THE
WEDNESDAY ‘B’ LEAGUE: 2011
TEAMS
Darnestown DT Germantown GER Quince
Orchard QO
Poolesville PL Westleigh WL Manchester
Farm MCF
GENERAL
GUIDELINES
1. All
meets, except Quince Orchard home meets, will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Home team should warm up between 5:10
and 5:30. Visitor warm-ups begin at
5:30. Quince Orchard home meets will
begin at 5:30 with visitor warm ups at 5pm.
2. Rain
date will be the following evening, unless there is a conflict at the home
team’s pool. (i.e., a dive meet).
3. We
will follow the MCSL “false start” rules.
4. Stroke
judging will be the same as for an A meet.
5. All
other situations will be governed by MCSL rules.
6. We
will follow the MCSL “A” event schedule, except for the graduated relay and the
15-18 IM events.
7. The
2011 season’s first meet will be on Wednesday,
June 22nd, 2011.
8. The
“B” Superstars meet has been divided into two meets of three teams each. This year’s meets will be held at Germantown and Poolesville
with a start time 5:30 PM on July 20th, 2011.
9. The
“B” Relay Carnival has been divided into two meets of three teams each. Relays will be held at Quince Orchard and Westleigh.
The B Relay Carnivals will be held at the times indicated on the Calendar. See the “Relays Carnival Officials” table to
determine where your team will swim, what lanes your team has been assigned and
the officials your team needs to supply.
10. There
will be separate 6 and U freestyle and back stroke events, to be events #5a
& 6a and #17a & 18a. These events will not be scored, but ribbons will
be awarded. The events will be swum in the following order: 5a, 5, 6a, 6, 17a, 17, 18a, 18
11. The
Graduated Relay will not be swum at a Wednesday Night meet.
12. The
15-18 I.M. events (numbers 27 and 28) will be swum as events 3 and 4 of the
meet, immediately following the 12 and under I.M. events.
13. The
area where swimmers are lined up before their race, normally designated ‘Clerk
of Course’, and the deck where swimmers start their race should be free of any
unofficial personnel to prevent confusion and allow the meet to run smoothly.
Dual Meets
OFFICIALS
FOR DUAL MEETS
1.
The following officials will be
provided for each meet by the HOST
TEAM:
|
Official
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Number
Needed
|
|
Clerk of Course
|
2 -4
|
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Referee
|
1
|
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Announcer
|
1
|
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Stroke & Turn Judge
|
2
|
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Head Timer
|
1
|
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Timers
|
12 for meets at WL, DT, QO, PL, GER, & 9 for MCF
|
|
Runners
|
1 -2
|
|
Scorer (Computer)
|
2
|
|
Ribbon Writer
|
1
|
|
Heat Ribbons
|
1 – 2
|
2.
The following officials will be
provided for each meet by the VISITING
TEAM:
|
Official
|
Number
Needed
|
|
|
2
|
|
Starter
|
1
|
|
Administrative Referee (especially
for second half)
|
1 (strong S & T person)
|
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Stroke & Turn Judge
|
2
|
|
Assistant Head Timer
|
1
|
|
Timers
|
12 for meets at WL, DT, QO, PL, GER
& 9 for MCF
|
|
Scorer (Computer)
|
1
|
|
Ribbon Writer
|
1
|
3.
Visiting teams should remember to bring
back up starting equipment.
ELIGIBILITY
1. General:
a.
In a swimming week (Saturday – Friday),
a swimmer is eligible to Swim:
1.
An individual event (including the
I.M.) only once per week in either an A or B meet.
2.
A total of three individual
strokes and one I.M. per week.
2. Restrictions:
a.
A swimmer is not eligible to swim in a
Wednesday night meet (i.e., for place or ribbon) if he/she scored in two or
more events on the previous Saturday. This swimmer is only eligible to swim
exhibition.
3. Exhibition:
a.
A swimmer who has scored in two or more
events the previous Saturday may swim exhibition in one of the two off-strokes
or I.M., if there is an available lane.
b.
At the coach’s request (i.e., he “needs
a time”), a swimmer may swim any stroke as exhibition. (This rule is to be used with discretion by
coaches and team representatives.)
c.
Exhibition swimmers must wear an orange
cap.
4. There
will be no swimming up to an older age level – except in events 45 & 50 for
the 15 – 18 age group and the “B” Relay Carnival.
5. All
swimmers must perform a “legal” stroke in order to participate.
6. Meet
Entry Guidelines: For all swimmers
entering a Wednesday Night meet, coaches are asked to ensure (preferably by
timing) that swimmers can meet the following guidelines:
a. A
swimmer competing in any 25m race be able to swim the stroke legally and in 60
sec or less
b. A
swimmer competing in the 100m IM be able to swim all strokes legally and finish
the event in 3 minutes or less.
