Age Group Committee Minutes

CONNECTICUT SWIMMING, INC.

Age Group Committee

Minutes

December 7, 2004

Present: Barry Silver, Peter Boucher, Kaeley Steinnagel, Dave Heller, Brooks Ensor, Tom Behn, Libbie Mayhew, JoAnn McCaffery, Chris Hug

Not Present: Nanci Liscinsky, Ken Block, Jen Lyman, Sue Lecza

Barry Silver called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM.

APPROVAL of AGENDA

ADDITIONS to AGENDA - none

APPROVAL of MINUTES (October)

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORTS

Jane Moore will be stepping down as a member of the Age Group Committee. We would like to thank her for all her efforts. She will be missed.

Update from Barry on House of Delegates meeting

Ken Block will be looking at the time standards for adapted swimming for the 2004-2005 swim season.

OLD BUSINESS

Continuation of discussion on proposals for 2005 SC Age Group Championships

MOTION: To shorten AM warm-up session from 1 hour and 45 minutes to 1 hour and 10 minutes.

o Amendment: To change 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes.

§ 35 minutes (1^st session)/ 35 minutes (2^nd session)/ 15 minutes (sprints + pace)/ 5 minutes

§ Passed 8-0-1

Continuation of discussion on proposal to separate LC Regional Championships by age groups.

MOTION: To have two Regional sites, one at Cheshire and one at Wesleyan, where depending on the entry size there will be either one or two sessions.

Also to include:

o Friday night event changes: All 400 freestyles and the 13 and over 400 IM to be held Friday night

§ All Friday night swimming to be at Wesleyan

§ Warm-up for Friday night to start earlier to allow swimmers to get out earlier

800 Freestyle to be held as last event on Saturday

1500 Freestyle to be held as last event on Sunday

§ Passed 8-0-1

MOTION: To endorse the recommended LC Age Group cuts of having one set of LC cuts for short course and long course season age group meets.

· Passed 8-0-1

NEW BUSINESS

Camp programs 2004-2005 (Sue Lecza)

· Camp program committee will be meeting to discuss camps over Holiday break.

Zone Committee-

· Will be meeting to discuss looking for new Zone Coordinator.

LC Championship Review

· 2 sites (Age Groups)

o A few issues at Cheshire with seating and score board. These issues will improve next year. A way has been figured out to use Cheshire’s score board, and Cheshire hopes to have more seating next year.

· Proposal to swim the 12/unders first on Thursday if we stay with 2 sites.

o No action taken

· Proposal to swim 10/under 400’s separately form 11/12

o Already being done

· Proposal to eliminate 800 Freestyle Relay

o No action taken

· Proposal to eliminate 200 Medley Relay

o No action taken

· Proposal to change 18/under relays to 15-18 relays

o MOTION: To change 18/under relays to 13-18 relays.

· Passed 6-0-3

· Proposal to revert to timed finals for 400’s, fastest heat at night

o No action taken

· All other discussion to be done at Age Group Committee meeting in January.

o Proposal to run 11/12 200 stroke events as timed finals, fastest heat at night

o Proposal to eliminate relay only swimmers

o Proposal to finish Friday and Saturday with sprints, move 400’s earlier

o Discussion of 13/ over warm-up sessions

o Other feedback and discussion

The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 PM

Submitted by Kaeley Steinnagel

Attachment 1

Connecticut Swimming, Inc.

Age Group Committee

Meeting Agenda

October 5, 2004

Approval of Agenda

Additions to Agenda

Approval of Minutes – June, 2004

Announcements and reports

Committee membership

Financial report 2003-4 season

Negotiations planned with Wesleyan

Old Business

New Business

Camp program 2004-5 (Sue Lecza)

Disabled Swimmer of the Year recognition (Block)

Zones

o Report from Coordinators (Nanci Liscinsky)

o Report from Coaches meeting (Brooks Ensor, Kaeley Steinnagel)

o Wesleyan facility conflicts

o To-do list

Short course championships 2005 – comments, Meet Announcement items

o Proposal to exclude swimmers with Sectionals cuts from Age Groups

o Proposal to shorten AM warm-ups to 1:10 from 1:45

o Proposal to switch Sat/Sun order of events for earlier completion of meet (or alternatives for same purpose?)

LC Championship review

o Regionals

§ Comments from Nan Cooper

§ Order of Events– proposal to move 13/over 200 Free and 200 IM to Friday night

§ Order of Events – proposal to reorder 11/12 200 stroke events

o Age Groups

§ 2 site operations

§ Proposal to swim the 12/unders first on Thursday if we stay with 2 sites

§ Proposal to swim 10/under 400s separately from 11/12

§ Proposal to eliminate 800 relay

§ Proposal to drop 200 medley relays

§ Proposal to drop 13/over 200MR, 11/12 400 MR

§ Proposal to change 18/under relays to 15/18

§ Proposal to revert to timed finals for 400’s, fastest heat at night

§ Proposal to run 11/12 200 stroke events as timed finals, fastest heat at night

§ Proposal to eliminate relay only swimmers

§ Proposal to finish Friday and Saturday with sprints, move 400’s earlier

§ Discussion of 13/over warm-up sessions

o Other feedback and discussion

Set agenda/priorities for AG Committee 2003/2004

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