Location: PAGE 77-78 APPENDIX 2-A USS Official Verification Card (OVC) System
Relays (paragraph 5, page 77)
Relay entry times can be proved two ways, i.e. with a "team" relay time or an "aggregate" relay time.
A team relay time (add underline) is one which is achieved by four swimmers who swim a qualifying time in a relay event. The four swimmers ……… regardless of which four attached swimmers from the club actually compete. A team relay time which equals or betters a National qualifying time may be used to enter a relay at Juniors if, on the date of the swim, (1) each of the four swimmers met the Junior class eligibility requirements (206.3), and (2) each of the swimmers who achieved the time did not have a current National qualifying time in the individual event corresponding to their leg of the relay.
Paragraph 1, page 78:
An aggregate relay time (add underline) consists of times from four separate individual event swims which are added up to equal a qualifying time. All four swimmers must be attached to the same club when the election is made to use this time to qualify a relay. The four swimmers whose individual entry times are used to qualify an aggregate relay, shall be attached to the same club at the time the official championship meet relay entry form is submitted. If a Junior Championship ……… Also, for "aggregate" relays at Junior championships, it is possible for the total time to add up to a Nationals (delete "s") …. [no change in balance of section]