Meet Directors

Christa Krukiel  Christa.Krukiel@montgomerycountymd.gov

Dave Kraft  dmkraft77@aol.com

Location

Friday, March 7                           

Rockville Municipal Swim Center

355 Martins Lane.                                       

Rockville, MD 20850                   

Saturday& Sunday, March 8-9                           

Olney Indoor Swim Center

16601 Georgia Ave.

Olney, MD 20832

301-570-1210                                    

Dates and Times

Friday, March 7                           

Warm-ups 4:00 PM, Meet Starts 5:00 PM

Saturday, & Sunday, March 8-9

12&Unders-  Warm-ups 6:00 - 6:40 AM 6:00-6:50 AM, Meet Starts 6:45 AM 7:00 AM

13&Overs - Warm-ups 6:20 - 7:00 PM 5:00-5:50 PM, Meet Starts 7:05 PM 6:00 PM

All 9-10 and 11-12 events will now be swim as 12 & Under events.  Awards will still be given out based on the 9-10 and 11-12 age groups.  ALL Event numbers have been updated to reflect this change.
 

Session start times may change slightly depending on the size of the Mini Champs entry.  The meet director will notify each participating club in the form of an e-mail by Saturday, March 1. 

Eligibility

Open to athletes from the following invited USA Swimming Clubs:  FAST, FGAC, JFD and TIBU.  Swimmers will compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet.  It may be necessary to limit entries due to time constraints.

No 14&Under swimmer may enter an event if they have equaled or bettered the PVS 14&U SC Championship qualifying standard for their age as of 2/28/08.

No swimmer may enter this meet if they have achieved 3 or more qualifying standards for the PVS 14&U SC Championships for their age as of 2/28/08.

For a list of these time standards, please see:

http://www.pvswim.org/0708meet/41qt.pdf

No 15&Over swimmer may enter an event if they have equaled or bettered the PVS Short Course Championship qualifying standard for their age as of 3/7/08.

No swimmer age 15&Over may enter this meet if they have achieved 3 or more qualifying standards for the PVS Short Course Championships as of 3/7/08.

For a list of these time standards, please see:

http://www.pvswim.org/0708meet/42qt.pdf

Rules

Current United States Swimming rules will govern this meet.  A contestant may enter no more than three events per session, totaling no more than six individual events for the meet.  All events will be timed finals.  Please see eligibility rules above. 

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. 

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.

Awards

Awards for 1^st through 8^th place will be given in all 10&U, 11-12, and 12&U events.

Seeding

Seed times are short course yards.  Positive check-in will be used at the meet manager’s discretion, depending on the number of entries received.  Information regarding check-in times will be available the week prior to the meet in the form of an e-mail to each participating club.

Warm-up

The prescribed Potomac Valley warm-up procedures and safety policies will be followed.  It may be necessary to assign lanes for warm-up.  Information regarding assigned warm-ups will be available the week prior to the meet in the form of an e-mail to each participating club.

Timers

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

Officials

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

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 result in suspension from the meet and from the Rockville/Olney Swim Center.

Admission

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

Fees

Fees are $5.00 per individual event.

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 that 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:

Christa Krukiel
Montgomery Aquatic Center
5900 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852-2756
301-468-4276
Christa.Krukiel@montgomerycountymd.gov

E-mail procedures:

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

Include the entry file from Team Manager, as well as reports by SWIMMER and by EVENT (preferably as a Word for Windows document).

Include total number of swimmers and total number of events, along with contact information (name, phone number, e-mail) of a club representative in the body of the e-mail.

E-mail the entry to Christa.Krukiel@montgomerycountymd.gov

Send check for meet entry fee to:

Christa Krukiel
Montgomery Aquatic Center
5900 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852-2756

Make checks payable to MCRD (Montgomery County Recreation Dept.).

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

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 Deadline

Entries are due by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, February 26, 2008. 

NOTE: 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.

Late/Deck Entries

No late entries will be accepted.  NO DECK ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.   Deck entries will be accepted provided there is an empty lane available.  A heat will not be created for a deck entry.

