AMENDED DECEMBER 14, 1999 TO CHANGE
TIME TRIAL ENTRY AND 500 FREE (Sat) AND 400IM CHECK-IN TIMES

Junior Olympic Invitational Meet
December 16 to 19, 1999
Sponsored by CURL-BURKE SWIM CLUB

Sanctioned by USA Swimming
through Potomac Valley Swimming

Sanction # PVC-00-1216-14


Meet Director: Nancy Winnings      (703) 318-6764
Location: George Mason University
Thursday Timed Finals
13 & Over Preliminaries
All Final sessions
Oak Marr Recreation Center
12 & Under Preliminaries
10 & Under Finals
4400 University Blvd
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 993-3939
3134 Jermantown Road
Oakton, VA
(703) 281-6501
Meet Hotel: COMFORT-INN University Center
11180 Main St. Fairfax VA
(703) 591-5900
Contact Brian Borga and ask for the meet rate
Schedule: Thursday, December 16        Warm-up 4:30 PM                     Events 5:30 PM
Preliminary Sessions             Warm-up: 6:30 to 7:50 AM        Events 8:00 AM
Final Sessions                      Warm-up: 4:45 to 5:50 PM          Events 6:00 PM

  • Two courses will be used during the 13 & over preliminary sessions. Two courses may be used during the 12 & under sessions. Athletes should consider this when selecting events.
  • All finals will be conducted at George Mason University.
  • The exception being 10 & Under events which are timed finals and will be swum at Oak Marr as part of 11-12 preliminaries.
  • Both competition sites will have continuous warm-up/ warm-down throughout the meet.
Awards:All 14 & under events will receive awards for 1st through 8th place for individual events and 1st through 3rd place for relay events. High point awards will be presented to first place boys and girls in each age group and the open category.
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.

  • A contestant may participate in only his or her own age group events or in open events which are open to all ages. Contestants must have equaled or bettered the applicable qualifying times listed.
  • A contestant may enter a maximum of seven (7) 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.
  • It may be necessary to limit entries in certain events due to time constraints.
Individual Events
  • All 11 & over events are trials and finals except for relays; the 1000 freestyle (13-14 & Open), 1650 freestyle (13-14 & Open), and the 11-12 500 freestyle which will be timed finals.
  • All 11-12 individual events will have one heat in the finals sessions.
  • All 13-14 and Open individual events will have a "B" final and an "A" final heat. The "A" final will be swum first.
  • All 10 & under events are timed finals.
  • 1000, 1650, and 500 freestyle and 400 IM require positive check-in.
  • 13-14 and Open distance events will be swum combined, age groups will be scored separately. 1000, 1650, and 12 Under 500 freestyle will be swum fastest to slowest.
  • The fastest heat of the combined women's 1000 and men's 1650 freestyle will swim as the first event in finals on the final day of the meet. All other women's 1000s and men's 1650s will be swum at the conclusion of the preliminary session.
  • All distance events must be verified with the meet & date of the meet where the qualifying time was achieved. This verification of entry times is to be provided with the entry. Entries failing to provide verification will not be accepted. Acceptable verification includes the Hy-Tek entry report.
  • All entry times requiring verification must be verified before 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 16 or they will be dropped from the meet.
Relay Events
  • All relays 400 and longer require positive check-in.
  • All 200 relays will be pre-seeded and swum fastest to slowest.
  • There is no limit on the number of relay entries per club but only two relay teams per club per relay event may score.
  • Verification of entry time must be provided for all relay entries with the entry, composite time is acceptable.
  • Relay entries with "no time (NT)" will not be accepted.
  • All relay entry times requiring verification must be verified before 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 16 or they will be dropped from the meet.
Time Trials

Time trials will be conducted on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the meet at the George Mason University facility. The time trial session will last no more than one (1) hour and will be swum 10 minutes following the conclusion of that day's preliminaries (both courses). Time trials will be open to all swimmers entered in an individual event in the meet. Swimmers will be limited to one (1) time trial swim per day. The fee will be $10.00. Swimmers may sign-up for time trials at the George Mason U. scratch table and must do so by 10:15 AM on Friday and Saturday and 11:00 AM on Sunday.

