Delta State University

Delta State University Christmas Invitational
(Dec. 13^th - 16^th, 2014)


LOCATION: 
Delta State Aquatic Center
Delta State University
Hwy 8 West
Cleveland, MS 38733
    GOOGLE MAPS: Use 101 Yazoo Street, Cleveland, MS, 38733

SHORT COURSE YARDS COMPETITON SCHEDULE:

Date	Event	Time
Sat, Dec. 13	Prelims	10 a.m.
Sat, Dec. 13	Finals	6 p.m.
Sun, Dec. 14	Prelims	10 a.m.
Sun, Dec. 14	Finals	6 p.m.
Mon, Dec. 15	Prelims	10 a.m.
Mon, Dec. 15	Finals	5 p.m.
LONG COURSE METER COMPETITON SCHEDULE:
Tues, Dec.16	1st Session	10 a.m.
Tues, Dec.16	2nd Session	5 p.m.

CONTACTS: 
Head Coach Dan’l Murray
Office (662) 846-4718
Fax (662) 846-4719
Email: deltacoachdanl@yahoo.com or dmurray@deltastate.edu

Athletic Director Ronnie Mayers
Office (662) 846-4730      
Home (662) 846- 1373
Fax (662) 846-4719
E-Mail: ronniemayers@hotmail.com or rmayers@deltastate.edu  


FACILITY: 
Indoor 50-meter by 25-yard competition pool. The short course venue for this meet will include 8 lanes (9 feet wide), 6" Competitor lanes lines, 7' minimum depth, with 1 movable Stark bulkhead. The timing will be run on Colorado Time system 6 and the Colorado Time System Myriad Full Matrix LED scoreboard with Hy-Tek Meet Manager. Equipment includes Paragon Track Start Competitor starting blocks with electronic relay takeoff equipment. Building is designed with 1,000 permanent seats and temporary tip and roll bleachers for 600. Continuous warm-down area is available. We have 2 three meter and 2 one meter Duraflex Model "B" springboards (cheeseboards).
ENTRIES (Short Course Yards Competition): 
Swimmers may compete in nine (9) events, of which no more than four (4) may be individual events. The 1650 free will be seeded with 1000 free times. Enter best times of the season. The fastest heat of the men's & women’s 1000 free will swim in the Finals Session at 6:00 PM on Sunday (Day 2). The fastest heat of the men's & women’s 1650 will swim in the Finals Session at 5:00 PM on Monday (Day 3).

ENTRY DEADLINE (Short Course Yard Competition): 
Composite entry forms must be FAXED or E-mailed to deltacoachdanl@yahoo.com no later than Saturday, Dec. 6^th at 8:00 PM.  Send HyTek entry file to deltacoachdanl@yahoo.com, NOT dmurray@deltastate.edu. There is a university firewall on zip files.  Scratches for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday events are due the preceding nights by 5 p.m. 

TEAM ROSTERS DEADLINE:
Please send a team roster as soon as possible with your entries.
Include the following: 

                “ NAME, YEAR IN SCHOOL, HOMETOWN, STATE, COUNTRY and EVENTS “

COMPETITION FEES:
$150.00 per women's team and $150.00 per men's team. Check should be made out to Delta State Swimming and Diving. Payment is preferred on arrival at the competition.

SEND ENTRIES TO:
Coach Dan’l Murray 
DSU P.O. Box 3286
Cleveland, MS 38733
FAX: (662) 846-4719
E-Mail: deltacoachdanl@yahoo.com
 
WARM-UPS: Preliminary Session (if no assigned warm-up lanes):
During all final sessions will follow MSI safety guidelines and warm-up procedures will be in effect at this meet. NO DIVING IS ALLOWED DURING THE GENERAL WARM UP TIMES. Swimmers must cautiously enter the pool feet first. All lanes will be general warm up until 9:30am (Day 1 through Day 4). All warmup activities in a lane will be coordinated by a coach supervising the swimmers in that lane. On each day of the competition, beginning from 9:30am to 9:50am, Lanes 1 and 8 will be PACE LANES and Lanes 2 and 7 will be ONE WAY TRAFFIC START LANES.
 
