Entry times for individual and relay events shall have been achieved within two years prior to the meet entry deadline; however, the times need not be the best competitive times of the swimmers but can be any time they have swum equal to or under the event qualifying time.  Swimmers entered in the 800/1000 and 1500/1650 freestyle do not need to enter with their best times, but may enter themselves at their fastest time or at the time standard.

Any club that enters an unregistered or improperly registered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered coach, or a coach with expired or incomplete certifications 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. 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. A contestant may compete in a maximum of seven (7) individual events, and compete in no more than three (3) individual events per day. A club may enter up to three relay teams per relay event, but only two relay teams per club per relay event may score. The 200 M Freestyle and Medley Relays (events 21-22 and 33-34) will not be scored.

All events are trials and finals, except for relays and the 800 M and 1500 M Freestyle, which are timed finals.

No late entries are permitted for this meet.

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

If the size of the PVS Senior and/or Junior Championships warrant, positive check-in for individual events 200 Meters or shorter may be announced.

There will be three heats swum in finals for all individual events except the 800 and 1500 events, which are timed finals as stated above. Heats will be swum in the following order: "A", "B", and "C" (previously referred to as finals, consolation and bonus).

Short Course times will be seeded after long course entry times.

Assignments will be made by the PVS Officials Committee and posted to the PVS website when made. Certified officials who have not previously volunteered should contact the referee upon arrival to make their services available. A comprehensive officials' briefing will precede each session during warm-up.

General Instructions:

• Entries should be submitted using Hy-Tek Team Manager via e-mail.  Events for this meet can be downloaded at 59mm071008.  Include in the e-mail subject heading "2008 PVS LC Senior Championships - ****" 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) Proof of Time.
• In body of e-mail give total number of splashes (men, women, total entry) and contact information (name, phone, cell phone and 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.
   
• All Relay-only swimmers must be listed on the meet entry in order to participate in the meet.
• Please designate Bonus events as such in Team Manager

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.