Eastern Zone

Officials: Certified officials wishing to work the meet should contact Scott Witkin at scottwitkin@verizon.net. 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. Participating clubs are required to provide timers in proportion of 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.

Warm-Up Procedures: 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.

Rules: Current USA Swimming rules will govern this meet. A contestant may enter no more than four individual events per day. All events will be timed finals. No on-deck USAS registration permitted.

Eligibility: Open to all USA Swimming registered athletes. Athletes shall compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet.

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.

Entry Information:

- Entry Fees: $6.00 per individual event, $12.00 per relay event.

- Entry Deadline: Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 5:00pm.

- 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.

- Any team that enters more than 10 swimmers and does not use Hy-Tek will incur a surcharge of $10.00 per swimmer.

Electronic Entry Procedures:

- Email a Hy-Tek entries file (preferred) or a SDIF file to christa.krukiel@montgomerycountymd.gov

- Email subject should be labeled “Mini Champs Entry”.

- Email must include reports by name and by event saved in Microsoft Word. 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.

- Send check to Christa Krukiel at the address below.

Christa Krukiel

Montgomery Aquatic Center

5900 Executive Boulevard

N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

- 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. Please note your team name on the check.

- Entry Fee Payable To: Montgomery County Recreation Department (MCRD).

Computer Disk Entry Procedures:

- Computer disk entries require a meet entry report by swimmer and by event from Team Manager.

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

- Send entry and check to Christa Krukiel at the address below.

Christa Krukiel

Montgomery Aquatic Center

5900 Executive Boulevard

N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852

- 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. Please note your team name on the check.

- Entry Fee Payable To: Montgomery County Recreation Department (MCRD).

- Any entries sent by Fed Ex or Express Mail must have the “signature release” form signed.

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 the said fine is paid. All swimmers, coaches and officials must be properly registered with USA Swimming for 2009. Entry fees are due with meet entry. Unpaid fees will be reported to the PVS Administrative Office at the conclusion of the meet.

Place

Individual

Relay

Scoring:

Awards: Medals will be awarded for all events, first through eighth place. Ribbons will be awarded for ninth to sixteenth place. Team trophies will be awarded to the top three scoring teams at the conclusion of the meet.

Deck Access: All PVS/USAS registered coaches and deck officials are required to wear current USA Swimming membership credentials on the deck area. The Referee will ask anyone not displaying proper credentials to leave the deck area.

Spectator Admission and Heat Sheets: There will be no charge for admission. Heat sheets will be available each session for $3.00. Working officials and coaches receive a free session program.

Swim Center Rules and Conduct

At the request of Montgomery County Recreation Department, swimmers are not to leave the pool deck without appropriate attire. Coaches will be responsible for the conduct of their athletes while in the facility and surrounding grounds. Failure to follow these rules or any inappropriate behavior will result in the athlete being barred from further competition in the meet. Parents will be responsible for the conduct of any minor children that accompany them.

- No glass containers are permitted within the facility.

- Swimmers must be in direct contact with their supervising coach before they will be allowed to enter the pool for warm-up.

- No camera cell phones are permitted in the locker rooms.

Mini Championships

March 14-15, 2009

At Olney Swim Center

Order of Events

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Girls Warm-up: 8:00 – 8:45 AM Girls Events: 9:00 AM

Boys Warm-up: 11:30 – 12:15 PM Boys Events: 12:30 PM

Girls	Event Description	Boys
1	8&U 200 Yard Freestyle Relay	2
3	7&U 100 Yard Freestyle Relay	4
5	8 Year Old 25 Yard Freestyle	6
7	7 Year Old 25 Yard Freestyle	8
9	6&U 25 Yard Freestyle	10
11	8 Year Old 50 Yard Backstroke	12
13	7&U 50 Yard Backstroke	14
15	6&U 25 Yard Backstroke	16
17	8 Year Old 25 Yard Butterfly	18
19	7 Year Old 25 Yard Butterfly	20
21	8 Year Old 50 Yard Breaststroke	22
23	7&U 50 Yard Breaststroke	24
25	8&U 100 Yard Individual Medley	26

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Girls Warm-up: 8:00 – 8:45 AM Girls Events: 9:00 AM

Boys Warm-up: 11:30 – 12:15 PM Boys Events: 12:30 PM

Girls	Event Description	Boys
27	8&U 100 Yard Medley Relay	28
29	7&U 100 Yard Medley Relay	30
31	8 Year Old 25 Yard Breaststroke	32
33	7 Year Old 25 Yard Breaststroke	34
35	6&U 25 Yard Breaststroke	36
37	8 Year Old 50 Yard Freestyle	38
39	7&U 50 Yard Freestyle	40
41	8 Year Old 25 Yard Backstroke	42
43	7 Year Old 25 Yard Backstroke	44
45	8 Year Old 50 Yard Butterfly	46
47	7&U 50 Yard Butterfly	48
49	6&U 25 Yard Butterfly	50
51	8&U 100 Yard Freestyle	52