UPDATED NOVEMBER 21, 2004 TO
EXTEND ENTRY DEADLINE TO NOVMEBER 30, 2004

Tom Dolan

Invitational Meet

December 9 to 12, 2004

 

Sponsored by CURL-BURKE SWIM CLUB

 

Sanctioned by USA Swimming through Potomac Valley Swimming

Sanction # PVC-05-14

 

Meet Director::            Mark Faherty 703-861-9089 fahertyswim@yahoo.com

 

 

Location:                    George Mason University        

4400 University Blvd                           

Fairfax, VA                                         

 703-993-3939

 

Meet Hotel:               COMFORT-INN University Center

                                    11180 Main St. Fairfax VA  

                                    Contact Brenda Scogno for the meet rate.

                                    703-591-5900

 

Schedule:                    Thursday, December 9           Distance Events           

                                                                                    Warm-up 4:30 to 5:20 PM       Events 5:30 PM

 

                                    December 10, 11 & 12            13-14/ Open Preliminary Sessions       

                                                                                    Warm-up: 6:30 to 7:50 AM      Events 8:00 AM

                                   

                                    December 10, 11 & 12            11-12 Preliminary /10 & Under Timed Final Sessions

                                                                                    Warm-up 12:00 Noon to 12:50 PM Events 1:00 PM

 

                                    December 10, 11 & 12            Final Sessions                                      

                                                                                    Warm-up: 4:45 to 5:50 PM    Events 6:00 PM

 

§         Two courses will be used during the Thursday session, 13 & over preliminary sessions and the 11-12 preliminary/ 10 & under sessions.  Athletes should consider this when selecting events.

 

Awards:           All 14 & under events will receive medals for 1st through 8th place for individual events and 1st through 3rd place for relay events.  Places 9th to 16th for 11-12 and 10 & Under will receive ribbons.  High point awards will be presented to first place boys and girls in each age group and the open category.

 

Eligibility:        Open to all registered Potomac Valley athletes and invited USA Swimming athletes that meet the event qualifying times.

 

Rules:             Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet. 

 

§         A contestant may participate in only his or her own age group events or in open events which are open to all ages. Contestants must have equaled or bettered the applicable qualifying times listed.

§         A contestant may enter a maximum of seven (7) individual events and no more than three (3) individual events per day.  Swimmers shall compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet.

§         It may be necessary to limit entries in certain events due to time constraints.

 

Individual Events

§         All 11 & over events are trials and finals except for relays; the 1000 freestyle (13-14 & Open), 1650 freestyle (13-14 & Open), and the 11-12 500 freestyle which will be timed finals.

§         All 11-12 individual events will have one (1) heat in the finals sessions.

§         All 13-14 and Open individual events will have a "B" final and an "A" final heat.  The "A" final will be swum first.

§         All 10 & under events are timed finals and will be swum as part of the 12 & under preliminary session.

§         1000, 1650, and 500 freestyle and 400 IM require positive check-in.

§         13-14 and Open distance events will be swum combined, age groups will be scored separately. 

§         1000, 1650, and 12 & Under 500 freestyle will be swum fastest to slowest.

§         The fastest heat of the combined women's 1000 and men's 1650 freestyle will swim as the first event in finals on the final day of the meet.  All other women's 1000s and men's 1650s will be swum at the conclusion of the preliminary session.

§         All distance events must be verified with the name & date of the meet where the qualifying time was achieved. This verification of entry times is to be provided with the entry.  Entries failing to provide verification will not be accepted.  Acceptable verification includes the Hy-Tek entry report.

§         All entry times requiring verification must be verified before 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 9 or they will be dropped from the meet.

 

            Relay Events

§         All relays 400 and longer require positive check-in.

§         All 200 relays will be pre-seeded and swum fastest to slowest.

§         There is no limit on the number of relay entries per club.  However, only two (2) relay teams per club per relay event may score.

§         Verification of entry time must be provided for all relay entries with the entry, composite time is acceptable.

§         Relay entries with "no time (NT)" will not be accepted.

§         All relay entry times requiring verification must be verified before 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 9 or they will be dropped from the meet.

§         Only the fastest heat of the 13-14 and Open 800 free relays will be swum during the finals session. All other heats will be swum at the conclusion of Friday's preliminary session.

§         Only the fastest heat of the 13-14 and Open 400 medley relays will be swum during the finals session. All other heats will be swum at the conclusion of Saturday's preliminary session.

§         Only the fastest heat of the 13-14 and Open 400 free relays will be swum during the finals session. All other heats will be swum at the conclusion of Sunday's preliminary session (prior to the distance events).

