Firecracker Invitational

July 12-13, 2008

Time Trial # 0820

Hosted By: Germantown Swim Team

Location: Henderson Aquatics Center

1165 Abbay Drive

Tunica, Ms. 38676

Phone – 662-357-0523

system with eight-lane read out.

Rules: 2008 USA Swimming Rules and Regulations will govern the conduct of the meet unless otherwise noted herein.

Officials: Meet Director: Mindy Schwartzberg (901) 753-8387

Meet Referee: Bridget Ostrow (901) 748-0909

Starter: Tal Clark (901) 758-8241

Head Stroke and

Turn: Darren Greenburg (901) 757-0950

Eligibility: All participants must be USA Swimming registered athletes. The person responsible for entering an unregistered swimmer will be subject to a fine of up to $100 per event. Entries will not be accepted without 2008 registration numbers. Coaches and officials must present evidence of certification as required by Mississippi Swimming. A swimmer’s age on the first day of the meet will determine his/her age for the meet.

Warm-ups: Mississippi Swimming Meet Safety Guidelines and Warm-up Procedures will be in effect at this meet. The first 30 minutes will be general warm-up. NO DIVING. The Meet Director will post and announce the warm-up assignments prior to the start of warm-ups for each session. Swimmers attending the meet without a coach must report to the Meet Director or Referee to be assigned a coach for warm-ups prior to each session.

Coaches: Coaches must be current USA Swimming Coach members in order to perform on deck duties. If a coach is not currently certified, he/she may observe as any other observer, but may not perform coaching duties or sit in coach’s area. Coaching packets will be given only to those coaches presenting credentials.

Starting Times: Warm-up Meet Start

Saturday and

Sunday Morning 8:00 am 9:15 am

Saturday and

Sunday Afternoon Not Before 11:00 am Not Before 12:00 pm

Disabilities: Swimmers with disabilities are welcome and encouraged and must complete the Information Form For Disabled Swimmers and return it with their entries.

Fees: Please make all checks payable to: Germantown Swim Team

Individual Events: $4

Relay Events: $12

MSI Surcharge: $3

Time Trials: $5

Late Fees: Individual Events: $5

Relay Events: $14

Entries A meet event file for import will be available on the Mississippi and SES website or you can contact Scott Robinson

(STR090262@aol.com) to have it emailed to you. Teams who have HyTek’s Meet/Team Manager should submit their entries on a 3 ½ -inch disk or export them by email attachment. Email version is preferred. Please email a word document copy of entries for verification purposes to the same email address. Manuel back-up forms may be submitted. Entry forms must be completely filled out including the swimmers’ best times in long course meters.

Mail Entries To: Scott Robinson

1801 Exeter Road

Germantown, Tn. 38138

Email Entries To: STR090262@aol.com

Late Entries: Late entries by email will be accepted on a lane-available basis

through 9 am Saturday, July 12, 2008. NO NEW HEATS
WILL BE CREATED!

Deadline: Entry diskettes and/or printouts, summary/release sheets, and entry

fees including surcharges must be received by Wednesday,

July 2, 2008.

Entry Limits: Swimmers are limited to four (4) individual events per day,

exclusive of relays. Entries will be limited to 225 swimmers per

session. The host team reserves the right to limit the number of

heats in deck-seeded events in order to run the meet in the allotted

time. Time trials will be available at the conclusion of each session

for swimmers trying to make qualifying times. A time trial does

not count against the limit of four (4) individual events per day,

but, a swimmer entering a time trial can not exceed a total of five

(5) individual events per day including time trials.

Meet Format: All events are long course meters and will be swum as timed

finals. After receiving all entries, the Meet Committee reserves the

right to combine sessions provided doing so does not exceed four

hours. All events will be pre-seeded except for the 400 and 1500

Free events. Positive check-in is required for these events. The

deadline for check-in for these events is thirty (30) minutes prior

to the start of the session. The host team reserves the right to limit the number of heats in deck-seeded events in order to run the meet

in the allotted time. The Meet Committee also reserves the right to

limit the 1500 to the fastest three (3) heats of girls and the fastest

three (3) heats of boys.

Four Hour Rule: If an age group event for 12& under swimmers is swum after the

session has been running four (4) hours, each involved swimmer

has the option of swimming the event or receiving a refund. A

swimmer desiring a refund, must declare his/her intent to the Meet

Director or his/her designee. There will be no refunds for simmers

Who do not attend the meet.

Scoring: This meet will not be scored.

Awards: Ribbons will be awarded 1^st through 8^th place in all individual

events and 1^st through 4^th place in all relay events. All 12&under

events will swim together but will be awarded as 8&under,

10&under and 11-12. All Open events will be awarded as 13-14

and Senior.

Results: Results will be emailed to all teams shortly following the meet.

Printed copies will be sent by mail within two weeks.

Questions: Please contact the Meet Director

Mindy Schwartzberg (901) 753-8387

2008 Firecracker Invitational

Saturday July 12, 2008

# These events require positive check-in 30 minutes prior to the start of the session.

2008 Firecracker Invitational

Sunday, July 13, 2007

Afternoon Session

# These events require positive check-in 30 minutes prior to the start of the session.

Girls	Event	Boys
1	12&under 200 IM	2
3	12&under 50 Free	4
5	12&under 100 Back	6
7	12&under 50 Fly	8
9	12&under 100 Breast	10
11	12&under 200 Free Relay	12
********	10 Minute Break	********
13#	12&under 400 Free	#14

15	Open 400 IM	16
17	Open 50 Free	18
19	Open 100 Back	20
21	Open 200 Fly	22
23	Open 100 Breast	24
********	10 Minute Break	********
25#	Open 400 Free	#26

27	12 & under 100 Free	28
29	12 & under 50 Back	30
31	12 & under 100 Fly	32
33	12 & under 50 Breast	34
35	12 & under 200 Free	36
37	12 & under 200 Medley Relay	38

39	Open 200 IM	40
41	Open 100 Free	42
43	Open 200 Back	44
45	Open 100 Fly	46
47	Open 200 Breast	48
49	Open 200 Free	50
********	10 Minute Break	********
51#	Open 1500 Free	#52

Sanctioned By: Mississippi Swimming #0819

Germantown Swim Team

Tunica Aquatic Center

Morning Session

Afternoon Session

Germantown Swim Team

Tunica Aquatic Center

Morning Session