2024 PVS SC 14 & Under Championships (aka PVS JO) open to all Potomac Valley Swimming registered athletes.
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 may only participate in his or her own age group, based upon their age on the first day of the meet.
Swimmers must have equaled or bettered the applicable SCY or LCM qualifying times listed.
Times achieved prior to February 28, 2022 will not be permitted.
Qualifying times must have been achieved in USA Swimming sanctioned, observed or approved meets.
All individual events are prelims and finals except the 11-12 and 10 & Under 500 yd
Freestyle and the 14 & Under 1000 yd & 1650 yd Freestyle, which are timed finals.
A swimmer may enter and compete in a maximum of six (6) individual events and no more
than three (3) individual events per day.
Except where otherwise noted the 10 & Under events will have 1 heat at Finals, the 11-12,
12 & Under, 13-14 and 14 & Under events will have 2 heats at Finals, swum in the order of
“B”, “A”.
The 11-12 500 yd freestyle and the 14 & U 1000 yd and 1650 yd Freestyle events will be
swum fastest to slowest.
The fastest heat of the Women’s 14 & U 1000 yd and Men’s 14 & U 1650 yd Freestyle and
the Women’s and Men’s 10 & U 500 yd Freestyle will be swum as the first events of the
Finals session on Sunday
Swimmers of the 500 yd, 1000 yd and 1650 yd events are responsible for providing their
own timer and counter, except for those swimming in Finals on Sunday.
SCY entry times are conforming times for this meet. LCM entry times are non-conforming
times and will be seeded after SCY entries. NT entries will not be accepted.
Single Gender Relays - A club may enter up to three (3) relay teams per single gender relay event, but only
two (2) relay teams per club per event may score.
Swimmers must already be entered in the meet in an individual event or on a qualified
single gender relay to be eligible for mixed gender relay events.
Mixed gender relay teams must consist of 2 males and 2 females.