CUBU
Nancy Winings
703 318-6764

George Mason University Aquatic Center
4400 University Blvd
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 993-3939

Session

Warm-up

Events Start

Saturday

5:30 - 6:00 pm

6:05 pm

Sunday - Distance

7:00 - 7:50 am

8:00 am

Sunday

10:00 - 10:50 am

11:00 am

Important Note: Due to uncertainties about pool availability, the 1650 Y Freestyle may not be swum and the time for the remaining Sunday events may have to be changed.

Open to all USA Swimming registered athletes, with priority being given to PVS Athletes. Swimmers shall compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet. It may be necessary to limit entries due to time constraints.

Special Entry Qualifications for this meet: Each swimmer must have at least one QT time as shown in the table at the end of this meet announcement in order to enter this meet. At least one event that meets this QT must be entered at this meet. That time must have been achieved subsequent to January 16, 1999.

Any club that enters an unregistered or improperly registered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered coach to represent them, will be fined the sum of $100.00 and no further entries will be accepted from that club until the said fine has been paid.

Entry fees are due with meet entry. Unpaid fees will be reported to the PVS Administrative Office at the conclusion of the meet.

Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet. All events are timed finals. A contestant may enter no more than three (3) events per day or seven (7) for the meet. SEED TIMES ARE SHORT COURSE YARDS

"No Recall" procedures will be used at this meet.

All events 200 Yards or longer will be deck seeded. The Meet Director will determine if positive check-in will be required for any events of 100 Yards or shorter. Athletes who check in to a deck-seeded event, have been seeded, and fail to swim the event will be barred from their next scheduled individual event, unless excused by the Referee before the event takes place.

The prescribed Potomac Valley Swimming warm-up procedures and safety policies will be followed. The Meet Director may determine the structure of the warm-up, including times and lane assignments.

Officials assigned to this meet should sign in at the recording table 10 minutes before the start of the warm-up. Certified officials who have not been contacted should volunteer their services to the referee.

Participating clubs are required to provide timers in proportion to their entries. A timer is required for each 25 entries. The number of timers being committed must be included on the club master entry. The number of timers required will be adjusted when club is providing other officials. Acceptance of the club entry is based upon compliance with the above. Host clubs are required to provide one timer per lane.

Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers and for cleaning up their team areas.

There is no admission charge. Programs for each session will be available for $1.50 each. Working officials and coaches receive a free program.

There are no awards at this meet.

Fees for individual events are $3.75

Each club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fee for the entire team. Please note your club name (if not a club check), the # of entries, and the meet name or sanction number on your check. Please do not send cash. Telephone entries will not be accepted. Email entries will be accepted. Entry fees are due with entry. Computer disk entries (Hy-Tek) require 2, 3.5"disks, meet entry report by swimmer and a meet entry report by event from the team manager program. Entries may also be submitted on the PVS master entry sheet. Also submit a completed "entry cover sheet". Signature and phone number of a club official must be included with entry for validation of entries. There will be a $1.00 surcharge per athlete for manual entries of 10 or more.

Late (deck) entries are $10.00 per individual event and must be submitted no later than 45 minutes prior to the first event of each session. Swimmers will first be entered into open lanes in existing heats on a first come, first served basis. In the event of a significantly over subscribed session, the Meet Director reserves the right to not accept deck entries.

The Meet Director must receive all entries for this meet no later than

Kit Mathews
2 North Pendleton Court
Frederick, MD 21703
301-662-9121
kwmathews@earthlink.net

Athletes achieving the qualifying time for the first time after the meet entry deadline for this meet will be allowed to enter. Email your entries Kit Mathews at kwmathews@earthlink.net by 5pm on Tuesday, January 23, 2001.

Entry fees are due with meet entry. Unpaid fees will be reported to the PVS Administrative Office at the conclusion of the meet.

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