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Swimming and Diving
Tournament Regulations
2004

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2004 REGULATIONS
BOYS AND GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING
TOURNAMENTS

Sectional – District – State

NOTE:  The following regulations apply to all levels of tournament competition unless otherwise specified.  These regulations were adopted by the Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Control on October 16, 2003.

The Commissioner is authorized to modify these regulations when it is deemed necessary by the Commissioner, subject to ratification by the Board of Control.

A.    GENERAL

1.      ELIGIBILITY
All participants must be eligible in accordance with the OHSAA Bylaws and Sports Regulations.

A student who uses anabolic steroids or other performance enhancing drugs is ineligible for interscholastic competition until such time as medical evidence can be presented that the student’s system is free of anabolic steroids or other performance enhancing drugs.

2.      DIVISION
There will be one division in the Boys Sectional-District and State Swimming and Diving Tournament.  That division shall be Division I.  There will be two divisions in the Girls Sectional-District and State Swimming and Diving Tournaments.

3.      RULES
The 2003-2004 NFHS Swimming and Diving Rules will be the official rules.

4.      ENTRIES

The entry process for the 2004 State Swimming Tournament requires electronic entries beginning at the sectional level. The computer software of choice is the Hy-Tek Team Manager Program

Coaches will receive an information sheet with instructions about the electronic entry system at the mandatory rules interpretation meetings.  This information will also be posted to the OHSAA web site at www.ohsaa.org.  Tournament event files for the Sectional Tournamnets are located on the OHSAA web site.  Schools will download the appropriated tournament event file based on Boys Division I or Girls Division I or II.

Electronic entries must be in possession of the Sectional Tournament Manager not later than one week prior to date of Tournament.  In addition, schools must send eligibility certificate covering all students entered.  

(a)     Each school shall be permitted four entries in each individual event and one relay in each relay event.  EXCEPTION:  In District Tournaments not preceded by Sectional Tournaments, the District Board may determine the number of individual entries per event up to a maximum of four.  The District Board may also establish a cut-off time that all entries from a school shall equal or better in order to enter the maximum number of participants.  See instructions under each District.

(b)     An individual may be entered in no more than two individual events.  At the scratch meeting no additions or substitutions shall be made.

(c)     An individual shall be permitted to participate in a maximum of four events, no more than two of which shall be individual events.  Each tournament is considered a separate competition whether competed on one or two days.

(d)     In relay events (200-Yd. Medley Relay, 400-Yd. Freestyle Relay and 200-Yd. Freestyle Relay), any eight individuals who are listed on the eligibility certificate may be listed as entries, any four of which shall be assigned to participate.  These eight may be changed at each level of tournament competition provided participation limitations are not exceeded.

(e)     A school that actually competes in at least two interscholastic meets as a school team prior to the non-interscholastic cutoff date (January 26, 2004) is eligible for relay event entry at the Sectional/District Tournament regardless of the number of individuals entered and competing.

(f)     All member schools’ entries into the swimming and diving tournaments shall enter at the same level.

5.      SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE
No team or individual will be allowed to compete in Sectional, District and State Tournaments unless a coach or a person authorized by the Board of Education is present throughout the tournament.  Teams and individual entries unaccompanied by such a school representative will be disqualified.  (Bylaw 3-2-1)

RECOMMENDATION:  When a male coach is assigned to a girls team, a female supervisor (non-high school student) should accompany the girls team at all tournaments. When a female coach is assigned to a boys team, a male supervisor (non-high school student) should accompany the boys team at all tournaments.

6.      COACHES’ INFORMATION MEETING
School representatives shall be present at the designated time for the meeting at the Sectional-District or State Swimming and Diving Tournaments.  Unless the tournament manager is notified of delay due to emergency reasons, individual or team entries will be automatically scratched at the conclusion of the reading of the entries for the entire tournament.

7.      SEEDING
In the Sectional-District Tournaments, all swimmers will be seeded according to times listed on the official entry form, provided the time of any contestant is not challenged by the coaches present at the scratch meeting.  Seeding for the Sectional-District heats should be by chronological order of time.  This procedure applies both to individuals and to relay teams.   The number of swimmers in each heat is to be arranged at the scratch meeting in both the District and State Tournaments.  The seeding for the State Tournament shall be according to Rule 5, Sections 2 and 3 of the NFHS Rules.  No changes in heats will be made under this system in case of a scratch.

8.      SCORING AND QUALIFICATION

(a)     Championship tournament scoring shall be for 16 places as follows:  Relays, 40 – 34 – 32 – 30 – 28 – 26 – 24 – 22 – 18 – 14 – 12 – 10 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2; Individual Events, 20 – 17 – 16 – 15 – 14 – 13 – 12 – 11 – 9 – 7 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1.

