Cactus Classic Hosted by Scottsdale Aquatic Club May 27 30, 2016 Held under sanction of USA Swimming, Inc. Sanctioned by: Arizona Swimming Inc. Sanction #:AZ16-79 Liability: In granting this sanction, it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming, Inc., Arizona Swimming Inc., Scottsdale Aquatic Club, the City of Scottsdale and all meet officials shall be held harmless from any and all liabilities or claims for damages by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of this meet, which includes warm-up sessions. Hosted by: Scottsdale Aquatic Club Location: Cactus Aquatic Center, 7202 E. Cactus (NE corner of Scottsdale Rd and Cactus Rd), Scottsdale, Arizona Meet Director: Judy Pennington (SAC6Coach@aol.com; 480-951-5368) Meet Referees: Courses: Ken Apel (kapel1@cox.net) Cactus Aquatic Center: Eight lane, outdoor, 50 meter pool with non-turbulent lane dividers. Colorado start and automatic timing system with touchpads and 8-lane time display board will be used. A separate 25-yard warm-up pool will be available for continuous warm-up throughout the meet. Rules Governing Sanctioned Meets 1. Age on the first day the meet will govern for the entire meet. 2. Conduct of the sanctioned event shall conform in every respect to all technical and administrative rules of USA Swimming. 3. Swimming competitions shall be conducted in conformance with USA Swimming Technical Rules. 4. Any swimmer entered in the meet 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. 5. The competition course has been certified in accordance with 104.2.2C(4) as to pool length. A copy of such certification is on file with USA Swimming. 6. The minimum water depth, measured in accordance with Article 103.2.3, is 6 feet, 6 inches at the start end and 4 feet, 2 inches at the turn end. 7. Deck changes are prohibited. 8. The Arizona Swimming Controlled Meet Warm-up and Safety Guidelines will be posted and enforced. 9. No swimmer will be permitted to compete unless swimmer is a member of USA Swimming. On deck registration is not available at any Arizona Swimming meet. 10. The use of audio or visual recording devices, including a cell phone, is not permitted in changing areas, restrooms, locker rooms, or behind the blocks. 11. All referees, starters, administrative officials, chief judges and stroke and turn judges serving in an official capacity in a sanctioned event must be non-athlete members of USA Swimming or members of other FINA member organizations. All meet directors for meets sanctioned by USA Swimming must be members of USA Swimming. Except for coaches accompanying athletes participating under the provisions of 202.6 or USA Swimming s open border policy, all persons acting in any coaching capacity in a sanctioned event must be a coach member of USA Swimming. 12. Officials and Meet Marshals must sign in and present proof of current membership and/or training respectively, to the Meet Referee prior to the start of each session of competition. If requested, Arizona Officials and Meet Marshals must present their AzSI issued Picture ID s to the Meet Referee 13. Coaches must sign in and present proof of current membership at the Clerk of Course prior to the start of each session of competition. If requested, Arizona Coaches must present their AzSI issued Picture ID s to the Clerk of Course. 14. All Officials, Coaches and Meet Marshals shall display their valid Arizona Swimming Picture ID badge in a visible manner at all times. Meet Marshal s shall wear their identifying vests. 15. Swimmers with a disability are welcome. The Swimmer (or swimmers coach) is responsible for notifying the Referee, prior to the competition, of any disability of the swimmer and of the requested modification. The swimmer/coach shall provide any assistant(s) or equipment (tappers, deck mats, etc.) if required.
