Meet Directors:

RMSC
Pam Ambrose
Sandy Cohen
301 840-8560

Fort Belvoir Swim Team
Peter Verdin
703-360-5981

Potomac Marlins
Bill Marlin
703-820-7946

Meet Locations:

301-989-1206

703-922-9841

(703) 698-1350

Schedule:

13-14 /Open Men and Women
Saturday & Sunday

6:30 - 7:30 am

7:40 am

9 - 10 year old Men and Women
Saturday & Sunday

11:40 am - 12:20 pm

12:30 pm

11 - 12 year old Men and Women
Saturday & Sunday

3:00 - 3:50 pm

4:00 pm

Eligibility:

Open to all Potomac Valley Swimming registered athletes. Swimmers shall compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet. An athlete may only compete in his or her own age division and Open events.

Rules:

The "Whistle Starting Protocol" and the "No Recall" procedures will be used at this meet.

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.

Officials:

Officials assigned to this meet should sign in at the recording table 10 minutes before the start of the warm-up. Certified officials who have not been contacted should volunteer their services to the referee.

Timers:

Participating clubs are required to provide timers in proportion to their entries. A timer is required for each 25 entries. The number of timers being committed must be included on the club master entry. The number of timers required will be adjusted when club is providing other officials. Acceptance of the club entry is based upon compliance with the above. Host clubs are required to provide one timer per lane.

Supervision:

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

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. No further entries will be accepted from the club until a $100.00 fine for each offense has been paid.

Admission:

There is no admission charge.

Programs:

Programs for each session will be available for $1.00 each. Working officials and coaches receive a free program.

Awards:

There are no awards at this meet. Order of finish will be determined separately for 9, 10,11, and 12 year olds.

Fees:

Fees for individual events are $2.75. Each club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fees for the entire team. Please note your club name (if not a club check), the # of entries, and the meet name or sanction number on your check. Please do not send cash. Meet Directors have been instructed not to accept telephone entries.

Entries:

Computer disk entries (Hy-Tek) require 2, 3.5"disks, meet entry report by swimmer and a meet entry report by event from the team manager program. Entries may also 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. There will be a $1.00 surcharge per athlete for manual entries of 10 or more.

Late/Deck Entries

Late (deck) entries are $10.00 per individual event and must be submitted no later than 45 minutes prior to the first event of each session. Swimmers will be entered into open lanes in existing heats on a first come, first served basis. In the event of a significantly over subscribed session, the Meet Director reserves the right to not accept deck entries.

Deadline:

5:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 11, 2000.

Make Checks Payable To:

Potomac Valley Swimming

Make checks payable to:

Potomac Valley Swimming

Sandy Cohen
17513 Applewood Dr.
Derwood, MD 20955-1501
301-840-8560
cohenmlc@aol.com

Peter Verdin
901 Dalebrook Drive
Alexandria, VA 22308
703-360-5981

Bill Marlin
5208 Garner Street
Springfield, VA 22151
703-820-7946

Reminder:

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