July 5-7, 2013 in Missoula, Montana

Montana Swimming and Missoula Aquatic Club

1^st Annual Quad/Tri LSC A Champs Meet

Prelims/Finals Meet

July 5-7, 2013 in Missoula, Montana

USA Swimming and Montana Swimming Sanction # 0894



CONTACT: Meet Director Lanni Jacobson 406-544-1170 [e-mail]

Meet Registrar Kim Fee 406-544-8734 [e-mail]

Lanni Jacobson 406-544-1170 [e-mail]

P.O. Box 7434

Missoula, MT 59807-7434

Meet Referee Doug Wertz 509-438-1151 [e-mail]

LOCATION: The Lake at Splash Montana located at 3001 Bancroft, is an 8-lane, 50-meter regulation outdoor long course pool equipped with non-turbulent lane lines. The pool is a state of the art 50 meter pool by Astral Pools. The pool is 6 feet deep at the west end and 4 feet deep east end. We have access to the 25 yard 3 ½ feet deep, 3 lanes area for warm-up and cool down before the park opens at 11:00am, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There also is a partial lane next to lane 8 for warm-up and cool down during the swim meet. The competition course has not been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4). Montana Masters Swimming had it certified and we are in the process of completing the certification.

Directions: From I-90, take Exit 104, Orange Street. Turn south onto Orange Street, drive approximately 1.4 miles, turn left on Beckwith (at the light), drive .2 miles and turn right on Brooks (at the light), drive .4 miles then turn left on Bancroft. The pool will be on the right hand side. Bancroft street will be the 1^st right hand turn after the light at Mount and Brooks. When you are on Bancroft you will go through a four way stop and pass Sentinel High School on your right hand side. OVERNIGHT PARKING OR CAMPING IS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS PARK!
If teams want to arrive early we can arrange practice time in the 50 meter pool for your use at a nominal cost. Contact Curt Jacobson at 406-329-7611 or [e-mail].
HOTEL INFO: At the end of this announcement is a list of our sponsoring TBID hotels. There will be meet surveys available in the swim shop and in the meet program. All filled out surveys turned in by the deadline will be eligible for a cash drawing. There will be two drawings on Sunday at noon. For the surveys that are staying at the sponsoring TBID hotels there will be 4 drawings at random and awarding four $100.00 cash prizes. Out of all the surveys, TBID and non TBID hotels surveys, there will be 2 drawn for $50.00 cash prize each. We use this information to improve our swim meets so would appreciate your participation.
RULES: The meet is sanctioned by Montana Swimming and USA Swimming. The rules of USA Swimming and Montana Swimming will govern the conduct of the meet. Use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, rest rooms or locker rooms. The facility is equipped with adequate changing facilities and changing in or out of swimsuits other than in locker rooms is not appropriate and is prohibited. There will be no on-deck registration. Glass containers, tobacco products, or alcoholic beverages are not allowed in the swimming venue. Seeding will be Long Course Meters (LCM), Short Course Yards (SCY), Short Course Meters (SCM). Swimmers are responsible for being familiar with this meet’s scratch rules and check-­‐in procedures. At a sanctioned competitive event, USA Swimming athlete members must be under the supervision of a USA Swimming member coach during warm-ups, competition, and warm-down. The Meet Director or Meet Referee may assist the swimmer in making arrangements for such supervision, but it is the swimmer’s responsibility to make such arrangements prior to the start of the meet. Unaccompanied swimmers shall report to the Meet Director or Meet Referee for assignment.
SAFETY Montana Swimming safety guidelines and warm-up procedures will be in effect and

