I.
SWIM CLUB MEMBERS:
Burton Hollow - Fairway
Farms - Newburgh - Northville – Colony
II.
HOST CLUB RESPONSIBILITIES:
The current year host of
the League Meet is responsible for holding a President’s meeting no later
than February 15th each year with documented minutes. The host
club will establish and provide the dual meet schedule for the upcoming
season for distribution at the President’s meeting. (Exception: schedule
provided within one week of meeting when the League Meet date must be
determined at the President’s meeting. See Section III C.) Changes to the
dual meet schedule require the concurrence of the affected club presidents.
In addition, a meeting with all club coaches shall be held by the host club
prior to seven days before the first scheduled dual meets.
Maintenance of these Rules
and Regulations must be annually reviewed and approved at the President’s
meeting.
IIIIII.
MEETS:
A.
All meet times will be kept to the
hundredth.
B.
Dual meets:
1.
Each club shall compete in eight
(8) dual meets per season - two meets with each club (home and away).
2.
The home team will use lanes 1, 3,
5 - visitors use lanes 2, 4, 6.
3.
The visiting team’s exhibition
heat(s) will swim first for each event.
4.
The number of exhibition swims at
dual meets will be at the discretion of the coaches of both teams.
5.
Each club must provide three (3)
timers with stop watches to record times for the opposing teams lanes at
dual meets.
C.
League Championship Meet:
1.
A League Championship Meet, for
all five clubs, shall be held at the end of each regular season on a
rotating basis according to the order in Section I.
2.
The League Meet date is designated
as the last Saturday in July. Exceptions to this date will be decided at
the President’s meeting and must be agreed to by a majority of the member
clubs.
3.
All swimmers must swim in at least
two (2) dual meets in order to compete in the League Meet.
4.
For League Meet, each club will be
responsible for eight (8) timers with stop watches (4 for a.m. and 4 for
p.m.).
5.
All events must be completed at
the League Meet. Events not completed on the designated League Meet date
will be completed on the makeup date if the outcome of the league
championship is unresolved. Events conducted on the makeup date shall be
completed by 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
IV.IV.
ELIGIBLE SWIMMERS
A.
A swimmer must be a bona fide,
year round, member of the club which he or she is representing (e.g.; a
person whose family owns stock in, and pays yearly dues to, a club is
considered a bona fide year round member and is eligible to swim for that
club. Exhibition swimming is permitted with other types of memberships.)
B.
Staff personnel that are given
membership privileges are not considered bona fide (paying) members and
therefore are not eligible to swim for that club.
C.
Staff personnel are not eligible
to swim for the club in which they are employed, unless they are also a bona
fide member of that club.
D.
Staff personnel can, however, swim
for a club other than the one they are employed at providing they are a bona
fide member of that club.
E.
"Summer guests" of club members
are not eligible to swim for the club.
V.
SCORING
A.
Dual Meets - Points
will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places as follows: 4-2-1 for individual
events and 8-4-2 for relay events.
1.
If a team places 1st, 2nd and 3rd,
and the opposing team places 4th, the 3rd place point(s) are not awarded to
either team. However, if the opposing team did not enter a swimmer in that
event, then all points are awarded to the team placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
2.
The home club must allow at least
one person from the visiting team to assist in scoring the meet. The home
club has the responsibility for an accurate score and declaring a winner.
3.
All entrant cards and ribbons will
be placed in a container provided by each team and held at the ribbon table
until the conclusion of the meet.
B.
League Meet - Points will be given
for 1st thru 6th place as follows: 7-5-4-3-2-1 for individual events and
14-10-8-6-4-2 for relay events.
1.
The host club must allow one
representative from each club to assist in scoring the meet. The host club
has the responsibility for keeping an accurate tally of all team points and
announcing the final standings.
C.
Ties - all meets - If swimmers or
relays tie, the points for that place and the next lower place are combined.
Each swimmer or relay is given half of the combined points. Example: two
swimmers tie for 2nd place at the League Meet. Each swimmer will get 4.5
points (2nd = 5 points and 3rd = 4 points. 5 + 4 = 9. 9/2 = 4.5).
D.
Overall league standing for each
club is scored as follows:
1.
Dual Meets: two (2) points for a
win and one (1) point for a tie. No points for a loss.
2.
League Meets: 6-4-3-2-1 points for
1st thru 5th place respectively.
3.
The addition of each team's total
Dual and League Meet points earned during the season will determine the
overall league standings.
VI.
AWARDS
A.
Dual meets:
1.
The home team shall provide
ribbons for 1st though 6th place for each heat (point
heats and exhibition heats) for all individual events and for each swimmer
on a relay in each relay heat. Expenses for these awards shall be the
responsibility of the home team.
2.
