HAWAII SWIMMING CLUB – WAIKELE

HOSTS THE 54TH ANNUAL KEO NAKAMA INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET

JULY 5, 6, AND 7, 2002

SANCTIONED BY HAWAIIAN SWIMMING

USA SWIMMING

SANCTION NUMBER #01-02-HI-0053

             

POOL SITE:                 Palolo District Park, 2007 Palolo Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96816

 

COURSE:                     Long Course, 50 meters, 8 lanes

 

DATE/TIME:                 Friday July 5, 2002

                                    Afternoon Session:      Warm Up:         1:00pm                                                                                                                                    Meet starts      3:00 pm

 

                                    Saturday July 6, 2002

                                    Morning Session:         Warm Up:         6:30 am

                                    Opening Ceremonies:                          8:00 am

                                                                        Meet starts       8:30 am                      

 

                                    Sunday July 7, 2002

Morning Session:         Warm Up:         6:30 am

Meet starts       8:30 am

 

Afternoon Sessions:     Clubs will be notified of start time for the Saturday and Sunday afternoon session.  It will begin approximately one hour following the morning session.  Projected start times will be communicated to all teams once entries are entered and timeline is developed.

 

WARM-UP:       Warm-ups must be supervised by an USA swimming registered “Coach Member” following guidelines established by the LSC.  Supervising deck coaches shall have their USA Swimming Registration card prominently displayed at all times.  The registration chairperson will enforce registration rules regarding coaches.  Disregard of the USA Swimming safety rules will be grounds for disqualification of swimmer from competition.

 

DIVISION:        Age Groups: 10 and under; 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, Open.

 

RULES:            Current USA Swimming and Hawaiian Swimming rules will govern meet. 

 

FORMAT:         Cardless, timed finals, using automatic timing system (3 buttons/ touch pads) with one manual stop watch backup.  The meet shall be conducted in SPLIT SESSIONS.  The afternoon session shall start one hour after the completion of the morning session events.  The four (4) hour rule will be in effect for swimmers in the 12 and under age group.

 

EVENTS:         See attached.

 

ELIGIBILITY:   All swimmers must be current USA Swimming registered and their registration numbers must be on the master entry form or disk file.  No deck registration will be accepted.  New registrations must be mailed directly to the LSC Registrar and postmarked no later than the meet date.  Master Recap sheets must be signed and included with the entries.

 

Foreign athletes/clubs shall provide a copy of your own association leagues’ international travel permit with entries.

 

ENTRIES:        Swimmers may swim a total of five (5) events per day plus relays. Swimmers 12 and under may swim only one session per day.  Fines for swimming out of classification will be based on the LSC database results of the past 2 year schedule (for Hawaiian swim teams only).

 

 

SPLASH          A swimmer must have at least one (1) Hi-AA time to splash a maximum of two (2) events

RULE:              for the meet. Splashes can be on any day.  The splash events must be a HI-A time and

that must be used as an entry time.

 

ENTRY FEES:  $1.85 per individual event and $ 6.40 per relay event (both include $0.25 Zone surcharge)  Please make checks payable to: HAWAII SWIMMING CLUB – WAIKELE.  Entry fees must accompany entries.  No refunds will be made.

 

DEADLINE:      Entries must be RECEIVED NO LATER than Tuesday, June 25, 2002. NO late entries will be accepted at the meet.  Recap form must be sent with entries.  Download entry recaps form from the Web and attach to entries if sending by email.

 

Mail entries to : Keith Arakaki                           Or Email entries to:            hsc@flex.com

                        Hawaii Swimming Club

                        87-246 Lai ku Street

                        Waianae, Hawaii 96792

            Ph: 668-1561, Fax 668-4666,

 

CHECK-IN:       For each day of events, check-in sheets will be given to coaches for verification.  Coaches will need to present their credentials to pick up check-in sheets; exceptions must see the meet referee.  Coaches will verify their swimmers and scratch swimmers and events as appropriate.  Coaches must return the check-in sheets to the Clerk of Course NO LATER THAN SIXTY (60) MINUTES prior to the start of the meet.

 

AWARDS:        Individual medals will be awarded for 1st - 8th place in each age group.  Relay Medals will be

awarded for 1st - 3rd place.  Team trophies will be awarded for the 1st  - 8th place teams.   Outstanding swimmers:  One male and one female from each age group.  Scoring based on 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, first through eight places respectively. 

                                               

SCORING:       Points:  Individual:  9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; 

                                      Relay:  18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

 

RESULTS:       Hard copy of meet results will be provided upon request only.

 

OFFICIALS:     Each team is required to provide one official for every five swimmers entered in the meet.  Failure to provide necessary Officials will be sufficient cause for disqualification of part or all Swimmers on the team entered in the meet.

 

SAFETY

MARSHALL:     Shigeru Pabila and Robert Callejo.

 

HOSPITALITY:  Refreshments will be available for Officials and Coaches during the meet.

 

CONCESSION: A concession stand will be available during the meet.

 

MEET

DIRECTOR:      Keith Arakaki

 

MISC.               To accommodate traveling teams from the mainland and any foreign teams, tarps will be set up on the pool deck.  Please email the Meet Director if you will require a space.  Chairs, however, are not provided, so plan accordingly.  All other teams may set up your tarps any time after 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, 2002.