PVS Positive Check-in Policy

For those events requiring positive check-in, athletes (or coaches for relay events) shall designate their intention to swim the event on the forms provided at the scratch table. Athletes who have not checked-in prior to the specified time will be scratched from the event. Athletes who have checked-in, have been seeded, and fail to swim the event will be barred from their next scheduled individual event, unless excused by the Referee.

PVS "Scratch" Policy

If you do not wish to swim in the Final, you may "Scratch" from the event by following the proper procedure: · You must fill out and sign a PVS Finals Scratch Slip within 30 minutes of the announcement of qualifiers for "A" finals or "B" finals, if scheduled.
· You may declare an intent to "scratch." You must fill out and sign a PVS Finals Scratch Slip within 30 minutes of the announcement of qualifiers, marking the appropriate space for "intent." You must confirm this intent on the PVS Finals Scratch Slip within 30 minutes after the conclusion of your last preliminary event of the day or you will be automatically scratched.
If an athlete fails to properly scratch from an event and does not appear for the Final event, they "shall be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet".
Scoring: Individual: 20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Relays: 40 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 18 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
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 1999 or 2000 USA Swimming card
Admission: There is no admission charge. The meet program will be available for $10.00 and will include a coupon for a finals program for each finals session conducted at no additional charge.
Officials: Officials for this meet will be assigned by the PVS Officials Committee. Officials can receive National Certification at this meet. Certified officials who have not been contacted, should volunteer their services to the Meet Referee. Officials are to arrive on time for listed warm-up periods and sign-in at the Officials Table.
Seating: Due to the limited pool deck space, Officials, USA Swimming Registered Coaches and Swimmers only will be permitted on the pool deck.
Timers: Participating Clubs are required to provide timers in proportion to their entry. A timer is required for each 25 entries. The number of timers being committed must be included on the club master entry. 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.
Warning: Any club or individual that enters an unregistered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered club to represent them, will be fined by PVS the sum of $100.00 and no further entries will be accepted from that club until the said fine has been paid.
Entries: All entries require a completed "entry cover sheet."

Computer disk entries (Hy-tek) are encouraged. Disk entries require a meet entry report by SWIMMER and one by EVENT from Team Manager. Disk entries are "as is." The meet director will not make any changes to disk entries. Do not include a list of corrections. Send two (2) 3.5 inch disks. Include a stamped, addressed mailer for disk return following the meet.

Entries may also be submitted on a PVS Master Entry Sheet. Teams entering more than ten (10) athletes in this format will pay a $1.00 surcharge per swimmer. The signature and phone number of a Club official must be included with the entry for validation of entries.

  • Coaches will be provided with National Relay Slips. Do not submit pink/blue cards for relays or distance events
  • No late/deck entries are permitted for this meet.
  • The meet director will not accept phone or fax entries.
  • If using a mail service (Fed Ex, UPS, etc.) sign the waiver allowing the service to leave your entries without requiring a signature.
  • Illegible entries; entries not submitted on the required forms; entries not complete, failing to list a phone number of a club official responsible for the entry, or lacking a signature will not be accepted.
Entry Times: Long course entry times must be designated with a "L" on paper entries. These non-conforming times will be seeded after short course entry times.
Fees:

Fees for individual events are $4.50, relays $9.00.
There is a $2.00 per swimmer fee for non-Potomac Valley Swimmers.

Each participating Club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fee for the entire team. Do not send cash. Make checks payable to CURL-BURKE SWIM CLUB. Entry fees are due with entries.

