Swimming and Diving Advisory Committee Summary
Held March 1, 2017 - Annual New Business
**** 1. Recommended these changes to the boys swimming events qualifying standards for next year if the petition item DOES NOT pass on the Annual Ballot, and boys swimming remains in one class (no changes were made for diving): 200 Freestyle 1:50.69; 50 Freestyle 22.69; 100 Butterfly 55.59; 100 Freestyle 49.99; 100
Backstroke 57.39; 100 Breaststroke 1:03.99.
2. Recommended that the take-off wedge equipment at the Rec-Plex not be utilized for the MSHSAA State Meets at the current time due to safety and logistical concerns, but to revisit the topic in three to five years.
*** 3. If the Ballot proposal to move the fall season start date one week later passes [it ultimately did], the Board approves moving the State Championship for boys one week later (preserving the boys season length), but would leave the start of the girls season where it is, which creates a week of overlap of the two seasons, thereby preserving the girls season length as well. Only boys who have qualified for state will be practicing that final week, and girls can either start practicing that week, or they may delay their season start until after the boys state meet if they choose to.
* Denied
** Tabled
*** Approved as Amended
**** No Action
All Others Approved
Swimming and Diving Advisory Committee Summary
2-Class System Recommendations
Meetings Held: November 17, 2016; January 18, 2017 & March 1, 2017
1. STATE MEET FORMAT: Recommended that the State Meet be expanded from two days to three days to accommodate the two classes, and that the current order of sessions be used for each class (Prelims, Diving, Finals) one after the other (as shown below), with the classes to alternate order each year. [Dates are already contracted with the Rec-Plex for the next five years.]
Class 1: THURSDAY MORNING: Swimming Preliminaries
THURSDAY AFTERNOON: Diving
FRIDAY MORNING: Swimming Finals
Class 2: FRIDAY AFTERNOON: Swimming Preliminaries
SATURDAY MORNING: Diving
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Swimming Finals
2. STATE QUALIFICATION: Recommended that state “qualifying standards” continue to be used for all swimming and diving events, for both classes, and that consideration qualifying standards be reinstated, in addition to retaining and updating the automatic qualifying standards, with the purpose of filling (and limiting) each state event with 32 qualifiers.
*** 3. GIRLS QUALIFYING STANDARDS: Recommended that that the 2016-17 girls qualifying standards would serve as the Automatic qualifying standards for BOTH classes of girls swimming for 2017-18, with one alteration (shown in the chart), and that the new Consideration qualifying times shown in the chart be established for
2017-18 for BOTH CLASSES of girls swimming. [See chart below]
4. BOYS QUALIFYING STANDARDS: Recommended that if the Ballot Item passes [it ultimately did] and boys swimming/diving expands to two classes, the 2016-17 boys qualifying standards would serve as the Automatic qualifying standards for 2017-18 for BOTH classes of boys swimming, with no alterations (shown in the chart), and that the new Consideration qualifying times shown in the chart be (tentatively) established for 2017-18
for BOTH CLASSES of boys swimming. [See chart below]
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Qualifying Standards – Boys and Girls – Class 1 and Class 2
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Event (yards)
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Boys
Automatic
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Boys
Consideration
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Girls
Automatic
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Girls
Consideration
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200 Medley Relay
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1:45.49
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2:05.49
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1:58.29
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2:18.29
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200 Freestyle
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1:51.49
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2:03.49
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2:01.99
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2:13.99
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200 Individual Medley
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2:06.09
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2:18.09
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2:18.09
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2:30.09
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50 Freestyle
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:22.89
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25.89
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25.49
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28.49
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100 Butterfly
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:56.29
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1:02.29
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1:02.09
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1:08.09
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100 Freestyle
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:50.29
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56.29
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55.59
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1:01.59
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500 Freestyle
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5:04.39
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5:34.39
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5:30.39
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6:00.39
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200 Freestyle Relay
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1:34.49
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1:54.49
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1:45.99
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2:05.99
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100 Backstroke
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:57.79
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1:03.79
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1:02.29*
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1:08.29
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100 Breaststroke
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1:04.49
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1:10.49
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1:12.49
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1:18.49
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400 Freestyle Relay
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3:28.99
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4:08.99
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3:53.99
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4:33.99
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5. DIVING QUALIFYING STANDARDS: Recommended that the 2016-17 diving qualifying standards for boys and girls would serve as the Automatic Qualifying Standards for diving for 2017-18 for both classes, and that the Consideration Standard be set at 252 points for an 11-Dive Meet, with divers being required to meet all of the
11-Dive criteria except #4 (higher score and DD requirement), with no 6-Dive meet Consideration Standard. [No changes were made for boys if they stay in one class.]
6. ENTRY LIMITATIONS & CUT-OFF AT 32: Recommended that schools declare entries for state using the current procedures and limitations within the NFHS Swimming and Diving Rules (2 individual events and up to 3 relays for declarations, and a maximum of four school entries in each event), and that the top 32 qualifiers
participate at the State meet.
*** 7. DEADLINE CHANGES: Recommended that the seasonal Performance List shall close with no further additions on the second Thursday prior to the state meet at 4:00 p.m. and that State Declarations are due by 4:00 p.m. on the Friday before the state meet (providing 24 hours to view the performances and declare state entries). Note: The last date for last chance meets is the second Wednesday prior to the state meet.
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Girls
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Boys
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Last Date for Last Chance Meets
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Wed., Feb. 7, 2018
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Wed., Oct. 25, 2017
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Performance List Closes
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Thursday, Feb. 8 @ 4:00 p.m.
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Thursday, Oct. 26 @ 4:00 p.m.
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Declarations Deadline
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Friday, Feb. 9 @ 4:00 p.m.
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Friday, Oct. 27 @ 4:00 p.m.
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State Meet
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Thurs-Sat, Feb. 15-17, 2018
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Thurs-Sat, Nov. 2-4, 2017
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[NOTE: These dates may change further.]
8. CHANGES AFTER INFO IS PUBLIC: Recommended that scratches and declared false starts that are received after the psych sheets are posted publicly will not change the number of qualifiers (will not add additional qualifiers to backfill to 32), and that ties for 32nd place be brought to state despite the fact that doing so will create a 5th heat and affect the athlete in 31st place (who is moved into the 5th heat).
9. GIRLS CLASSIFICATION BREAK: Recommended that the Modified Enrollment Break system be used for Girls Swimming and Diving classifications and the largest 48 registered swimming/diving schools be placed into Girls Class 2 and the remainder be in Girls Class 1.
10. BOYS CLASSIFICATION BREAK: Recommended that the Modified Enrollment Break system be used for Boys Swimming and Diving, and the largest 36 registered swimming/diving schools be placed into Boys Class 2 and the remainder be in Boys Class 1.
* Denied
** Tabled
*** Approved as Amended
**** No Action
All Others Approved