WARM-UPS: Finals Session (if no assigned warm-up lanes):
During all final sessions will follow MSI safety guidelines and warm-up procedures will be in effect at this meet. NO DIVING IS ALLOWED DURING THE GENERAL WARM UP TIMES. Swimmers must cautiously enter the pool feet first. All lanes will be general warm up until 5:30pm (Day 1 and Day 2) and 4:30pm (Day 3 and Day 4). All warmup activities in a lane will be coordinated by a coach supervising the swimmers in that lane. On Day 1 and Day 2 of the competition, beginning from 5:30pm to 5:50pm, Lanes 1 and 8 will be pace lanes and Lanes 2 and 7 will be one way traffic start lanes. On Day 3 and Day 4 of the competition, beginning from 4:30pm to 4:50pm, Lanes 1 and 8 will be PACE LANES and Lanes 2 and 7 will be ONE WAY TRAFFIC START LANES.

SCORING (Short Course Yard Competition): 
Scoring will be 16 places as following for the short course yards competition only.

       INDIVIDUAL: 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

SCORING TEAM:
Each team is limited to 18 participants. Divers count as 1/3 unless they swim an event; then they will then count as a full participant (may swim events as exhibition only). Teams with more than 18 will be allowed to enter exhibition competitors. We will seed exhibition swimmers into finals if lanes are available.
AWARDS: 
Team awards to top men's and women's team for the short course competition only.

DIVING: 
An eleven dive format will be conducted. 1-meter diving will begin on Saturday between prelims and finals. 3-meter diving will be conducted between prelims and finals on Sunday.  Coaches may rearrange the order of 1m and 3m, as long as all coaches agree to the format change.

RELAY ENTRIES (Short Course Yard Competition): 
All participants are eligible for relays. The relay swimmers are declared at blocks. However, the first swimmer must be designated on the relay card and must swim first. Teams will be allowed to enter unlimited relays, only 2 relay teams will score. Relays will be time final and only competed during the FINAL Session each day.

MEET COMMITTEE:
The meet committee is composed of the head coaches from each school.

MEDIA RELATIONS: 
Provided by Delta State University through Athletic Communications office.  Matt Jones, Director, and James Vallone, Grad Assistant, will serve as the meet's media coordinators.  At the conclusion of each day's events, a complete results packet will be sent to each participating school's sports information staff.  For more information, please call (662) 846-4284 or (662) 846-4285.  You may also email Matt Jones at matt@deltastate.edu and James Vallone at jvallone@deltastate.edu.

HEAT SHEETS/MEET RESULTS:
Coaches may pick up heat sheets and results in the meet management room.

TIME TRIALS (Short Course Yard Competition): 
We will run Time Trials immediately following each final session of the competition. Any time trials after immediately following the prelim sessions need to be declared during the prelim session as soon as possible. Diving events will begin shortly after the swimming prelim session on Saturday and Sunday.  All Final session time trials will occur immediately following the relays at the night session and will need to be declared as soon as possible.

ATHLETIC TRAINING:
Provided by Delta State University, Gerald Jordan, Head Athletic Trainer, (662) 846-4280.  The Aquatic Center training room will provide treatments during pool hours. No rubdowns will be provided or allowed in the training room.

LOCKER ROOMS: 
Absolutely no shaving down will be allowed in locker rooms. Delta State University is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

RUB DOWN AREA: 
A rub down area will be provided. No tables will be provided. This area will be monitored for health and follow NCAA rules.

HOSPITALITY: 
A hospitality room for coaches, officials and meet support staff will be provided.
 
DECK CHANGE POLICY:
Except where venue facilities require otherwise, changing into or out of swimsuits other than in locker rooms or other designated areas is not appropriate and is prohibited.