Sessions: Senior Fri-Sun May 27-29 Prelims 7:00am Warm-up/8:30am Meet Start Finals TBD (not before 5:00pm Warm-up/6:00pm Meet Start) Mon May 30 Timed Finals 7:00am Warm-up/8:00am Start Age Group Fri-Sun May 27-29 Timed Finals TBD (not before 11:30am Warm-up/12:30pm Meet Start) Mon May 30 Timed Finals 7:00am Warm-up/8:00am Meet Start Eligibility: 1. Open to any USA Swimming athlete holding a current USA Swimming registration card by the meet entry date and foreign FINA registered athletes formally invited by USA Swimming. 2. All athletes must have equaled or bettered the listed Qualifying Time ( Q-time ) to be eligible for the meet. Times achieved in short course yards must be marked SCY. Seeding will be as follows: LCM, SCM, SCY. 3. Entry times must be the swimmer s best LONG COURSE METER (LCM) times. Swimmers who have achieved the short course standard may enter with a SCY time and will be seeded after the LCM times. 4. Relays are no time standard (NTS). 2. Swimmers are limited to THREE individual events per day and EIGHT individual events for the meet. 3. Swimmers with at least ONE qualifying time may enter up to TWO BONUS EVENTS for the meet. Please enter BONUS EVENTS at best long course meter time and designate as bonus events. 4. Swimmers are required to compete in their designated age group. Athletes who are 11 or 12 years old must elect to compete in either the 11-12 events or 11-14 events throughout the meet, not a mixture of 11-12 and 11-14 events. 5. This will be a preliminaries/finals meet for qualified swimmers in the 11-14 and 15&O Age Groups. 6. The SENIOR (11-14 and 15&O) events will be combined for seeding for preliminaries. The individual events for the 11-14 Age Group and the 15&O Age Group will be separated for Finals. 7. SENIOR 50 SHOOTOUT: the 50 of each stroke will be offered during Session 1. The TOP 16 swimmers (combined 11&O) will qualify for the quarter-final heats to be during Session 3; the TOP 8 swimmers will qualify for the semifinal heats to be swum during Session 6; the TOP 4 will qualify for the Shootout Final heats during Session 9. After the TOP 8 Round (semifinals) swimmers must choose only one 50 to compete in for the final round. Swimmers will be scored according to their age group (11-14, 15&O) after the Shootout Final. 8. Finals will be conducted as follows: 11-14 A & B Final Order is B final, A final. 15&O A, B & C Final Order is C final, B final, A final. 9. SENIOR 400 FREE/400 IM require positive check-in by 9:00am of the session the event will be swum in order to swim that event. These events are TIMED FINALS with the TOP 8 seeded swimmers swimming during the finals session. These events will be combined and functionally seeded and swum fastest to slowest, alternating heats of women and men. Age groups will be scored separately (11-14, 15&O). 10. SENIOR 800/1500 FREE requires positive check-in by 8:00am of Session 10 in order to swim these events. The number of swimmers allowed to compete may be limited by the meet director and/or the meet referee in order to control timeline (if limited, the top 16 swimmers, male and female, in the 13-14 age group and the top 24 swimmers, male and female, in the 15&O age group that are checked in by the check-in deadline). These events are TIMED FINALS. These events will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating heats of women and men. Swimmers must provide their own timers and personnel to count laps. These events will be scored separately by age group (11-14, 15&O). 11. AGE GROUP 400 FREE/400 IM requires positive check-in by the announced start of session they are to be swum. Swimmers must provide their own timers for these events. 12. AGE GROUP 800 FREE requires positive check-in by 7:30am of Session 8 in order to swim these events. The number of swimmers allowed to compete may be limited by the meet director and/or the meet referee in order to control timeline (if limited, the top 16 swimmers, male and female that are checked in by the check-in deadline). These events are TIMED FINALS. Swimmers must provide their own timers and personnel to count laps.
13. RELAYS: Relays must be pre-entered. Teams may enter any number of relays but only two may score per event. Relays are no time standard (NTS). SENIOR RELAYS will be swum during the FINALS SESSION. 14. The Senior Scratch Rule as stated in the Arizona Swimming Guide rules and regulations will be enforced for the Senior Events (11-14 and 15&O). Swimmers must indicate their intention to scratch within 30 minutes after preliminary results have been announced. Any swimmer qualifying for a Bonus Consolation (C), Consolation (B) or Championship (A) final race in an individual event who fails to compete shall be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet. 15. Any swimmer who checks in for and is seeded into an individual preliminary event or a timed final event that fails to compete, shall be barred from their next individual event. There is no penalty for failure to compete in an individual event which is pre-seeded and does not require positive check-in. 16. Time trials will be offered at the discretion of the meet referee. Entry Fees: LSC Surcharge: $6.00 Prelim/Final: Individual Events $6.00 Relays $12.00 Timed Final: Individual Events $5.00 Relays $10.00 Entries: Entries must be received by Monday, May 16, 2016. Entries must be submitted electronically by Hytek or compatible COMMLINK file. Teams sending electronic entries must submit a HARD COPY (including proof of time) with a single team payment. Teams whose entries are not accepted will be informed by e- mail and/or telephone as soon as is practical. Make checks payable to Scottsdale Aquatic Club. E-Mail: sac6coach@aol.com Mail to: Cactus Classic Meet Entries 15859 N 60th Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Meet is limited to 1000 athletes. Scoring: Individual events: 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Relays: 40, 34, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 Awards: Warm-up: Timing: Concessions: Officials: Individual Events Medals for 1 st through 3 rd place and ribbons for 4 th through 8 th place Male/Female in the Timed Finals sessions (10&U, 11-12 Age Groups). High Point Awards for 1 st through 3 rd place, Male/Female participants in 10&U, 11-12 (Timed Final), 11-14 and 15&O Age Groups. Combined High Point Team Award (all teams). Teams may be assigned warm-up times during the Preliminaries Sessions in order to control crowded lanes. Warm-up for visiting teams will be available from 6:00-7:30pm on Thursday, May 21. Participating teams may be assigned lanes for timing during the meet. Concessions will be available at all sessions. A swim supply vendor will be available. We welcome certified USA Swimming officials from all LSCs to officiate at this meet. We expect to be able to accommodate requests for training officials at all deck positions. Please contact the Meet Referee prior to the meet.
