Swimming and Diving Advisory Committee
Summary
Held February 26, 2008
1. Recommended the following state qualifying
time changes for 2008-09:
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Event
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BOYS (yds)
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GIRLS (yds)
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500 Freestyle
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5:11.49
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5:40.99
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2. Recommended that the following new policy be
added to the Swimming Manual, “No performance that takes place after Saturday
of Week 18 for Boys and Week 32 for Girls will be accepted for state
qualification.”
3. Recommended the
following deadlines for state online entry via Direct Athletics and the state
entry fax packet:
Online Entry Window to open:
6:00 a.m. Thursday of Week 18 for Boys and Week 32 for Girls.
Online Entry Window to close and
Fax Packet due at the MSHSAA office:
Noon, Sunday of Week 19 for Boys and Week 33 for Girls.
4. Recommended that
the Performance Certification Sheet requirement be retained.
5. Recommended that
the following policy be placed in the Swimming Manual to outline the terms for
submitting performances to the Direct Athletics Online Performance Tracking
System throughout the swimming and diving season, “Coaches will have ONE WEEK
from the date of the meet to submit state qualifying performances to the Direct
Athletics Online Performance Tracking System.
Submittals shall take place in an ongoing fashion throughout the
swimming and diving season. There will
be a fine of $25.00 to have Direct Athletics accept a performance after this
one week period closes.”
*** 6. Amended: Recommended that the state meet heat sheet
information be placed on the MSHSAA website in the swimming activity area (visible
to public).
*** 7. Amended: Recommended that the MSHSAA staff survey
boys and girls swimming coaches regarding their interest in
conducting a one-year trial to utilize current high school diving coaches as
state diving judges (3 from St. Louis area, 2 from Kansas City area, 2 from the
rest of the state, in addition to the diving referee and a “dual confirmation
official”). Advisory committee members
would serve to identify interested/willing participants and would submit
confirmed participants to MSHSAA, where the final judges from that area would
be selected randomly from those willing to serve.
8. Recommended that an
item be added to the Swimming Manual to replace item 7-d (showers required) on
pages 11-12 and add “All changing of attire should take place in the
lockerroom.”
9. Recommended that
the MSHSAA Judging of Diving Clinic be discontinued.
*** 10. Amended: Recommended that the MSHSAA staff survey
boys and girls swimming coaches regarding their interest in extending
the girls season by one week at the end and moving the state championship one
week later (Friday/Saturday of Standardized Calendar Week 34). There would be no change to the first
allowable practice date for the sport of water polo.
Note
1: USA
swimming events are not scheduled on a standardized date, but past event dates
have not conflicted with the proposed date of Friday/Saturday of Standardized
Calendar Week 34. The USA Swimming
Sectional Championship (a.k.a. Region VIII) is typically scheduled for
Friday/Saturday of MSHSAA’s Standardized Calendar Week 35 or later.
Note 2: The St.
Peters Rec-Plex is currently unavailable on Friday/Saturday of Standardized
Calendar Week 34 for the duration of the current contract period (through
2009-10). The USA Swimming Local Swim
Committee (LSC) Championship is being held at the facility on these dates.
* 11. Recommended to reconvene
the original ad hoc Committee on Non-School Competition to discuss how things
have gone since their recommendations were made and the by-law change was
approved by the membership.
* Denied
** Tabled
*** Approved
as Amended
**** No
Action
All
Others Approved