1000Y Freestyle -- Minimum provable time to enter the 1000Y Free is 15:00.00.  Athletes wishing to enter the 1000 Freestyle who do not have a provable 1000Y/800M Free time under 15:00.00 must have a provable time in the 400M/500Y Free of 7:20.00 or faster.  These athletes will be entered into the 1000Y Freestyle with their 400M/500Y time and will be seeded after all 1000Y/800M times have been seeded.  After times are verified, all LCM times will be converted for seeding purposes.

If entering an athlete into the 1000Y Free with a 500Y/400M Free time, enter your swimmer based on actual time showing course swum -- do not convert.  Please mark swimmers entering with 500Y/400M times as exhibition.  If the entry time into 1000Y is an intermediate split from a 1650Y/1500M, please indicate meet swum so intermediate time can be verified.

1650Y Freestyle -- Minimum provable time to enter the 1650Y Free is 25:00.00.  Athletes wishing to enter the 1650 Freestyle who do not have a provable 1650Y/1500M Free time under 25:00.00 must have a provable time in the 800M/1000Y of 15:00.00 or faster.  These athletes will be entered into the 1650Y freestyle with their 800M/1000Y time and will be seeded after all 1650Y/1500M times have been seeded.  After times are verified, all LCM times will be converted for seeding purposes.

If entering an athlete into the 1650Y Free with a 1000Y/800M Free time, enter your athletes based on actual time showing course swum -- do not convert.  Please mark swimmers entering with 1000Y/800M times as exhibition.

All swimmers will be eligible for awards regardless of entry time used.

Coaches who have swimmers who they believe can complete the event(s) faster than the QT's, but who do not satisfy the entry rule, may petition the PVS Distance Coordinator, Bill Marlin at coach_bill@verizon.net for an exception.  The petition should provide specific evidence why they believe the swimmer can complete the event within the QT.  All petitions must be submitted prior to the entry deadline.

Any club that enters an unregistered or improperly registered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered coach to represent them, will be fined the sum of $100.00 per occurrence and no further entries will be accepted from that club until the said fine has been paid. 

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

The competition will be conducted in accordance with current USA Swimming rules.

No On-Deck USA-S registrations will be permitted.   

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.

The meet will be seeded and swum according to submitted entry times regardless of age. Heats will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating Women and Men.  All heats of Events 1 and 2 (1000Y) will be swum before swimming Events 3 and 4 (1650Y).

Expected swim times, and check in requirements will be posted to the PVS Web Page at www.pvswim.org no later than Tuesday, February 12, 2008.

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. During the meet there will be continuous warm-up/warm-down water. Persons will be assigned to monitor these areas. If at any time conditions become unsafe, the area will be closed for the remainder of the session.

Medals will be awarded to sixth place separately in the following age groups: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 and Over.

Important:  For the purpose of presenting awards, the results of Events 3/5 and 4/6 will first be combined.  

All certified officials wishing to volunteer to work this meet please contact the RMSC Officials Chairman, Jim Garner at garner@garnerjim.net prior to February 5, 2008. Please include your club affiliation, certifications held and sessions you wish to work. Officials volunteering should sign in at the recording table prior to the start of Warm-ups. Certified officials who have not previously advised of their availability may volunteer their services to the Referee at this time.

Each swimmer must provide their own timer (required) and if desired, a lap counter.

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

All entries are $5.00. 

There is no admission charge. A complimentary copy of the Psych sheet will be provided to coaches and working officials.

Entries must be received by the Meet Director no later than: 

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.

Potomac Valley Swimming

Mark Eldridge
Rockville Municipal Swim Center
355 Martins Lange
Rockville, MD  20850

240-314-8752
MEldridge@rockvillemd.gov