Entry Deadline: The entry dead line is 5:00 PM, Tuesday, November 30, 1999.
Entries for first time Qualifying Times achieved after the November 30, 1999 deadline will be accepted until 5:00 PM, Tuesday, December 7, 1999.
Send Entries To: Kit Mathews
2 North Pendleton Court
Frederick, MD 21703
(301) 662-9121


Thursday, December 16, 1999 @ George Mason University
Warm-up 4:30 to 5:30 PM Events 5:40 PM
Girls Event # No slower than SCY No slower than LCM No slower than SCY No slower than LCM Boys Event #
1 6:09.29 5:34.9912 & U 500 freestyle 6:05.99 5:32.99 2
3 19:40.99 20:39.79 13-14 1650 freestyle  
5 19:15.99 19:52.59 Open 1650 freestyle
 13-14 1000 freestyle 11:24.99 10:24.39 4
Open 1000 freestyle 10:29.99 9:47.49 6
  • Note: All athletes who intend on swimming events 1 to 6 must check-in by 5:00 PM at the scratch table.



Friday, December 17, 1999 13 & Over Preliminaries @ George Mason University
Warm-up 6:30 to 7:50 AM Events 8:00 AM
Girls Event # No slower than SCY No slower than LCM No slower than SCY No slower than LCM Boys Event #
7 2:06.49 2:26.19 13-14 200 free 2:01.99 2:19.19 8
9 2:00.09 2:17.09 Open 200 free 1:49.59 2:06.99 10
15 1:16.791:22.99 13-14 100 breast 1:12.49 1:20.39 16
17 1:12.59 1:25.19Open 100 breast 1:05.99 1:17.19 18
23 1:07.19 1:14.39 13-14 100 fly 1:03.99 1:06.29 24
25 1:03.69 1:13.09 Open 100 fly 57.69 1:06.29 26
31 4:59.99 5:49.79 13-14 400 IM 5:00.79 5:32.29 32
33 4:45.99 5:32.09 Open 400 IM 4:25.09 5:17.89 34
41 9:09.99   13-14 800 free relay 8:33.99   42
43 8:24.99  Open 800 free relay 7:42.99  44
Note:



Friday, December 17, 1999 12 & Under Preliminaries @ Oak Marr
Warm-up 6:30 to 7:50 AM Events 8:00 AM
Girls Event # No slower than SCY No slower than LCM No slower than SCY No slower than LCM Boys Event #
111:03.59 1:13.79 11-12 100 free 1:03.09 1:12.19 12
13 1:14.59 1:24.19 10 & U 100 free1:13.99 1:23.59 14
19 37.89 43.09 11-12 50 breaststroke 37.99 43.39 20
21 43.39 50.69 10 & U 50 breaststroke 43.39 50.49 22
27 32.59 36.4911-12 50 butterfly 32.59 36.4928
29 37.99 43.69 10 & U 50 butterfly 38.59 43.89 30
35 1:13.59 1:25.89 11-12 100 backstroke 1:13.59 1:25.59 36
37 1:26.59 1:39.19 10 & U 100 backstroke 1:26.99 1:39.59 38
39 4:38.99  11-12 400 freestyle relay 4:35.99  40
  • Note: All 400 freestyle relays must check-in by 9:30 AM. The event is swum fastest to slowest as the final event of preliminaries.






Saturday, December 18, 1999 13 & Over Preliminaries @ George Mason University
Warm-up 6:30 to 7:50 AM Events 8:00 AM
Girls Event # No slower than SCY No slower than LCM No slower than SCY No slower than LCM Boys Event #
49 1:54.69  13-14 200 freestyle relay 1:49.19   50
51 1:49.19   Open 200 freestyle relay 1:37.89   52
532:44.99 3:06.89 13-14 200 breast 2:39.29 2:54.7954
55 2:38.99 3:02.59 Open 200 breast 2:23.99 2:47.09 56
61 27.29 31.49 13-14 50 free 25.99 29.39 62
63 25.99 30.29 Open 50 free 23.29 27.79 64
69 1:07.49 1:17.09 13-14 100 back 1:04.99 1:12.59 70
71 1:03.99 1:13.59 Open 100 back 57.99 1:08.09 72
77 5:38.99 5:03.49 13-14 500 free 5:26.99 4:53.49 78
79 5:21.99 4:49.99 Open 500 free 4:57.99 4:30.9980
85 4:44.99  13-14 400 medley relay 4:32.29   86
87 4:29.49  Senior 400 medley relay 4:05.13   88