1.
An event will be seeded by entry times,
from slowest to fastest. Exhibition swimmers will swim in the available
(usually outside) lanes.
2.
First time swimmers will be entered
with a N.T. (no time).
3.
The visiting team will email the team’s
entries by Tuesday, 6 p.m., the evening before the swim meet. In the email
include a meet roster, team member ID numbers, and a list of all exhibition
swimmers.
4.
No deck entries are permitted – except:
to make corrections of the computer entry errors or coaches discretion. No new heats will be formed. Submissions must be made to the scoring table
prior to visitor’s warm-ups. Any
additions after the start of the meet must be approved by both B reps.
5.
Each team will provide two clerks of
course.
6.
Events may be combined at the
recommendation of the clerk of course and computer scorer.
1.
There will be no points scored for
finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th
as in A meets. Therefore, no scores will
be announced at B meets.
2.
Ribbons will be awarded to 8 places.
3.
Ribbons for heat winners will be given,
excluding exhibition swimmers.
4.
There will be no relays in the regular
dual Wednesday night meets.
1. A
swimmer is eligible to swim in this meet if:
a. He/she
did not participate in the ‘A’ Relay Carnival or only swam in only one
event of the ‘A’ Relay Carnival.
b. Participants
of two or more events in the ‘A’ Relay Carnival are ineligible.
c. There
is a maximum of 4 relay events between the ‘A’ and ‘B’ Carnivals.
d. Swimmers
may “swim up” if there are vacancies in any age groups. They must stay in that age group for the
entire meet. Exceptions are to be agreed
upon by all B Reps at the meet prior to the event
2. If ‘B’ Relays are held before ‘A’ Relays, coaches should field teams
to make sure swimmers who will most likely not swim ‘A’ relays swim multiple
‘B’ relay events. The clear top swimmer
in each age group and gender is not eligible for these relays, and swimmers
with all star times in 2 or more events are not eligible unless they swim up
(if possible 2 age groups). These are
guidelines. Coaches should use judgment
to keep B relays fair for all swimmers.
3. The
coaches should field their Relay teams so each child swims at least 2 to 3
times.
4. There
will be two relay teams for most events, except as noted on the Relay
Carnival Order of Events or as pre-determined by all B-Reps prior to their
carnival.
5. This
meet will have ribbons to 6 places; no heat ribbons will be given at this
meet. Teams may provide their own 7th,
8th and participation ribbons.
1st through 6th place ribbons will be provided by
the league.
6. This
meet will begin at 6PM, 5:30 at QO. Email rosters from Team Manager with team ID
numbers to the host team automation person in advance.
7. Coaches
should have relay teams formed and on cards before coming to the meet.
8. All
medley Relays will be swum in the same order as A Relays: back, breast, fly and
free.
9. Clerk
of Course will be responsible only for their own team members at the Relay
Carnival.
10. See
next page for Relay Carnival order of events.
RELAY
CARNIVAL OFFICIALS
|
|
QO
|
GER
|
DT
|
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WL
|
MCF
|
PL
|
|
Clerk
of Course
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
Referee
|
1
|
1
Admin
|
|
|
1
|
1
Admin
|
|
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Starter
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Announcer
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
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Stroke
& Turn Judge
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Take
off Judges
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Head
timer
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Assistant
Head Timer
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Timers
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
|
Scorer
(Computer)
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Ribbon
Writer
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Side
Judges
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Backup
Starting Equip.
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Warm-up
Schedule:
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4:30
– 4:45
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5:00
– 5:15
|
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4:45
- 5:00
|
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5:15
- 5:30
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5:00
- 5:15
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5:30
- 5:45
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Assigned
Lanes*
|
1
and 4
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3
and 6
|
2
and 5
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|
1
and 4
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3
and 6
|
2
and 5
|
|
Meet
begins at
|
5:30
|
|
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6:00
|
|
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RELAY
CARNIVAL ORDER OF EVENTS
Timers/Starter at Deep
End of Pool
1
Boys Jr. 100 Meter Medley Relayd
2 8U & 2 9-10 (1st (back), 2nd (breast) and 4th (free) swimmers
start in water)
2
Girls Jr. 100 Meter Medley Relayd 2 8U
& 2 9-10 (1st (back), 2nd (breast) and 4th (free) swimmers
start in water)
3
6 & under 100 Meter Freestyle Relay
(Teams may be all girls, boys or any combination. An extra heat can be swum if needed.) (2nd and 4th swimmers start in
water)
4
Boys Sr. 200 Meter Medley Relayd
2 11-12 & 2 13-14
5
Girls Sr. 200 Meter Medley Relayd
2 11-12 & 2 13-14
6
Mixed 15-18 200 Meter Freestyle Relaye
7
Boys 9-10 200 Meter Freestyle Relay
8
Girls 9-10 200 Meter Freestyle Relay
9
Mixed 13-14 200 Meter Freestyle Relaye
10
Boys 11-12 200 Meter Freestyle Relay
11
Girls 11-12 200 Meter Freestyle Relay
12
Mixed 6 & under Back 100 Meter (all
swimmers start in water)
13
Boys 8 & under 100 Meter Freestyle
Relay (2nd
and 4th swimmers start in
water)
14
Girls 8 & under 100 Meter Freestyle
Relay (2nd
and 4th swimmers start in
water)
INTERMISSION
(10 minutes)
Timers Only to Shallow
End of Pool
15
Boys 225 Meter Graduated Freestyle
Relay – 1 from each age group: 50 Meters for 15-18, 13-14, 11-12, 9-10, &.
