9 & Under Mini Meet
PILGRIM PENTATHLON
November 23, 2008
Sponsored by CURL-BURKE SWIM CLUB
Sanctioned by UNITED STATES SWIMMING
through VIRGINIA SWIMMING, INC.
Sanction# TBD
and by POTOMAC VALLEY SWIMMING
Sanction # PVC-09-18
Meet Director: Brian Pawlowicz (703) 319-4168 brianpawlowicz@cubu.org
Club Officials Art Davis (703) 625-9288 emerand@comcast.net
Chair:
Location: Claude Moore Recreation Center
46105 Loudoun Park Lane
Sterling, VA 20164
Phone: 571-258-3600
Schedule: Session I: Girls warm-up 7:00-7:30 AM Events 7:45 AM
Session II Boys warm-up 11:00-11:30 AM Events 11:45 AM
NOTE: Session warm-Up and Start Times may be adjusted based on the number of entries received. Please watch for any changes that will be posted on www.pvswim.org.
Meet Format & Scoring:
This meet is primarily a Pentathlon. In order to enter the “Pentathlon Competition” a SWIMMER MUST SWIM ALL FOUR (4) 25/50 YARD EVENTS PLUS THE 100 YARD I.M. EVENT IN THEIR AGE GROUP. The championship scoring will be based on the accumulated times of the five (5) events.
Awards: Special Awards will be given for 1st to 8th place – Pentathlon
Ribbons will be given for 1st to 8th place – Individual events
T-Shirt A meet t-shirt will be available for purchase on a pre-order basis only!! A very limited number of shirts will be available at the meet. Please fill out and follow the instructions for t-shirt purchase on the attached form.
Concessions Concessions will be available to purchase at the meet.
Vendor Aardvark Swim & Sport will be at the meet to sell equipment and apparel.
Eligibility: Open to all registered Potomac Valley Swimming Swimmers 9 years of age and under. Non-PVS clubs may request an invitation from the Meet Manager; however, non-PVS athlete participation will be limited to a maximum of 20%. It may be necessary to limit entries in certain events due to time constraints. Swimmers shall compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet.
Inclusion Policy for Swimmers with 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.
Rules: Current United States Swimming rules shall govern the meet. A contestant may enter a maximum of five (5) events. This meet is pre-seeded. No late entries or deck entries will be accepted.
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.
Admission: There is no admission charge. Programs for each session will be available for $2.00 each.
Officials: Certified Officials who have not been contacted should volunteer, please sign in with the Referee. An Officials meeting will be held no later than 10 minutes before the end of each warm-up session. If you wish to volunteer ahead of time, please contact Art Davis at (703) 625-9288 or email at emerand@comcast.net
Supervision: Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers and for cleaning up their team areas.
Facility: The competition pool is 10 lanes. Lanes 2-9 will be used for competition, with lanes 1 & 10 for warm-up / warm down. The meet may be expanded to use lanes 1-9 based on the number of entries, but the appropriate amount of rest for the swimmers between events will be considered in the time line.
Seating: Seating is available via on-deck bleachers.
Timers: This is very important at this meet, as no electronic timing will be used. Watch times only will be used. Participating Clubs are required to provide timers in proportion to their entry. A timer is required for each 25 entries, (not swimmers, entries). The number of timers will be adjusted when the Club is providing other officials. Acceptance of the Club entry is based on compliance with the above. The Host Club will provide one (1) timer per lane.
Entries: Entries may be sent via e-mail.
1. Entries must arrive by the due date and time
2. Please do not send entries with a no time, (NT). Due to timing constraints, we would like to have a semi-accurate time line. We realize that this may be one of the first meets your young swimmers enter, so please do the best you can.
3. 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.
4. In the body of your e-mail provide entry numbers (girls, boys, totals). Include contact information (e-mail, phone, officials contact).
5. Send e-mail to brianpawlowicz@cubu.org
6. 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.
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”.
Fees: Fees for individual events are $5.00. The fee for the Pentathlon is $25.00 total. Each participating Club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fee for the entire team. Please do not send cash. Entry fees are due with entries.
Checks: Make checks payable to CURL-BURKE SWIM CLUB.
Entry Deadline: All entries must be submitted for this meet no later than
5:00 PM, Friday, November 14, 2008
Note: NO fax or phone entries will be accepted.
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.
Send Entries To: Brian Pawlowicz (703) 319-4168
10416 Lake Ridge Drive
Oakton, VA 22124
Session I – Girls
Warm-up: 7:00-7:30 AM First Event7:45 AM
|
Event # |
Age |
Event |
|
1 |
7 & under |
25 yard Butterfly |
|
2 |
8 year old |
25 yard Butterfly |
|
3 |
9 year old |
50 yard Butterfly |
|
4 |
7 & under |
25 yard Backstroke |
|
5 |
8 year old |
25 yard Backstroke |
|
6 |
9 year old |
50 yard Backstroke |
|
7 |
7 & under |
25 yard Breaststroke |
|
8 |
8 year old |
25 yard Breaststroke |
|
9 |
9 year old |
50 yard Breaststroke |
|
10 |
7 & under |
25 yard Freestyle |
|
11 |
8 year old |
25 yard Freestyle |
|
12 |
9 year old |
50 yard Freestyle |
|
13 |
7 & under |
100 yard IM |
|
14 |
8 year old |
100 yard IM |
|
15 |
9 year old |
100 yard IM |
Session II – Boys
Warm-up: 11:00-11:30 First Event 11:45 PM
|
Age |
Event |
Event # |
|
7 & under |
25 yard Butterfly |
16 |
|
8 year old |
25 yard Butterfly |
17 |
|
9 year old |
50 yard Butterfly |
18 |
|
7 & under |
25 yard Backstroke |
19 |
|
8 year old |
25 yard Backstroke |
20 |
|
9 year old |
50 yard Backstroke |
21 |
|
7 & under |
25 yard Breaststroke |
22 |
|
8 year old |
25 yard Breaststroke |
23 |
|
9 year old |
50 yard Breaststroke |
24 |
|
7 & under |
25 yard Freestyle |
25 |
|
8 year old |
25 yard Freestyle |
26 |
|
9 year old |
50 yard Freestyle |
27 |
|
7 & under |
100 yard IM |
28 |
|
8 year old |
100 yard IM |
29 |
|
9 year old |
100 yard IM |
30 |
