2006 BLIZZARD INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
December 1-3, 2006
Sponsored by the Mason Makos Swim Team
Sanctioned by USA Swimming through Potomac Valley Swimming
Sanction # PVI-07-13
Meet Director: Niels Moore (703) 263-2274 (makoswimming@aol.com)
Location: GMU Aquatics & Fitness Center
4400 University Blvd
Fairfax, VA
703-993-3939
Schedule: Friday, December 1
11 & Over Timed Finals Warm-up: 5:45 PM to 6:30 PM Events: 6:45 PM
Saturday, December 2
11 & Over Prelims Warm-up: 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM Events: 8:30 AM
10 & Under Timed Finals Warm-up: 12:15 PM to 12:45 PM Events: 1:00 PM
11 & Over Finals Warm-up: 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM Events: 6:00 PM
Sunday, December 3
11 & Over Prelims Warm-up: 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM Events: 8:30 AM
10 & Under Timed Finals Warm-up: 12:15 PM to 12:45 PM Events: 1:00 PM
11 & Over Finals Warm-up: 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM Events: 6:00 PM
Two 25-yard courses will be used during the 11 & Over Prelims session (one course 11 & Over boys and one course 11 & Over girls) and two 25-yard courses will be used during the 10 & Under Timed Finals session (one course 9-10 boys and girls and one course 8 & Under boys and girls). One 25-yard course will be used for 11 & Over Finals except on Friday, where two courses will be used for timed finals (one course 11 & Over boys and one course 11 & Over girls). Athletes should consider this when selecting events. Warm-up / warm-down lanes will be available in a separate pool throughout the meet.
Eligibility: Open to all registered Potomac Valley Swimming and Virginia Swimming athletes from invited teams. Teams desiring invitations should contact the Meet Director at makoswimming@aol.com. However, please note that while we want as many teams as practicable to participate in this meet as possible, space is
very limited, as the meet establishes relatively short timelines for each session.
Swimmers shall compete at the age attained on Friday, December 1, 2006.
IMPORTANT: Swimmers who attain a new age group between December 1st and December 6th may compete as “exhibition” in any event where their time: (1) is faster than the Blizzard Invitational "No Faster Than" standard for their current age group; AND ALSO (2) is slower than the Tom Dolan Invitational “No Slower Than” standard for their new age group. These exhibition swims will prevent swimmers from potentially being excluded from both the Blizzard and Dolan meets. Exhibition swims may not qualify for finals.
PVS and host clubs along with their Meet Directors are committed to the Inclusion Policy as adopted by the Board of Directors. Athletes with disabilities are welcome to participate, 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.
Rules: Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet.
All individual events will be governed by “No Faster Than” (NFT) time standards. These NFT time standards are equivalent to the individual event qualification time standards maintained at the Tom Dolan Invitational Meet (December 7-10, 2006). A swimmer can only enter individual events in which his/her official USA Swimming time is not faster than the posted NFT time standard.
Swimmers may NOT enter an event with a “No Time”.
Swimmers may only participate in their own age group events.
Swimmers may enter a maximum of 6 individual events during the entire meet and no more than 3 individual events per day.
It may be necessary to limit entries in certain events due to time constraints.
Entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning Monday, November 13, 2006. Once each session’s intended duration is met, entries will no longer be accepted.Dive-over starts may be used at this meet (except for 8 & Under courses) at the discretion of the Meet Manager and/or Meet Referee. Coaches are requested to review Guidance for Dive-Over Starts for Coaches. Officials are requested to review Protocol for Dive-Over Starts.
Individual Events:
All 10 & Under events are timed finals.
All 11 & Over events are trials and finals except for Friday’s events which are timed finals.All 11 & Over finals on Saturday and Sunday will include a "Consolation" final heat and a "Championship" final heat. The "Championship" final heat swims first.No positive check-in are required.
Awards: Medals will be awarded for 1st through 8th place for individual events. Individual high point awards will be presented to the first place boy and girl in each age group.
Time Trials: No time trials will be held at this meet
PVS "Scratch" Policy:
If you do not wish to swim in the Final, you may "Scratch" from the event by following the proper procedure:
§ The coach/swimmer 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.
§ The coach/swimmer may declare an intent to "scratch." The coach/swimmer must fill out and sign a PVS Finals Scratch Slip within 30 minutes of the announcement of qualifiers, marking the appropriate space for "intent." This intent to scratch must be confirmed on the PVS Finals Scratch Slip within 30 minutes after the conclusion of the swimmer’s last preliminary event of the day or he/she will be
automatically scratched.
§ If a swimmer fails to properly scratch from an event and does not appear for the Final event, he/she "shall be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet", unless excused by the Referee.
Scoring: Team scores will not be posted, however, individual scores (through 16th place) will be maintained and posted, with individual high-point awards presented at the conclusion of the meet.
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, as well as maintaining clean team areas. Only athletes, USA Swimming certified coaches, and deck officials are permitted on the pool deck. Coaches & deck officials are required to display their valid 2006 or 2007 USA Swimming credentials. Parents not working the meet as a deck official, timer, or other meet position are not permitted on deck.
