AMENDED FEBRUARY 20, 2000 TO REVISE NFT RELAY QT's in Yards
AMENDED FEBRUARY 2, 2000 TO CLARIFY
INDIVIDUAL AND RELAY and ENTERING SENIOR ENTRY RULES

AMENDED DECEMBER 14, 1999 TO CORRECT MEET ENTRY FEES

PVS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 2-5, 2000

Sanctioned by USA Swimming
Through Potomac Valley Swimming

Sanction #PVS-00-0302-23

Hosted for Potomac Valley Swimming By:

Rockville Montgomery Swim Club

Meet Director: Mark Eldridge
301 309-3041
Meet Location: Martin L. King, Jr. Swim Center
1201 Jackson Road
Silver Spring, MD
(301) 989-1206
Schedule: Session                             Warm-up                   Events
Thursday Night               4:20 - 5:20 pm           5:30 pm
Preliminary Sessions      6:30 - 7:50 am           8:00 am
Finals Sessions                 4:30 - 5:50 pm           6:00 pm
Eligibility: Open to Potomac Valley Swimming registered athletes. Contestants must have equaled or bettered the applicable no slower than (NST) qualifying times listed, and cannot have bettered the no faster than (NFT) times listed.
Rules: Current USA Swimming rules shall govern the meet. All events are trials and finals, except for relays and the 1000 and 1650 freestyle, which will be timed finals. Evening event's heats will be swum in the following order: "A", "B", and "C" (previously referred to as finals, consolation and bonus). Positive check-in is required for all individual events 400 yards and longer, and all Relays. These events will be seeded on the deck. Swimmers not checked-in will be scratched from that event. Athletes who have checked in, been seeded, and fail to swim the event will be barred from their next scheduled individual event.
The "Whistle Starting Protocol" and the "No Recall" procedures will be used at this meet.
1000 & 1650 Timed Finals: Swum fastest to slowest, alternating women and men. The fastest heat of the Women's 1000 and Men's 1650 will be swum as the first event of the evening program on Sunday. Positive check-in is required. Verification of time must be submitted with entry.
Relays: There is a limit of three entries per club for each relay; however, only two teams may score. Relays will be swum slowest to fastest. Any swimmer already qualified for an individual event for SR Championships or has entered that event as a bonus event may not swim that same stroke and distance on a relay. For the 200 Medley Relay, the applicable stroke and distance is 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, and 50 Free.
Individual Events A contestant may compete in a maximum of six (6) individual events, and compete in no more than three (3) individual events per day. Any athlete who achieves a PVS Senior Champ QT for an event after Feb. 22, 2000 is precluded from competing in that event or that leg or a relay at this meet.
Withdrawing from Finals PVS scratch rules apply for swimmers scratching finals. If a swimmer fails to properly scratch from a final event and does not appear for the final, he/she "will be barred from further competition for the remainder of the meet".
Late Entries Time Trials No late (deck) entries will be accepted. Time trials will not be conducted at this meet.
Entering SR Championship From this MeetAthletes who achieve NEW Senior Championship qualifying times in this meet may enter the PVS Senior Championships through the meet director during this meet. Athletes who achieve new Senior Championship qualifying times in any sanctioned meet, approved meet or observed swim subsequent to February 22, 2000, but prior to March 2, 2000, may also enter the PVS Senior Championships through the meet director during this meet, and cannot swim that event or that leg of a relay in this meet. NO bonus events may be entered this way.
Supervision: Coaches are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers and families and for cleaning up their team areas.
Scoring: Events: 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Relays: 40, 34, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
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.
Officials: Officials assigned to this meet sign in at the recording table at the start of the warm-up. Certified officials, who have not been contacted, should volunteer their services to the referee.
Timers: Participating clubs are required to provide timers in proportion to their entries. The meet director will determine the number of timers per club and lane assignments. The host club(s) are required to provide one timer per lane.
Admission: There is no admission charge. Program for all sessions will be available for $7.00, and will include a finals program for each evening session at no additional charge
Fees: Fees for individual events are $3.75; relay events are $7.25. Each club is requested to remit one check to cover the entry fees for the entire team. Please do not send cash. Meet directors have been instructed not to accept telephone entries. Any team that enters more than 10 swimmers and does not use Hy-Tek, will incur a surcharge of $1.00 per swimmer
Entries: Computer disk entries (Hy-Tek) require a meet entry report by swimmer and a meet entry report by event from team manager. Entries may also be submitted on the PVS master entry sheet. Also submit a completed "entry cover sheet". Signature and phone number of a club official must be included with entry for validation of entries.
No late entries are permitted for this meet. All relays must be submitted on PVS master entry sheet.
All 1000 and 1650 entries must include verification (date & meet) of time. Distance entries without verification will not be accepted.
Entry times: Long course entry times must be designated with a capital letter "L". These non-conforming times will be seeded after short course entry times. Entries not submitted on the required forms, are not complete or are not legible, will not be accepted and will be returned.
Deadline: The meet director must receive all entries for this meet no later than
5:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 22, 2000.
Checks: Make checks payable to:
Potomac Valley Swimming
Send entries to: Mark Eldridge
355 Martins Lane
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 309-3041



