2010 State Championships Info

ARPA State Swim & Dive Meet

Valley Community Center & Sportsplex

Valley, AL  36854

July 29th – 31st, 2010

HOSTED BY:          

 Valley Area Swim Team with:

 The City of Valley,

 The Valley Area Chamber of Commerce,

 and Auburn Parks and Recreation.

LOCATION:                  The Valley Community Center (swimming) &

                                     Samford Pool (diving)  

FACILITY:                     POOL.   Indoor 25 yard pool, offering 8 lanes for short course competition.  Pool depth ranging from 4 feet at the shallowest to 7 feet at the deep end.  TIMING.  Automatic timing will be provided by Colorado Timing System with HYTEK interface on the course.  Manual back up will be used.  An 8-lane scoreboard will be available. 

RULES:                     2010 ARPA Swimming rules will govern the meet. 

OFFICIALS:              Meet Director:  Bobby Poer

                                    Referee:  Chip George

                                    Starter:  Brian Reed

WARM-UP AND START TIMES: 

                                    Dive meet warm will be on Thursday July 29th at 8:00-10:00am, with competition beginning at 10:00am.  State Swim meet warm-ups at 7:45am with competition beginning at 10:00am Friday July 30th and Saturday July 31st.  all times are Central Standard Time.

SAFETY:                       In the interest of safety and accident prevention, coaches and   swimmers are asked to observe all posted pool rules and to conduct themselves in a safe manner.  Only meet workers, coaches/officials and swimmers will be allowed on the pool deck.   Coaches are asked to help control the crowded pool deck by making sure all swimmers that are not at Clerk Of Course stay in the spectator area.

ELIGIBILITY:                 All swimmers must be ARPA Swimming registered.  Coaches and officials must show certification as required by ARPA Swimming.

ENTRIES:                     Teams are urged to submit entries using HYTEK’s “Team Manager” program.  A computer printout of entries with the event number and event description must accompany the computer disk with events in published order.  Teams without “Team Manager” must use enclosed entry forms.  Entries are to be listed in short course yard or “NT”.ENTRY

FEES:                           $2.50 per individual event

                                    $1.00 ARPA surcharge per swimmer

                                    $6.00 per Relay

                                    Make checks payable to:  Valley Area Swim Team (VAST) and mail with entry packet.

ENTRY LIMIT:              Swimmers may enter a maximum of 3 individual events and 2 relays per ARPA rules. 

LATE ENTRIES:             Late entries will not be accepted unless protest committee allows it. 

ENTRY ERRORS:          If due to meet error, the swimmer will be deck entered into an open lane of the heat nearest his/her entry time or in a new heat.  The entire event WILL NOT be reseeded.

ENTRY DEADLINE:       Entry forms, disks with printouts, release/recap sheet and entry fees including surcharges must be received by the Meet Director on or before Tuesday, July 20th,  2010 by 12:00pm.

MAIL ENTRIES TO:      Email entries to bocam2@hotmail.com

                                     Or mail to:  Bobby Poer

                                     Meet Director, ARPA Swim and Dive Meet

                                     Valley Community Center

                                     P. O. Box 186

                                     Valley, AL  36854

SEEDING:                     All events are timed finals and will be seeded according to all applicable USA Swimming rules.  Seed times will be times entered on the entry form.  Entries with no time (NT) will be seeded by random draw.  Notification of scratched will be appreciated. 

SCRATCHES:                All scratches should be submitted by written list to the Clerk of Course as soon as possible before the coaches’ meeting.  There will be not be a scratch meeting.  The Meet Referee will combine heats as necessary. There will be no adding swimmers to the meet. 

AWARDS:                   All Awards will be based on ARPA rules in the 2010 Sports and Rec manual. 

COACHES MEETING:   A coaches meeting will be held at the following times:                                  

                                    Friday July 30th at 9:00 am for Swimming.

                                    Saturday July 31st at 9:00 am for Swimming. 

HOSPITALITY:              There will be a hospitality room available for coaches and officials only. 

CONCESSIONS:            There will be a concession area provided. 

ARPA State Swim Meet

Friday Morning, July 30th

                                     Warm-ups 7:45am – 9:45am Start 10:00am 

Event # Boys                                                    Event                                        Event # Girls

           1                                               8 & Under 100 IM                                                 2

           3                                               9 & 10 100 IM                                                       4

           5                                               11 & 12 100 IM                                                     6

           7                                               13 & 14 100 IM                                                     8

           9                                               15 & 18 100 IM                                                   10

         11                                               8 & Under 25 Breast                                          12

         13                                               9 & 10 50 Breast                                                14

         15                                               11 & 12 50 Breast                                             16

         17                                               13 & 14 50 Breast                                             18

         19                                               15 & 18 50 Breast                                             20

         21                                               8 & Under 25 Free                                            22

         23                                               9 & 10 50 Free                                                  24

         25                                               11 & 12 50 Free                                                26

         27                                               13 & 14 50 Free                                                28

         29                                               15 & 18 50 Free                                                30 

Friday Afternoon, July 31st

Open Warm-Up for one hour.  The afternoon

                                            Session will not start before 12:00pm 

  Event # Boys                                                 Event                                         Event # Girls

         31                                               8 & Under 100 Medley Relay                           32

         33                                               9 & 10 200 Medley Relay                                 34

         35                                               11 & 12 200  Medley Relay                              36

         37                                               13 & 14 200 Medley Relay                               38

         39                                               15 & 18 200 Medley Relay                               40

ARPA State Swim Meet

Saturday Morning, July 31st

                                      Warm-ups 7:45am – 9:45am Start 10:00am 

Event # Boys                                                    Event                                     Event # Girls

        

         41                                               8 & Under 25 Fly                                              42

         43                                               9 & 10 50 Fly                                                    44

         45                                               11 & 12 50 Fly                                                  46

         47                                               13 & 14 50 Fly                                                  48

         49                                               15 &18 50 Fly                                                   50

         51                                               8 & Under 25 Back                                          52

         53                                               9 & 10 50 Back                                                54

         55                                               11 & 12 50 Back                                              56

         57                                               13 & 14 50 Back                                              58

         59                                               15 & 18 50 Back                                              60

         61                                               8 & Under 50 Free                                           62

         63                                               9 & 10 100 Free                                               64

         65                                               11 & 12 100 Free                                             66

         67                                               13 & 14 100 Free                                             68

         69                                               15 & 18 100 Free                                             70

ARPA State Swim Meet

Saturday Afternoon, July 31st

Open Warm-Up for one hour.  The afternoon

Session will not start before 12:00pm 

Event # Boys                                                   Event                                        Event # Girls

         71                                               8 & Under 100 Free Relay                              72

         73                                               9 & 10 200 Free Relay                                    74

         75                                               11 & 12 200 Free Relay                                  76    

         77                                               13 & 14 200 Free Relay                                  78

         79                                               15 & 18 200 Free Relay                                  80