(b)     Points for 9th through 16th places shall be awarded on the basis of consolation finals.

(c)     The 20 highest scoring divers through the preliminaries shall qualify for the semifinals.  (NFHS Rule 9-4-4).

(d)     The 16 highest scoring divers through the semifinals shall qualify for the finals.  (NFHS Rule 9-4-5).

(e)     In the event of disqualification in the championship finals, contestants in the 9th through 16th places shall not be advanced.

9.      PRELIMINARIES
Preliminaries will start at such times announced by Tournament Managers.

10.   MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
The management of swimming pools used for Sectional-District and State Tournament and the tournament manager reserve the right to require medical examination of participants to ensure compliance with Ohio’s Sanitary Code.

11.   FILMING OF CONTESTS

a)       Videotaping or filming by participating schools.

Videotaping or filming of tournament contests by one or more schools participating in the contest is permitted provided prior arrangements are made with the tournament manager and it is done at the expense of the school involved and a maximum of one individual per school is permitted.

        b)         Videotaping or filming by spectators.

1.       Shall be for personal use.

2.       Shall not be used for the purpose of scouting or coaching.

3.       Shall not interfere with the view of the athletic contest by other spectators.

4.       The tournament site shall not permit the use of more than the seating space for which the spectator has paid when seating is needed for paid fans.

5.       The tournament site accepts no liability for damage or theft of spectator’s equipment or injury as a result of privately owned equipment

6.       Equipment will not be permitted in any playing area – only in the spectator seating area.

7.       The tournament site will not provide sources of power for video equipment.

8.       Violation of this regulation may result in the removal of offender from the premises.

12.   FINANCIAL REPORTS
Managers of the Sectional and/or District Tournaments shall submit a complete financial report to their respective District Athletic Boards.

13.   UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT PENALTY
During participation in OHSAA tournaments any student or coach ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct shall be ineligible for the remainder of that day as well as for all contests in swimming and diving until the two regular season/tournament contests are competed at the same level as the ejection.

Individuals ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct shall be reported to the OHSAA Commissioner by the tournament manager.   The Commissioner will investigate the situation and may impose additional penalties in accordance with Bylaw 12 if the situation warrants it.

Participation in an athletic contest is a privilege.  Each individual is expected to conduct himself or herself in an exemplary manner while participating.

14.   PROPERTY DAMAGE
There is no insurance covering property damage.  If property is damaged at a tournament site by competing school teams, student body or spectators, the school from which the students and/or spectators come shall be liable and pay the cost of repair or replacement.  The tournament manager is authorized to deduct from the school’s share the cost of any damages caused by competing schools.  Other damages to facilities not attributed to a competing school could be a legitimate tournament expense and may be deducted from tournament receipts.  If damage is extensive, the District Board of Board of Control will become involved.  Student crowd control at state sponsored tournaments is the responsibility of the administrative heads of the competing schools.

15.   SPONSORSHIP AND RIGHTS
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is the sponsoring association for the Sectional, District and State Swimming and Diving Tournaments.  The OHSAA reserves all rights in regard to the management of these tournaments and the sale of any items at the tournaments or any audio-visual reproductions of the tournaments.  Any sale of food, clothing, souvenirs or any other items at each site is strictly prohibited without permission of the respective District Athletic Boards for Sectional and District Tournaments and the OHSAA Commissioner for the State Tournaments.  The videotaping of any or all portions of the tournaments is prohibited without permission.

16.   PROHIBITED ADVERTISING
There shall be no advertising through printed media, billboards, radio or television that includes beer, wine, liquor, tobacco, political parties or candidates or any other advertising contrary to the philosophy of the high school athletic program.

17.   RAFFLES PROHIBITED
There shall be no raffles or any type of games of chance permitted at the site of swimming and diving tournament contests during the period beginning one hour prior to the tournaments and ending one hour after the tournaments have ended.

18.   PROHIBITED SALES
The sale of, the distribution of, or the consumption of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs is not permitted at the site of any contest involving OHSAA member schools.

19.   SIGNS AND BANNERS
Signs and schools banners are permitted subject to the approval of the tournament manager. Pennants, shakers and noisemakers are NOT PERMITTED.

B.     SECTIONAL AND DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS

1.      ASSIGNMENTS TO DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS
District Athletic Boards determine tournament sites, dates, employ managers and officials, and assign schools to tournaments.

2.      ADMISSIONS
Sectional – District

TICKETS – Prices of admission are determined by the District Athletic Board, not to exceed $6.00 per session.  The following ticket procedure will be followed:  Tickets will be serially numbered.  Each person paying admission must be given the ticket purchased.  All tickets are to be torn in half when the purchaser is admitted.  If the sale and admittance are handled in the same location, the purchaser is entitled to and shall be given one-half the purchased ticket.  Such ticket stubs shall NOT be used as pass-out tickets.

