VSC February Challenge
February 2-4, 2007
Sanctioned by USA SWIMMING
through Potomac Valley Swimming
Sanction #PVI-07-24
Open to invited teams SDS, YORK, OCCS, PM
| Meet Location | South Run Recreation Center 9501 Fairfax County Parkway Springfield, VA. 703-866-0566 |
|---|---|
| Meet Director | Victor Abrahamian PO Box 22146 Alexandria. Virginia. 22304 703-370-6001 NOTE: Send your entry checks to this address. |
| Meet Club Official's Chairman | Trish Portare 703-690-2488 E-mail patricia.portare@fcps.edu |
| Schedule: | Session #1 Friday Feb 2 Warm-up 4:00-5:10pm Events 5:20pm Session #2 Saturday Feb 3 (9-12) Warm-up 12:10-12:35pm Events 12:45pm Session #4 Sunday Feb 4 (9-12) Warm-up 12:10-12:35pm Events 12:45pm Session #3 Saturday Feb 3 Warm-up 2:30-3:00pm Events 3:10pm |
| Warm-up: | The prescribed Potomac Valley swimming warm-up procedures and safety policies will be followed. The structure of the warm-up is at the discretion of the meet manager, including times and lane assignments. |
| Eligibility: | Open to all swimmers from invited teams who are registered as USA Swimming
Athletes. A contestant may enter a maximum of five total individual events. Friday ONE (1) individual event Saturday & Sunday TWO (2) individual events per session. |
| Inclusion Policy For Swimmers with a Disability | PVS and the host clubs along with their Meet Directors are committed to the Inclusion Policy as adopted by the BOD. Athletes with a disability are welcome and are asked to provide advanced notice of desire accommodations to the Meet Director and PVS Senior Chairman Don Riedlinger at driedlin@erols.com). The athlete (or the coach) is also responsible for notifying the session referee of any disability prior to the competition. |
| Rules: | Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet.
All events 200 and up require positive check-in. There are no Qualifying Time Standards for this meet. Swimmers shall compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet.
Dive over starts will be used at this meet. Coaches are requested to review Guidance for Dive-Over Starts for Coaches. Officials are requested to review Protocol for Dive-Over Starts. |
| Awards: | There will be no awards at this meet. |
| Supervision | Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers and families and for cleaning up their team areas. Only athletes, USA Swimming certified coaches, and deck officials are permitted on the pool deck. Working coaches and deck officials are required to display their 2007 USA Swimming card. Parents not working the meet as a deck official, volunteer lane timer, or other meet position are not permitted on deck. |
| Warning | Any club or individual that enters an unregistered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered swimmer to represent them, will be fined by PVS the sum of $100 and no further entries will be accepted from that club until the said fine has been paid. |
| Entries: | Teams must enter on computer disk (Hy-Tek). Include one meet entry report by
swimmer and one report by event.
The file
IS AVAILABLE zipped as 24mm020207.zip
Entries may be sent via e-mail. |
| Fees: | Fees for individual events are $3.50. Each club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fees for the entire team. Please do not send cash. Late (deck) entries are $10.00 per individual and entries must be submitted no later than 30 minutes prior to the first event of each session. |
| Checks: | Make check payable to VSC and mail directly to VSC, PO Box 22146, Alexandria., Virginia.22304 |
| Entry Deadline: | 5:00pm Tuesday January 23, 2007 no later than 5:00PM E-mail entries to Bob Hardy at rhardy2170@verizon.net 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. |
| Girls Event # | Events | Boys Event # |
|---|---|---|
| 1* | 9-12 200 Free | 2* |
| 3* | 9&O 200 IM | .4* |
| 5*% |  9&O
| 6*% |
| *Positive check-in for events 1-6 closes at 4:40pm % Proof of time is required and entries with NT will not be accepted. Limited to the top 20 entry times, 2 heats of Girls and 2 heats of Boys. | ||
| Girls Event # | Events | Boys Event # |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 9-12 100 Back | 8 |
| 9 | 9-12 50 Breast | 10 |
| 11* | 9-12 200 IM | 12* |
| 13 | 9-12 50 Fly | 14 |
| 15 | 9-12 100 Free | 16 |
| *Positive check closes at 12:25pm | ||
| Girls Event # | Events | Boys Event # |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | 9-12 100 IM | 28 |
| 29 | 9-12 50 Free | 30 |
| 31 | 9-12 100 Breast | 32 |
| 33 | 9-12 50 Back | 34 |
| 35 | 9-12 100 Fly | 36 |
| Girls Event # | Events | Boys Event # |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 13&O 50 Free | 18 |
| 19*# | 11&O 200 Breast | 20*# |
| 21 | 13&O 100 Fly | 22 |
| 23 | 13&O 100 Back | 24 |
| 25* | 13&O 200 Free | 26* |
| * Positive check-in closes at 2:50pm # Proof of time is required and entries with NT will not be accepted.. | ||
| Girls Event # | Events | Boys Event # |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | 13&O 100 Breast | 38 |
| 39 *# | 11&O 200 Back | 40*# |
| 41*# | 11&O 200 Fly | 42*# |
| 43* | 13&O 100 Free | 44* |
| 45*# | 11&O 400 IM | 46*# |
| * Positive check-in closes at 2:50pm # Proof of time is required and entries with NT will not be accepted. | ||