 

            Time Trials    

            There will be no time trials conducted at this event.

 

            PVS Positive Check-in Policy

For those events requiring positive check-in, athletes (or coaches for relay events) shall designate their intention to swim the event on the forms provided at the scratch table. Athletes who have not checked-in prior to the specified time will be scratched from the event. Athletes who have checked-in, have been seeded, and fail to swim the event will be barred from their next scheduled individual event, unless excused by the Referee.

 

            PVS "Scratch" Policy

If you do not wish to swim in the Final, you may "Scratch" from the event by following the proper procedure:

·        You must fill out and sign a PVS Finals Scratch Slip within 30 minutes of the announcement of qualifiers for "A" finals or "B" finals, if scheduled.

·        You may declare an intent to "scratch." You must fill out and sign a PVS Finals Scratch Slip within 30 minutes of the announcement of qualifiers, marking the appropriate space for "intent." You must confirm this intent on the PVS Finals Scratch Slip within 30 minutes after the conclusion of your last preliminary event of the day or you will be automatically scratched.

If an athlete fails to properly scratch from an event and does not appear for the Final event, they "shall

be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet".

 

Inclusion Policy for Swimmers with a Disability:          PVS and host clubs along with their Meet Directors are committed to the Inclusion Policy as adopted by the BOD. Athletes with a disability are welcomed and are asked to provide advance notice of desired accommodations to the Meet Director. The athlete (or the athlete’s coach) is also responsible for notifying the session referee of any disability prior to the competition.

 

Scoring:          Individual:         20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Relays:             40 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 18 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

 

Warm-Up:       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.

 

Supervision:   Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their Swimmers and Families and for cleaning up their team areas.  Only athletes, USA Swimming certified coaches, and deck officials are permitted on the pool deck.  Working Coaches & deck officials are required to display their 2003 or 2004 USA Swimming card  Parents not working the meet as a deck official, volunteer lane timer, or other meet position are not permitted on deck

 

Admission:      There is no admission charge. The meet program will be available for $15.00 and will include a coupon for a finals program for each finals session conducted at no additional charge.

 

Officials:         All certified officials wishing to volunteer to work this meet please contact Art Davis, at 703-671-3781 or email emerand@comcast.net no later than Tuesday, November 30. Please include your club affiliation, certifications held, and sessions you wish to work. Those officials who learn of their availability subsequent to November 30 are encouraged to contact Art Davis as soon as possible.

Certified officials who have not previously volunteered should contact the referee upon arrival to make their services available. A comprehensive officials' briefing will precede each session during warm-up.

 

Seating:          Due to the limited pool deck space, Officials, USA Swimming Registered Coaches and Swimmers only will be permitted on the pool deck.

 

 

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

 

Entries:           Entries may be sent via e-mail.

1.      Entries must arrive by the due date and time.

2.      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.

3.      In the body of your e-mail provide entry numbers (girls, boys, totals).  Include contact information (e-mail, phone, officials contact).

4.      Send e-mail to fahertyswim@yahoo.com

5.      Meet Directors are requested to acknowledge receipt by return e-mail within 24 hours. Clubs submitting entries that do NOT receive an acknowledgement should contact the Meet Director by other than e-mail to confirm receipt.

 

Entries may be sent via mail/express mail/ etc.

Computer disk entries (Hy-tek) are encouraged.  Disk entries require one (1) meet entry report by name and one (1) by event from Team Manager.  Entries may also be submitted on a PVS Master Entry Sheet.  All entries must included a completed "Entry Cover Sheet."

Events and Time Standards for use in Team Manager are available. (hyv.file). (file has been reposted -- November 6, 2004)

§         Coaches will be provided with National Relay Slips at the meet.

§         No late/deck entries are permitted for this meet.

§         The meet director will not accept phone or fax entries.

§         If using a mail service (Fed Ex, UPS, etc.) sign the waiver allowing the service to leave your entries without requiring a signature.

§         Entries that are incomplete, submitted on incorrect forms, or lacking the phone number of a responsible club official will not be accepted.

 

Entry Times:  Long course entry times must be designated with a "L" on paper entries.  These non-conforming times will be seeded after short course entry times. 

 

Fees:               Fees for individual events are $5.50, relays $11.00.

 

                        Each participating Club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fee for the entire team.  Do not send cash. Make checks payable to CURL-BURKE SWIM CLUB.  Entry fees are due with entries. 

 

Entry Deadline:         

The entry dead line is 5:00 PM, Tuesday, November 30, 2004 . 

Important: The above date is the deadline for clubs to submit their entries to the Meet Director. Therefore, clubs usually set an earlier deadline to receive entries from their swimmers. Check with your club for this information.

** Entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.  It is anticipated that this event will be fully entered.

 

Send Entries To:        Mark Faherty

                                    9730 Blake Lane

                                    Fairfax, VA 22031

                                    703-861-9089

                                    fahertyswim@yahoo.com

 

 

TOM DOLAN INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET

December 9 to 12, 2004 @George Mason U. – Fairfax, VA

 

Thursday, December 9, 2004 @ George Mason University

Warm-up 4:30 to 5:20 PM

 

Events 5:30 PM

Girls Event #

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

 

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

Boys Event #

1

6:09.29

5:34.99

12 & U 500 freestyle

6:05.99

5:32.99

2

3

19:35.99

20:19.79

13-14 1650 freestyle

 

 

 

5

19:10.99

19:42.59

Open 1650 freestyle

 

 

 

 

 

 

13-14 1000 freestyle

11:24.99

10:24.39

4

 

 

 

Open 1000 freestyle

10:29.99

9:47.49

6

Note:   All athletes who intend on swimming events 1 to 6 must check-in by 5:00 PM at the scratch table.

 

Friday, December 10, 2004 13 & Over Preliminaries @ George Mason University

Warm-up 6:30 to 7:50 AM

 

Events 8:00 AM

Girls Event #

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

 

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

Boys Event #

7

2:06.49

2:19.99

13-14 200 free

2:01.99

2:19.19

8

9

1:59.79

2:17.09

Open 200 free

1:49.59

2:06.99

10

15

1:16.59

1:22.99

13-14 100 breast

1:12.49

1:20.39

16

17

1:12.39

1:21.99

Open 100 breast

1:05.99

1:17.19

18

23

1:06.99

1:14.39

13-14 100 fly

1:04.99

1:11.99

24

25

1:02.99

1:12.99

Open 100 fly

57.39

1:05.99

26

31

4:59.99

5:49.79

13-14 400 IM

5:00.79

5:32.29

32

33

4:45.99

5:32.09

Open 400 IM

4:25.09

5:17.89

34

41

9:09.99

 

13-14 800 free relay

8:33.99

 

42

43

8:24.99

 

Open 800 free relay

7:42.99

 

44

Note:

§         400 IM check-in by 8:30 AM

§         All 800 freestyle relays must check-in by 9:00 AM.  The fastest heat in each event will swim at the end of the PM finals, all others swim at the end of preliminaries.  Event is swum fastest to slowest.

 

Friday, December 10, 2004 12 & Under Preliminaries @ George Mason University

Warm-up 12:00 Noon to 12:50 PM

 

Events 1:00 PM

Girls Event #

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

 

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

Boys Event #

11

1:03.59

1:12.19

11-12 100 free

1:03.59

1:12.19

12

13

1:14.59

1:24.19

10 & U 100 free

1:13.99

1:23.59

14

19

37.79

43.09

11-12 50 breaststroke

37.99

43.39

20

21

43.39

50.69

10 & U 50 breaststroke

43.39

50.49

22

27

32.49

36.49

11-12 50 butterfly

32.59

36.49

28

29

37.99

43.69

10 & U 50 butterfly

38.59

43.89

30

35

1:13.49

1:25.89

11-12 100 backstroke

1:13.59

1:25.59

36

37

1:26.59

1:39.19

10 & U 100 backstroke

1:26.99

1:39.59

38

39

4:38.99

 

11-12 400 freestyle relay

4:35.99

 

40

Note:

§         All 400 freestyle relays must check-in by 2:30 PM.  The event is swum fastest to slowest as the final event of preliminaries.

 

Saturday, December 11, 2004 13 & Over Preliminaries @ George Mason University

Warm-up 6:30 to 7:50 AM

 

Events 8:00 AM

Girls Event #

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

 

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

Boys Event #

49

1:54.69

 

13-14 200 freestyle relay

1:49.19

 

50

51

1:49.19

 

Open 200 freestyle relay

1:37.89

 

52

53

2:44.89

3:06.89

13-14 200 breast

2:39.29

2:54.79

54

55

2:37.79

3:01.99

Open 200 breast

2:23.99

2:47.09

56

61

27.19

30.99

13-14 50 free

25.89

29.39

62

63

25.79

29.99

Open 50 free

23.29

27.49

64

69

1:07.19

1:17.09

13-14 100 back

1:04.99

1:12.59

70

71

1:03.39

1:13.59

Open 100 back

57.79

1:07.59

72

77

5:37.99

5:03.49

13-14 500 free

5:26.99

4:53.49

78

79

5:20.99

4:49.99

Open 500 free

4:57.99

4:30.99

80

85

4:44.99

 

13-14 400 medley relay

4:32.29

 

86

87

4:29.49

 

Senior 400 medley relay

4:05.19

 

88

Note:

§         500 freestyle check-in by 8:30 AM

§         400 medley relays check-in by 9:00 AM.  Events swum fastest to slowest. The fastest heat in each event will swim at the end of PM finals, all other swims at the end of preliminaries.