25 Meters for 8&U
16
Girls 225 Meter Graduated Freestyle
Relay – 1 from each age group: 50 Meters for 15-18, 13-14, 11-12, 9-10, &.
25 Meters for 8&U
Timers/Starter at Deep
End of Pool
17
Boys 8 & under 100 Meter Medley
Relay (1st (back), 2nd
(breast) and 4th (free) swimmers start in water)
18
Girls 8 & under 100 Meter Medley
Relay (1st (back), 2nd
(breast) and 4th (free) swimmers start in water)
20
Girls 9-10 100 Meter Medley Relay (1st (back), 2nd
(breast) and 4th (free) swimmers start in water)
21
Mixed 13-14 200 Meter Breast/Flye
(2 of each stroke, any order)
22
Mixed 15-18 200 Meter Breast/Flye
Relay (2 of each stroke, any order)
23
Boys 11-12 200 Meter Medley Relay
24
Girls 11-12 200 Meter Medley Relay
25
Boys 13-14 200 Meter Medley Relay
26
Girls 13-14 200 Meter Medley Relay
27
Mixed 15-18 200 Meter Medley Relaye
Special Notes:
a All events will start at the deep end of the
pool. If the shallow end of the host
team’s pool is less than 4.5 feet, swimmers at the shallow end for 100-meter
events will start in the water.
b All teams are encouraged to make a poster of
team relay entries to hang in the team area to facilitate getting swimmers to
the clerk of course on time.
c All teams may have 2
entries per event. If needed, a second
heat will be allowed for 6 and under freestyle (event #3) and for 12 and under single
gender/single age group events (#7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23 and
24) to allow up to 4 entries (16 swimmers) per team.
d For Jr. and Sr. medleys, swimmers from
either age group may swim any stroke.
e All Mixed Relays should have 2 boys & 2
girls swimming in any order. If
necessary, a mixed relay team may consist of one swimmer of one gender and 3
swimmers of the other gender.
Superstar Meets
SUPERSTARS
1.
A swimmer is NOT eligible to swim in
this meet if he/she will be swimming in two or more events at Divisionals.
2.
This meet will have ribbons up to 24
places; no heat ribbons will be given at this meet. Participant ribbons will be provided for this
meet.
3.
A swimmer is limited to 3 stroke events
and IM. If a swimmer is entered in one
Divisional event, he/she may not swim the Divisional event at Superstars, and
the Divisional event plus the Superstars events may not exceed 3 stroke events
and IM.
4.
NO exhibition swimmers at this meet.
5.
There will be no Relays.
6.
Email line up to host team automation
by Tuesday evening at 6 p.m.
7.
This meet will begin at 5:30 p.m. Warm
ups begin at 4:30 p.m.
8.
Coaches are reminded to enter swimmers
only in events in which their strokes are ‘legal.’ Additionally, swimmers must be able to swim
one length of the pool in 60 seconds or less and the 50 meter freestyle in 1
minute 30 seconds or less. Swimmers MUST
have a time. A coach’s time is
permitted.
SUPERSTAR
MEET OFFICIALS
|
|
GER
|
MCF
|
WL
|
|
PL
|
DT
|
QO
|
|
Clerk
of Course
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
|
Referee
|
1
|
1
Admin
|
|
|
1
|
1
Admin
|
|
|
Starter
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Announcer
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Stroke
& Turn Judge
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
Head
timer
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
Assistant
Head Timer
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Timers
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
Scorer
(Computer)
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Ribbon
Writer
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Backup
Starting Equip.
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Warm-up
Schedule:
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4:30-4:45
|
|
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4:30-4:45
|
|
|
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4:45-5:00
|
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4:45-5:00
|
|
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5:00-5:15
|
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5:00-5:15
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5:30 Meets begin
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Darnestown (DT)
Germantown (GER)
Manchester Farm (MCF)
Poolesville (PL)
Quince Orchard (QO)
Westleigh (WL)
Wednesday B League Coordinators
5/19/2011
