Location: Parkland High School Aquatic Center
2700 Cedar Crest Blvd
Allentown, PA 18104
Day of meet ONLY emergency phone: 484-597-0147
Facilities: The PHS pool is an indoor Paddock, 25 yard, 8 lane pool with non-turbulent lane markers, Colorado Timing system with 8 line scoreboard display. Water depth at the starting end is 12 feet. An adjacent warm-up and warm-down pool is available for swimmers. Free parking, large seating capacity, concession stand and swim equipment vendor are available.
Eligibility: This meet is open to all swimmers registered with USA Swimming. Swimmer’s age as of January 2, 2009 will apply for the entire meet.
Entry Limitations: The Meet Director reserves the right to limit entries, events or heats, or to modify the meet format to conform with Middle Atlantic rules. Swimmers/teams eliminated from the meet due to time or space constraints will be given a full refund. Prompt notification will be made to swimmers or teams if changes impact their entries. A swimmer may swim in four individual events and 1 relay per day.
Meet Start & Warm Ups: Team lane assignments and warm-up schedule will be distributed on-site in the coach’s package. Circle swimming only during warm-up until sprint lanes are opened. No diving is permitted during warm-up, except supervised diving in designated sprint lanes. When diving is permitted, swimmer must enter from the starting blocks and exit from the opposite end of the pool.
Seeding: All Friday night events are Positive Check-in. All other events will be pre-seeded based on entry time.
Entry Fees: Entry fee is $4.00 per individual event and $8.00 for a relay. There is a $2.00 per swimmer surcharge for submission of 5 or more swimmers on a manual entry.
Entry Deadline: Entries must be received no later than December 23, 2007 at 6:00 PM. No late entries will be accepted.
Scoring & Awards: This meet will be scored at each level: A, BB and C for each event. The top eight times in each level will receive awards except for the 15 & Over category. ‘A’ individual entries: medals 1st to3rd, ribbons 4th to 8th. ‘BB’ individual entries: rosettes 1st to 3rd, ribbons 4th to 8th. ‘C’ individual entries: ribbons 1st to 8th. Relays entries: medals to 1st , ribbons to 2nd to 3rd. Award levels determined by entry time.
Program & Admissions: Program is $12.00 for the entire meet. No admission fee is charged. A free heat sheet will be given to non-PAAC volunteers, if the meet director requests help in running the meet.