Admission: There is no admission charge. Meet programs will be made available for a nominal charge.
Officials: All certified officials wishing to volunteer to work this meet should contact Tony Fitz ( 703-437-7378; E-mail: tysnfitz@hotmail.com no later than Tuesday, November 21st. Please include your club affiliation, certifications held, and sessions you wish to work. Those officials who
learn of their availability subsequent to November 21st are encouraged to contact Tony Fitz as soon as possible.
Certified officials who have not previously volunteered should contact the referee upon arrival to make their services available. A comprehensive officials briefing will precede each session during warm-up.
Seating: Due to the limited pool deck space, only officials, USA swimming registered coaches and swimmers will be permitted on the pool deck.
Penalties: Any club or individual that enters an unregistered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered swimmer 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: Teams should provide entries as follows:
1. Email (preferred):
· Send e-mail to Niels Moore (makoswimming@aol.com).
· Include with your commlink file one report by name and one by event. Create these reports in HyTek Team Manager and save as Word for Windows files.
· In the body of your email, provide entry numbers (girls, boys, totals).
· Include contact information (e-mail, phone, officials contact).
2. Mail:
· HyTek computer disk entries are required.
· Include with your commlink file one report by name and one by event. Create these reports in HyTek Team Manager and save as Word for Windows files.
· Entries may also be submitted on a PVS Master Entry Sheet.
· All entries must include a completed PVS Entry Cover Sheet
· Events and time standards (.hyy files) for use in Team Manager are available online NOT YET POSTED.
Entry Deadline: The entry deadline is 5:00 PM, Tuesday, November 21, 2006.
Other Registration Details:
Late/deck entries may be permitted at the Meet Director’s discretion.
Entries directly from individual team members will not be accepted.
Entries by phone or fax entries will not be accepted.
Entries that are incomplete, submitted on incorrect forms, or lacking the phone number of a responsible team official will not be accepted.
Entry Times: Only short course times are applicable in determining NFT qualification. ENTRIES WITH NO TIMES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Fees: Fees for individual events are $5.00.
Checks: Each participating team is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fee for the entire team.
Please make checks payable to the “Mason Makos”. Please do not send cash.
Entry fees are due with each team’s entries. Unpaid fees will be reported to the PVS Administration Office at the conclusion of the meet. No further entries will be accepted from teams for future meets until entry fees are paid in full.
Send Entries To:
Niels Moore
43600 Dunhill Cup Sq.
Ashburn, VA 20147
703-263-2274
(E) makoswimming@aol.com
2006 BLIZZARD INVITATIONAL MEET
December 1 - 3, 2006 @ GMU Aquatics & Fitness Center
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Friday, December 1, 2006 Warm-up 5:45 PM to 6:30 PM / Events 6:45 PM |
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Girls Event # |
No faster |
No faster |
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No faster |
No faster |
Boys Event # |
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1 |
2:18.30 |
2:39.50 |
11-12 200 Freestyle |
2:18.80 |
2:37.20 |
2 |
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3 |
2:06.50 |
2:20.00 |
13-14 200 Freestyle |
2:02.00 |
2:19.20 |
4 |
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5 |
1:59.80 |
2:17.10 |
15&Over 200 Freestyle |
1:49.60 |
2:07.00 |
6 |
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7 |
2:36.20 |
3:01.00 |
11-12 200 Individual Medley |
2:37.60 |
3:01.60 |
8 |
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9 |
2:23.80 |
2:40.10 |
13-14 200 Individual Medley |
2:17.70 |
2:37.90 |
10 |
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11 |
2:15.80 |
2:36.00 |
15&Over 200 Individual Medley |
2:05.00 |
2:24.00 |
12 |
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Saturday, December 2, 2006 Warm-up 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM / Events 8:30 AM |
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Girls Event # |
No faster |
No faster |
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No faster |
No faster |
Boys Event # |
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13 |
1:13.50 |
1:25.90 |
11-12 100 Backstroke |
1:13.60 |
1:25.60 |
14 |
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15 |
1:07.20 |
1:17.10 |
13-14 100 Backstroke |
1:05.00 |
1:12.60 |
16 |
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17 |
1:03.40 |
1:13.60 |
15&Over 100 Backstroke |
57.80 |
1:07.60 |
18 |
