1998 Patriot League Championships

1998 PATRIOT LEAGUE

Swimming and Diving Championships

Colgate University

February 12 - 14, 1998

MEET INFORMATION

Entry Information Disks	Entries must be received no later then Tuesday, February 4, 1998. Please return the original and a copy of your entry. Keep a copy for your records. Entries should be sent as follows : Originals (& any disks) to: Copies to: Pat Griffis, Bob Benson, Swim Coach Lab Software Associates Colgate University 13010 Boswell Court 13 Oak Drive Potomac, Maryland 20854 Hamilton, NY 13346 Tel.# 301-838-3496 315-228-7614 email: cgriffis@ix.netcom.com bbenson@centercolgate.edu Use Express mail to ensure timely delivery. Please do NOT fax your entries. Entry times may be updated until 6:00p.m. February 11^th by contacting Pat Griffis. Entry disks are encouraged, in USS SDIF files or Commlink 2 export (cfile01.cl2) only. Please call Pat Griffis if you are not sure of the compatibility of your software. Paper entries are considered the official entry and must accompany any disk. If an entry disk is used the results can also be returned on the disk.
Number of Entries	A competitor may swim in a maximum of seven events of which no more than three may be individual events. Each team may have no more than 18 competitors in the meet. Divers count as one-third of a competitor. Swimmers competing in relay only events must be listed on the entry forms
Web Page	This meet announcement and the entry forms are also posted on the Lab Software Associates home page at http://www.labsoftware.com. The meet psych sheets will be posted there shortly after the entry deadline, and daily meet results will be available there as well.
Meet Staff	Meet Director Bob Benson - Colgate Assistant Meet Directors April Cady - Colgate Molly Kuhlman – Colgate Meet Administrators Lisa Diehl – Colgate Mary Huff – Colgate Computer Operator Pat Griffis - Lab Software Associates Colorado Timing Operator Cheryl Nettleton Diving Director Matt Leone - Colgate Meet Committee Chris Marshall - Lehigh Meet Committee Lynn Kachmarik - Bucknell Meet Committee Dick Purdy - Navy

Training Training Room	A trainer will be in the pool office available at all warm-up and competition sessions. A trainer will be in the pool office available at all warm-up and competition sessions. Use of a training room, across the road at Reid Athletic Center, will be available. Bring your own supplies, i.e. tapes, etc., for chronic injuries or problems. Ice and water will be available on deck.
Lockers	There will be limited locker facilities available on a first-come first-serve basis. All teams must provide their own locks and towels.
Team Seating	Based upon the minutes of our 1994 Spring meeting, team seating will be selected at the meet in the order that follows: 1. Colgate(host team) Army – men 3. Navy – women 4. Lehigh –men 5. Bucknell – women 6. Lafayette – men 7. Holy Cross - women
Swimming Practice Schedule	Wednesday February 11^th : 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday : 7:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Time Trials	Time trials will be held immediately after the morning competition has ended and before Diving Trials have started, limited to the events of the day.
Registration	Registration will take place in Room 117 of Lineberry Pool from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11^th. Packets containing the necessary meet information will be available at that time. Head coaches should be responsible for registering their teams.
Coaches Meeting	There will be a Coaches Meeting on Wednesday, February 11^th at 8:00 p.m. in the Brian Little Juice Bar, located in Huntington Gym. All coaches and faculty representatives are invited. A light buffet will be served. Please indicate on the entry if you will be dining with us.
Scratch Box	The Scratch Box will be located at the computer operator’s (clerk of course) table on deck. The Scratch Box will close at 6:00 p.m. each evening for the following days events. Names of relay competitors must be presented to the computer operator before each relay is contested.
Parking	The Parking Lot outside the pool will be used for vans and cars ONLY. Buses may, if convenient, use this area as a drop off. A location behind the Dunlap football stands, off College Street, will be available for bus parking.

Admission	Spectator tickets to championships will be on sale one hour prior to the beginning of trials and finals. There will be no advance sale of tickets. Trials : $1.00 Finals : $2.00 Heat Sheets : $0.50
Scoring	Scoring will follow 1998 NCAA Rules. Individual events will be scored 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Relay events will be scored 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2
Awards	Awards will be given to the top three finalists in individual events and to the top three relays. A trophy will be awarded to both the men’s’ and the women’s’ team champion. High point awards will be given to the competitor scoring the most points in each of the following categories: Female Swimmer Male Swimmer Female Diver Male Diver
	The following special awards will be announced at the conclusion of the meet based upon the vote of participating coaches: Swimming Coach of the Year - Men Swimming Coach of the Year - Women Diving Coach of the Year

Award Ceremonies

Awards will be presented at the conclusion of all Men’s Finals.