HANGING TEAM BANNERS POLICY:
A team banner may be hung from the spectator area railings zip ties or rope. Tape may not be used to hang banners or signs.
ORDER OF EVENTS
 
         DAY 1 – SATURDAY (Short Course Yards)                                   December 13^th, 2014
  Prelim Start – 10:00 AM PRELIM RESULTS
    Final Start –   6:00 PM FINAL RESULTS 
1        Women         1-Meter Diving [11 Dives] (note: competed between prelim & final swim session)
2             Men        1-Meter Diving [11 Dives] (note: competed between prelim & final swim session)
3        Women           200 yd. Freestyle Relay
4             Men          200 yd. Freestyle Relay
5        Women           500 yd. Freestyle
6             Men          500 yd. Freestyle
7        Women           200 yd. Individual Medley
8             Men          200 yd. Individual Medley
9        Women             50 yd. Freestyle
10           Men            50 yd. Freestyle
                        15 minutes break during FINAL SESSION
11      Women           200 yd. Medley Relay
12           Men          200 yd. Medley Relay
 
 
         DAY 2 – SUNDAY (Short Course Yards)                                      December 14^th, 2014
  Prelim Start – 10:00 AM PRELIM RESULTS
    Final Start –   6:00 PM FINAL RESULTSFormat Note: Event 17 and Event 18, 1000 Freestyle
Only the fastest heat will compete at the beginning of the FINAL SESSION. All other heats will compete after event 28 during the PRELIMINARY SESSION. We will alternate fastest heat of women, with fastest heat men during the PRELIMINARY SESSION.
 
13      Women         3-Meter Diving [11 Dives] (note: competed between prelim & final swim session)
14           Men        3-Meter Diving [11 Dives] (note: competed between prelim & final swim session)
15      Women           400 yd. Medley Relay
16           Men          400 yd. Medley Relay
17      Women         1000 yd. Freestyle
18           Men        1000 yd. Freestyle          
19      Women           400 yd. Individual Medley
20           Men          400 yd. Individual Medley
21      Women           100 yd. Butterfly
22           Men          100 yd. Butterfly
23      Women           200 yd. Freestyle
24           Men          200 yd. Freestyle
25      Women           100 yd. Breaststroke
26           Men          100 yd. Breaststroke
27      Women           100 yd. Backstroke
28           Men          100 yd. Backstroke
                        15 minutes break during FINAL SESSION
29      Women           800 yd. Freestyle Relay
30           Men          800 yd. Freestyle Relay
ORDER OF EVENTS
 
         DAY 3 – MONDAY (Short Course Yards)                                     December 15^th, 2014
  Prelim Start – 10:00 AM PRELIM RESULTS
    Final Start –   5:00 PM FINAL RESULTS | OVERALL RESULTSFormat Note: Event 31 and Event 32, 1650 Freestyle
Only the fastest heat will compete at the beginning of the FINAL SESSION. All other heats will compete after event 40 during the PRELIMINARY SESSION. We will alternate fastest heat of women, with fastest heat men during the PRELIMINARY SESSION.
 
31      Women         1650 yd. Freestyle
32           Men        1650 yd. Freestyle
33      Women           200 yd. Backstroke
34           Men          200 yd. Backstroke
35      Women           100 yd. Freestyle
36           Men          100 yd. Freestyle
37      Women           200 yd. Breaststroke
38           Men          200 yd. Breaststroke
39      Women           200 yd. Butterfly
40           Men          200 yd. Butterfly
                        20 minutes break during FINAL SESSION
41      Women           400 yd. Freestyle Relay
42           Men          400 yd. Freestyle Relay
 
Long Course Competition Format (Day 4)
 
ENTRY DEADLINE (Long Course Meter Competition):  
We encourage all entries to be sent on the original HY-Tek entry file. Changes may be made through Day 3 of the competition (Monday, Dec. 16^th) until 30 minutes after the completion of the FINAL SESSION. 

