PVS 2010 Long Course Senior Championships

July 15-18, 2010

Sanctioned by USA Swimming through Potomac Valley Swimming: PVS-10-67

Hosted for PVS by: Curl Burke Swim Club

Entries due to Meet Manger by: Tuesday July 6, 2010 (check on club deadline)

Warm up: Thursday: 3:30-4:20 am    Events: 4:30 pm

                                         Warm up: Prelims: 7:00-8:20 am      Events: 8:30 am

                                                   Warm up: Finals: 5:20-6:20 pm        Events: 6:30 pm

7/12/10:     Sunday only Prelims: Warm up 6:30-7:25 am    Events 7:30 am

All Sunday events will be positive check in, see modified check in schedule below

 

Meet Host/Director:

Curl Burke Swim Club

 Brian Pawlowicz, brianpawlowicz@cubu.org, 703-319-4168

Mail checks to: 10416 Lake Ridge Dr., Oakton, VA 22124

Meet Referee:

Jack Neill, JJNeill@fcps.edu

Club Official’s Chair:

This meet will be an N2 Certification meet. Additional information to follow. Please contact Jack Neill if you are interested in being an Official for this meet.

Jack Neill; JJNeill@fcps.edu

Facility:

University of Maryland:

University of Maryland College Park Campus, College Park, MD 20740

301-266-4400

·         8 lane, 50 meter with separate warm up/cool down facility

·         The competition course has not been certified in accordance with USA Swimming Rules and Regulations Article 104.2.2(C), because it is a bulkhead pool, which is measured in length prior to the start of the meet.

Eligibility:

·         Open to all Potomac Valley Swimming registered athletes and invited USA Swimming Athletes.

·         Clubs interested in participation should request an invitation from the PVS Senior Chair, Riley Eaton, jreaton@verizon.net.

·         Swimmers must have equaled or bettered the applicable Qualifying Time listed.

·         If a swimmer is entered with NT, they will be removed from that event.

·         Distance Entries: Any swimmer who qualifies for the 800 and/or 1500 freestyle events may enter at their fastest time or at the Time Standard, if entered in two or more events on the day of the distance freestyle.

·         Do not enter with a time achieved prior to July 1, 2008.

Disability Swimmers:

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 athlete’s coach) is also responsible for notifying the session referee of any disability prior to competition.

Rules:

·         Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet.

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

·         A swimmer may enter and compete in a maximum of 7 individual events and no more than 3 individual events per day.

·         A club may enter up to 3 relay teams per relay events, but only two relays teams per club per event may score.

·         The 200 M Freestyle and Medley relays will not be scored.

·         Seed times are long course meters

·         No late entries are permitted for this meet.

·         No on-deck USA-S registration is permitted

·         The use of equipment capable of taking pictures (i.e. cell phones, cameras, PDA’s etc) are banned from behind the starting blocks during the entire meet, including warm up, competition and cool down periods.

Withdrawing from Finals:

PVS scratch rules apply for swimmers scratching finals. IF a swimmer fails to properly scratch from a final event and does not appear for the finals, he/she “will be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet.”

Positive Check In:

Positive check-in is required for all individual events 400 M and over, and all Relays (200, 400 & 800). Swimmers who do not check-in will be scratched from that event. Athletes who have checked in, have been seeded, and fail to swim the event will be barred from their next scheduled individual event.

 

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

Positive check in for Sunday's Women's 800 and Men's 1500 closes at 6:30 pm

Order of Swims:

·         There will be three heats swum in finals for all individual events except the 800 and 1500 events. Heats will be swum in the following order: “A”, “B” and “C” heats.

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

·         Heats of distance events (800 & 1500) will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating women and men. The fastest seeded heat of the women’s 800 and men’s 1500 will be the first event of the Sunday finals session. (Swimmers in the 800 and 1500 are responsible for providing their own timer, except for those swimming in the Final session on Sunday.)

Bonus Events:

Any athlete, who is entered into at least one individual event, may also enter one bonus event. If entered in 2 or more individual events, they may enter 2 bonus events. Athletes entering bonus event may compete in no more than the maximum events per session or meet. No “NT” will be accepted for Bonus Events.

Time Trials:

Time trials will be held following the completion of the finals session each evening. An athlete must compete in an individual event in the meet in order to participate. Athletes are permitted one time trial per time trial session provided that this participation does not cause them to exceed the three events per day limitations. Time trial fee is $10/attempt. The order of time trial events will be those events contested that day followed by those events remaining to be contested, followed by those events already contested.

Warm Up:

The prescribed PVS warm-up procedures and safety policies will be followed. The Meet Director may determine the structure of Warm-up; times/lane assignments.

 

During the meet there will be continuous warm-up/cool-down lanes. Marshals will be assigned to monitor these areas. If at any time conditions become unsafe, the area will be closed for the remainder of the session.

Supervision:

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

Scoring:

Individual Events: 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Relay Events: 40, 34, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2

Awards:

There are no awards for this meet.

Programs:

Programs for all sessions will be available for $10. Programs will include coupons for finals programs for each evening free of charge.

Credentials:

Parents not working the meet as a deck official, volunteer timer or other position are not permitted on the deck. Only athletes, USA Swimming certified coaches, and deck officials will be permitted on the deck. Coaches and Officials should have their current USA Swimming card with them at all times.

Officials & Timers:

·         Each participating club is requested to provide at least one table worker or official (referee, starter or stroke & turn judge) per session if entering 25 or more splashes

·         All certified officials wishing to volunteer please contact the appropriate club official’s chair prior to July 6.

