The Rockville-Montgomery Swim Club, in cooperation with

the Montgomery County Recreation Department, presents the

 National Age Group Team Challenge

November 1-2, 2008

 

Sanctioned by USA Swimming

through Potomac Valley Swimming

Sanction #PVI-09-12

 

Meet Directors

Dave Kraft  dmkraft77@aol.com

Christa Krukiel Christa.Krukiel@montgomerycountymd.gov 

Location

Saturday& Sunday, November 1-2 

Germantown Indoor Swim Center

South Germantown Recreational Park

18000 Central Park Circle

Boyds, MD  20841                         

 

Meet Hotels

Fairfield Inn and Suites Germantown
20025 Century Blvd.
Germantown, MD 20874
301-916-0750
 
Best Western
1251 W Montgomery Ave.
Rockville, MD 20850  
301-424-4940
 
Blocks of rooms under "National Age Group" Swim Meet
Limited number of rooms available; must reserve by 10/10

Dates and Times

Saturday, Nov. 3

13 and 14 year-olds: Warm-ups 7:00 AM, Meet Starts 8:00 AM

9,10,11,and 12 year-olds: Warm-ups 11:00 AM, Meet Starts 12:00 PM

All-Ages “Relay Finals”: Warm-ups 5:00 PM, Meet Starts 6:00 PM

 

Sunday, Nov. 4

13 and 14 year-olds: Warm-ups 7:00 AM, Meet Starts 8:00 AM

9,10,11,and 12 year-olds: Warm-ups immediately following the 13-14 distance events, no earlier than 12:00 PM, Meet Starts one hour after warm-ups begin, no earlier than 1:00 PM

 

Meet Purpose

To allow the top Age Group programs in the United States to compete in an actual Age Group Championship meet, in addition to the Virtual Club Championship.

Eligibility

Open to athletes from invited teams: BSC, CUBU, MACH, NOVA, RMSC 

Swimmers will compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet. 

Rules

Current United States Swimming rules will govern this meet. 

 

Swimmers may compete in up to 4 individual events, and as many relays as are offered in their age group. 

 

Up to 4 swimmers per club per individual event (except 11&12yo 500 free, and 13&14 1000/1650 free – only 2 swimmers per club per event).

 

A 10-lane course will be used, allowing for two heats per individual event (one heat for the above distance events).  Coaches and athletes are asked to consider this when selecting events, as no breaks will be taken other than those already mentioned in the event schedule below.

 

2 relay teams per club per event allowed for relay events 65-76.  One relay per club per event for the Crescendo relays (events 77-78)

 

All events are timed finals, and will be swum slowest to fastest.

Scratches

If a swimmer is entered in the meet and is unable to swim, the club may scratch that swimmer from the day’s events, and substitute other eligible swimmers, provided those swimmers do not exceed the maximum events rule.  Clubs are requested to please see a meet director upon arrival at the session should this need arise.

Seeding

All entries should be in short course yards (SCY) format.  Converted times are acceptable.

Scoring

Individual event scoring will be calculated by Power Points (the same values as those used in the Virtual Club Championships), not by place.  A maximum of two swimmers per club per event will be scored.

 

Relays (two per club) will be scored as follows:

1st – 1600 points, 2nd – 1300 points, 3rd - 1200 points, 4th – 1100 points, 5th –1000 points,

6th - 800 points, 7th – 700 points, 8th – 600 points, 9th – 500 points, 10th –  400 points

All relays that swim are eligible to score.

Special Awards

Awards will be presented immediately following Session 5. 

A banner will be presented to the 1st place team. 

Plaques will be presented to the individual male and female with the outstanding performance of the meet (based on Power Points). 

Warm-up

The prescribed Potomac Valley warm-up procedures and safety policies will be followed.  It may be necessary to assign lanes for warm-up.  Information regarding assigned warm-ups will be available the week prior to the meet in the form of an e-mail to each participating club.

Timers

Clubs will be responsible for providing their fair share of timers, and will be assigned lanes by the meet manager.

Officials

Certified officials who wish to work at this meet should contact Bill Maneely, at swim323@lycos.com.

Supervision

Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers, both at the meet and in the warm-up/warm-down area.  Inappropriate behavior will result in suspension from the meet and from the Germantown Indoor Swim Center.

Admission

There will be no admission charge. 

An all-session program will be available for $5.00

Fees

Fees are $5.00 per individual event, and $10.00 per relay event

Warning

Any club that enters an unregistered athlete, falsifies an entry in any way, or permits an unregistered coach to represent them, will be fined the sum of $100.00, and no further entries will be accepted from the club until that fine is paid.

Entry Procedures

Computer disk entries require a meet entry report by SWIMMER and a report by EVENT from Team Manager.  Also submit a completed “Entry Cover Sheet.”  Send completed entries, including the name and phone number of a club representative to:

Christa Krukiel

Montgomery Aquatic Center
5900 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852-2756
301-468-4276

 

E-mail entries preferred.  E-mail procedures:

In the subject heading, write “NAG Team Challenge - ****” (with club initials in place of ****).