Session 1 Prelims SENIOR Session 3 Finals Warm-up 7:00am Friday, May 27 Warm-up not before 4:30pm Meet Start 8:30am Meet Start not before 5:30pm WOMEN SCY LCM EVENT LCM SCY MEN 1 1:01.19 1:09.69 11-14 100 Free 1:05.29 56.89 59.99 1:08.39 15&O 100 Free 1:02.19 54.19 2 3 2:24.29 2:45.59 11-14 200 Back 2:36.79 2:15.79 2:21.19 2:42.29 15&O 200 Back 2:28.89 2:09.89 4 5 30.69 34.69 11-14 50 Fly* 32.39 28.49 29.99 33.99 15&O 50 Fly* 30.89 26.69 6 7 35.29 40.59 11-14 50 Breast* 37.39 32.59 34.79 39.89 15&O 50 Breast* 36.29 31.19 8 9 30.89 35.49 11-14 50 Back* 33.49 28.99 30.09 34.99 15&O 50 Back* 32.09 27.59 10 11 28.19 32.19 11-14 50 Free* 29.49 25.99 27.69 31.69 15&O 50 Free* 27.89 24.79 12 13 5:15.89 6:00.39 11-14 400 IM** 5:40.39 4:55.69 5:07.29 5:49.69 15&O 400 IM** 5:24.49 4:43.99 14 15 NTS OPEN 400 Free Relay*** NTS 16 *ARENA 50 SHOOTOUT: TOP 16 from Friday preliminaries will swim in Friday finals; TOP 8 will advance to Saturday Finals; TOP 4 will advance to Sunday finals. FINAL ROUND swimmers may only compete in one of the 50 events. **400 IM requires positive check-in by 9:00am. All heats will be combined and functionally seeded and swum fastest to slowest, alternating heats of women and men. Age groups will be separated for awards (11-14, 15&O) ***400 Free Relay is a timed final event to swim at the end of finals. Session 4 Prelims SENIOR Session 6 Finals Warm-up 7:00am Saturday, May 28 Warm-up not before 4:30pm Meet Start 8:30am Meet Start not before 5:30pm WOMEN SCY LCM EVENT LCM SCY MEN 205 50 FLY TOP 8 FROM SESSION 3 206 207 ARENA SHOOTOUT 50 BREAST TOP 8 FROM SESSION 3 ARENA SHOOTOUT 208 209 FINALS SESSION 50 BACK TOP 8 FROM SESSION 3 FINALS SESSION 210 211 50 FREE TOP 8 FROM SESSION 3 212 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 minute break -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 min break -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 minute break -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 17 2:46.29 3:10.79 11-14 200 Breast 2:59.49 2:34.69 2:42.79 3:05.69 15&O 200 Breast 2:49.99 2:28.09 18 19 2:27.79 2:45.69 11-14 200 Fly 2:36.59 2:17.49 2:22.99 2:42.29 15&O 200 Fly 2:29.09 2:11.39 20 21 1:07.09 1:17.19 11-14 100 Back 1:12.89 1:03.09 1:05.39 1:15.99 15&O 100 Back 1:09.69 59.79 22 23 5:52.99 5:14.89 11-14 400 Free** 5:02.69 5:33.89 5:43.99 5:08.89 15&O 400 Free** 4:48.69 5:21.19 24 25 NTS OPEN 400 Medley Relay*** NTS 26 **400 Free requires positive check-in positive check-in by 9:00am. All heats will be combined and functionally seeded and swum fastest to slowest, alternating heats of women and men. Age groups will be separated for awards (11-14, 15&O) ***400 Medley Relay is a timed final event to swim at the end of finals.
