| MEET DIRECTOR: | Christopher T. Huott 240-417-5569
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MEET LOCATION: | |  Fairland Aquatics Center13720 Old Gunpowder Road Laurel, MD 20707 301-206-2359
DIRECTIONS: | | From I-95 (North of the Capital Beltway, exit Route 212 (Powder Mill Road) East. Turn left at first traffic light onto Old Gunpowder Road. Proceed approximately three (3) miles to pool on the left.
FACILITY: | 50 meter x 25 yard indoor pool. Eight (8) 25 yard lanes will be used for competition. Eight lanes will be available for continuous warm-up/warm-down. Daktronics Timing System with 10 lane scoreboard and Kiefer Wave Eater racing lane lines. The meet director reserves the right to use nine (9) or ten (10) lanes for competition during any session or individual event.
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SCHEDULE:
| Day | Warm-up Times | Start Time
| Saturday | Session 1 | | 8:00 - 9:20 AM | 9:30 AM
Session 2 | 3:30 - 5:00 PM | 5:15 PM
| Sunday | Session 3 | 6:30 - 7:30 AM | 7:30 AM
| Session 4 | 9:45 - 11:00 AM | 11:15 AM
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WARM-UPS: | During Saturday morning warm-up, the first hour |
ELIGIBILITY: | Open to all swimmers registered with USA Swimming Inc. who are part of the circuit. There are no qualifying times but all teams agree to bring swimmers who are training at a senior level and are preparing for successful qualification or participation in Sectionals and/or Nationals. Please see published Circuit Guidelines for more information. Age on October 28. 2006 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.
| 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.
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CIRCUIT PARTICIPANTS ARE: | |
| Coast Guard Blue Dolphins (CGBD/VA) | Quantico Devil Dolphins (QDD) | Arlington Aquatic Club (AAC/PV)
| Retriever Aquatic Club | (RAC/MD) Tide Swim Team (TIDE/VA) | Curl Burke Swim Club (CUBU/PV) | Tyson's site Poseidon Swimming (PDSN/VA) | South Eastern Va. Aquatic (SEVA/VA) | Maryland Suburban Swim Club (MSSC/PV)
| Prince William Swim Club (PWSC/VA) | |
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MEET FORMAT: | All events will be Timed Finals.
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ENTRIES: | | All entries shall be in short course yards. Deadline for receipt of entries is Tuesday, October 17, 2006 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. 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 immediately by other than e-mail to confirm receipt. Club entries are preferred to be submitted by email. Submission of entries by email must include the following files: the Hy-Tek Commlink II file, The Team Manager Meet Entry Report files (one by SWIMMER and one by EVENT) and an "Entry Cover Sheet." The name and phone number of the Club representative submitting the email must be included. INDIVIDUAL OR UNATTACHED ENTRIES WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED BY delivery to the P.O. Box address below and will not be accepted by e-mail, unless those swimmers are training with a club and that club is submitting their entries in the required above Hy-Tek format. Clubs submitting by email may submit entries to entries@msscswimming.com, in the subject heading type, "Speedo Eastern States Senior Circuit Meet #1 - ****" with the club's initials substituted in place of the asterisks. Send Entries To: | MSSC | Christopher T. Huott P.O. 570 Beltsville, MD 20704 E-Mail Entries To: entries@msscswimming.com
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.
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FEES: | Individual Events.......... $5.00 | Relay Events................ $12.00 Make Checks payable to: MSSC
RULES: | The 2006 USA Swimming Code and Rules will apply. Potomac Valley Safety and warm-up procedures will be in effect. In accordance with Potomac Valley Swimming Policy, only those coaches who, at all times, clearly display current, valid USA Swimming credentials will be permitted to act in a coaching capacity at this meet.
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ENTRY TIMES: | Coaches should not submit made up times.
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AWARDS: | None given at meet. Swimmers will be receiving a circuit participation award from Speedo at the January meet. Thank you to our Senior Circuit sponsors and please support Speedo with your business when ever possible.
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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 1650 Free's will be deck seeded and requires a positive check in. Upon receipt of entries the meet director may choose to swim the 1650 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 400 IM in two courses. Positive check in for relay events are at the following times: 9:00 AM 11:00 AM Sunday morning, 1650 Free will be by 7:00 PM Saturday evening..
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 Tim Husson. MSSC Officials Contact, thusson@comcast.net . Thank you for your help in advance.
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TIMERS: | Teams from Maryland and Potomac Valley WILL be assigned to provide timers for lanes. If needed, each team will be contacted as to their assigned lanes by October 26. All teams are responsible for providing timers for their swimmers competing in events 23 & 24 (1650 Free)
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RESULTS: | All results will be posted on the pool deck and in the hallway behind the upstairs bleacher seating. Results will also be posted on the PVS website http://www.pvswim.org/
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GENERAL: | Swimmer/Spectator Conduct: Each club is responsible for supervising the conduct of its swimmers/spectators. Any swimmer/spectator who violates Sports Complex rules, posted at the pool and in the meet program, will be disqualified from the meet and escorted from the facility. The Sports Complex prohibits food of any kind in the pool area. Consumption of food is allowed in the lobby area and the spectator balcony. Permissible beverages, sports drinks and water, must be in closed plastic containers. Deck Access: Coaches, officials and volunteer staff only will be permitted on the deck during warm-ups and competition. Spectators must remain in the balcony seating area or in the lobby. THE ADVENTURE POOL WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE DURING THIS MEET EXCEPT FOR ACCESS TO AND FROM THE LOCKER ROOMS.
Meet Programs: | Meet programs will be sold for $5.00
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Snack Bar: | The Sports Complex will operate a snack bar during the meet.
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Optional: Before preparing your entries, events for this meet can be downloaded and then imported into team manager. (download