6 or 8 Lane Format (Long Course Meter Competition):
Depending on the number of entries per event, we may compete in 6 or 8 lanes for the meet.  If 6 lanes are used, we will have lane 8 remain open for the entire competition for warming up and cooling down, and remove the 15 minute breaks listed on the “Order of Events” page.
 
INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES (Long Course Meter Competition): 
Swimmers may compete in four (4) individual events for each session. The 1500 Freestyle and the 800 Freestyle will be seeded and competed as alternating fastest WOMEN’S HEAT and MEN’S HEAT. We may use 8 lanes for these events only.
 
RELAY ENTRIES (Long Course Meter Competition): 
All participants are eligible for all relays and may compete in two (2) events, per session. The relay swimmers are declared at blocks. However, the first swimmer must be designated on the relay card and must swim first. Teams will be allowed to enter unlimited relays.
 
WARM UP GUIDELINES:
Refer to the Short Course Yards description on Page 2 of the Meet Info.


SCORING (Long Course Meter Competition):
No scoring for the Long Course sessions on Day 4.  There will not be a SCORING TEAM for each roster.


TIME TRIALS (Long Course Meter Competition):
At meet referees discretion.
ORDER OF EVENTS
 
         DAY 4 – TUESDAY (Long Course Meters)                                    December 16^th, 2014
     Morning Session Start – 10:00 AM
  Afternoon Session Start –   5:00 PM

                    Morning Session

43      W         200m Medley Relay
44      M         200m Medley Relay
45      W         800m Freestyle
46      M       1500m Freestyle
47      W         200m Freestyle
48      M         200m Freestyle
49      W         100m Backstroke
50      M         100m Backstroke
51      W         100m Breaststroke
52      M         100m Breaststroke
53      W         200m Butterfly
54      M         200m Butterfly
55      W           50m Butterfly
56      M           50m Butterfly
57      W           50m Freestyle
58      M           50m Freestyle
59      W         200m Individual Medley
60      M         200m Individual Medley
       15 minutes Break


61      W         100m Freestyle
62      M         100m Freestyle
63      W         200m Backstroke
64      M         200m Backstroke
65      W           50m Backstroke
66      M           50m Backstroke
67      W           50m Breaststroke
68      M           50m Breaststroke
69      W         200m Breaststroke
70      M         200m Breaststroke
71      W         400m Freestyle
72      M         400m Freestyle
73      W         100m Butterfly
74      M         100m Butterfly
75      W         400m Individual Medley
76      M         400m Individual Medley
       15 minutes Break

77      W         200m Freestyle Relay
78      M         200m Freestyle Relay
 
                    Afternoon Session

79      W         400m Medley Relay
80      M         400m Medley Relay
81      W       1500m Freestyle
82      M         800m Freestyle
83      W         200m Freestyle
84      M         200m Freestyle
85      W         100m Backstroke
86      M         100m Backstroke
87      W         100m Breaststroke
88      M         100m Breaststroke
89      W         200m Butterfly
90      M         200m Butterfly
91      W           50m Butterfly
92      M           50m Butterfly
93      W           50m Freestyle
94      M           50m Freestyle
95      W         400m Individual Medley
96      M         400m Individual Medley
       15 minutes Break


97      W         100m Freestyle
98      M         100m Freestyle
99      W         200m Backstroke
100    M         200m Backstroke
101    W           50m Backstroke
102    M           50m Backstroke
103    W           50m Breaststroke
104    M           50m Breaststroke
105    W         200m Breaststroke
106    M         200m Breaststroke
107    W         400m Freestyle
108    M         400m Freestyle
109    W         100m Butterfly
110    M         100m Butterfly
111    W         200m Individual Medley
112    M         200m Individual Medley
       15 minutes Break

113    W         400m Freestyle Relay
114    M         400m Freestyle Relay