PVS 2007 LONG COURSE 14 & UNDER CHAMPIONSHIPS

AMENDED JULY 16, 2007 TO
ANNOUNCE THAT DIVE-OVER STARTS WILL BE USED AT ALL 11/OVER PRELIMINARY SESSIONS and SATURDAY'S 11/OVER TIMED FINAL SESSION
and to ANNOUNCE THAT ALL 11/OVER INDIVIDUAL EVENTS 200M AND LONGER WILL BE POSITIVE CHECK-IN
and to POST REVISED CHECK-IN SCHEDULE FOR MOST SESSIONS
All events subject to check-in will now close 30 minutes following the start of warm-ups.
AMENDED JULY 17, 2007 TO
POST TIME AND LANE ASSIGNMENTS FOR WARM-UPS

PVS 2007 LONG COURSE 14 & UNDER CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 19-22, 2007

Sanctioned by USA Swimming
Through Potomac Valley Swimming

Sanction # PVS-07-51

Hosted for Potomac Valley Swimming By:

Machine Aquatics

Meet Director:

Paris Jacobs
P.O. Box 7490
Arlington, VA  22207-0490
571-238-7657
pjacobs10@comcast.net

Meet Location:

George Mason University
4400 University Blvd
Fairfax, VA
703-993-3939
50 meters - 8 lanes

  • No food of any kind is allowed on the pool deck.  Only water and/or Gatorade are permitted on the pool deck.

  • No folding chairs, sleeping bags, tents or balloons are permitted in the Athletic Fitness Center.

  • Coaches are responsible for ensuring that their team areas are clean of any debris at the conclusion of each meet session.

Schedule:

Session

Warm-up

Events

11 & Over Preliminary Sessions
Thursday, Friday and Sunday

6:30 - 7:35 am

7:45 am

10 & Under Preliminary Sessions
Thursday, Friday and Sunday

12:30 pm - 1:20 pm

1:30 pm

Finals Sessions
Thursday, Friday and Sunday

4:50 - 5:50 pm

6:00 pm

Saturday Afternoon

2:00 - 2:50 pm

3:00 pm

Note: Meet Director in consultation with the Age Group Chairman will determine if session start times or check-in times for 10/Under sessions will need to be adjusted based on number of entries received for 11/Over preliminary sessions. They will also make any other needed adjustments if entries received are materially different than anticipated.
Warm-ups in the LC pool are being assigned by team and will be split into two one-half hour sessions.  Sprints are to be done in the team's assigned lane.  The SC pool will be open for continuous warm-up and warm-down.   (See Warm-up Schedule)

Eligibility:

Open to all registered Potomac Valley Swimming athletes. A contestant may participate in only his or her own age group.

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 and PVS Age Group Chairman (Bill Marlin at coach_bill@verizon.net). The athlete (or the athlete’s coach) is also responsible for notifying the session referee of any disability prior to the competition.

Qualifying Times

Contestants must have equaled or bettered the applicable no slower than (NST) LCM times listed or the 2007 "AAA" or better short course times. Qualifying times must have been achieved after July 11, 2005.  Short course entry times are non-conforming times and will be seeded after long course entry times.

Warnings:

Any club that enters an unregistered or improperly registered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered coach, or a coach with expired or incomplete certifications 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.

All entry times and USA Swimming memberships are subject to verification. Any athlete not achieving a QT, may be asked to prove the entry time to the Meet Director prior to the end of the meet.

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

Rules:

Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet. All events are timed finals. A contestant may enter no more than three events per day or six for the meet. Positive check-in is required for all individual and relay events 400 meters and longer These events will be seeded on the deck. Swimmers and relay teams not checked-in will be scratched from that event. Athletes who have checked in, been seeded, and fail to swim the event will be barred from their next scheduled individual event.

No late entries are permitted for this meet.

Dive-over starts may be used at this meet at the discretion of the Meet Manager and/or Meet Referee. Coaches are requested to review Guidance for Dive-Over Starts for Coaches.  Officials are requested to review Protocol for Dive-Over Starts.   A determination whether to do so will be made shortly after entries for this meet have been processed.    The Meet Manager has determined that Dive-Over Starts will be used at all 11/Over Preliminary Sessions and Saturday's Final Session.