A swimmer’s first and last name
will appear on all ribbons.
3.
To assist in the separation and
the pick-up of ribbons, all visiting teams shall provide a container prior
to the start of the meet for the ribbon table to use.
B.
League Championship Meet
1.
The host club must provide
“Rosette Ribbons” with a neck ribbon for 1st through 12th
place in each individual event and for each swimmer on a relay that places
in 1st through 12th place. Expenses for these awards
are to be divided up equally among all league clubs.
(Note: the league has a standing order for these ribbons at Hodge’s Badge
Company. Each Host Club shall continue to order these ribbons from this
suggested vendor.)
2.
A traveling League Championship
trophy and a League Championship plaque (to be retained by the Club) will be
awarded to the team with the highest combined total points (ties for 1st
place = co-champions). In the event that the team winning the League
Championship is not the winner of the League Meet, a separate 1st
place plaque will be awarded to the winner of the League Meet. The cost of
the plaque(s) and the engraving of the traveling trophy shall be divided
equally among all league clubs. The club hosting the League Meet will be
responsible for purchasing the plaque(s) and awarding it to the winning
team(s) as soon as practical, but no later than 30 days after the League
Meet.
VII.
EVENTS/AGE GROUPS - ALL MEETS
A.
Each swimmer is allowed to compete
in a maximum of three (3) separate events per meet: three individual; or two
individual and one relay; or one individual and two relays. No swimmer is
allowed to swim twice in the same stroke/distance during any one given meet.
B.
The swimmer's age as of May 31st
of the current year determines which age group he or she will compete.
C.
All swimmers are eligible to
compete in his or her age group and/or an older age group in the same meet.
A swimmer may move up an age group, but never down.
D.
Relays must have at least one
female, and can be all female.
E.
All members of a relay team must
be of the same age group, or younger, as designated by the event.
F.
OPEN individual and OPEN relay -
no age restriction except must be no older than 18.
G.
Swimmers (relays) are allowed only
one false start per event. A second false start will result in
disqualification.
H.
Starts - short course starts will
apply. Long course (meter) start rules shall not be enforced.
I.
Shallow water starts - any
swimmers starting from the shallow end must start from a push off in the
water.
VIII.
OTHER LEAGUE MEET INFORMATION
A.
Coaches should record swimmers
times throughout the regular season. The swimmers best time should be used
for each event that he or she is entered in at the League Meet.
B.
Each club can enter more than
three swimmers/entrants per event, but only the top three finishers are
eligible to score points.
C.
When entering a relay team,
coaches must list the swimmer's names that the coach plans to have in the
relays. (This will assure that each swimmer is only entered in three
events.)
D.
No deck entries. Scratches may
move a swimmer or relay into scoring position. Relay substitutions are
permitted.
E.
At the conclusion of the League
Meet, the host team will provide the meet results to each team requesting
the results in electronic form on a computer disk provided by the host club.
F.
Prior to the start of the League
Meet, a brief meeting will be conducted by the League Meet Official and
include the head coach from each team to discuss officiating and the method
for notifying swimmers and/or coaches of disqualifications.
G.
The host club for the League
Championship Meet must use an electronic timing system at the expense of the
host club.
(Note: The three timers per lane that each club
provides are for backup purposes.)
(Note: The Dearborn USS team “DRD” has been used
with success over the years providing touch pads for both ends of the pool.
The league requires that DRD be employed for the next year at the time of
the current year meet by the next host club unless the league agrees to use
another vendor.)
IX.
PENALTIES
A.
Dual Meets - If a club swims a
non-member in a dual meet, they automatically forfeit the meet. If a
swimmer competes in the wrong (lower) age group, that swimmer's points are
taken away and given to the opposing team. If the event was a relay, the
total relay points are given to the opposing team.
B.
League Meet - If a club swims a
non-member in the league championship meet, they automatically forfeit the
meet. If a club swims (1) a swimmer that did not compete in two dual meets
during the current season or (2) a swimmer in a lower age group, all
individual and relay points earned by that swimmer will be DISALLOWED. The
points for the remaining teams should be adjusted upward. The swimmer will
not be allowed to compete in any remaining events, nor can his or her events
be swum by an alternate swimmer from that club.
NOTE: These
penalties will apply even after the meet(s) are over; if the challenged club
cannot justify a questioned entry.
X.
RULES NOT COVERED ABOVE
The basic and generally
accepted rules and guidelines of the competition sport of swimming as set
forth in the "USA Swimming Code" and/or Official High School Rules Book
publications, and as agreed upon by the coaches of the "Summer Independent
Swim League" will apply.
XI.
OFFICIATING
Guidelines will be approved
by the coaches of all SISL teams at the beginning of each season at the
coaches meeting.
Approved at the President's meeting, 2/17/2004
