may break a USMS national record or CCS national record should notify the meet referee before that event so an additional backup watch can be assigned to that lane.

SCORING:

• The first 16 places in each age group and sex will be scored 17, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points for individual events and double for relays.
• NEM members with no workout group affiliation in their USMS member record will not score team points.
• Unattached (UC) swimmers cannot score team points.

PSYCH SHEETS: Psych sheets and entry lists will be posted to this website, SwimPhone, and Meet Mobile.

HEAT SHEETS: Heat sheets will be posted onsite and uploaded to SwimPhone and Meet Mobile after check-in closes and that day’s events have been seeded.

RESULTS: Results will be posted onsite and uploaded to this website, SwimPhone, and Meet Mobile. Recorded times are not official until they are posted to the USMS and CCS meet results databases.

AWARDS:

• Brief ceremony after the final event to bestow awards to:
  • CCS and USMS teams exhibiting the most team spirit.
  • Top-scoring team in the Large, Medium, Small, and Squad divisions. (Sizes TBD based on swimmers entered in the meet.)
  • Top-three scoring CCS teams. (We may add CCS team-size divisions.)
  • Top female and male scorer in each age group.
  • The top-six male and female scorers in the 18 to 24 age group.
• Heat winners may claim a rubber ducky. Quack!
• Team and individual point rankings and record-breaking swims will be posted on the meet website.

MUSIC: We intend to play music throughout the meet (sound system allowing). Team captains should email their team's hype song request to info@swimri.org. Include the team name, song title, and artist.

TEAM BANNERS: You are encouraged to bring your team’s banner. Please use Command hooks or painter’s tape to hang your banners. Do not use duct tape or any other adhesive that will leave residue on the walls.

FOOD & DRINK: Food and non-alcoholic drinks are allowed on the pool deck and in the stands, but glass containers are prohibited. Packaged snacks and beverages will be for sale on deck while supplies last; the facility also has vending machines. Meet staff and officials will be afforded complimentary hospitality.

T-SHIRTS: Soft, short-sleeve, cotton/polyester meet t-shirts can be purchased for $15 during online registration for pickup at the meet. A limited quantity may also be for sale at the meet. Cash and Venmo accepted onsite. We will not mail t-shirts or provide refunds.

WI-FI ACCESS: Public Wi-Fi is available onsite. We will post connection instructions here before the meet.

DIRECTIONS & PARKING: Check back here in early September for meet parking instructions for cars and team buses. The current Saturday daily parking rate in the Agganis Arena lot adjacent to the FitRec Center is $12.

• BU Fitness & Recreation Center:
  • 915 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
  • Directions & Parking webpage
  • Phone: (617) 358-3740
• Charles River Campus Guest & Visitor Parking maps
• BU Transportation Services: (617) 353-2160 or transportation@bu.edu

CONDITIONS: Every participant must sign the USMS Participant Waiver built into the online meet registration process and must separately sign the online Boston University Fitness & Recreation Center User Agreement. By entering this meet, you give U.S. Masters Swimming and its subordinates and assignees permission to use your name and image, including photo and video recordings, for promotional purposes and in any broadcast or other accounts of this event.
 

Meet Course: 25 Yards

Note: If paying by credit card, your credit card statement will reflect a charge from "WWW.NELMSC.ORG."