2007 SPRING BLAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

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. 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 athletes from invited teams. Teams desiring invitations should contact the Meet Director at nielsmoore@yahoo.com. However, please note that while we want as many PVS teams 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 Saturday, March 24, 2007.

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.

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 PVS Junior Olympic Championships (March 1-4, 2007), and the PVS Senior Championships (March 8-11, 2007). A swimmer can only enter individual events in which his/her official USA Swimming time is not faster than the posted NFT time standard. No time standards apply to 8&under swimmers, and they may enter any 8&under event.

A swimmer may not enter an event that they have entered at the PVS Senior Championships. A swimmer who has aged up since March 1, 2007 may not enter an event they were eligible to enter at PVS Junior Olympic Championships. A swimmer may also not enter an event if they were eligible to swim that event using a non-conforming (LCM) time at either the PVS Junior Olympic Championships or the PVS Senior Short Course / Long Course Championships.

Swimmers may enter a maximum of 6 individual events during the entire meet and no more than 3 individual events per day.

Entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning Monday, March 12, 2007. Once each session’s intended duration is met, entries will no longer be accepted.

All 10 & Under events are timed finals.
All 11 & Over events are trials and finals.

All 11 & Over finals will include a "Consolation" final heat and a "Championship" final heat. The "Championship" final heat swims first.

Awards: Medals will be awarded for 1^st through 8^th place for individual events. Individual high point awards will be presented to the first place boy and girl in each age group.

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 16^th 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: NO FOOD OF ANY KIND IS ALLOWED ON THE POOL DECK.

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 2007 USA Swimming credentials. Parents not working the meet as a deck official, timer, or other meet position are not permitted on deck.

Coaches are responsible for ensuring that their team areas are clean of any debris at the conclusion of each meet session. Failure to do so may result in prohibition of a coach’s team from future GMU Aquatics & Fitness Center events.

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 Monday, March 19. Please include your club affiliation, certifications held, and sessions you wish to work.

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. No chairs are allowed on deck.

Parking: Parking Lot “C” is the designated lot for all swim teams. GMU parking services will ticket all vehicles parked in other non-designated lots.

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.

· 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.

· Events and time standards (.hyy files) for use in Team Manager are available online.

Important: Meet Directors are requested to acknowledge receipt by return email within 24 hours.

Teams submitting entries that do NOT receive an acknowledgement should contact the

Meet Director by other means to confirm receipt.

The above date is the deadline for teams to submit their entries to the Meet Director. Therefore, teams usually set an earlier deadline to receive entries from their swimmers.

Check with your team for this information.

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.

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.

Saturday, March 24, 2007 11 & Over Preliminaries Warm-up 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM / Events 8:30 AM
Girls Event #	No faster than SCY		No faster than SCY	Boys Event #
1	1:13.00	11-12 100 Backstroke	1:13.70	2
3	1:06.80	13-14 100 Backstroke	1:05.80	4
5	1:08.00	15&Over 100 Backstroke	1:02.90	6
7	2:18.00	11-12 200 Freestyle	2:20.90	8
9	2:06.90	13-14 200 Freestyle	2:03.90	10
11	2:08.00	15&Over 200 Freestyle	1:58.00	12
13	2:38.90	11-12 200 IM	2:41.50	14
15	5:09.40	13-14 400 IM	5:08.00	16
17	5:10.00	15&Over 400 IM	4:59.00	18
19	38.10	11-12 50 Breaststroke	39.00	20
21	2:46.50	13-14 200 Breaststroke	2:40.20	22
23	2:48.00	15&Over 200 Breaststroke	2:36.00	24
25	29.00	11-12 50 Freestyle	28.80	26
27	27.10	13-14 50 Freestyle	26.20	28
29	27.10	15&Over 50 Freestyle	24.20	30
31	33.00	11-12 50 Butterfly	33.30	32
33	2:37.10	13-14 200 Butterfly	2:32.60	34
35	2:40.00	15&Over 200 Butterfly	2:34.60	36

Saturday, March 24, 2007 10& Under Timed Finals Warm-up 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM / Events 1:15 PM
Girls Event #	No faster than SCY		No faster than SCY	Boys Event #
37		8&Under 100 Freestyle		38
39	2:45.60	9-10 200 Freestyle	2:44.00	40
41		8&Under 25 Backstroke		42
43	38.90	9-10 50 Backstroke	39.20	44
45		8&Under 50 Breaststroke		46
47	1:36.00	9-10 100 Breaststroke	1:37.40	48
49		8&Under 25 Freestyle		50
51	33:00	9-10 50 Freestyle	32.90	52
53		8&Under 50 Butterfly		54
55	1:32.20	9-10 100 Butterfly	1:35.20	56

Sunday, March 25, 2007 11 & Over Preliminaries Warm-up 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM / Events 8:30 AM
Girls Event #	No faster than SCY		No faster than SCY	Boys Event #
57	1:14.30	11-12 100 Butterfly	1:16.00	58
59	1:08.00	13-14 100 Butterfly	1:05.70	60
61	1:09.30	15&Over 100 Butterfly	1:02.40	62
63	1:13.30	11-12 100 Individual Medley	1:14.10	64
65	2:26.00	13-14 200 Individual Medley	2:22.30	66
67	2:24.00	15&Over 200 Individual Medley	2:14.20	68
69	34.30	11-12 50 Backstroke	34.70	70
71	2:24.50	13-14 200 Backstroke	2:23.50	72
73	2:26.00	15&Over 200 Backstroke	2:19.00	74
75	1:02.90	11-12 100 Freestyle	1:03.40	76
77	58.30	13-14 100 Freestyle	56.40	78
79	58.40	15&Over 100 Freestyle	52.90	80
81	1:21.80	11-12 100 Breaststroke	1:25.20	82
83	1:16.60	13-14 100 Breaststroke	1:13.90	84
85	1:17.60	15&Over 100 Breaststroke	1:11.00	86
87	6:08.00	11-12 500 Freestyle	6:08.30	88
89	5:38.00	13-14 500 Freestyle	5:33.20	90
91	5:38.80	15&Over 500 Freestyle	5:23.00	92

Sunday, March 25, 2007 10& Under Timed Finals Warm-up 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM / Events 1:15 PM
Girls Event #	No faster than SCY		No faster than SCY	Boys Event #
93		8&Under 100 Individual Medley		94
95	1:25.20	9-10 100 Individual Medley	1:25.00	96
97		8&Under 25 Butterfly		98
99	37.80	9-10 50 Butterfly	38.90	100
101		8&Under 50 Backstroke		102
103	1:25.20	9-10 100 Backstroke	1:26.40	104
105		8&Under 50 Freestyle		106
107	1:14.40	9-10 100 Freestyle	1:13.20	108
109		8&Under 25 Breaststroke		110
111	43.90	9-10 50 Breaststroke	44.60	112

Important: Meet Directors are requested to acknowledge receipt by return email within 24 hours.

Teams submitting entries that do NOT receive an acknowledgement should contact the

Meet Director by other means to confirm receipt. The above date is the deadline for teams to submit their entries to the Meet Director. Therefore, teams usually set an earlier deadline to receive entries from their swimmers.

Check with your team for this information.

Meet Director by other means to confirm receipt.

The above date is the deadline for teams to submit their entries to the Meet Director. Therefore, teams usually set an earlier deadline to receive entries from their swimmers.