REGULATIONS: strictly enforced. No stakes can be put in the ground within the fenced area in the pool. Umbrellas, tarps, and canopies for swimmers will not be allowed on the pool deck, but will be allowed in the adjacent park during the meet. This meet will follow Montana Swimming’s and the City of Missoula’s lightning policies. There is no overnight camping in the park. Please bring a sun hat and sunscreen for your own protection.
WARM-UP Athlete entries into all lanes must be 3 point/feet first entry and circle swimming for a minimum of 20 minutes. For the last 20 minutes of the warm-up session, one-way sprints/starts will be open in 2 designated lanes. Additional one-way sprint lanes may be opened at the discretion of the meet referee. A pace lane can be opened at the discretion of the meet referee after the initial 20 minute circle swim period.
RACING STARTS: Any swimmer entered in the meet, unaccompanied by a USA Swimming member coach, must be certified by a USA Swimming member coach as being proficient in performing a racing start or must start each race from within the water. When unaccompanied by a member-coach, it is the responsibility of the swimmer or the swimmer’s legal guardian to ensure compliance with this requirement. All swimmers not accompanied by a coach must check in with the Meet Referee.
LIGHTNING POLICY: City of Missoula and Montana Swimming follows guidelines set forth by the facility standard or the American Red Cross whichever is more stringent will be the governing rule.
ELGIBILITY: This meet is open to all swimmers currently registered with USA Swimming as year round members with at least one “A” USAS Motivational Times time standard from Montana, Inland Empire, Snake River and /or Alaska swimming. Age of the swimmer on the first day of the meet determines the swimmer’s age group. No on deck registrations will be allowed.
Swimmers must have met the appropriate 2013 qualifying times in competition between February 1, 2012, and the entry deadline of June 30, 2013 at midnight. Penalties apply for unproven entry times.
Each entry time must be from USA Swimming sanctioned, approved, or observed competition. Entry times not in the SWIMS database must be proven to the Administrative Referee or designated representative prior to the scratch deadline for the event (and in accordance with qualifying period noted above). Failure to provide such proof of time prior to that deadline will result in the swimmer being removed from the event. There is no need to prove relay entry times. It is the entering club’s, or individual’s, if entering as unattached, responsibility to verify that entry times are in SWIMS.
ENTRY FEES: Fee per swimmer: $18.00 & $10.00 (Coaching Fee)

Individual Events: $ 3.00

Relay(s) $ 8.00

Time Trial: $ 5.00

Sunday night Pool party, Pizza and Ice Cream will be $10.00 per person.

There will be no refunds.

SWIM PARK FEES: There will be swim park passes on sale for all the families. The cost is $3.00 per person per day. They will be available Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The swim park is open at 11:00 am and closes at 6:00 pm each day. You will be able to purchase swim park passes at the meet.
Pool Party: The LSCs will be hosting a pool party Sunday night and will have the water park open to all swimmers, families and coaches. The party will run from approximately 6:30pm – 9:00pm, or after finals are finished Sunday night. We have rented the water park just for the swimmers, coaches and their families. The coaches will be admitted free of charge. We will have Costco Pizza, Big Dipper Ice Cream, Pop and water. We would like to have everyone purchase a ticket for $10.00 per person. We have to have a count by Saturday night at 5:00pm. There will be other food and drink items available for sale during the party. Please email Curt Jacobson if you have any questions at [e-mail].
ENTRIES: Swimmers need to have one A time to swim in the meet. Swimmers with one or more A times can swim any 200, 100 and 50’s with any time. Each swimmer may participate in a maximum of three (3) individual events and one (1) relay per day, maximum of 6 individual events.
ENTRY SUBMITTAL Entries must be submitted through the Peak Waves teamunify website.

INFORMATION:
DEADLINE: Entries are due on June 29^th, before midnight.
MEET FORMAT: Events will be swum as listed on the schedule of events. Swimmers will be seeded based on their submitted times.
Swimmers in the 1500 Free must provide their own timers and counters. The 400 IM, 400 Free and 1500 Free will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating women and men. We reserve the right to have two (2) swimmers per lane in the 1500 meter free. We reserve the right to have chase starts for all our 100, 200, and 400 meter events.
Scratch policy for finals will be ½ hour after the results for each event is announced and posted.
SCHEDULE: We reserve the right to have warm-ups start on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as early as 6:00am based on the number of entries. Warm up times listed on the event sheet are target times only.
Warm-up times will be set according to the number of entries. A warm-up schedule will be posted on the Missoula Aquatic Club web page and the Montana Swimming web page the week of the swim meet. Following is a tentative listing for warm-ups times.

We reserve the right to change these times and the warm-up schedule.

Friday July 5^th 6:00am Pool Opens

7:00am Open warm ups begin

7:30am Officials Meeting

8:15am Coaches meeting

8:30am Meet Begins
Warm ups no earlier than 4:00pm

Officials Meeting 30 minutes before start of Finals

Finals no earlier than 5:00pm
Coaches and Officials Social will start after Finals. Location to be determined, information will be in hospitality and announced at the coaches and officials meetings.