 

 

Saturday, December 11, 2004 12 & Under Preliminaries @ George Mason University

Warm-up 12:00 Noon to 12:50 PM

 

Events 1:00 PM

Girls Event #

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

 

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

Boys Event #

45

2:24.89

 

11-12 200 medley relay

2:24.29

 

46

47

2:47.99

 

10 & U 200 medley relay

2:47.79

 

48

57

1:22.79

1:34.69

11 & 12 100 breaststroke

1:22.39

1:34.69

58

59

1:35.49

1:53.69

10 & U 100 breaststroke

1:36.39

1:53.99

60

65

28.79

33.49

11-12 50 freestyle

28.99

32.79

66

67

32.99

37.19

10 & U 50 freestyle

32.99

37.09

68

73

33.99

38.49

11-12 50 backstroke

33.99

38.49

74

75

38.99

44.89

10 & U 50 backstroke

38.79

44.79

76

81

2:36.19

3:00.99

11-12 200 IM

2:37.59

3:01.59

82

83

3:04.99

3:28.99

10 & U 200 IM

3:05.89

3:30.99

84

 

 

Sunday, December 12, 2004 13 & Over Preliminaries @ George Mason University

Warm-up 6:30 to 7:50 AM

 

Events 8:00 AM

Girls Event #

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

 

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

Boys Event #

93

NT

 

13-14 200 medley relay

NT

 

94

95

NT

 

Open 200 medley relay

NT

 

96

97

2:24.99

2:44.99

13-14 200 back

2:22.09

2:36.39

98

99

2:15.99

2:39.99

Open 200 back

2:05.59

2:26.59

100

105

58.59

1:06.09

13-14 100 free

56.29

1:03.89

106

107

55.69

1:02.99

Open 100 free

50.79

57.99

108

113

2:28.59

2:42.49

13-14 200 fly

2:24.99

2:34.79

114

115

2:22.79

2:38.49

Open 200 fly

2:10.99

2:27.29

116

121

2:23.79

2:40.09

13-14 200 IM

2:17.69

2:37.89

122

123

2:15.79

2:35.99

Open 200 IM

2:04.99

2:23.99

124

127

4:09.49

 

13-14 400 freestyle relay

3:59.39

 

128

129

3:55.59

 

Open 400 freestyle relay

3:34.19

 

130

131

11:40.99

10:29.69

13-14 1000 freestyle

 

 

 

133

11:15.99

10:16.89

Open 1000 freestyle

 

 

 

 

 

 

13-14 1650 freestyle

19:30.99

19:19.79

132

 

 

 

Open 1650 freestyle

17:25.99

18:34.49

134

Note:

§         400 freestyle relay check-in by 9:00 AM.  Events swum fastest to slowest. The fastest heat in each event will swim at the end of PM finals session, all others swim at the end of preliminaries (prior to the distance events).

§         Women's 1000 freestyle and Men's 1650 freestyle check-in by 6:30 PM Saturday (check-in to begin Saturday AM).  Events swum fastest to slowest and combined by age group.  The events will be scored separately.  The fastest heat will swim as the first event of finals.

 

Sunday, December 12, 2004 12 & Under Preliminaries @ George Mason University

Warm-up 12:00 Noon to 12:50 PM

 

Events 1:00 PM

Girls Event #

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

 

No slower than SCY

No slower than LCM

Boys Event #

89

2:06.29

 

11-12 200 freestyle relay

2:05.89

 

90

91

2:23.89

 

10 & U 200 freestyle relay

2:22.99

 

92

101

1:12.59

 

11-12 100 IM

1:12.39

 

102

103

1:22.79

 

10 & U 100 IM

1:23.99

 

104

109

1:14.99

1:24.49

11-12 100 butterfly

1:14.99

1:25.19

110

111

1:34.99

1:47.19

10 & U 100 butterfly

1:35.99

1:47.19

112

117

2:18.29

2:39.49

11-12 200 freestyle

2:18.79

2:37.19

118

119

2:45.99

3:14.99

10 & U 200 freestyle

2:42.99

3:10.99

120

125

5:24.19

 

11-12 400 medley relay

5:20.69

 

126

Note:

§         400 medley relays must check-in by 2:30 PM.  The event is swum fastest to slowest as the final event of preliminaries.