Individual Events:

All individual events 200 meters and shorter are trials and finals. All relays and individual events 400 meters and longer are timed finals events. For all prelim/final events there will be 1 final heat for 10 & Under events. For all prelim/final 11-12 and 13-14 events , there will be 2 final heats, swum fastest to slowest.

A contestant may compete in a maximum of six (6) individual events, and compete in no more than three (3) individual events per day.

Timed finals for:
10/U, 11-12,
13-14 400 Freestyle
14/U 800 & 1500 Freestyle

The 10 & Under, 11-12 and 13-14 400 Freestyle will be swum slowest to fastest.  The 14 & Under 800 and 1500 Freestyle events will be swum fastest to slowest. The 14 & Under 800 and 1500 Freestyle will alternate women and men.  The fastest heat of the Women's and Men's 800 Freestyle will be swum as the first event of the evening program on Thursday.   The 13-14 400 Freestyle will have the two fastest heats swum in finals. 

Positive check-in is required. Verification of time must be submitted with entry.

Swimmers in the 800 and 1500 Freestyle events are responsible for providing their own timer, except for those in the fastest heat being swum as part of Thursdays finals.

Relays:

All 200 and 400 meter relays are timed finals and will be swum in preliminary sessions.  The 200 meter relays will be swim slowest to fastest and the 400 meter relays will be swum fastest to slowest.  The 13-14 800 Freestyle Relays will be swum as the last event on Sunday evening, and will be swum fastest to slowest.

There is no limit on the number of entries per club, but only two relay teams per club per relay event may score.

Withdrawing from Finals:

PVS scratch rules apply for swimmers scratching finals. If a swimmer fails to properly scratch from a final event and does not appear for the final, he/she "will be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet".

Awards:

Medals will be awarded 1st through 8th place for individual events and 1st through 3rd place for relay events. High point awards will be presented to the male and female athlete with the highest point total in individual events in the following age groups: 10 & Under, 11-12 & 13-14 based on the swimmer's age on the first day of the meet. A swimmer ""swimming-up" will receive points actually awarded in the events they swim. Relay events will NOT be used to determine high point awards.)

Scoring:

Events: 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

Officials:

All certified officials wishing to volunteer to work this meet please contact the MACH Officials Chairman, Pamela Starke-Reed at ps39p@nih.gov prior to July 15. Please include your club affiliation, certifications held, and sessions you wish to work. Officials volunteering should sign in at the recording table prior to the start of Warm-ups. Certified officials who have not previously advised of their availability may volunteer their services to the Referee at this time.

Timers:

Participating clubs are required to provide timers in proportion to their entries. The meet director will determine the number of timers per club and lane assignments. The host club is required to provide one timer per lane.

Supervision:

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

Credentials:

Parents not working the meet as a deck official, volunteer lane timer, or other meet position are not permitted on deck. Only athletes, USA Swimming certified coaches, and deck officials are permitted on the pool deck. Coaches and deck officials are required to display their current USA Swimming card.

Admission Programs:

There is no admission charge. The meet program will be available for $10.00 and will include a finals program coupon for each finals session. Working Officials will receive a daily program free.

Fees:

Fees for individual events are $5.00; relay events are $10.00.

Meet Entry Procedures:

General Instructions:

  • Entries may be submitted (1) manually, (2) by sending a disk to the meet director or (3) via e-mail.
  • Follow the instructions under the appropriate heading below. The immediately following rules apply regardless of method chosen.
    • Each club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fees for the entire team. Please put the club name on the entry check (if not a club check) and note the number of entries. Please do not send cash. Meet directors have been instructed not to accept telephone or fax entries.
    • Entries not submitted on the required forms, not complete, not legible or not in the required electronic format, will not be accepted and will be returned. The Meet Director will not be held responsible if there is no time to properly resubmit the entry.
    • Individual or unattached entries will only be accepted by manual entry sent to the address listed below or by e-mail containing all the particulars required by the master entry sheet.
    • All Relay-only swimmers must be listed on the meet entry in order to participate in the meet.
Manual Entries:
  • Manual entries must 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. Short course entry times must be designated with a capital letter "Y".
  • There will be a $1.00 surcharge per athlete for manual entries of 10 or more.
Disk Entries:
E-mail Entries:
  • Club E-mail entries will be accepted provided the transmission time is prior to entry deadline.
  • Attach one report by event, one by name (save as Word for Windows in Team Manager)
  • Attach commlink file
  • In body of e-mail give total number of splashes including relays (men, women, total entry) and contact information (name, phone, e-mail address)
  • Remember to also send entry fee check via USPS
  • Clubs submitting by email should submit entries to pjacobs@comcast.net, in the subject heading type, "2007 PVS Long Course Age Group Champs - ****" with the club's initials substituted in place of the asterisks.
  • 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.
  • Deadline:

    The meet director must receive all entries for this meet no later than

    5:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 11, 2007.

    Make Checks Payable to:

    Potomac Valley Swimming

    Send Entries to:

    Paris Jacobs
    P.O. Box 7490
    Arlington, VA  22207-0490
    571-238-7657
    pjacobs10@comcast.net




    Revised Check-In Deadlines  
    Event # Event Deadline
    Thursday - Prelim Session - 11 & Over Events
    5-612 & Under 200 BackstrokeThurs 7:00 am
    15-16 13-14 200 FreestyleThurs 7:00 am
    27-2813-14 400 Freestyle Relay Thurs 7:00 am
    29-30 11-12 400 Freestyle Relay Thurs 7:00 am
    31-32 14/U 800 Freestyle Thurs 7:00 am
    Thursday - Prelim Session - 10 & Under Events
    34Men's 10/U 400 Freestyle Thurs 2:00 pm
    Friday - Prelim Session - 11 & Over Events
    35-36 12/U 200 ButterflyFri 7:00 am
    37-3813-14 200 Individual MedleyFri 7:00 am
    39-4011-12 200 Individual MedleyFri 7:00 am
    43-44 13-14 200 BreaststrokeFri 7:00 am
    57-5811-12 200 FreestyleFri 7:00 am
    59-60 13-14 400 Freestyle Fri 7:00 am
    Saturday  - Prelim Session - 11 & Over Events
    63-64 14/U 400 Individual Medley Sat 2:30 pm
    65-66 11-12 400 Freestyle Sat 2:30 pm
    67-68 14/U 1500 Freestyle Sat 2:30pm
    Sunday - Prelim Session - 11 & Over Events
    75-7612/U 200 BreaststrokeSun 7:00 am
    79-80 13-14 200 BackstrokeSun 7:00 am
    91-9213-14 200 ButterflySun 7:00 am
    95-9613-14 400 Medley Relay Sun 7:00 am
    97-98 11-12 400 Medley Relay Sun 7:00 am
    Sunday - Prelim Session - 10 & Under Events
    99Women's 10/U 400 Freestyle Sun 2:00 pm
    Sunday - Finals Session
    101-10214/U 800 Free Relay Sun 6:00 pm









    Thursday, July 19, 2007

    Preliminary Session -- 11 & Over Events
    Warm-up 6:30 – 7:35 am     Events 7:45 am

    Women Event #

    NST QT

    Events

    NST QT

    Men Event #

    1

    2:53.09

    11-12 200 Medley Relay

    2:59.09

    2

    3

    2:33.19

    13-14 200 Medley Relay

    2:33.89

    4

    5 *

    3:08.29

    12 & Under 200 Backstroke

    3:07.19

    6 *

    9

    1:31.79

    13-14 100 Breaststroke

    1:31.89

    10

    11

    46.89

    11-12 50 Breaststroke

    48.89

    12

    15 *

    2:27.39

    13-14 200 Freestyle

    2:26.59

    16 *

    17

    1:14.59

    11-12 100 Freestyle

    1:17.09

    18

    21

    1:20.59

    13-14 100 Butterfly

    1:21.19

    22

    23

    39.49

    11-12 50 Butterfly

    42.59

    24

    27 * &

    4:48.89

    13-14 400 Freestyle Relay

    4:39.69

    28 * &

    29 * &

    5:22.09

    11-12 400 Freestyle Relay

    5:26.89

    30 * &

    31$ *

    10:52.79

    14 & Under 800 Freestyle

    11:39.79

    32$ *

    * Positive check-in required for all individual events 200 400 meters and longer and 400M Relays by 7:00 am.
    & Timed final event. Swum fastest to slowest.
    $ Timed finals. Heats swum from second fastest to slowest in prelims.
     Fastest heat will be swum as the first event in the finals session. Verification of time required.