Saturday July 6^th 6:00am Pool Opens

7:00am Open warm ups begin

7:30am Officials Meeting

8:30am Meet Begins
Warm ups no earlier than 4:00pm

Officials Meeting 30 minutes before start of Finals

Finals no earlier than 5:00pm
Sunday July 7^th 6:00am Pool Opens

7:00am Open warm ups begin

7:30am Officials Meeting

8:30am Meet Begins

Warm ups no earlier than 4:00pm

Officials Meeting 30 minutes before start of Finals

Finals no earlier than 5:00pm
AWARDS: The team accumulating the highest number of points will receive the Quad/Tri LSC A Champs Plaque. Each LSC will also have a high point team for 1st place. We will also have a Quad/Tri LSC A Champs Boys and Girls Teams plaques for places 1^st – 3^rd. Individual awards will be presented by age group: 10&under, 11/12, 13/14 and 15 & up. For individual events, medals will be awarded for 1^st – 8^th places and ribbons for 9^th – 16^th places. Medals will be awarded for 1^st – 5^th places for relay events. High point trophies will be awarded for each age group and sex for 1^st – 3^rd places. Each team will designate a responsible adult to pick up the ribbons, medals and trophies at the conclusion of the meet.
SCORING: Scoring will be by age groups 10 & under, 11/12, 13/14 and 15 &over.

Individual: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Scoring for relays will be by event.

Relays: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2
OFFICIALS: To the greatest extent possible, teams will be expected to provide timers. Timer sign up sheets will be available at the meet at the announcers table. We also would appreciate the help of Certified Officials from other clubs.
SWIM PASSES: Missoula Aquatic Club will have on sale swim passes for kids and adults for Splash Water Park for $3.00 per person.
CONCESSIONS: Missoula Aquatic Club will have on sale a selection of nutritious snacks, meals, and drinks. Missoula Aquatic club and/or a vendor of their designation will provide apparel and aquatic supplies.
Picture of the 2011 Firecracker Swim meet

2013 QUAD/TRI LSC A Champs Meet

July 5-7, 2013

List of Events

Friday July 5, 2013

Preliminaries

Warm-ups: 7:00 – 8:15 a.m.

Meet Begins: 8:30 a.m.

Girls Boys

1TF 10&U 100 Back TF2

3 11/12 100 Back 4

5 13/14 100 Back 6

7 15+ 100 Back 8

9 10&U 200 Medley Relay 10

11 11/12 200 Fly 12

13 13/14 200 Fly 14

15 15+ 200 Fly 16

17TF 10&U 50 Free TF18

19 11/12 50 Free 20

21 13/14 50 Free 22

23 15+ 50 Free 24

25 10&U 100 Breast 26

27 11/12 100 Breast 28

29 13/14 100 Breast 30

31 15+ 100 Breast 32

33TF 11/12 400 IM TF34

35TF 13/14 400 IM TF36

37TF 15+ 400 IM TF38

Finals

Finals will swim in the same order as they were swum in prelims.

39 11/12 200 Med Relay 40

41 13/14 200 Med Relay 42

43 15+ 200 Med Relay 44

We will have 11/12 A&B finals, 13/14 A&B Finals and 15+ A,B,&C Finals.

Saturday July 6, 2013

Preliminaries

Warm-ups: 7:00 – 8:15 a.m.

Meet Begins: 8:30 a.m.
Girls Boys

45TF 10&U 50 Fly TF46

47 11/12 50 Fly 48 28

49 11/12 200 Breast 50

51 13/14 200 Breast 52

53 15+ 200 Breast 54

55TF 10&U 50 Back TF56

57 11/12 50 Back 58

59TF 10&U 100 Free TF60

61 11/12 100 Free 62

63 13/14 100 Free 64

65 15+ 100 Free 66

67TF 10&U 200 IM TF68

69 11/12 200 IM 70

71 13/14 200 IM 72

73 15+ 200 IM 74

75 10&U 200 Free Relay 76
15 Minute Warm ups 400 Free
77 10&U 400 Free 78

79 11+ 400 Free 80

Finals

Finals will swim in the same order as they were swum in prelims.

