DUAL MEETS

ESSL

Introduction

 Setup  Scorekeeping  Recordkeeping and Reporting

Agenda

 GENERAL RULES  HOST TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES  VISITING TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES  EVENTS AND ENTRIES  SCOREKEEPING  EXHIBITION SWIMMING  SCORING  NOT SWIMMING SCHEDULED MEETS  CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRIES

GENERAL RULES

 USS Swimming Rules Apply – Except:  One false start is permitted  Two ESSL Certified Officials Must Be Present  Home Team Has Choice Of Lanes

HOST TEAM

 Personnel: – Referee – Runners – Head Scorekeeper – Averager – ESSL Certified Coach  Equipment: – Backstroke Flags – False Start Rope – Finish Judge Papers – Seeding Area For Swimmers – Clipboards and Pencils For Timers – Starting System (When Available) – Score Sheets

VISITING TEAM

 Personnel: – Starter – ESSL Certified Coach  Equipment: – Starter Pistol and Ammo – Score Sheets

HOST & VISITING TEAM

 Personnel: – Timers – Scorekeepers – Ribbon Writers – Finish Judges – One or More Meet Marshals  Equipment: – Stop Watches – Award Ribbons

EVENTS AND ENTRIES

 Dual Meet Event List – Swimmers are Permitted to Swim Up  Only the First Heat is Scored  Additional Exhibition Heats  Entry Cards – Blue for Boys (Eligible for Points) – Pink for Girls (Eligible for Points) – Yellow for Exhibition (Not Eligible for Points) – White for Relays (Eligible for Points)

EVENTS AND ENTRIES (CON’T)

 Maximum Entries – 3 Events for Points  One Entry per Type of Stroke  Includes Freestyle Relay  Excludes Medley Relay

SCOREKEEPING

 Each Team Must Call In the Score – To League Statistician – Within 24 hours  Scoresheeet Must Be Sent In – To League Statistician – Within One Week  Coversheet Must Be Signed – By Referee – By Starter – By Both Coaches

SCOREKEEPING (CON’T)

 Coversheet Must Be Sent In – To Mike Frank – Within One Week  Teams Using Team Manager – Send or E-mail data for each Meet  To Statistician

EXHIBITION SWIMMING

 Any Swimmer Not Swimming for Score  Must Swim the Same Stroke and Distance  Times Count

SCORING

 No Points for a D.Q.

 No More Than Two Swimmers per Team May Score In Any Event  No More Than Two Relay Teams per Team May Score In Any Event  No Team is Permitted To Sweep an Event  Ribbons are Awarded Regardless Of A Sweep

SCORING (CON’T)

 Points – Individual  1st Place - 5 Points  2nd Place - 3 Points  3rd Place - 1 Point – Relay  1st Place - 10 Points  2nd Place - 6 Points  3rd Place - 2 Points

SCORING (CON’T)

 Full and Complete Names Must Be Written On Scoresheet – First and Last  Swimming Too Many Events – Scored In the Order Swum – All Excess Events Disqualified

NOT SWIMMING SCHEDULED MEETS

 When it is decided that a meet cannot be held as scheduled, BOTH teams must notify the scheduling committee chairman immediately. There will be a $100.00 fine imposed per team for not adhering to this policy.

NOT SWIMMING SCHEDULED MEETS

 The final decision for rescheduling a meet will be made by the scheduling chairman. Both teams will be sent a letter confirming the change. Any meet that is rescheduled without this letter will be considered a forfeit.

CHAMPIONSHIP

 Any Time Earned at a Dual Meet Counts Towards Qualifying  Times Earned at Non-League Meets Count For Qualifying – Scoresheets must be Provided to League Statistician  Eligibility – Must Swim 3 Dual Meets – OR – Must Swim 2 Dual Meets and One Invitational