·         Participating clubs are required to provide timers in proportion to their entries. One timer is required for each 25 entries.

·         The Meet Director may send out a request for timers based upon entries.

·         The host club will provide one timer per lane.

Entry Procedures:

·         Entries should be submitted using Hy-Tek Team Manager.

·         Entry file:

·         Include in the subject of the email, “2010 PVS LC SR Champs - ***” with the clubs initials in place of the asterisks. Also include training site if your club submits multiple entry files.

·         Meet Directors are requested to acknowledge receipt by return email within 24 hours. If acknowledgement is not received in a timely manner, please contact the meet director.

·         Individual event fee: $5, Relays $10 (make checks payable to PVS)

·         Entry fees are due with meet entry. Unpaid fees will be reported to the PVS Administrative Office at the conclusion of the meet.

·         Any club that enters an unregistered or improperly registered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered coach to represent them, will be fined the sum of $100 and no further entries will be accepted from that club until the said fine is paid.

·         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.

NOTE: In granting this sanction it is understood and agreed that USA Swimming, Potomac Valley Swimming, University of Maryland and Curl Burke Swim Club shall be free from any liabilities or claims for damages arising by reason of injuries to anyone during the conduct of the event.

 

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Warm up: 3:30-4:20 pm, Events: 4:30 pm

Women’s Events #

SCY

QT

LCM

QT

Event

SCY

QT

LCM

QT

Men’s Event #

1

18:30.99

18:59.99

1500 M Freestyle

 

 

 

 

 

 

800 M Freestyle

10:35.69

9:27.39

2

Events are timed finals. Heats will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating women and men.

 

 

Friday July 16, 2010

Warm up Prelims: 7:00-8:20 am, Events: 8:30 am

Warm up Finals: 5:20-6:20 pm, Events: 6:30 pm

 

Women’s Events #

SCY

QT

LCM

QT

Event

SCY

QT

LCM

QT

Men’s Event #

3

2:01.79

2:17.89

200 M Freestyle

1:52.69

2:07.59

4

5

1:12.89

1:22.59

100 M Breaststroke

1:07.39

1:16.29

6

7

1:02.79

1:11.09

100 M Butterfly

56.49

1:03.99

8

9

4:51.99

5:30.59

400 M Individual Medley

4:33.19

5:09.29

10

10 Minute Break - Prelims only

11

8:26.49

9:33.49

800 M Freestyle Relay

7:49.39

8:51.49

12

All Relays are Positive Check-in

Break will be 10 minutes and the competition pool will not be open for Warm up.

 800M Freestyle Relay: Events are timed finals. Heats will be swum slowest to fastest alternating women and men in the preliminary session. Fastest heat for women and men will be swum as the last event in the finals session.

 

 

Saturday July 17, 2010

Warm up Prelims: 7:00-8:20 am, Events: 8:30am

Warm up Finals: 5:20-6:20 pm, Events: 6:30 pm

 

Women’s Events #

SCY

QT

LCM

QT

Event

SCY

QT

LCM

QT

Men’s Event #

13

1:47.89

2:04.89

200 M Freestyle Relay

1:37.89

1:53.19

14

15

2:36.69

2:57.39

200 M Breaststroke

2:27.39

2:46.89

16

17

26.39

29.89

50 M Freestyle

23.69

26.79

18

19

1:04.19

1:12.69

100 M Backstroke

59.19

1:06.99

20

21

5:23.39

4:48.59

400 M Freestyle

5:04.19

4:31.49

22

 

 

 

10 Minute Break – Prelims Only

 

 

 

23

4:27.09

5:02.39

400 M Medley Relay

4:04.49

4:36.79

24

All Relays are Positive Check-in

Break will be 10 minutes and the competition pool will not be open for Warm-ups.

200 Freestyle Relay: Events are timed finals and will be swum only during preliminaries

400 Medley Relay: Events are timed finals and will be swum slowest to fastest during finals

Positive check in for Sunday's Women's 800 and Men's 1500 closes at 6:30 pm

 

 

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Warm up Prelims: 7:00-8:20 am, Events: 8:30 am

Warm up Finals: 5:20-6:20 pm, Events: 6:30 pm

 

Women’s Events #

SCY

QT

LCM

QT

Event

SCY

QT

LCM

QT

Men’s Event #

25

2:14.19

2:34.89

200 M Medley Relay

2:01.89

2:13.99

26

27

2:17.49

2:35.69

200 M Backstroke

2:06.89

2:23.69

28

29

56.99

1:04.49

100 M Freestyle

51.89

58.79

30

31

2:17.19

2:35.29

200 M Butterfly

2:06.89

2:23.69

32

33

2:17.99

2:36.29

200 M Individual Medley

2:07.29

2:24.09

34

10 Minute Break – Prelims Only

35

3:56.89

4:28.19

400 M Freestyle Relay

3:35.99

4:04.59

36

37

11:09.99

9:57.99

800 M Freestyle

 

 

 

 

 

 

1500 M Freestyle

17:48.19

18:16.09

38

All Relays are positive Check-in

Break will be 10 minutes and the competition pool will not be open for Warm-ups.

200 M Medley Relay: Events are timed finals and will be swum only during preliminaries.

800M & 1500M Freestyle: Events are timed finals. Heats will be swum fastest to slowest alternating women and men in the preliminary sessions. Fastest heat of each event will be swum as the first event in the finals session.

400 M Freestyle Relay: Events are timed finals and will be swum slowest to fastest during finals.

Positive Check in Schedule:

Events 25-30; 7:00 am

Events 31-34; 8:45 am

Check in for Distance closes SATURDAY at 6:30 pm