Saturday, December 18, 1999 12 & Under Preliminaries @ Oak Marr
Warm-up 6:30 to 7:50 AM Events 8:00 AM
Girls Event # No slower than SCY No slower than LCM No slower than SCY No slower than LCM Boys Event #
45 2:24.89   11-12 200 medley relay 2:24.29   46
47 2:47.99   10 & U 200 medley relay 2:47.79  48
57 1:22.79 1:34.6911 & 12 100 breaststroke 1:21.99 1:34.69 58
59 1:35.49 1:53.69 10 & U 100 breaststroke 1:36.39 1:53.99 60
65 28.99 33.59 11-12 50 freestyle 28.99 32.79 66
67 32.99 37.19 10 & U 50 freestyle 32.9937.09 68
73 33.99 38.49 11-12 50 backstroke 33.99 38.49 74
75 38.99 44.89 10 & U 50 backstroke 38.79 44.79 76
812:37.59 3:01.59 11-12 200 IM 2:37.59 3:01.59 82
833:04.99 3:28.99 10 & U 200 IM 3:05.89 3:30.99 84



Sunday, December 19, 1999 13 & Over Preliminaries @ George Mason University
Warm-up 6:30 to 7:50 AM Events 8:00 AM
Girls Event # No slower than SCY No slower than LCM No slower than SCY No slower than LCM Boys Event #
93 NT  13-14 200 medley relay NT   94
95 NT   Open 200 medley relayNT   96
97 2:24.99 2:45.39 13-14 200 back 2:20.99 2:36.39 98
99 2:16.99 2:40.99 Open 200 back 2:05.59 2:26.59 100
105 58.99 1:06.09 13-14 100 free 56.29 1:03.89 106
107 55.99 1:02.99 Open 100 free 50.99 57.99 108
113 2:28.59 2:42.49 13-14 200 fly 2:22.69 2:34.79 114
115 2:24.192:38.49 Open 200 fly 2:10.99 2:27.29 116
121 2:24.99 2:45.19 13-14 200 IM 2:17.69 2:37.89 122
123 2:17.09 2:36.09 Open 200 IM 2:05.29 2:23.99 124
127 4:09.44  13-14 400 freestyle relay 3:59.36   128
129 3:55.58   Open 400 freestyle relay 3:34.16   130
131 11:40.99 10:38.69 13-14 1000 freestyle 
133 11:29.99 10:26.89 Open 1000 freestyle
  13-14 1650 freestyle 19:40.99 19:23.79 132
Open 1650 freestyle 17:25.99 18:34.49 134
Note:
  • 400 freestyle relay check-in by 11:00 AM. Events swum fastest to slowest as the final event of finals.
  • Women's 1000 freestyle and Men's 1650 freestyle check-in by 6:30 PM Saturday (check-in to begin Saturday AM). Events swum fastest to slowest and combined by age group. The events will be scored separately. The fastest heat will swim as the first event of finals.






Sunday, December 19, 1999 12 & Under Preliminaries @ Oak Marr
Warm-up 6:30 to 7:50 AM Events 8:00 AM
Girls Event # No slower than SCY No slower than LCM No slower than SCY No slower than LCM Boys Event #
89 2:06.29   11-12 200 freestyle relay 2:05.89  90
91 2:23.89   10 & U 200 freestyle relay 2:22.99   92
101 1:12.59   11-12 100 IM 1:12.29   102
103 1:22.79  10 & U 100 IM 1:23.99   104
109 1:14.99 1:24.49 11-12 100 butterfly 1:14.99 1:25.19 110
111 1:34.99 1:47.19 10 & U 100 butterfly 1:35.99 1:47.19 112
117 2:19.39 2:39.49 11-12 200 freestyle 2:18.79 2:37.19 118
119 2:46.89 3:14.99 10 & U 200 freestyle 2:42.99 3:10.99 120
125 5:24.19   11-12 400 medley relay 5:20.69   126
Note:
  • 400 medley relays must check-in by 9:30 AM. The event is swum fastest to slowest as the final event of preliminaries.