Speedo Eastern States Senior Invitational Meet
January 8-9, 2005
Sponsored by ARLINGTON AQUATIC CLUB
Sanctioned by UNITED STATES SWIMMING
through POTOMAC VALLEY SWIMMING
Sanction # PVI-05-18


LOCATION: Wakefield Rec. Center
8100 Braddock Rd
Annandale, Va.
703-321-7080
Directions: Capital Beltway (VA), exit Braddock Road West. Proceed on Braddock Road to Wakefield Park entrance on right. Pool is in the park.
FACILITY: 16 lane 25 yard indoor pool. Ten (10) lanes will be used for competition. At least five lanes will be available for continuous warm-up/warm-down.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to all swimmers of team that are members of the Eastern States Senior Circuit. All swimmers must be registered with United States Swimming Inc.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR ATHLETES ARE REGISTERED FOR 2005 BEFORE ENTERING THEM.
There are no qualifying times but all team agree to bring swimmers who are training at a senior level and are preparing for successful qualification or participation in Sectionals and Nationals. Please see published Circuit Guidelines for more information. Age on January 8, 2005 will determine age for the entire meet. To be eligible to enter this meet, a swimmer must be registered with USA Swimming, Inc. no later than the entry deadline shown below. No on-deck registration will be permitted.
CIRCUIT PARTICIPANTS ARE: Virginia LSC Maryland LSC Potomac Valley LSC
Coast Guard Blue Dolphins (CGBD) Columbia Aquatic Association(CAA) Arlington Aquatic Club (AAC)
Hargrave Military Academy (HA) AquaHoyas Swimming (HOYA)
Poseidon Swimming (PSDN) Fort Belvior Swim Team (FBST)
Quantico Devil Dolphins (QDD) Machine Aquatic (MACH)
South Eastern Virginia Aquatics (SEVA) Maryland Suburban Swim Club (MSSC)
Occoquan Swimming (OCCS)
Potomac Marlins (PM)
MEET FORMAT: All events will be Timed Finals.
WARM-UPS: Saturday, January 08, 2005
Session 1 ------- 7:00 am - 8:30 am warm up/8:45 am start
Session 2 -------- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm warm up/5:15 pm start

Sunday, January 09, 2005
Session 3 --------- 6:30 am - 7:30 am warm up for the 1650 Free/7:40 am start
1650( events 25 - 26) will be swum slowest to fastest, alternating heats of women then men. Women and men may swim together.
Session 4 ------ Warm-up will be available at all times/Session start time will be 30 minutes after the completion of the 1650 Free.
ENTRIES: Deadline for receipt of entries is Tuesday, December 28, 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 must be submitted in short course yard times on 3.5" computer disks using Commlink II on HYTEK Meet Manager computer software. If entries are submitted on computer disk, a printout showing what is on the disk MUST also be submitted. In all cases, a completed summary sheet showing the name of the person to contact in case of questions and a check for the amount of the entry fees must accompany the entries.

Link to Summary Sheet

Swimmers may enter (3) individual events per session but no more than (5) total for the day on Saturday. Swimmers may enter the 1650 Free plus 3 events on Sunday. Swimmers may participate in 2 relays per session. Relay teams must be designated A, B, C, etc. if a team enters more than one relay. All entry times must have been achieved in USA Swimming sanctioned or approved competition.

Mail Entries To: Ward Foley, AAC
3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive
Arlington, Va. 22206
703-228-1810
wfoley@arlingtonva.us

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.

MEET DIRECTOR: The Meet Director reserves the right to limit entries in any event, if necessary, to prevent too lengthy a session, and to combine events in which there are insufficient entries.
Co-Meet Director: Ward Foley 703-228-1810, wfoley@arlingtonva.us
ENTRY FEES: Individual Events.......... $4.00
Relay Events................ $10.00
Swimmers surcharge,,,,,,,$2.00

Make Checks payable to: BIG SIX
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RULES: The 2004 USA Swimming Code and Rules will apply. USA Swimming Safety and warm-up procedures will be in effect. In accordance with USA Swimming Policy, only those coaches who, at all times, display current, valid United States Swimming credentials will be permitted to act in a coaching capacity at this meet.
PENALTIES:
  1. Penalties for entries using fraudulent and/or non-verifiable entry times:
    1. .
    2. Swimmer shall be disqualified from the event entered illegally.
    3. Club may be fined up to $100.00 for each offense, and a record of such offenses shall be kept and published as part of the official meet results.
  2. Clubs entering swimmers not legally registered with USA Swimming by the deadline date may be fined $100.00 per swimmer per event entered illegally.
AWARDS: Circuit T-Shirts for participants at the last circuit meet in January
SCORING: Scoring will be on a sixteen-place basis.
Individual events will be awarded 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11,/9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Relay events will receive double these point values.
SEEDING: All events at the distance of 200 and below will be preseeded. All relays, 400 IM's, 500 Free's, and 1000 Free's will be deck seeded and requires a positive check in. Relay check in must be done by the end of warm up for each session. Check-in for the 400 IM will be by 8:30 am and check in for the 500 Free will be by 4:30 pm Saturday. Check in for the 1650 Free will be by 6:00 pm on Saturday.
OFFICIALS: We ask for your teams help in supplying officials for the meet. Any one in the process of achieving certification through on-deck training is welcome. Contact Dave DiNardo
301-241-6155
dave.dinardo@grubb-ellis.com
Thank you for you help in advance.
Hotel Information: Comfort Inn
11180 Main St.
Fairfax, Va.
703-591-5900


ORDER OF EVENTS
Saturday, January 08, 2005
Session 1
Warm-ups: 7:00 - 8:30 am/Start 8:45 am
Female Male
1 200 Free Relay 2
3 200 Breast 4
5 100 Fly 6
7 200 Back 8
9 500 Free 10

Session 2
Warm-ups: 4:00 - 5:00 pm/Start 5:15 pm
Female Male
11 800 Free Relay 12
13 100 Free 14
15 200 Fly 16
17 100 Breast 18
19 400 IM 20


Sunday, January 09, 2005
Session 3
Warm-up: 6:30 - 7:45 am/Start 8:00 am
Female Male
21 1650 Free 22

Session 4
Warm-up: All Morning/Start 30 minutes after 1650 Free
Female Male
23 400 Free Relay 24
25 200 IM 26
27 50 Free 28
29 100 Back 30
31 200 Free 32
33 400 Medley Relay 34