    Thursday July 19, 2007

    Preliminary Session -- 10 & Under Events
    Warm-up 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm     Events 1:30 pm

    IMPORTANT: MEN's EVENTS WILL BE SWUM BEFORE WOMEN'S EVENTS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY
    Order of Events for Thursday prelims only will be: 8,7,14,13,20,19,26,25,34

    Women Event #

    NST QT

    Events

    NST QT

    Men Event #

    7

    59.29

    10 & under 50 Breaststroke

    56.59

    8

    13

    1:35.69

    10 & under 100 Freestyle

    1:32.19

    14

    19

    50.19

    10 & under 50 Butterfly

    48.29

    20

    25

    3:54.89

    10 & under 200 Individual Medley

    3:51.79

    26

    See Sunday

    10 & under 400 Freestyle

    7:01.99

    34 * &

    * Positive check-in required for all individual events 400 meters and over by 2:00 pm.
    & Timed final event. Swum slowest to fastest
    Note: Event #33 is not being used.



    Thursday, July 19, 2007

    Finals Session -- All Ages
    Warm-up 4:50 – 5:50 pm     Events 6:00 pm

    Women Event #

    Events

    Men Event #

    31 #

    14 & Under 800 Freestyle

    32 #

    5

    12 & Under 200 Backstroke

    6

    7

    10 & under 50 Breaststroke

    8

    9

    13-14 100 Breaststroke

    10

    11

    11-12 50 Breaststroke

    12

    13

    10 & under 100 Freestyle

    14

    15

    13-14 200 Freestyle

    16

    17

    11-12 100 Freestyle

    18

    19

    10 & under 50 Butterfly

    20

    21

    13-14 100 Butterfly

    22

    23

    11-12 50 Butterfly

    24

    25

    10 & under 200 Individual Medley

    26

    # -- Fastest Heat Only



    Friday, July 20, 2007

    Preliminary Session -- 11 & Over Events
    Warm-up 6:30 – 7:35 am     Events 7:45 am

    Women Event #

    NST QT

    Events

    NST QT

    Men Event #

    35 *

    3:15.49

    12 & Under 200 Butterfly

    3:15.89

    36 *

    37 *

    2:48.79

    13-14 200 Individual Medley

    2:46.89

    38 *

    39 *

    3:06.19

    11-12 200 Individual Medley

    3:06.19

    40 *

    43 *

    3:16.89

    13-14 200 Breaststroke

    3:12.09

    44 *

    45

    1:41.89

    11-12 100 Breaststroke

    1:41.39

    46

    49

    1:20.29

    13-14 100 Backstroke

    1:19.39

    50

    51

    41.99

    11-12 50 Backstroke

    41.49

    52

    53

    32.39

    13-14 50 Freestyle

    30.69

    54

    57 *

    2:42.19

    11-12 200 Freestyle

    2:42.09

    58 *

    59 * ^

    5:11.89

    13-14 400 Freestyle

    5:18.69

    60 * ^

    * Positive check-in required for all individual and relay events 200 400 meters and over by 7:00 am.
    ^ Timed final event.
    The fastest two heats will be swum in finals.


    Friday, July 20, 2007

    Preliminary Session -- 10 & Under Events
    Warm-up 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm     Events 1:30 pm

    Women Event #

    NST QT

    Events

    NST QT

    Men Event #

    41

    1:59.89

    10 & under 100 Breaststroke

    2:00.29

    42

    47

    47.99

    10 & under 50 Backstroke

    51.29

    48

    55

    3:25.09

    10 & under 200 Freestyle

    3:15.99

    56

    61

    3:34.79

    10 & under 200 Medley Relay

    3:32.09

    62



    Friday, July 20, 2007

    Finals Session -- All Ages
    Warm-up 4:50 – 5:50 pm     Events 6:00 pm

    Women Event #

    Events

    Men Event #

    35

    12 & Under 200 Butterfly

    36

    37

    13-14 200 Individual Medley

    38

    39

    11-12 200 Individual Medley

    40

    41

    10 & under 100 Breaststroke

    42

    43

    13-14 200 Breaststroke

    44

    45

    11-12 100 Breaststroke

    46

    47

    10 & under 50 Backstroke

    48

    49

    13-14 100 Backstroke

    50

    51

    11-12 50 Backstroke

    52

    53

    13-14 50 Freestyle

    54

    55

    10 & under 200 Freestyle

    56

    57

    11-12 200 Freestyle

    58

    59 ^

    13-14 400 Freestyle

    60 ^

    ^ Timed final event. The fastest two heats will be swum in finals.