GIRLS EVENT #

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

BOYS EVENT #

1 %

5:09.40

5:10.00

14&Under 400 Yd IM

15&O 400 Yd IM

5:08.00

4:59.00 

2 %

3 %

6:08.00

7:25.00*

12&Under 500 Yd Freestyle

6:08.30

7:35.00*

4 %

5 %

5:38.00

5:38.80  

13-14 500 Yd Freestyle

15&O 500 Yd Freestyle

5:33.20

5:23.00 

6 %

% - Positive Check-in closes at 4:40 PM

GIRLS EVENT #

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

BOYS EVENT #

7 %

3:06.00

2:38.90

9-10 yr old 200 Yd IM

11-12 yr old 200 Yd IM

3:07.00

2:41.50

8 %

9 $

38.90

34.30

9-10 yr old 50 Yd Backstroke

11-12 yr old 50 Yd Backstroke

39.20

34.70

10 $

11 $

1:32.20

1:14.30

9-10 yr old 100 Yd Butterfly

11-12 yr old 100 Yd Butterfly

1:35.20

1:16.00

12 $

13 #

43.90

38.10

9-10 yr old 50 Yd Breaststroke

11-12 yr old 50 Yd Breaststroke

44.60

39.00

14 #

15 #

1:14.10

1:02.90

9-10 yr old 100 Yd Freestyle

11-12 yr old 100 Yd Freestyle

1:13.20

1:03.40

16 #

% - Positive Check-in closes at 6:15 AM
$ - Positive Check-in closes at 6:45 AM
# - Positive Check-in closes at 7:30 AM

All events may require positive check-in.

GIRLS EVENT #

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

BOYS EVENT #

17 %

1:07.20

13-14 100 Yd Backstroke

1:05.00

18 %

1:08.00

15&O 100 Yd Backstroke

1:02.90

19 %

2:37.10

2:53.00*

14&Under 200 Yd Butterfly*

2:32.60

2:50.00*

20 %

2:40.00

15&O 200 Yd Butterfly

2:34.60

21 $

1:16.60

13-14 100 Yd Breaststroke

1:13.90

22 $

1:17.60

15&O 100 Yd Breaststroke

1:11.00

23 $

58.50

13-14 100 Yd Freestyle

55.60

24 $

58.40

15&O 100 Yd Freestyle

52.90

25 #

2:26.00

13-14 200 Yd IM

2:21.30

26 #

2:24.00

15&O 200 Yd IM

2:14.20

*12&Under standards apply to 12&Under swimmers

% - Positive Check-in closes at 6:40 PM
$ - Positive Check-in closes at 7:00 PM
# Positive Check-in closes at 7:30 PM

All events may require positive check-in.

GIRLS EVENT #

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

BOYS EVENT #

27%

2:45.60

2:18.00

9-10 yr old 200 Yd Freestyle

11-12 yr old 200 Yd Freestyle

2:44.00

2:20.90

28%

29$

37.80

33.00

9-10 yr old 50 Yd Butterfly

11-12 yr old 50 Yd Butterfly

38.90

33.70

30$

31$

1:36.00

1:21.80

9-10 yr old 100 Yd Breaststroke

11-12 yr old 100 Yd Breaststroke

1:37.40

1:25.20

32$

33#

1:25.20

1:13.00

9-10 yr old 100 Yd Backstroke

11-12 yr old 100 Yd Backstroke

1:25.80

1:13.70

34#

35#

33.00

29.00

9-10 yr old 50 Yd Freestyle

11-12 yr old 50 Yd Freestyle

32.90

28.80

36#

37@

1:25.20

1:13.30

9-10 yr old 100 Yd IM

11-12 yr old 100 Yd IM

1:25.50

1:14.10

38@

% - Positive Check-in closes at 6:15 AM
$ - Positive Check-in closes at 6:45 AM
# - Positive Check-in closes at 7:30 AM
@ - Positive Check-in closes at 8:00 AM

All events may require positive check-in.

GIRLS EVENT #

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

NO FASTER THAN (SCY)

BOYS EVENT #

39 %

2:06.90

13-14 200 Yd Freestyle

2:02.50

40 %

2:08.00

15&O 200 Yd Freestyle

1:58.00

41 %

1:08.00

13-14 100 Yd Butterfly

1:05.30

42 %

1:09.30

15&O 100 Yd Butterfly

1:02.40

43 $

2:46.50

3:00.00*

14&Under 200 Yd Breaststroke*

2:40.20

3:00.00*

44 $

2:48.00

15&O 200 Yd Breaststroke

2:36.00

45 $

2:24.50

2:38.00*

14&Under 200 Yd Backstroke*

2:22.00

2:43.00*

46 $

2:26.00

15&O 200 Yd Backstroke

2:19.00

47 #

27.10

13-14 50 Yd Freestyle

25.90 

48 #

27.10

15&O 50 Yd Freestyle

24.20

*12&Under standards apply to 12&Under swimmers

% - Positive Check-in closes at 6:40 PM
$ - Positive Check-in closes at 7:20 PM
# - Positive Check-in closes at 7:40 PM

All events may require positive check-in.