81 11/12 200 Free Relay 82

83 13/14 200 Free Relay 84

85 15+ 200 Free relay 86 200 Free Relay 82
We will have 11/12 A&B finals, 13/14 A&B Finals and 15+ A,B,&C finals.

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Sunday July 7, 2013

Preliminaries

Warm-up: 7:00 – 8:15 a.m.

Meet Begins: 8:30 a.m.
Girls Boys

87TF 10&U 50 Breast TF88

89 11/12 50 Breast 90

91 11/12 200 Back 92

93 13/14 200 Back 94 56

95 15+ 200 Back 96

97TF 10&U 100 Fly TF98

99 11/12 100 Fly 100

101 13/14 100 Fly 102

103 15+ 100 Fly 104

105TF 10&U 200 Free TF106

107 11/12 200 Free 108

109 13/14 200 Free 110

111 15+ 200 Free 112

15 Minute Warm ups 1500 Free
113 11+ 1500 Free 114

Finals

Finals will swim in the same order as they were swum in prelims. We will have 11/12 A&B finals, 13/14 A&B Finals and 15+ A,B,&C finals.

Americas Best Value Inn 406-728-4500

420 W Broadway

Free hot breakfast

Any Avail Dbl Queen $55.00 per night

Any Avail Single King $55.00 per night

Rates are good until 7/8/13 & reference MAC Swim meet

Grant Creek Inn (Best Western) 406-543-0700

Ruby Backer or Lucy Weeder

5280 Grant Creek Rd

Continental breakfast

12 Dbl Queen $124.00 per night

3 Single King $124.00 per night

Reserve by 6/13/13 & reference MAC Swim meet

Comfort Inn 406-549-7600

1021 E Broadway St

Hot Continental breakfast

Any Avail. Dbl Queen $89.00 per night

Any Avail. Single King $89.00 per night

Rates are good until 7/8/13 & reference MAC Swim Meet to received discounted rate

Courtyard by Marriott 406-549-5260

4559 N Reserve

Continental breakfast

Milk & cookies bedtime snack @ 8pm for swimmers each night

Any Avail. Dbl Queen $139.00 per night

Rates good until 7/7/13 & reference MAC Swim Meet

Doubletree 406-728-3100

100 Madison St

Continental breakfast

Any Avail Dbl Queen $89.00 per night

Rates are good until 7/8/13 & reference MAC Swim Meet
Hilton Garden Inn 406-532-5300

3720 N Reserve St

Free breakfast

Dbl Queen No price per night

Holiday Inn (Downtown) 406-721-8550

Call 800-399-0408 & ask for Amanda

200 S Pattee St

Grab & Go Breakfast $6.00 per person

Any Avail Dbl Queen $99.00 per night

Rates will be good until 7/8/13 & reference MAC Swim Meet

Red Lion 406-728-3300

700 W Broadway

Hot breakfast

Any Avail. Dbl Queen $79.00 per night

Any Avail. King King $79.00 per night

Reserve by 6/13/13 & ref MAC Swim meet

Staybridge Suites 406-830-3900

120 Expressway

Hot breakfast

Any Avail Dbl Queen $129.00 per night

2 Bedroom Suite $199.00 per night

Reserve by 6/20/13 & reference MAC Swim Meet

Wingate Inn 406-541-8000

5252 Airway Blvd

Deluxe continental breakfast

5 King/sofa sleeper $125.00 per night

10 Dbl Queen $125.00 per night

Reserve by 6/13/13 & reference MAC Swim Meet

Holiday Inn Express 406-830-3100

150 Express Way

Hot Continental breakfast

Any Avail Dbl Queen $109.00 per night

Any Avail Single King $109.00 per night

Reference Missoula Aquatic Club to get these rates

Guesthouse Inn 406-251-2665

3803 Brooks St

Continental breakfast

Any Avail. Dbl Queen $55.99 per night

Any Avail. King $55.99 per night

Reserve by 6/13/13 & reference MAC Firecracker Swim Meet or Quad/Tri LSC Meet

Brooks Street Inn 406-549-5115

3333 Brooks St

Only provide muffins, coffee, & hot coco

18 Dbl Queen $49.49 per night per person plus $6.00 for each additional person

22 Single King $49.49 per night per person plus $6.00 for each additional person

Reserve by 6/13/13& reference MAC Swim Meet