Eastern Zone II
Long Course Meters
Speedo Champions Series
July 25 to 28, 2002
Sanctioned by USA Swimming through Potomac Valley Swimming Sanction # PVZ-02-0725-39
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Announcement in Word Officials Application
Master Entry Form Individual Fax Entry Relay Fax Entry
Entry Cover Sheet
4400 University Blvd
Fairfax, VA
(703) 993-3939
11180 Main St. Fairfax VA
Contact Adrienne Ball for the meet rate.
(703) 591-5900 or mailto:comfortinnunivctr@prodigy.net
- 3 miles from George Mason U. campus
- complimentary deluxe continental breakfast
Warm-up: 1:00 - 3:50 pm Events: 4:00 pm
Friday, July 26, Saturday July 27 and Sunday, July 28, 2002
Preliminaries Warm-up: 6:30 - 8:50 am Heats: 9:00 am
Finals Warm-up: 4:30 - 5:50 pm Finals: 6:00 pm
(Continuous warm-up will be available throughout the meet)
- Open to USA Swimming registered athletes in the following LSC's: Allegheny Mountain, Maryland, Middle Atlantic, Potomac Valley, and Virginia.
- Contestants must have equaled or bettered the applicable cut-off times.
- Do not enter with a time achieved prior to July 1, 2001.
- Entry times and USA Swimming memberships are subject to confirmation.
- Unless otherwise noted, all events will be conducted as prelims and finals with C, B, and A finals (swum in this order).
- All relay events will conducted as timed finals with only the fastest two heats being contested during the evening sessions.
- A contestant may enter no more than three (3) individual events per day and no more than six (6) individual events for the meet.
- Distance events will be swum in event order.
- The Women's 1500m freestyle and Men's 800m freestyle will be conducted as timed finals on Thursday evening and will be swum fastest to slowest; alternating a heat of the Women's 1500 and the Men's 800.
- The Women's 800m freestyle and Men's 1500m freestyle will be conducted as timed finals on Sunday afternoon. The heats will be swum from slowest to fastest, with the second fastest heat scheduled to finish at 4:30 pm.
- The fastest heat of each event (women's 800m and men's 1500m) will be swum in the Sunday evening finals session.
- Enter the pool only at the start end of the pool. Enter feet-first, unless the lane has been designated for one-way starts.
The meet director may determine the structure of the warm-up, including times and lane assignments.
All warm-up periods shall be supervised by the appointed marshals. Coaches shall not permit their athletes to enter the pool until the marshals have declared the pool open for warm-up. No entry is permitted across lanes, from the pool side, or from the non-start end of the pool, under any circumstances. Marshals shall clear the lane of all swimmers before opening the lane for sprinting. All sprint lanes are one-way only and the swimmer must exit at the opposite end of the pool.
During warm-ups, periods are divided equally between general and specific programs. The first half of the of warm-up will be dedicated to general warm-up and the last half of the warm-up will be dedicated to specific warm-up. During the general warm-up, no pace work or sprinting will be permitted. During the specific warm-up, the outside lanes will be designated as pace lanes and lanes 2 & 7 will be opened for sprinting in accordance with the procedures outlined above.
The meet director or referee may modify the schedule or lane assignments depending on the pool configuration, the number of swimmers, the availability of separate warm-up facilities, etc., as long as USA Swimming and PVS safety considerations and the equitable treatment of all entered athletes is not compromised. All such changes will be announced and posted throughout the meet venue. Athletes who act in a manner that is injurious to themselves or others will be disqualified from their next event.
- Positive check-in for Thursday's distance events is required by 3:00 PM Thursday and for Sunday's distance events by 6:30 PM Saturday. Scratch deadline for other events is the evening prior by 6:30 PM.
- Verification of time for all timed final events (including relays) is required with entry.
- The USA Swimming Scratch Policy Rule (207.5.9) will apply throughout the meet.
- Times will be seeded in the following priority: LCM, SCM and SCY.
- Awards will be presented to Champions and runners-up in Women's Team, Men's Team and Combined Team scores.
- Male and female Individual High Point and runner up awards will also be presented.
- Swimmers placing in the top 8 in individual events will receive medals.
- Relay teams placing in the top 3 will received medals.
Certified officials who learn of their availability after June 15 should contact Art Davis at (703) 625-9288 or emerand@erols.com.
Relays: 40 34 32 30 28 16 24 22 20 18 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
No more than 2 relay teams may score for each club in each event.
All swimmers, coaches and officials must be properly registered with USA Swimming.
Registrations will be verified before Deck Credentials are issued.
The entry fee for time trials will be $10.00 per event (including relays).
Swimmers must sign up for time trials by 30 minutes prior to the scheduled end of each day's session.
Entry fees for FAX or E-MAIL entries must be received by 2:00 PM on Thursday, July 25. Any FAX or E-MAIL entry for which the fees are not received by this deadline will be removed from the meet.
Each team is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fees for the entire team. Please do not send cash. Entry fees are due with entries.
Make checks payable to CURL-BURKE SWIM CLUB. Please make sure the club name is clearly indicated on all checks submitted.
- Entries must arrive by the due date and time
- Include with your commlink file one (1) report by name and one (1) by event. Create these reports in Team Manager and save as Word for Windows files.
- In the body of your e-mail provide entry numbers (girls, boys, totals). Include contact information (e-mail, phone, mobile phone, hotel).
- Send e-mail to kwmathews@earthlink.net
- Send entry fee check separately. It must arrive by Tuesday, July 23.
Entries that are not submitted on the required forms, are not complete, or are not legible, will not be accepted and will be returned. The Meet Director will not be held responsible if there is not time to properly resubmit the entry.
2 North Pendleton Court
Frederick, MD 21703
(301) 524-4775
kwmathews@earthlink.net
- I-95 South
- Exit 27 -- I-495 West (sign will say Silver Spring)
- Cross Potomac River into Virginia
- Take Route I-66 West (Front Royal)
- Exit 60 -- 123 South (Fairfax)
- Go through 7 traffic lights. At 8th light take a left onto Braddock Road.
- First light take a left onto Roanoke Lane.
- At bottom of hill (before pond), bear right onto Patriot Circle.
- Take second right onto Nottoway Lane (Aquatic Center is straight ahead).
- Park in designated area
- I-95 North (take I-295 North to avoid congestion if below Richmond)
- Exit 160 B -- Rte. 123 (sign will say Occoquan/Lake Ridge)
- Go approximately 15 miles to intersection with Braddock Road
- At traffic signal, right onto Braddock Road
- At next traffic signal (about 200 yards), left onto Roanoke Lane
- At bottom of hill (before pond), bear right onto Patriot Circle.
- Take second right onto Nottoway Lane (Aquatic Center is straight ahead)
- Park in designated area.