The 2005 RMSC November Invitational
November 5-6, 2005
Sanctioned by USA Swimming
through Potomac Valley Swimming
Sanction # PVI-06-07



Meet Directors Dave Crocker gchsswim@aol.com
Dave Kraft dmkraft77@aol.com
Location Martin Luther King Jr. Swim Center
1201 Jackson Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20904
301-989-1206
Dates and Times Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005 and Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005
13 and Overs Warm-up: 6:30-7:30 am; Events: 7:40 am
Distance Warm-up: 11:30 am-12:00 pm; Events: 12:10 pm
12 and Unders Warm-up: 3:30-4:20 pm; Events: 4:30 pm
Eligibility Open to invited United States Swimming athletes. Swimmers will compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet. It may be necessary to limit entries due to time constraints.
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.
Rules Current United States Swimming rules will govern this meet. A contestant may enter no more than three events per age group session, and one event per distance session, totaling no more than eight individual events for the meet. All events will be timed finals.
Seeding Seed times are short course yards. Positive check-in will be used at the meet manager's discretion, depending on the number of entries received. Information regarding check-in times will be available the week prior to the meet in the form of an e-mail to each participating club.
Distance Session Procedures Distance events will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating Girls and Boys heats. All distance events will be positive check-in. Deadline for positive check-in is 11:45 AM Saturday for the 1650, and 11:45 AM Sunday for the 500 free and 400 IM. Distance entries may be limited due to time constraints, and clubs will be notified one week prior to the meet if an athlete has been removed from their event. Please do not send entries with No Time as they will not be accepted.
Warm-up The prescribed Potomac Valley warm-up procedures and safety policies will be followed. Continuous warm-up/warm-down will be available throughout the meet.
Timers Clubs will be responsible for providing their fair share of timers, and will be assigned lanes by the meet manager.
Officials Certified officials who wish to work at this meet should contact Bob Anderson at ROBERT.W.ANDERSON@saic.com.
Supervision Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers, both at the meet and in the warm-up/warm-down area. Inappropriate behavior will result in suspension from the meet and from the MLK Jr. Swim Center.
Admission There will be no admission charge. Heat sheets will be available for $1.00 each.Heat sheets will not be printed for the Distance sessions.
Fees Fees are $4.00 per individual event.
Warning Any club that enters an unregistered 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 the club until that fine is paid.
Entry Procedures Computer disk entries require a meet entry report by SWIMMER and a report by EVENT from Team Manager. Also submit a completed "Entry Cover Sheet." Send completed entries, including the name and phone number of a club representative to:
Dave Crocker
2919 Wilton Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-565-3186

E-mail procedures:
In the subject heading, write "RMSC Nov. Invitational Entry - ****" (with club initials in place of ****).Include the entry file from Team Manager, as well as reports by SWIMMER and by EVENT (preferably as a Word for Windows document).Include total number of swimmers and total number of events, along with contact information (name, phone number, e-mail) of a club representative in the body of the e-mail.E-mail the entry to gchsswim@aol.com

Send check, including "Entry Cover Sheet" to Dave Crocker at the address above.Make checks payable to MCRD (Montgomery County Recreation Dept.).Each club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fees of the entire team. Please do not send cash. Entry fees are due with entries.

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.

Entry Deadline Entries are due by
5:00 PM on Wednesday, October 26, 2005.

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.

Late/Deck Entries No late entries will be accepted. Deck entries will be accepted provided there is an empty lane available. A heat will not be created for a deck entry.



Session 1 - 13 and Over
Saturday Program - November 5, 2005
Warm-up: 6:30-7:30 am; Events: 7:40 am
 
Girls Event Event Description Boys Event
1 13-14 200 free2
3 15&Over 200 free 4
5 13-14 200 breast 6
7 15&Over 200 breast 8
9 13-14 100 back 10
11 15&Over 100 back 12
13 13-14 200 fly 14
15 15&Over 200 fly 16
17 13-14 50 free 18
19 15&Over 50 free 20


Session 2 - Distance
Saturday Program - November 5, 2005
Warm-up: 11:30 am -12:00 pm; Events: 12:10 pm
Girls Event Event Description Boys Event
21 12&Over 1650 free 22


Session 3 - 12 and Under
Saturday Program - November 5, 2005
Warm-up: 3:30 -4:20 pm; Events: 4:30 pm
Girls Event Event Description Boys Event
2311-12 200 back 24
25 10&Under 200 free 26
27 11-12 200 free 28
29 10&Under 100 breast 30
31 11-12 100 breast 32
33 10&Under 50 back 34
35 11-12 50 back 36
37 10&Under 100 fly 38
39 11-12 100 fly 40
41 10&U 50 free 42
43 11-12 50 free 44
45 10&U 100 IM 46
47 11-12 100 IM 48


Session 4 - 13 and Over
Sunday Program - November 6, 2005
Warm-up: 6:30-7:30 am; Events: 7:40 am
Girls Event Event Description Boys Event
49 13-14 200 IM 50
5115&Over 200 IM52
53 13-14 100 breast 54
55 15&Over 100 breast 56
57 13-14 200 back 58
59 15&Over 200 back 60
61 13-14 100 fly 62
63 15&Over 100 fly 64
65 13-14 100 free 66
67 15&Over 100 free 68


Session 5 - Distance
Sunday Program - November 6, 2005
Warm-up: 11:30 am -12:00 pm; Events: 12:10 pm
Girls Event Event Description Boys Event
69 Open 500 free 70
71 12&Over 400 IM 72


Session 6 - 12 and Under
Sunday Program - November 6, 2005
Warm-up: 3:30 -4:20 pm; Events: 4:30 pm
Girls Event Event Description Boys Event
73 11-12 200 fly 74
75 10&Under 200 IM 76
77 11-12 200 IM 78
79 10&Under 50 breast 80
81 11-12 50 breast 82
83 10&Under 100 back 84
85 11-12 100 back 86
87 10&Under 50 fly 88
89 11-12 50 fly 90
91 10&Under 100 free 92
93 11-12 100 free 94
95 11-12 200 breast 96