PVS Searchable Databases

There are two ways to search for times of PVS swimmers:

USA Swimming Database

Try this one first. It is the most up-to-date and accurate.

PVS Searchable Database

This one includes 25Y events.

To find out the differences between these two databases read the Primer on Databases.

Some instructions on using the USA Swimming database are written in the Webmaster's blog.

Some instructions for using the PVS database and Frequently Asked Questions are given below.

The database has all meet results for the last four years.
Comments and questions are welcome to TMonline@pvswim.org . As questions come in, a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section will be added to this page.
The intro page of the database has the date of the last upload. It is my intention to upload to the database once a week during the short course and long course seasons. This will generally occur about mid-week after all the meets from the previous weekend have been processed. Corrections will get automatically uploaded with the next update.
Times entered in the database are from PV sanctioned meets, and USA Swimming sanctioned meets occuring in other LSCs attended by PVS teams. For meet results to be included in the database, the results need to be provided in the proper electronic format. All PVS meets are already in this format.
If a meet is not in the database and was swam in another LSC, have your coach forward the electronic meet results file to the PVS webmaster, or provide a link to the host team's or host LSC's web site.
The database works with all modern web browsers, however it works best in Internet Explorer. Some features (e.g. graphing) will not work with non-IE browsers such as Netscape, Mozilla and Firefox.

The database includes an on-line help function. Just click the Help button on any of the screens.
To get a list of all the meets represented in the database, click the Meet Results button. To view the results of only that meet, click on Result next to the meet name.
To find a particular swimmer's times:

Click on the Athletes button on the main menu bar.
A list of swimmers will be displayed in alphabetical order. You can filter that list by Gender or Team. You can find a particular swimmer in one of three ways:
- Click the Next button to show the next 20 swimmers. Continue until you find your particular swimmer.
- Click on the letter on the top of the list of swimmers corresponding to the first letter of the last name of the swimmer desired. Continue as above until you find your particular swimmer.
- Enter part or all of a swimmer's last name in the Find Athlete box and click on the Go button and you will see a list of swimmers matching that name. This is the recommended method.
Clicking on Times next to the swimmer's last name will show all the swimmer's best times. You can filter these meet results for one particular meet, a specific course, stroke, and distance. And you may choose the Fastest 1, 2, 3, 4,5, or All times that you want to see.
You can print the displayed list of times using the Print button.
You can show the splits for the swim (if they were available from the original electronic meet results) by clicking on Splits in the first column of the table.
You can graph the results (Internet Explorer only) for a particular event (course, stroke, and distance). See the online help for how to use this feature.

Click on the Teams button on the main menu bar.
Notice that the Season Best Only: 09/01/04 box is checked. This means that the default for the top times functions are for the current season only. To get top times results from the entire database, uncheck the box.
To get a top times list for one team, click on Times next to the team name. To get a top times list for all of PVS, click on Times for all Potomac Valley Swimming at the top of the screen.
You will see a top times list for the 100 free. You can filter this screen by Gender or Course. You can choose fastest 1 or how many you would like to see for each swimmer. Filter ages using the Low and or High Age selections and choose what stroke and distance you would like to see.
You can see the splits for a particular swim using the procedure described above.

If your question isn't answered here, please submit it to the Database Administrator.

Some basic instructions are given above. The database also has an on-line help feature. Click on the Help button on any screen.

It is usually updated once a week and results of a particular meet are usually in the database within one week of the completion of the meet. The date of the last time the database was updates is always shown on the database intro page

Although the database keeps track of which team you represent for each swim, there is no way for it to know which one is your current team. You can report your current team affiliation to the Database Administrator and it will be corrected.

If the error is in name, age or team affiliation, contact the Database Administrator and we will research the problem. If you believe a time is incorrect, contact your coach. The results are loaded electronically from the meet results and any errors have to be corrected first in the original meet results.

The age shown in the "Athletes" list is as of the date the database was last updated (shown on the entry screen to the database)

You can only constrain the top times lists to one of two time periods: (1) current season beginning September 1st, or (2) the entire database since October 2003.

The database is a commercial product what we cannot modify. But, you can send feature requests to the developer.

Our team swam a meet in another LSC. Why aren't the results in the database?

If the meet was not swum in Potomac Valley, someone needs to let us know about it. We can then try to obtain the electronic meet results and load them into the database. All sanctioned swims by Potomac Valley swimmers can be put in the database.

None of the buttons on the interface (e.g. Next or Refresh) appear to work. What could be the problem.

The most common cause of this type of problem is that JavaScript is turned off on your web browser. This database requires JavaScript to work correctly.

The graphing feature only works with Internet Explorer. If you are using a different web browser, like Mozilla or Netscape, this feature will not work.

Why do my times from the Zone meets not show up on a top times query for my team?

The top times queries for a team only show swims for that team. Swims at Zones are made for team Potomac Valley. If you view times for a particular swimmer, all times for that swimmer, regardless of team affiliation will be displayed.

Why aren't observed times from the High School championship meets in the database?

Only swims from USA Swimming sanctioned meets by Potomac Valley swimmers are in this database. The USA Swimming database includes all sanctioned and observed swims.