Session 7 Prelims SENIOR Session 9 Finals Warm-up 7:00am Sunday, May 29 Warm-up not before 4:30pm Meet Start 8:30am Meet Start not before 5:30pm WOMEN SCY LCM EVENT LCM SCY MEN 305 50 FLY TOP 4 FROM SESSION 6 306 307 ARENA SHOOTOUT 50 BREAST TOP 4 FROM SESSION 6 ARENA SHOOTOUT 308 309 FINALS SESSION 50 BACK TOP 4 FROM SESSION 6 FINALS SESSION 310 311 50 FREE TOP 4 FROM SESSION 6 312 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 minute break -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 min break -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 minute break -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 27 2:28.49 2:50.99 11-14 200 IM 2:40.39 2:18.79 2:24.79 2:46.39 15&O 200 IM 2:32.79 2:12.29 28 29 1:16.59 1:28.19 11-14 100 Breast 1:21.29 1:10.79 1:15.69 1:26.69 15&O 100 Breast 1:18.89 1:07.89 30 31 1:06.59 1:15.49 11-14 100 Fly 1:10.39 1:01.89 1:05.29 1:13.89 15&O 100 Fly 1:07.09 58.99 32 33 2:11.99 2:30.19 11-14 200 Free 2:21.99 2:03.89 2:09.29 2:27.19 15&O 200 Free 2:16.49 1:58.59 34 AGE GROUP Session 2 Timed Finals Friday, May 27 Warm-up TBD (not before 11:30am) Meet Start TBD (not before 12:30pm) 101 6:00.89 6:52.09 11-12 400 IM* 6:52.09 6:00.89 102 103 3:17.29 3:43.89 10&U 200 IM 3:43.89 3:17.29 104 105 2:49.39 3:14.19 11-12 200 Fly 3:14.19 2:49.39 106 107 2:46.69 3:12.89 11-12 200 Back 3:12.89 2:46.69 108 109 3:11.09 3:37.89 11-12 200 Breast 3:37.89 3:11.09 110 111 7:39.79 6:51.59 10&U 400 Free* 6:51.59 7:39.79 112 *400 IM/400 Free requires positive check-in by the start of the session. AGE GROUP Session 5 Timed Finals Saturday, May 28 Warm-up TBD (not before 11:30am) Meet Start TBD (not before 12:30pm) 113 43.69 49.09 11-12 50 Breast 49.09 43.69 114 115 53.59 1:01.29 10&U 50 Breast 1:01.29 53.59 116 117 34.09 38.69 11-12 50 Free 38.69 34.09 118 119 39.49 44.99 10&U 50 Free 44.99 39.49 120 121 1:26.29 1:38.89 11-12 100 Back 1:38.89 1:26.29 122 123 1:45.09 2:01.89 10&U 100 Back 2:01.89 1:45.09 124 125 2:29.69 2:50.69 11-12 200 Free 2:50.69 2:29.69 126 127 2:58.29 3:23.39 10&U 200 Free 3:23.39 2:58.29 128 129 1:26.29 1:37.49 11-12 100 Fly 1:37.49 1:26.29 130 131 1:55.49 2:11.19 10&U 100 Fly 2:11.19 1:55.49 132 11-12 400 Free* 5:56.49 6:38.59 134 *400 Free requires positive check-in by the start of the session.
AGE GROUP Session 8 Timed Finals Sunday, May 29 Warm-up TBD (not before 11:30am) Meet Start TBD (not before 12:30pm) 135 38.79 44.89 11-12 50 Back 44.89 38.79 136 137 48.59 55.69 10&U 50 Back 55.69 48.59 138 139 37.29 41.79 11-12 50 Fly 41.79 37.29 140 141 47.99 54.39 10&U 50 Fly 54.39 47.99 142 143 2:49.49 3:13.49 11-12 200 IM 3:13.49 2:49.49 144 145 1:30.69 1:43.09 10&U 100 Free 1:43.09 1:30.69 146 147 1:13.59 1:24.99 11-12 100 Free 1:24.99 1:13.59 148 149 1:58.79 2:16.89 10&U 100 Breast 2:16.89 1:58.79 150 151 1:35.79 1:49.99 11-12 100 Breast 1:49.99 1:35.79 152 153 6:38.59 5:56.49 11-12 400 Free* *400 Free requires positive check-in by the start of the session. AGE GROUP & SENIOR Session 10 Timed Finals Monday, May 30 Warm-up 7:00am Meet Start 8:00am 155 13:44.69 12:30.19 11-12 800 Free* 12:30.19 13:44.69 156 12:07.59 10:47.99 11-14 800 Free** 35 11:52.39 10:37.09 15&O 800 Free** 11-14 1500 Free** 19:55.69 19:15.69 36 15&O 1500 Free** 19:07.79 18:39.99 *11-12 800 Free requires positive check-in by 7:30am. Swimmers must provide their own timers and personnel to count laps. **11-14 and 15&O 800/1500 Free requires positive check-in by 8:00am. All heats will be combined and functionally seeded and swum fastest to slowest, alternating heats of women and men. Swimmers must provide their own timers and personnel to count laps.