For Example:

Women’s 200 Free Relay

Men’s 200 Free Relay

Awards for Each Relay

Women’s Consol 500 Free

Women’s Final 500 Free

Men’s Consol 500 Free

Men’s Final 500 Free

Awards for Both 500’s

The top eight finalists of each event will meet at the north end of the pool prior to the awards ceremony. All finalists are required to wear their official warm-ups to the awards stand.

Order of Events

Swimming Starting Times : Trials - 11:00 a.m.

Finals - 7:00 p.m.

Women	Thursday		Men
1	* 200 yd	Freestyle Relay	2
3	500 yd	Freestyle	4
5	200 yd	Individual Medley	6
7	50 yd	Freestyle	8
9	1 M	Diving (Women)	--
--	3 M	Diving (Men) Rds I & II	26
11	* 400 yd	Medley Relay	12


	Friday
13	* 200 yd	Medley Relay	14
15	400 yd	Individual Medley	16
17	100 yd	Butterfly	18
19	200 yd	Freestyle	20
21	100 yd	Breaststroke	22
23	100 yd	Backstroke	24
25	3 M	Diving (Women) Rds I & II	--
--	3 M	Diving (Men) Finals	26
27	* 800 yd	Freestyle Relay	28


	Saturday
29	# 1650 yd	Freestyle	30
31	200 yd	Backstroke	32
33	100 yd	Freestyle	34
35	200 yd	Breaststroke	36
37	200 yd	Butterfly	38
25	3 M 1 M	Diving (Women) Finals Diving (Men)	10
39	* 400 yd	Freestyle Relay	40

Please Note Carefully:
* Events marked * will be swum as Timed Finals in the evening (Finals session)
# Events marked # will be swum as Timed Finals in the afternoon before the start of finals warmups, starting from the slowest to the fastest heats, alternating women and men’s heats. The *fastest heat* of the women’s event and the men’s event will be swum in the evening finals at the beginning after finals warmups.

Championship Diving

Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Women 1 M (all)	Women 3M Round I & II	Women 3M Finals
Men 3M Round I & II	Men 3 M Finals	Men 1 M (all)

Format

We will comply with NCAA Regulations. After all divers complete Rounds I ( 5 voluntary dives with 9.5 limit), and II (optional dives without limit), 8 divers will advance to the finals.

There divers will perform Round II, and their scores will be added to their Round I total from the Preliminaries to determine placement.

With the exception of Saturday, all final dives will be performed during evening finals.

On Saturday, the one meter finalists will complete any three of their Round II dives immediately after their preliminaries, and then complete their remaining three optionals in the evening.

We will sign up for flights and confirm the judging panels (five per event) at our Wednesday evening coaches’ meeting.

Please note that twisting dives such as 5223 and 5225, regardless of whether they are listed as "a" or "d" will retain their "d" position d.d. of 2.3 and 2.7, respectively.

Note also that, on Friday, the one meters are open at all diving warm up times; however, we ask that only the men’s 3M finalists use the 3 meter boards, and that they do so after the women’s event at approximately 3 p.m. Men’s finalists will have plenty of time between 3 p.m. and the start of their event at approximately 8:30 pm to warm up.

Schedule of Events

Thursday	Friday
7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. open warm-up (all) 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. flight #1 women 1M 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. flight #2 women 1M 12:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. flight #3 women 1M 12:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. open bounce 1:00 p.m. Rounds I & II women 1M 3:00 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. flight #1 men 3M 3:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. flight #2 men 3M 3:40 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. flight #3 men 3M 4:00 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. open bounce 4:10 p.m. Rounds I & II men 3M 7:00 p.m. Finals women 1M	7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. open warm-up (all) 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. flight #1 women 3M 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. flight #2 women 3M 12:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m. flight #3 women 3M 12:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. open bounce 1:00 p.m. Rounds I & II women 3M 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. open warm-up 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. open warm-up 7:00p.m. Finals men 3M
Saturday	Same as Friday schedule ( but with boards and genders reversed), to complete men’s 1M, and women’s 3M finals.

(1)

COLGATEMEN &

WOMEN

(2)

(3)

SPECTATORS

SEATING

SOUTH

ENTRANCE

SPECTATORS

ONLY

(4)

3 SETS OF

COMPETITION AREA

(5)

BLEACHERS

(6)

FOR TEAMS

BULKHEAD - DO NOT USE DURING COMPETITION

1 SET OF

MENS

DIVING AREA

(7)

BLEACHERS

PLUS BENCHES

LOCKER

NO SWIMMING

ROOM

WOMENS

WARM

DOWN

AREA

LOCKER

ROOM

NORTH END OF POOL