Sam Burgi
619-212-9853
sburgi@fbswim.org

Friday Session (9-14 yr old)

5:00 - 6:00 pm

6:10 pm

13-14 yr old sessions

6:30 - 7:30 am

7:40 am

11-12 yr old sessions

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

12:10 pm

9-10 yr old sessions

3:00 - 3:50 pm

4:00 pm

Open to all registered Potomac Valley Swimming athletes ages 9 through 14 as of the first day of the meet who meet the following criteria:

• All individual events' qualifying times will be governed by both "No Slower Than" (NST) and "No Faster Than" (NFT) time standards.  The NST time standards are "B" time standards found in USA Swimming's 2005-2008 National Age Group Motivational Times - Top 16 based.  The NFT time standards are equivalent to the SCY individual event qualification time standards for the 2008 PVS 14&Under Junior Olympic Championships.

• Individual event NFT's apply only to SCY 2008 PVS 14&U JO qualification time standards.

• Entries must be submitted in SCY -- no converted times are permitted.

IMPORTANT:  Swimmers who attain a new age group between February 23rd and February 28th may compete as "exhibition" in any event where their time:  (1) is faster than the 2008 PVS B/BB Championships "No Faster Than" standard for their current age group; AND ALSO (2) is slower than the 2008 PVS 14&Under Junior Olympic Championships "No Slower Than" standard for their new age group.  These exhibition swims will prevent swimmers from potentially being excluded from both the 2008 PVS B/BB Championships and 2008 PVS 14&Under Junior Olympic Championships meets.

A contestant may participate in only his or her own age group.

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 and no further entries will be accepted from that club until the said fine has been paid.

All entry times and USA Swimming memberships are subject to verification via the SWIMS database.  Any athlete not achieving a QT, may be asked to prove the entry time to the Meet Director prior to the start of the meet. 

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

Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet.  Positive check-in is required for all individual 200 yards and longer.  The Meet Director will determine if will be required for shorter events.  Positive check-in events will be seeded on the deck.  Swimmers not checked-in will be scratched from that event.  Athletes who have checked in, been seeded, and fail to swim the event will be barred from their next scheduled individual event.

The meet will not be scored.

No late entries are permitted for this meet.

Dive-over starts may be used at this meet at the discretion of the Meet Manager and/or Meet Referee.  Coaches are requested to review Guidance for Dive-Over Starts for Coaches.  Officials are requested to review Protocol for Dive-Over Starts.  A determination whether to do so will be made shortly after entries for this meet have been processed.

No on-deck USA-S registrations will be permitted.

All individual events are timed finals.  A contestant may compete in a maximum of six (6) individual events, and compete in no more than three (3) individual events per day.

Medals will be awarded 1st through 8th place for individual events based on age (not age group).

Each participating club is requested to provide at least one table worker or official (referee, starter or stroke and turn judge) per session if entering 25 or more splashes.

All certified officials wishing to volunteer to work this meet please contact the FBST Officials Chairman, Ed Dona, 703-629-9240, edona@cox.net  prior to February 12. 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.

Participating clubs are required to provide timers in proportion to their entries. The meet director will determine the number of timers per club and lane assignments. The host club is required to provide one timer per lane.

Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers 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 are permitted on the pool deck. Coaches and deck officials are required to display their current USA Swimming card.

There is no admission charge. Meet programs will be available for purchase. Working Officials will receive a daily program free.

Fees for individual events are $5.00.

General Instructions:

• Entries should be submitted using Hy-Tek Team Manager via e-mail.  Events for this meet can be downloaded at 39mm022208 .  Include in the e-mail subject heading "2008 PVS 14&Under B/BB Championship - ****" with the club's initials substituted in place of the asterisks.  Also include training site if your club submits multiple entries and number of timers being committed.
• Two Team Manager meet entry reports (saved in Word) must also be sent:  (1) by swimmer and (2) by event.
• In body of e-mail give total number of splashes (men, women, total entry) and contact information (name, phone, e-mail address)
• 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.
Each club is requested to remit one check via USPS to cover the entry fees for the entire team. Please put the club name on the entry check (if not a club check) and note the number of entries. Please do not send cash. Meet directors have been instructed not to accept telephone or fax entries.
• Entries not submitted on the required forms, not complete, not legible or not in the required electronic format, will not be accepted and will be returned. The Meet Director will not be held responsible if there is no time to properly resubmit the entry.
• Individual or unattached entries will only be accepted by manual entry sent to the address listed below.

The meet director must receive all entries for this meet 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.

By mail to:
Sam Burgi
3736 Mary Evelyn Way
Alexandria, VA  22309
619-212-9853
By e-mail to: Sam Burgi at sburgi@fbswim.org