Meet Director

Dave Kraft  301-774-9328  dmkraft77@aol.com

Co-Meet Director

Dave Crocker 301-642-2142  gchsswim@aol.com

Herb Poe 301-989-1227 herb.poe@montgomerycountymd.gov

Location

Martin Luther King, Jr. Swim Center

1201 Jackson Road

Silver Spring, MD 20904

301-989-1206

Dates and Times

Friday, October 12, 2007

Warm-up: 4:30-5:10pm Events: 5:20pm

Saturday, October 13 and Sunday, October 14, 2007

Women 13-Over: Warm-up 6:00-6:50 AM; Events 7:00 AM

Men 11-12 / 13-Over: Warm-up: 10:30-11:20 AM Events: 11:30 AM

Women 9-10 / 11-12: Warm-up 4:00-4:50 PM; Events 5:00 PM

Session start times may be adjusted dependent on entries.

Eligibility

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 shall govern the meet. All events are timed finals. A contestant may enter no more than three individual events per day, and no more then six individual events for the meet. Friday distance events will be swum fastest to slowest.

In addition, the 500 Free and 400 IM will be swum fastest to slowest.

Dive-over starts may be used at this meet at the discretion of the Meet Manager and/or Meet Referee.  A determination whether to do so will be made shortly after entries for this meet have been processed.

Distance Events

The meet directors reserve the right to limit the number of entries in distance events, if necessary, based on fastest entry times. 13&Over Boys and Girls 1000 free may be limited to 6 heats each (fastest 48 swimmers after positive check-in). Any additional swimmers may be removed from the event.

13&Over Boys and Girls 500 free may be limited to 8 heats each (fastest 64 swimmers after positive check-in). Any additional swimmers may be removed from the event.

Coaches are asked to enter swimmers in these events with this in mind.

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 be cause for suspension from the meet and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Swim Center.

Seeding

Seed times are short course yards. Positive Check-in will be used for all events 200 yards and longer, and possibly for other events, depending on the number of entries received.  Information regarding check-in times and procedures will be available the week prior to the meet in the form of an email to each participating club.

Warm-up

The prescribed Potomac Valley warm-up procedures and safety policies will be followed. Continuous warm-up and warm-down will be available throughout the meet.

Timers

Clubs will be responsible to provide their fair share of timers, and will be assigned lanes by the meet manager.

Officials

Certified officials who wish to work at the meet should contact Bob Richardson, at bob@tomatoelectric.com.

Admission

There is no admission charge. Heat sheets will be available for $1.00.

Fees

Fees for individual events: $4.00

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 the said 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 (please note that this is a new address): 

Dave Crocker

17423 Pipers Way

Olney, MD 20832

301-642-2142 

Email procedures (E-mail entries preferred):

In subject heading, write “RMSC Kick-Off Entry ****” (with club initials in place of ****).

Include the entry file from Team Manager, as well as a report by SWIMMER and a report by EVENT.

Include total number of swimmers and total number of events, along with contact information (name, phone, email) of a club representative.

Email the entry to gchsswim@aol.com

Send check, including an “Entry Cover Sheet” to Dave Crocker, at the address below (please note that this is a new address):

Dave Crocker

17423 Pipers Way

Olney, MD 20832

Make Checks payable to: “MCRD” (Montgomery County Recreation Department).

Each club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fees for the entire team. Please do not send cash. Entry Fees are due with entries.

Deadline

Entries are due by 5:00pm on Tuesday, October 2. Late entries and deck entries WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, as this meet will fill to capacity.