Open to all Potomac Valley Swimming registered athletes and invited USA Swimming Teams.
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.
Swimmers must have equaled or bettered the applicable Qualifying Time listed.
Swimmers shall compete at the age attained on the first day of the meet.
Event Rules
A swimmer may compete in a maximum of seven (7) individual events and no more than three (3) individual events per day including Time Trials.
A club may enter up to three (3) relay teams per relay event, but only two (2) relay teams per club per event may score.
An athlete may not swim in the same event in the LC Open Championship and the 13 & Over Championships.
All individual events are prelims and finals, except the 800m and 1500m Freestyle which are timed finals.
Swimmers in the 800m and 1500m Freestyle are responsible for providing their own timer, except for those swimming in the Final session on Thursday and Sunday. Swimmers in the 800m and1500m Freestyle are responsible for providing their own counter (if desired).
All relay events are timed finals.
The 200 M Freestyle Relays and 200 M Medley Relays will not be scored.
Entry times achieved prior to July 5, 2021, will not be permitted. Qualifying times must have been achieved in USA Swimming sanctioned, observed or approved meets.
Bonus Rules
Athletes who qualify for one (1) individual event may enter three (3) bonus events. Athletes who qualify for two (2) individual events may enter two (2) bonus events. Athletes who qualify for three (3) individual events may enter one (1) bonus event. Athletes who qualify for four (4) or more individual events may not enter any bonus events. There are no qualifying times for bonus events.
Athletes entering a bonus event may compete in no more than the maximum number of events per day or meet.
Athletes must qualify for the 800 m Freestyle in order to enter the 1500 m Freestyle as a bonus event. Athletes must qualify for the 1500 m Freestyle in order to enter the 800 m Freestyle as a bonus event.