2014 FHSAA District 9 Class 3A Swimming and Diving Championships October 22, 2014 USA Swimming Sanction Applied For Sanctioned: Florida High School Athletic Association Hosted: Charlotte High School Location: South County Regional Pool 670 Cooper Street Punta Gorda FL 33950 Date & Time: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Swimming warm-ups will be as follows Finals Type of Meet: 11:00-12:45 p.m. 1:00 p.m. General warm-up Swimming finals Diving warm-ups will be as follows 9:00-10:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Board open for warm-up Diving sheets due to meet management Diving Competition Coach’s Meeting Hospitality 12:30 p.m. High School State Series Class 3A District 9 Finals 8-lane 25-yard pool for Championship and Consolation Finals Diving is an eleven (11) dive list for each participant Pool Specs: 25 yard 8 lane out-door competitive pool with 1 lane buffer and 2 warm down lanes. Water depth at starting end is five foot two inches with spectrum starting platforms and the turn end is four feet six inches. Timing equipment: Daktronic Electronic Timing System with pads, buttons, and an eight lane scoreboard. Handheld watches will be used for backup. Scoring: INDIVIDUAL EVENTS: 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 RELAY EVENTS: 40, 34, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 Entry Limit: A competitor will be permitted to enter a maximum of four (4) events, no more than two (2) of which may be individual events. There will be a entry cut off time of 7:00 for both men and women in the 500 freestyle. Swimmers that may not achieve the cut off time of 7:00 during finals will not score. Each team will be allowed a maximum of four (4) entries per individual event and one (1) relay per relay event. Relay cards may list up to eight competitors’ names on the relay card and participation in that relay will be limited only to those individuals whose names are listed. When entering athletes, please enter their grade level in number format. (For example: 9, 10, 11, 12 ) Diving competition will be an eleven (11)-dive list. The degree of difficulty for all dives is listed in the NFHS Swimming & Diving Rules Book. Rules: National Federation of State High School Association 2014/2015 Swimming and Diving and Water Polo Rules Book along with the 2014/15 Florida High School Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Manual will govern the meet. Swimmers, coaches, meet officials, and volunteers only are allowed onto the competition pool deck. All others are to remain in the spectator area. Violation of this rule will result in expulsion from the Aquatic Complex for all offending parties. Hy-Tek Entry: All HY-TEK entries must be submitted to Jeff Cain at [email protected] on HY-TEK’S software via email using the District Meet Event File. Insure your entries are marked clearly with your team name, correct Hy- Tek abbreviation, and district/state level. Coaches’ names must be entered in Hy-tek. Each school must generate in C2C a “2014 FHSAA State Swimming & Diving Series Official Entry List” on which is listed the name of each student-athlete who will represent the school in the state series. This must be completed by Monday, October 13, 2014. Entry Deadline: October 15, 2014 by 6:00 p.m. Make sure that all athletes listed on your Hy Tek entries match your C2C official list. All athletes must be listed if planning on participating at the regional meet. Send, electronically, your Hy Tek entry list as well as your entries. Awards: FHSAA District Trophies for the first place and runner-up team for both men and women. Medals for 1-3, ribbons for 4-8 will be awarded for individuals and relays. Advancement: The top two finishers in each swimming event from each district event shall qualify for the regional swimming competition. In addition, the next overall best times at large for a field of 24 from the remaining best times among top sixteen finishers in the district meets comprising the region qualify for the regional competition. In relay events, the top finishers in each relay event as well as the next overall best times at large fro a field of sixteen from the remaining best times among top eight finishers from the district meets in the region qualify for regional competition. For diving, the top two places from each meet with a minimum qualifying score of 280.0 points advance. The remaining spaces shall be filled on an at-large basis from divers who placed in the top eight in their district and met the minimum score of 280.0. Meet Director: Jeff Cain Meet Referee: Meet Starter: Computer Adm. Peter Hegwein Brian Moran Chris Wagstaff Meet Committee: Charlotte, Riverdale, Gulf Coast, South Fort Myers, Barron Collier, and Fort Myers Schools: Barron Collier, Charlotte, Gulf Coast, Lehigh, Fort Myers, Ida Baker, Palmetto Ridge, Riverdale, East Lee, South Fort Myers, Island Coast Order of Events: Women 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 [email protected] 200 Medley Relay 200 Freestyle 200 Individual Medley 50 Freestyle 1 Meter Diving 100 Butterfly 100 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 200 Freestyle Relay 100 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 400 Freestyle Relay Men 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 Note: During finals there will be a 15-minute break following the 50 freestyle. Additional breaks to be determined at coaches meeting. Camera Zones: Due to the nature of the sport, no pictures are allowed behind the blocks or diving boards. No cameras will be permitted in the locker rooms or changing area of the pool. No flash photography at the start of a race. All photographers must follow these rule or they will be asked to leave the venue. General Information: 1. Each school is responsible for two timers for the finals. Two passes will be provided. 2. Each school is responsible to inform Charlotte High the number of participants and coaches that will be attending the district meet. Please do this during the same time that the entries are due so we can get the appropriate number of passes. 3. The spectator entrance fee is $6.00 for each session. This price is set by FHSAA guidelines. Bleachers will be provided for spectators. 4. Student-athletes, coaches, administrators, spectators and all other persons connected directly or indirectly with a member school, as well as contest officials, shall adhere to the principles of good sportsmanship and the ethics of competition before, during and after all contests in which they participate and/or attend. 5. Concession stand will be provided. Hospitality will be provided for the coaches, officials and workers. 6. No glass containers on pool deck. Meet Contingency Date: Information: October 23, 2014. Same format as listed. If there are any question pertaining to the District meet, please contact Jeff Cain (meet director) at one of these numbers. Work 941-575-5450 ext. 1133 Cell 941-661-1080 Email [email protected] District 3A-9 Diving Information DATE AND LOCATION: Same as the Swimming. TIME: Diving Warm Up – 9:00 AM Start 10:30 PM (Girls and Boys) DIVING COORDINATOR: Patti Oaks RULES: FHSAA and National Federation Swimming and Diving rules will govern this meet. Diving sheets are due at 10:00 am. Having them in beforehand provides for more time to check the sheets. Competition Rulebook 9-4-1. There shall be 5 judges for the diving events. There are only cuts when the number of divers permit: • 24 to 20 after 5 dives • 20 t0 16 after 3 dives • Final 16 perform last 3 dives Diving Format: NFHS rules apply for Championship meets Diving competition will be an eleven (11) dive list. The competition shall consist of five voluntary dives and six optional dives. The five voluntary dives shall come from each of the five groups, with their assigned DD having the sum total of 9.0 or less. The six optional shall include at least one chosen from each of the five groups. There shall be no minimum total degree of difficulty for optional dives. No more than one optional dive from the same group is permitted through semifinals. All five groups must be represented through the semifinals (the first eight rounds). The dives to be performed during each round of championships competition shall be as follows: Preliminaries-Any 2 voluntary and 3 optional. Semifinals-2 voluntary and 1 optional. Finals-1 voluntary and 2 optional. Recommend using the 11-dive score sheet that can be down loaded from the FHSAA website. Note: All divers must be listed on your master entry form. Please send a copy of your divers tentative dive sheets in advance to Pattie Oaks at [email protected] by Wednesday, October 15, 2014. This is for her to set the divers and dives up in the computerized dive program we will be using. Gate Fee: $6.00