Check-In Deadlines
Event # Event Deadline
1 Women 1650 Freestyle Thurs 5:00 pm
2 Men 1000 Freestyle Thurs 5:30 pm
9, 10 400 Individual Medley Fri 9:00 am
11, 12 800 Free Relay Fri 9:00 am
19, 20 500 Freestyle Sat 9:00 am
21, 22 200 Free Relay Sat 9:00 am
23, 24 400 Medley Relay Sat 6:00 pm
35 Women 1000 Freestyle Sat 6:00 pm
36 Men 1650 Freestyle Sat 6:00 pm
33, 34 200 Medley Relay Sun 9:00 am
37, 38 400 Free Relay Sun 6:00 pm



Thursday Evening Program - March 2, 2000
Timed Finals
Warm-up: 4:20 - 5:20 pm Events: 5:30 pm
Women
Event #
NST Qt NFT Qt Event NST Qt NFT Qt Men
Event #
1 $ 19:58.29Y 19:06.00Y 1650 YD Freestyle
1 $ 20:30.09L 20:00.00L
1000 YD Freestyle 11:20.99Y 10:23.00Y 2 $
9:39.19L 9:30.00L 2 $
Y = short course yards L = long course meters

Positive check-in required for all individual events 400 yards and over, and all Relays.

$ Timed Finals. Heats swum fastest to slowest. Verification of time required.



Preliminary Sessions
Warm-up: 6:30 - 7:50 am
Events: 8:00 am
Finals Sessions
Warm-up: 4:30 - 5:50 pm
Events: 6:00 pm
Friday Program - March 3, 2000
Women
Event #
NST Qt NFT Qt Event NST Qt NFT Qt Men
Event #
3 2:07.99Y 2:01.00Y 200 Yd Freestyle 2:00.09Y 1:50.00Y 4
3 2:23.19L 2:17.00L 2:16.39L 2:06.00L 4
 
5 1:17.59Y 1:12.60Y 100 Yd Breaststroke 1:10.99Y 1:04.80Y 6
5 1:28.99L 1:24.20L 1:17.09L 1:15.60L 6
 
7 1:09.29Y 1:02.80Y 100 Yd Butterfly 1:03.59Y 57.00Y 8
7 1:18.99L 1:12.60L 1:12.59L 1:06.10L 8
 
9 5:09.99Y 4:50.00Y 400 Yd Individual Medley 4:58.99Y 4:26.10Y 10
9 5:51.99L 5:32.10L 5:36.09L 5:04.10L 10
10 Minute Break
11 & 8:57.59Y 8:03.96Y 800 Yd Freestyle Relay 8:24.39Y 7:19.96Y 12 &
11 & 10:01.39L 9:39.90L 9:32.89L 8:49.19L 12 &
Y = short course yards L = long course meters

Positive check-in required for all individual events 400 yards and over, and all Relays.

