2009 EARLY BIRD LONG COURSE INVITATIONAL
MAY 2-3 2009
SPONSORED BY

MARYLAND SUBURBAN SWIM CLUB
SANCTIONED BY USA SWIMMING THROUGH POTOMAC VALLEY SWIMMING
Sanction # PVI-09-52
(also sanctioned by Potomac Valley LMSC for USMS, Inc. #?)

MEET DIRECTOR:

Christopher T. Huott
240-417-5569
entries@msscswimming.com

MEET LOCATION:

Frank P. Casula Aquatics Center (Fairland Aquatics Center)
13820 Old Gunpowder Road
Laurel, MD 20707
301-362-6060

SCHEDULE:

12 & Under Sessions:                  

Warm-up: 7:00 – 7:50 AM     Events: 8:00 AM
13 & Over and Open Sessions:  

Warm-up: 12:50 - 1:50 PM     Events: 2:00 PM

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to all USA Swimming clubs and registered athletes. If your club would like an invitation to this meet please contact the Meet Director. This meet has no qualifying times. Athletes shall compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet. An athlete may only compete in his or her own age division.  Entries limited to 1st 4000 received.

RULES:

Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet. All events are timed finals. A contestant may enter no more than four individual events per day. There will be no deck entries at this meet.

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.

WARM-UP:

The prescribed Potomac Valley Swimming warm-up procedures and safety policies for Open warm-ups will be followed.

TIMERS:

Participating Clubs are required to provide timers in proportion to their entries. The Deck Meet Director will determine the number of timers per club and lane assignments. The Host Club is required to provide one timer per lane.

OFFICIALS:

All certified officials wishing to volunteer to work this meet please contact Lynne Gerlach at gerlach@msscswimming.com prior to April 25. Please include your club affiliation, certifications held, and sessions you wish to work. Officials assigned to this meet should sign in at the recording table at the start of the Warm-up. Certified officials, who have not been contacted, should volunteer their services to the Referee.

SUPERVISION:

Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers and for cleaning up their team areas.

ADMISSION:

There is no admission charge. Programs for each session will be available for $2.00 each. Working officials and coaches receive a free program.

FEES:

Fees for individual events are $5.00. Remit one check to cover the entry fees for the entire team. Do not send cash. Telephone entries will not be accepted.  There will be no deck entries accepted at this meet.

AWARDS:

Ribbons will be awarded for 1st through 8th place in the following age groups: 10&Under and 11-12.

ENTRIES:

Short course entry times will be considered conforming times for this meet. Long course entry times must be designated with a capital letter "L". These non-conforming times will be seeded after short course times. Club entries will be accepted by email. Submission of entries by email must include the following files: the Hy-Tek Commlink II file, The Team Manager Meet Entry Report files (one by SWIMMER and one by EVENT) and an "Entry Cover Sheet." The name and phone number of the Club representative submitting the email must be included. INDIVIDUAL OR UNATTACHED ENTRIES WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED BY delivery to the house address below and will not be accepted by e-mail, unless those swimmers are training with a club and that club is submitting their entries in the required above Hy-Tek format. Clubs submitting by email may submit entries to entries@msscswimming.com, in the subject heading type, "2009 EARLY BIRD LONG COURSE - ****" with the club's initials substituted in place of the asterisks.
Optional: Before preparing your entries, events for this meet can be downloaded and then imported into team manager. (download "09-52-events.zip" ) and then go to team manager/file/import/meet events to import events.

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.

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 that Club until the said fine has been paid.

DEADLINE:

The Meet Director must receive all entries for this meet

NO LATER THAN 5:00 P.M., TUESDAY, April 21, 2009.

Important: The above date is the deadline for clubs to submit their entries. Therefore, clubs usually set an earlier deadline to receive entries from their swimmers. Check with your club for this information.

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO:

MARYLAND SUBURBAN SWIM CLUB

SEND ENTRIES TO:

Maryland Suburban Swim Club
Attn: Christopher T. Huott
P.O. Box 160
Laurel, MD 20725
Attn:  Christopher T. Huott
PHONE #: 240-417-5569

CHECK-IN EVENTS:
 

All events will require positive check-in.  Check-in will close 30 minutes before the start of the session for the first 3 strokes and the remaining events will close 90 minutes after the start of the first event of the session.

 

Session 1 events 1-12 close at 7:30 AM and 13-20 at 9:30 AM

Session 2 events 21-28 close at 1:30 PM and 29-38 at 3:30 PM

Session 3 events 39-50 close at 7:30 AM and 51-58 at 9:30 AM

Session 4 events 59-68 close at 1:30 PM and 69-76 at 3:30 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY PROGRAM - MAY 2, 2009

WARM-UP: 7:00 – 7:50 AM EVENTS: 8:00 AM

 

Girls Event #

12 & Under Saturday Session

Boys Event #

1

10 & under 200 Meter IM

2

3

11-12 200 Meter IM

4

5

10 & under 50 Meter Backstroke

6

7

11-12 50 Meter Backstroke

8

 9

10 & under 100 Meter Butterfly

10

11

11-12 100 Meter Butterfly

12

13

10 & under 50 Meter Breaststroke

14

15

11-12 50 Meter Breaststroke

16

17

10 & under 100 Meter Freestyle

18

19

11-12 100 Meter Freestyle

20

All Events will require positive check-in.

 

SATURDAY PROGRAM - MAY 2, 2009
WARM-UP: 12:50 - 1:50 PM      EVENTS: 2:00 PM

Womens Event #

13&Over Saturday Session

Mens Event #

21

Open 200 Meter IM

22

23

13 -14 100 Meter Backstroke

24

25

15 and Over 100 Meter Backstroke

26

27

Open 200 Meter Butterfly

28

29

13-14 100 Meter Breaststroke

30

31

15 and Over 100 Meter Breaststroke

32

33

13-14 100 Meter Freestyle

34

35

15 and Over 100 Meter Freestyle

36

37

Open 400 Meter Freestyle

38

All Events will require positive check-in.

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY PROGRAM - MAY 3, 2009

WARM-UP: 7:00 – 7:50 AM EVENTS: 8:00 AM

 

Girls Event #

12Under Sunday Session

Boys Event #

39

10 & under 200 Meter Freestyle

40

41

11-12 200 Meter Freestyle

42

43

10 & under 50 Meter Butterfly

44

45

11-12 50 Meter Butterfly

46

47

10 & under 100 Meter Breaststroke

48

49

11-12 100 Meter Breaststroke

50

51

10 & under 100 Meter Backstroke

52

53

11-12 100 Meter Backstroke

54

55

10 &under 50 Meter Freestyle

56

57

11-12 50 Meter Freestyle

58

All Events will require positive check-in.

 

 

SUNDAY PROGRAM - MAY 3, 2009
WARM-UP: 12:50 - 1:50 PM EVENTS: 2:00 PM

 

Womens Event #

13&Over Sunday Session

Mens Event #

59

13 -14 200 Meter Freestyle

60

61

15 and Over 200 Meter Freestyle

62

63

13-14 100 Meter Butterfly

64

65

15 and Over 100 Meter Butterfly

66

67

Open 200 Meter Breaststroke

68

69

Open 200 Backstroke

70

71

13-14 50 Meter Freestyle

72

73

15 and Over 50 Meter Freestyle

74

75

Open 400 Meter IM

76

All Events will require positive check-in.