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19 |
37.80 |
43.10 |
11-12 50 Breaststroke |
38.00 |
43.40 |
20 |
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21 |
2:44.90 |
3:06.90 |
13-14 200 Breaststroke |
2:39.30 |
2:54.80 |
22 |
|
23 |
2:37.80 |
3:02.00 |
15&Over 200 Breaststroke |
2:24.00 |
2:47.10 |
24 |
|
25 |
1:03.60 |
1:12.20 |
11-12 100 Freestyle |
1:03.60 |
1:12.20 |
26 |
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27 |
58.60 |
1:06.10 |
13-14 100 Freestyle |
56.30 |
1:03.90 |
28 |
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29 |
55.70 |
1:03.00 |
15&Over 100 Freestyle |
50.80 |
58.00 |
30 |
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31 |
32.50 |
36.50 |
11-12 50 Butterfly |
32.60 |
36.50 |
32 |
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33 |
2:28.60 |
2:42.50 |
13-14 200 Butterfly |
2:25.00 |
2:34.80 |
34 |
|
35 |
2:22.80 |
2:38.50 |
15&Over 200 Butterfly |
2:11.00 |
2:27.30 |
36 |
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Saturday, December 2, 2006 Warm-up 12:15 PM to 12:45 PM / Events 1:00 PM |
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Girls Event # |
No faster |
No faster |
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No faster |
No faster |
Boys Event # |
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37 |
1:14.60 |
1:24.20 |
8&Under 100 Freestyle |
1:14.00 |
1:23.60 |
38 |
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39 |
2:46.00 |
3:15.00 |
9-10 200 Freestyle |
2:43.00 |
3:11.00 |
40 |
|
41 |
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8&Under 25 Backstroke |
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42 |
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43 |
39.00 |
44.90 |
9-10 50 Backstroke |
38.80 |
44.80 |
44 |
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45 |
43.40 |
50.70 |
8&Under 50 Breaststroke |
43.40 |
50.50 |
46 |
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47 |
1:35.50 |
1:53.70 |
9-10 100 Breaststroke |
1:36.40 |
1:54.00 |
48 |
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49 |
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8&Under 25 Freestyle |
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|
50 |
|
51 |
33.00 |
37.20 |
9-10 50 Freestyle |
33.00 |
37.10 |
52 |
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53 |
38.00 |
43.70 |
8&Under 50 Butterfly |
38.60 |
43.90 |
54 |
|
55 |
1:35.00 |
1:47.20 |
9-10 100 Butterfly |
1:36.00 |
1:47.20 |
56 |
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Sunday, December 3, 2006 Warm-up 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM / Events 8:30 AM |
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Girls Event # |
No faster |
No faster |
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No faster |
No faster |
Boys Event # |
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57 |
1:15.00 |
1:24.50 |
11-12 100 Butterfly |
1:15.00 |
1:25.20 |
58 |
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59 |
1:07.00 |
1:14.40 |
13-14 100 Butterfly |
1:05.00 |
1:12.00 |
60 |
|
61 |
1:03.00 |
1:13.00 |
15&Over 100 Butterfly |
57.40 |
1:06.00 |
62 |
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63 |
34.00 |
38.50 |
11-12 50 Backstroke |
34.00 |
38.50 |
64 |
|
65 |
2:25.00 |
2:45.00 |
13-14 200 Backstroke |
2:22.10 |
2:36.40 |
66 |
|
67 |
2:16.00 |
2:40.00 |
15&Over 200 Backstroke |
2:05.60 |
2:26.60 |
68 |
|
75 |
28.80 |
33.50 |
11-12 50 Freestyle |
29.00 |
32.80 |
76 |
|
77 |
27.20 |
31.00 |
13-14 50 Freestyle |
25.90 |
29.40 |
78 |
|
79 |
25.80 |
30.00 |
15&Over 50 Freestyle |
23.30 |
27.50 |
80 |
|
81 |
1:22.80 |
1:34.70 |
11-12 100 Breaststroke |
1:22.40 |
1:34.70 |
82 |
|
83 |
1:16.60 |
1:23.00 |
13-14 100 Breaststroke |
1:12.50 |
1:20.40 |
84 |
|
85 |
1:12.40 |
1:22.00 |
15&Over 100 Breaststroke |
1:06.00 |
1:17.20 |
86 |
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Sunday, December 3, 2006 Warm-up 12:15 PM to 12:45 PM / Events 1:00 PM |
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Girls Event # |
No faster |
No faster |
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No faster |
No faster |
Boys Event # |
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87 |
1:22.80 |
|
8&Under 100 Individual Medley |
1:24.00 |
|
88 |
|
91 |
1:22.80 |
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9-10 100 Individual Medley |
1:24.00 |
|
90 |
|
93 |
|
|
8&Under 25 Butterfly |
|
|
92 |
|
95 |
38.00 |
43.70 |
9-10 50 Butterfly |
38.60 |
43.90 |
94 |
|
97 |
39.00 |
44.90 |
8&Under 50 Backstroke |
38.80 |
44.80 |
96 |
|
99 |
1:26.60 |
1:39.20 |
9-10 100 Backstroke |
1:27.00 |
1:39.60 |
98 |
|
101 |
33.00 |
37.20 |
8&Under 50 Freestyle |
33.00 |
37.10 |
100 |
|
103 |
1:14.60 |
1:24.20 |
9-10 100 Freestyle |
1:14.00 |
1:23.60 |
102 |
|
105 |
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|
8&Under 25 Breaststroke |
|
|
104 |
|
107 |
43.40 |
50.70 |
9-10 50 Breaststroke |
43.40 |
50.50 |
106 |