Break will be 10 minutes and the competition pool will not be open for Warm-ups

& Timed Finals. Heats swum fastest to slowest in the preliminary session. Fastest heat will be swum as the last event in the finals session. Times subject to verification,



Preliminary Sessions
Warm-up: 6:30 - 7:50 am
Events: 8:00 am
Finals Sessions
Warm-up: 4:30 - 5:50 pm
Events: 6:00 pm
Saturday Program - March 4, 2000
Women
Event #
NST Qt NFT Qt Event NST Qt NFT Qt Men
Event #
132:47.99Y 2:37.00Y 200 Yd Breaststroke 2:35.99Y 2:22.80Y 14
13 3:11.99L 3:01.00L 2:58.99L 2:46.00L 14
 
15 27.19Y 25.70Y 50 Yd Freestyle 24.79Y 23.30Y 16
15 30.99L 29.70L 28.09L 27.00L 16
 
17 1:07.99Y 1:04.00Y 100 Yd Backstroke 1:03.59Y 58.60Y 18
17 1:15.39L 1:13.80L 1:12.09L 1:07.30L 18
 
19 5:38.79Y 5:24.00Y 500 Yd Freestyle 5:22.99Y 4:59.00Y 20
19 5:05.79L 4:51.00L 4:54.99L 4:31.00L 20
10 Minute Break
21 @ 1:54.19Y 1:42.76Y 200 Yd Freestyle Relay 1:44.19Y 1:33.16Y 22 @
21 @ 2:10.19L 2:04.90L 1:57.99L 1:53.19L 22 @
 
23% 4:47.59Y 4:15.36Y 400 Yd Medley Relay 4:23.79Y 3:50.56Y 24 %
23 % 5:22.89L 5:09.90L 4:57.39L 4:26.90L 24 %
Break will be 10 minutes and the competition pool will not be open for Warm-ups

@ Timed finals and will be swum slowest to fastest in the preliminary session only.

% Timed finals and will be swum slowest to fastest in the finals session.



Preliminary Sessions
Warm-up: 6:30 - 7:50 am
Events: 8:00 am
Finals Sessions
Warm-up: 4:30 - 5:50 pm
Events: 6:00 pm
Sunday Program - March 5, 2000
Women
Event #
NST Qt NFT Qt Event NST Qt NFT Qt Men
Event #
25 2:25.99Y 2:17.00Y 200 Yd Backstroke 2:18.99Y 2:06.80Y 26
25 2:44.99L 2:36.00L 2:36.99L 2:25.50L 26
 
27 58.49Y 56.00Y 100 Yd Freestyle 52.99Y 50.20Y 28
27 1:07.39L 1:04.00L 1:01.39L 58.00L 28
 
29 2:39.99Y 2:21.00Y 200 Yd Butterfly 2:34.59Y 2:09.80Y 30
29 2:57.99L 2:39.10L 2:50.59L 2:26.30L 30
 
31 2:23.99Y 2:16.30Y 200 Yd Individual Medley 2:14.99Y 2:04.50Y 32
31 2:45.99L 2:36.60L 2:34.99L 2:23.50L 32
 
33 @ 2:23.79Y 200 Yd Medley Relay 2:11.89Y 34 @
33 @ 2:41.49L 2:28.69L 34 @
 
35 $ 11:40.89Y 10:55.00Y 1000 Yd Freestyle
35 $ 10:42.89L 9:57.60L
 
1650 Yd Freestyle 19:00.49Y 17:56.00Y 36 $
19:38.79L 18:34.30L 36 $
10 Minute Break
37 % 4:07.79Y 3:43.96Y 400 Yd Freestyle Relay 3:42.59Y 3:20.76Y 38 %
37 % 4:43.09L 4:16.00L 4:17.89L 4:03.90L 38 %
Break will be 10 minutes and the competition pool will not be open for Warm-ups
@ Timed finals and will be swum slowest to fastest in the preliminary session only.
% Timed finals and will be swum slowest to fastest in the finals session.
$ Timed finals. Heats swum fastest to slowest. Fastest heat will be swum as the first event in the finals session. Verification of time required.