Potomac Marlins
14 & Under JO Qualifier
February 14 &
15, 2009 |
| Cub Run Recreation Center
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Sponsored by Potomac
Marlins
Sanctioned by USA Swimming through Potomac Valley
Swimming
Sanction # PVC-09-36 |
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| Meet
Manger Event File |
| Meet Director: |
Bill Marlin
571-334-0987 |
| Location: |
Cub Run Recreation Center
4630
Stonecroft Blvd.
Chantilly, VA 20151
703-817-9407 |
| Schedule: |
Warm-up 12:30 - 1:20 p.m. Events
1:30 p.m.
- One (1), eight (8) lane racing courses will be used
- We hope to be able to use 1-2 additional lanes for warm-up /
cool-down.
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| Eligibility |
Open to all registered Potomac
Valley athletes and invited USA Swimming athletes that meet the event
qualifying times. |
| Rules: |
Current USA Swimming rules shall
govern the meet.
- IMPORTANT: 14 & Under swimmers who attain a new age group
between February 16th and March 4th may compete in
any event where their time (1) is faster than the PM 14 & Under JO
Qualifier “No Faster Than” standard for their current age group and also
(2) slower than the PVS Junior Olympic “No Slower Than” standard for
their new age group. This is to permit those swimmers who will be
in a new age group at the PVS Junior Olympic Meet an opportunity to
qualify.
- A contestant may participate in only his or her own age group events
or in 14 & under events.
- Contestants must have equaled or be slower than the applicable
qualifying times listed (no faster than times).
- A contestant may enter a maximum of six (6) individual events and no
more than three (3) individual events per day. Swimmers shall compete at
the age attained on the first day of the meet.
- "No Recall" procedures will be used at this meet.
- Coaches are expected to be in compliance with the new USA
Swimming Background Screening Program.
- Dive-over starts will be used at this meet. Coaches are
requested to review Guidance
for Dive-Over Starts for Coaches. Officials are requested to
review Protocol
for Dive-Over Starts.
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| Officials |
All certified officials wishing to volunteer to work this
meet please contact the Potomac Marlins Officials Chairman, Brian Johnson
at: brian.johnson154@verizon.net
prior to February 3rd, 2009. Please include your club affiliation,
certifications held, and sessions you wish to work. Officials assigned to
this meet should sign in at the computer table at the start of warm-up.
Certified officials who have not been contacted should volunteer their
services to the Referee. |
| 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. |
| Positive Check
In: |
- All events 200 yards or longer will be deck seeded.
- 100 yards events may be deck seeded.
- Athletes who check in to a deck seeded event, have been seeded, and
fail to swim the event will be barred from their next scheduled event,
unless excused by the Referee before the event takes
place.
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| 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. |
| Supervision: |
Coaches are responsible for the
conduct of their Swimmers and Families 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 permitted on the pool
deck. Coaches & deck officials are required to display their current
2008-2009 USA Swimming card. |
| Awards: |
There will be no awards at this
meet. |
Admission/
Programs: |
There is no admission charge.
Programs for each session will be available for $2.00 each. Working
officials and coaches receive a complimentary program. |
| Entries: |
Entries may be sent via e-mail.
- Entries must arrive by the due date and time
- 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.
- In the body of your e-mail provide entry numbers (girls, boys,
totals). Include contact information (e-mail, phone, officials contact).
- Send e-mail to coach_bill@verizon.net
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 included a
completed "Entry Cover Sheet".
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| Entry Deadline: |
All entries must be submitted for
this meet no later than
5:00 PM, Tuesday, February 03, 2009
- 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.
- Note, It may be necessary to limit entries therfore, entries will be
accepted on a first-come, first-entered basis until the meet fills up.
- 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.
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| Entry Fee: |
$5.00 per event, check payable to
Potomac Marlins |
| Late/ Deck
Entries: |
Late (deck) entries are $10.00
per individual event and must be submitted no later than 30 minutes prior
to the first event of each session. Swimmers will be first entered into
open lanes in existing heats on a first come, first served basis. No new
heats will be created. In the event of an oversubscribed session, the Meet
Director reserves the right to not accept late (deck)
entries. |
| Send Entries
To: |
Bill Marlin
3212 Allness
Lane
Herndon, VA 20171
571-334-0987
coach_bill@verizon.net
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