AMENDED 2/06/08
to MODIFY SUNDAY'S WARM-UP AND EVENT START TIME

Machine/ York
14 & Under JO Qualifier
February 9 & 10, 2008

Warrenton Aquatic & Rec. Facility

Sponsored by Machine Aquatics & York Swim Club
Sanctioned by USA Swimming through Virginia Swimming, Inc.
Sanction # VS-08-03N

And by Potomac Valley Swimming

Sanction # PVI-08-34

Meet Director:

Paris Jacobs 571-334-0987

Pjacobs10@comcast.net

Location:

Warrenton Aquatic & Rec. Pool

800 Waterloo Road

Warrenton, VA 20186

540.349.2520

Schedule:

Saturday:  Warm-up 6:30- 7:20 AM  Events: 7:30 AM
Sunday:  Warm-up 7:00 - 7:50 AM   Events 8:00 AM

• One (1), eight (8) lane racing courses will be used
• 10 Lanes will be used for warm up.  8 Lanes will be used for competition.

All 200 & Over events will be positive check in.  Positive Check in will close at 7:15 AM for all positive check in events.

Eligibility:

Open to all Invited (MACH, YORK, OCCS & RMSC) registered Potomac Valley athletes and invited USA Swimming athletes that meet the event qualifying times.

Rules:

Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet.

• IMPORTANT: 14 & Under swimmers who attain a new age group between February 11^th and March 1^st may compete in any event where their time (1) is faster than the  14 & Under JO Qualifier “No Faster Than” standard for their current age group and also (2) slower than the PVS Junior Olympic “No Slower Than” standard for their new age group.  This is to permit those swimmers who will be in a new age group at the PVS Junior Olympic Meet an opportunity to qualify.
• A contestant may participate in only his or her own age group events or in 14 & under events.
• Contestants must have equaled or be slower than the applicable qualifying times listed (no faster than times).
• A contestant may enter a maximum of eight (8) individual events and no more than three (3) individual events per day plus one (1) bonus event of 500 Free or 400 IM. Swimmers shall compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet.
• "No Recall" procedures will be used at this 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.
• No on-deck USA-S registrations permitted.

Officials:

All certified officials wishing to volunteer to work this meet please contact the Machine Aquatics Officials Chairman, Pam Starke- Reed at ps39p@nih.gov  prior to February 1, 2008. Please include your club affiliation, certifications held, and sessions you wish to work. Officials assigned to this meet should sign in at the computer table at the start of warm-up. Certified officials who have not been contacted should volunteer their services to the Referee.

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.

Positive Check In:

• All events 200 yards or longer will be deck seeded.
• 100 yards events may be deck seeded.
• Athletes who check in to a deck seeded event, have been seeded, and fail to swim the event will be barred from their next scheduled event, unless excused by the Referee before the event takes place.

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.

Supervision:

Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their Swimmers and Families and for cleaning up their team areas. 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 permitted on the pool deck. Coaches & deck officials are required to display their current 2008 USA Swimming card.

Awards:

There will be no awards at this meet.

Admission/
Programs:

There is no admission charge. Programs for each session will be available for $2.00 each. Working officials and coaches receive a complimentary program.

Snack Bar will be available at the meet.

Entries:

Entries may be sent via e-mail.

• Entries must arrive by the due date and time
• Include with your commlink file one (1) report by name and one (1) by event. Create these reports in Team Manager and save as Word for Windows files.
• In the body of your e-mail provide entry numbers (girls, boys, totals). Include contact information (e-mail, phone, officials contact).
• Send e-mail to pjacobs10@comcast.net

Entries may be sent via mail/express mail/ etc. Computer disk entries (Hy-tek) are encouraged. Disk entries require one (1) meet entry report by name and one (1) by event from Team Manager. Entries may also be submitted on a PVS Master Entry Sheet. All entries must include a completed "Entry Cover Sheet".

Entry Deadline:

All entries must be submitted for this meet no later than

5:00 PM, Tuesday, January 29, 2008

• 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.
• Note, It may be necessary to limit entries therefore, entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-entered basis until the meet fills up.
• 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.

Entry Fee:

$5.00 per event, check payable to Machine Aquatics

Late/ Deck Entries:

Late (deck) entries are $10.00 per individual event and must be submitted no later than 30 minutes prior to the first event of each session. Swimmers will be first entered into open lanes in existing heats on a first come, first served basis. No new heats will be created. In the event of an oversubscribed session, the Meet Director reserves the right to not accept late (deck) entries.

Evidence of current USA-S registration will be required for deck entries.  This can be done by presenting a copy of your USA-S athlete registration card.

Send Entries To:

Paris Jacobs
2314 Toddsbury Place

Reston, VA 20191

571.238.7657

Pjacobs10@comcast.net

Girls Event #

NFT

Event

NFT

Boys Event #

1

27.10

13-14 50 free

25.90

2

3

29.00

11-12 50 free

28.80

4

5

33.00

10 & U 50 free

32.90

6

7

2:38.00

14 & U 200 back
11-12 200 back

2:43.00

8

7

2:24.50

14 & U 200 back
13-14 200 back

2:22.00

8

9

34.30

11-12 50 back

34.70

10

11

38.90

10 & U 50 back

39.20

12

13

1:08.00

13-14 100 fly

1:05.30

14

15

1:14.30

11-12 100 fly

1:16.00

16

17

1:32.20

10 & U 100 fly

1:35.20

18

19

1:16.60

13-14 100 breast

1:13.90

20

21

1:21.80

11-12 100 breast

1:25.20

22

23

1:36.00

10 & U 100 breast

1:37.40

24

25

2:06.90

13-14 200 free

2:02.50

26

27

2:18.00

11-12 200 free

2:20.90

28

29

2:44.00

10 & U 200 free

2:44.00

30

31

1:13.30

11-12 100 IM

1:14.10

32

33

1:25.20

10 & U 100 IM

1:25.50

34

35

5:09.40

14 & U 400 IM

5:08.00

36

Girls Event #

NFT

Event

NFT

Boys Event #

37

58.50

13-14 100 free

55.60

38

39

1:02.90

11-12 100 free

1:03.40

40

41

1:14.10

10 & U 100 free

1:13.20

42

43

2:53.00

14 & U 200 fly
11-12 200 fly

2:50.00

44

43

2:37.10

14 & U 200 fly
13-14 200 fly

2:32.60

44

45

33.00

11-12 50 fly

33.70

46

47

37.80

10 & U 50 fly

38.90

48

49

1:07.20

13-14 100 back

1:05.00

50

51

1:13.00

11-12 100 back

1:13.70

52

53

1:25.20

10 & U 100 back

1:25.80

54

55

2:26.00

13-14 200 IM

2:21.50

56

57

2:38.90

11-12 200 IM

2:41.50

58

59

3:06.00

10 & U 200 IM

3:07.00

60

61

3:00.00

14 & U 200 breast
11-12 200 breast

3:00.00

62

61

2:45.80

14 & U 200 breast
13-14 200 breast

2:40.20

62

63

38.10

11-12 50 breast

39.00

64

65

43.90

10 & U 50 breast

44.60

66

67

7:25.00

(9-10 500 free cuts)
9-14 500 free

7:35.00

68

67

6:08.00

(11-12 500 free cuts)
9-14 500 free

6:08.30

68

67

5:38.00

(13-14 500 free cuts)
9-14 500 free

5:33.20

68