Include the entry file from Team Manager, as well as reports by SWIMMER and by EVENT (preferably as a Word for Windows document).

Include total number of swimmers and total number of events, along with contact information (name, phone number, e-mail) of a club representative in the body of the e-mail.

E-mail the entry to Christa.Krukiel@montgomerycountymd.gov 

 

Send check, including “Entry Cover Sheet” to Christa Krukiel at the address below.

Make checks payable to MCRD (Montgomery County Recreation Dept.).

Each club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fees of the entire team.  Please do not send cash.  Entry fees are due with entries.

 

Meet Directors are requested to acknowledge receipt by return e-mail within 24 hours.  Clubs submitting entries that do NOT receive an acknowledgement should contact the Meet Director by other than e-mail to confirm receipt.

 

Send check for meet entry fee to:

Christa Krukiel

Montgomery Aquatic Center
5900 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852-2756

Entry Deadline

Entries are due by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. 

 

NOTE: 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.

 

Session 1

Saturday Program – November 1, 2008

Warm-up: 7:00 - 7:50 AM; Events: 8:00 AM

 

Girls Event

Event Description

Boys Event

1

13-14 200 free relay

2

3

13 year-old 200 IM

4

5

14 year-old 200 IM

6

7

13 year-old 100 back

8

9

14 year-old 100 back

10

11

13 year-old 200 breast

12

13

14 year-old 200 breast

14

15

13 year-old 50 free

16

17

14 year-old 50 free

18

19

13 year-old 200 fly

20

21

14 year-old 200 fly

22

23

13 year-old 500 free

24

25

14 year-old 500 free

26

 

 

 

 

Session 2

Saturday Program – November 1, 2008

Warm-up: 11:00-11:50 AM; Events: 12:00 PM

 

Girls Event

Event Description

Boys Event

27

11-12 200 medley relay

28

29

9 year-old 200 free

30

31

10 year-old 200 free

32

33

11 year-old 200 free

34

35

12 year-old 200 free

36

37

9 year-old 100 back

38

39

10 year-old 100 back

40

41

11 year-old 100 back

42

43

12 year-old 100 back

44

45

9 year-old 100 breast

46

47

10 year-old 100 breast

48

49

11 year-old 100 breast

50

51

12 year-old 100 breast

52

53

9 year-old 50 free

54

55

10 year-old 50 free

56

57

11 year-old 50 free

58

59

12 year-old 50 free

60

61

11 year-old 500 free*

62

63

12 year-old 500 free*

64

* A short break may be taken before Event 61.  Two swimmers per club may compete in events 61-64.  There will be one heat of each event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 3

Saturday Program – November 1, 2008

Warm-up: 5:00-5:50 PM; Events: 6:00 PM

 

Girls Event

Event Description

Boys Event

65

9-10 200 medley relay

66

67

11-12 400 medley relay

68

69

13-14 400 medley relay

70

71

9-10 200 free relay

72

73

11-12 400 free relay

74

75

13-14 400 free relay

76

A short break will be taken after event 76.

77

700 yard Crescendo free relay#

78

# One relay per club may enter.  The relay will be swum in the following order (one from each age group): 9 year-old 50 free, 11 year-old 100 free, 13 year-old 200 free, 14 year-old 200 free, 12 year-old 100 free, 10 year-old 50 free.  Please create an aggregate time for seeding purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

Session 4

Sunday Program – November 2, 2008

Warm-up: 7:00 - 7:50 AM; Events: 8:00 AM

 

Girls Event

Event Description

Boys Event

79

13-14 200 medley relay

80

81

13 year-old 200 free

82

83

14 year-old 200 free

84

85

13 year-old 100 fly

86

87

14 year-old 100 fly

88

89

13 year-old 200 back

90

91

14 year-old 200 back

92

93

13 year-old 100 breast

94

95

14 year-old 100 breast

96

97

13 year-old 100 free

98

99

14 year-old 100 free

100

101

13 year-old 400 IM

102

103

14 year-old 400 IM

104

105

13 year-old 1000 free*

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13 year-old 1650 free*

106

107

14 year-old 1000 free*

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14 year-old 1650 free*

108

 

* Two swimmers per club may compete in events 105-108.  There will be one heat of each event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 5

Sunday Program – November 2, 2008

Warm-up: 12:00-12:50 PM*; Events: 1:00 PM*

*(Warm-ups may begin later due to 13-14 distance events.  If the previous session runs over, a 50-minute warm-up will take place immediately following the 1650 free)

 

Girls Event

Event Description

Boys Event

109

11-12 200 free relay

110

111

9 year-old 200 IM

112

113

10 year-old 200 IM

114

115

11 year-old 200 IM

116

117

12 year-old 200 IM

118

119

9 year-old 100 free

120

121

10 year-old 100 free

122

123

11 year-old 100 free

124

125

12 year-old 100 free

126

127

9 year-old 100 fly

128

129

10 year-old 100 fly

130

131

11 year-old 100 fly

132

133

12 year-old 100 fly

134

 

 

An awards ceremony will take place after the conclusion of event 134.

The Female and Male Outstanding Performances will be honored,

as well as the Team Champion