Open to all Potomac Valley Swimming registered athletes age 13 & Over as of the first day of the meet.
No swimmer will be permitted to compete in the meet unless the swimmer is registered as an athlete member of USA Swimming as provided in USA Swimming Rules and Regulations Article 302.
A swimmer may not enter an event they are participating in at the PVS 2022 14 & Under Junior Olympic Championships.
Swimmers must have equaled or bettered the applicable Qualifying Times listed and have not achieved a faster time than the 2022 SC Senior Champ QT or the 2022 PVS JO 13-14 Qualifying Time. Qualifying times must have been achieved on or after February 17, 2020. All qualifying times must have been achieved in a USA Swimming sanctioned, observed or approved meet.
Event Rules
All individual events are prelims/finals, except for the 1000yd and 1650yd Freestyle events which are timed finals.
Top sixteen (16) qualifiers from prelims advance to Finals.
A swimmer may enter and compete in a maximum of 7 individual events and no more than 3 individual events per day.
Entry times will be verified through SWIMS. Coaches will be asked to provide proof of times when asked by the Meet Entry Chair for any time not found in SWIMS. Failure to prove such a time before the event will result in the swimmer being scratched from that event.
Distance Entries: Any swimmer who qualifies for the 1000 yd and/or 1650 yd freestyle events may enter at their fastest time or at the Time Standard, if entered in two or more events on the day of the distance freestyle.
Swimmers must provide their own counters (if desired) for the 500, 1000, and 1650 freestyle events.
SCY entry times will be used for this meet. No LCM times will be accepted. NT entries will not be accepted.