    Saturday July 21, 2007
    Warm-up 2:00 – 2:50 pm     Events 3:00 pm

    Women Event #

    NST QT

    Events

    NST QT

    Men Event #

    63 * #

    6:31.49

    14 & Under 400 Individual Medley

    6:15.59

    64 * #

    65 * #

    6:00.09

    11-12 400 Free

    6:00.79

    66 * #

    67 * @

    22:23.09

    14 & under 1500 Free

    22:09.99

    68 * @

    * Positive check-in required for all individual events 400 meters and over by 2:30 pm.
    # Timed final event.
    @ Timed final event. Heats swum fastest to slowest alternating women and men. Verification of time required.

    Sunday, July 22, 2007

    Preliminary Session -- 11 & Over Events
    Warm-up 6:30 – 7:35 am     Events 7:45 am

    Women Event #

    NST QT

    Events

    NST QT

    Men Event #

    69

    2:27.99

    11-12 200 Freestyle Relay

    2:32.59

    70

    71

    2:17.29

    13-14 200 Freestyle Relay

    2:08.89

    72

    75 *

    3:30.99

    12 & Under 200 Breaststroke

    3:32.59

    76 *

    79 *

    2:54.39

    13-14 200 Backstroke

    2:53.89

    80 *

    81

    1:28.19

    11-12 100 Backstroke

    1:31.19

    82

    85

    1:08.79

    13-14 100 Freestyle

    1:06.59

    86

    87

    34.89

    11-12 50 Freestyle

    35.99

    88

    91 *

    3:05.79

    13-14 200 Butterfly

    2:59.39

    92 *

    93

    1:32.49

    11-12 100 Butterfly

    1:31.99

    94

    95 & *

    5:37.99

    13-14 400 Medley Relay

    5:34.09

    96 & *

    97 & *

    6;18.59

    11-12 400 Medley Relay

    6:23.29

    98 & *

    * Positive check-in required for all individual events 200 400 meters and longer and 400 meter relays by 7:00 am.
    & Timed final event. Swum fastest to slowest


    Sunday, July 22, 2007

    Preliminary Session -- 10 & Under Events
    Warm-up 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm     Events 1:30 pm

    Women Event #

    NST QT

    Events

    NST QT

    Men Event #

    73 *

    2:59.99

    10 & under 200 Freestyle Relay

    2:57.99

    74 *

    77

    1:45.29

    10 & under 100 Backstroke

    1:46.59

    78

    83

    40.89

    10 & under 50 Freestyle

    40.29

    84

    89

    1:55.19

    10 & under 100 Butterfly

    1:53.99

    90

    99 * &

    7:01.99

    10 & under 400 Freestyle

    See Thursday

    Note: Event #100 is not being used.
    * Positive check-in required for 400 meter relay events by 2:00 pm.
    & Timed final event. Swum slowest to fastest.


    Sunday, July 22, 2007

    Finals Session -- All Ages
    Warm-up 4:50 – 5:50 pm     Events 6:00 pm

    Women Event #

    Events

    Men Event #

    75

    12 & Under 200 Breaststroke

    76

    77

    10 & under 100 Backstroke

    78

    79

    13-14 200 Backstroke

    80

    81

    11-12 100 Backstroke

    82

    83

    10 & under 50 Freestyle

    84

    85

    13-14 100 Freestyle

    86

    87

    11-12 50 Freestyle

    88

    89

    10 & under 100 Butterfly

    90

    91

    13-14 200 Butterfly

    92

    93

    11-12 100 Butterfly

    94

    101 * %

    NST QT
    10:29.99

    14 & under 800 Freestyle Relay

    NST QT
    10:23.69

    102 % *

    * Positive check-in required by 6:00 pm.
    % -- All heats swum in finals. Heats swum fastest to slowest.