2019 MCSL Coaches Invitational Long Course Meet
Date, Location & Schedule
The MCSL Coaches Invitational Long Course Meet will be held at the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center on Tuesday, July 9th. The meet will begin at 6:00 pm and the facility will be opened at 4:30 pm. The warm-up schedule is listed below:
Age Group
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Start & End Times
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Sprint Lanes
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8 & Under
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5:00 thru 5:10
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2 & 7
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9 – 10 & 11 – 12
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5:10 thru 5:30
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2 & 7
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13-14 & 15 – 18
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5:30 thru 5:50
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2 & 7
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There will be a 30-minute break after event #26 to allow for a warm-up period for swimmers in the breaststroke and butterfly events.
Swimmers may only warm-up in the Competition Pool during the designated warm-up periods. There will be NO other pools at the Center available for warm-up.
Map/Meet Layout for parking, spectator areas, T-Shirt pick-up, awards pick-up and Officials/Volunteer sign-in.
Practice Starts
Starting bocks will be used at this meet. For swimmers who are not familiar with starting off a starting block, the Swim Center will open the pool for “practice starts only” from 8:30 am to 9:00 am on the morning of the meet. Swimmers must be accompanied by and supervised by a coach, and should enter the facility through the main outdoor entrance.
Scratch Deadline and Procedure
If a swimmer, based on previous time rankings, expects they will be seeded in the meet and they either (1) do not plan on participating in the meet or (2) do not want to swim a particular event, they should scratch from the events they do not want to swim. Scratches for this meet will not be accepted after July 1st and must be submitted utilizing the MCSL Online Scratch process.
USA Swimming Sanctioned Meet
This meet is sanctioned by Potomac Valley Swimming and USA Swimming and officiated by Certified USA Swimming Officials and will be judged using USA Swimming Rules (not MCSL Stroke & Turn Rules). Times swum by swimmers that are members of USA Swimming are considered official USA Swimming times.
Check-in Procedures
There is no Clerk of Course utilized at this meet. All swimmers should report to their assigned lanes for their events. Alternates should check-in with the Deck Referee in advance of the event for which they are entered as an alternate. If there are empty lanes they will be placed in a lane. If there are empty lanes and no alternates present at the start of the event the lanes will not be filled.
Officials
Only USA Swimming Certified officials are eligible to work this meet. If you are interested in working the meet please indicate your interest by contacting Jim Garner at rules@mcsl.org.
Timers and Other Volunteers - Sign Up Here
For all parents and coaches able to serve as Head Timer, Assistant Head Timer, Lane Timer or Marshal during the meet, please sign up using the following link - MCSL SignUp Genius.
Also, we are always looking for individuals interested in performing the National Anthem. If you are interested or know someone that might be interested, please reach out to Marty Cohen at competition@mcsl.org.
Meet T-Shirts
Meet T–Shirts for this event are provided by Capital Sport & Swim. Shirts have been ordered for all swimmers and alternates (rank 1 thru 10) that are listed on the Long Course seeding posted on the web. Shirts may be picked-up by a team Representative, at the Awards table, during the meet.
Meet Programs
Meet programs will be uploaded to the MCSL website in advance of the meet and will be available to be downloaded or printed. Meet programs will not be available on site.
Team Tents
Tents may be placed on the grassy areas behind the Officials tent. No tents will be permitted in the grassy area between the Competition and the upper Recreation pools.
Parking
Entrance to the Centers parking lot is only through the easternmost (indoor pool) driveway and the exit is through the westernmost (outdoor pool) driveway.
A fee of $1.00 is charged for parking in the Center’s lot. You may drop someone off without paying the fee but you cannot park in the lot and must exit after dropping off. If you choose to park in the Centers lot only park in defined spaces. Do not make your own parking space.
If you do not park in the Centers lot you may park on Martins Lane, the Rock Terrace School parking lot (do not park on their fields or grass) or in the Board of Education parking lot off of Mannakee Street.
Do not park on the baseball field across the street from the Center or on side streets as this will likely result in you receiving a City of Rockville parking ticket.
Please assist the staff in making the parking operation a smooth one.
Advertising
Advertising in the meet program and the selling of products on site is limited to MCSL Gold Sponsors.