Minimum provable time to enter the 1500M Freestyle is 25:00.00.  Athletes wishing to enter the 1500 Freestyle who do not have a provable 1650Y / 1500 M Free time under 25:00.00 must have a provable 800M / 1000Y time of 15:00.00 or faster.  These athletes will be entered into the 1500M Freestyle with their 800M / 1000Y time and will be seeded after all conforming 1500M times have been seeded.  Please mark these swimmer as exhibition in Team Manager when entering.  All swimmers will be eligible for awards.

Coaches who have swimmers who they believe can complete the events(s) faster than the QT's, but who do not satisfy the entry rule, may petition the PVS Distance Coordinator, Bill Marlin, at coach_bill@verizon.net, for an exception.  The petition should provide specific evidence why they believe the swimmer can complete the event within the QT.  All petitions must be submitted prior to the entry deadline.

Any club that enters an unregistered or improperly registered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered coach, or a coach with expired or incomplete certifications  to represent them, will be fined the sum of $100.00 per occurrence and no further entries will be accepted from that club until the said fine has been paid.

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

The competition will be conducted in accordance with current USA Swimming rules.
Note:  Takoma is an eight lane pool.  Once entries are received, a determination will be whether to use 7 lanes, allowing for one lane for continuous warm-up and warm-down or to take intermittent breaks. 

Each Club is requested to submit one check to cover fees for the entire team.

A 3 1/2" disk with entries may be submitted, but must be accompanied by a printed report of these entries; or a PVS Master Entry sheet may be submitted. In all cases the name of the Club entry person must be included. Please note your club name (if not a club check) the # of entries, and the meet name or sanction number on your check. Please do not send cash. Meet Directors have been instructed not to accept telephone entries

E-mail entries will be accepted:

· Attach one report by event, one by name (save as Word for Windows in Team Manager)
· Attach commlink file
· In body of e-mail give numbers (boys, girls, total entry) and contact information
· Remember to send entry fee check via USPS

Send to: kmathews@cubu.org or kwmathews@verizon.net

Do NOT submit a 3" X 5" PVS Official Meet Entry Card for each athlete entered. The Meet Director will provide a lane timing card when the athlete checks in to swim.

NO LATE OR DECK ENTRIES ARE PERMITTED FOR DISTANCE MEETS.

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.