3.      PRACTICE
District Athletic Boards should eliminate practice in pools used for District Swimming and Diving Tournaments if it is feasible.

4.    AWARDS
Sectional – Sectional trophies will not be awarded.

District – Individual awards will be presented to the first six places in each event.  Trophies for the championship and runner-up teams and medals for the coach of championship and runner-up teams in each district will be presented.

No other awards may be presented at the site of the Sectional or District tournaments, except for those furnished by the OHSAA.

5.    STATE QUALIFIERS
District Tournaments are qualifying tournaments for the State Tournament.  To enter a State Tournament, one must first qualify for that event in a District Tournament.  Swim-offs are required in case of a tie for a qualifying position to the State Tournament.  In the event of a swim-off for a qualifying position at a District Tournament, a swimmer, if disqualified, is eligible for the points for the District Tournament.  The disqualification shall be noted on the District Tournament Results.

BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING
DISTRICT TO STATE 

Swimming          220 / 13 = 16.9231

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT

Teams

Ratio

2004 Qual.

Central 32, East 9

 

 

 

& Southeast 3

44

2.5514

3

Northeast

79

4.6682

5

Northwest

40

2.3636

2

Southwest

57

3.3682

3

 

220

 

13

Eleven at-large swimming qualifiers will be selected on the basis of times recorded in the District Tournaments.

Diving                  220 / 24 = 9.1667

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT

Teams

Ratio

2004 Qual.

Central 32, East 9

 

 

 

& Southeast 3

44

4.8000

5

Northeast

79

8.6182

9

Northwest

40

4.3636

4

Southwest

57

6.2182

6

 

220

 

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 GIRLS SWIMMING AND DIVING
DISTRICT TO STATE

Division I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swimming          145 / 13 = 10.8461

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT

Teams

Ratio

2004 Qual.

Central 28, East 1

 

 

 

& Southeast 2

31

2.6738

3

Northeast

54

4.9787

5

Northwest

16

1.4752

1

Southwest

44

4.0568

4

 

145

 

13

 Eleven at-large swimming qualifiers will be selected on the basis of times recorded in the District Tournaments.

Diving                  145 / 24 = 6.0417

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT

Teams

Ratio

2004 Qual.

Central 28, East 1

 

 

 

& Southeast 2

31

5.1310

5

Northeast

54

8.9379

9

Northwest

16

2.6483

3

Southwest

44

7.2828

7

 

145

 

24

 

Division II

 

Swimming          145 / 13 = 11.1538

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT

Teams

Ratio

2004 Qual.

Central 15, East 14

 

 

 

& Southeast 7

36

3.2276

3

Northeast

35

3.1379

3

Northwest

39

3.4966

4

Southwest

35

3.1379

3

 

145

 

13

Eleven at-large swimming qualifiers will be selected on the basis of times recorded in the District Tournaments.

Diving                  145 / 24 = 6.0417

 

 

 

 

DISTRICT

Teams

Ratio

2004 Qual.

Central 15, East 14

 

 

 

& Southeast 7

36

5.9586

6

Northeast

35

5.7931

6

Northwest

39

6.4552

6

Southwest

35

5.7931

6

 

145

 

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2004 77th ANNUAL BOYS AND 28th GIRLS STATE
SWIMMING AND DIVING TOURNAMENTS
FEBRUARY 26-28, 2004
BRANIN NATATORIUM – CANTON, OHIO
Sam Seiple, Manager

1.      TOURNAMENT MANAGER
The State Swimming and Diving Tournaments are under the supervision and sponsorship of the OHSAA with the Canton City Board of Education cooperating.  The State Tournament Manager is Sam Seiple, Ph: 330-438-2739; Fax 330-580-3571; E-mail address: seiple_s@ccsdistrict.org

2.      ENTRIES
Teams and individuals that qualify from the District Tournaments are automatically entered in the State Tournaments.  District Managers shall e-mail the District results to Sam Seiple by midnight Saturday, February 15, 2003.

3.      COACHES MEETING
A coaches meeting for coaches with swimming competitors only will be held at The Pro Football Hall of Fame on February 26, at 7:00 P.M.  A reception including food and access to the museum will begin at 5:30 p.m.  Diving coaches may turn in their diving sheets on February 25 at 7:00 P.M. but no later than two hours before competition.

4.      SCRATCH PROCEDURE
Scratch sheets will be provided for making changes on Thursday, February 26, at Branin Natatorium.  Scratch sheets must be submitted before coaches will be permitted to pick up their packets of swimming and diving materials.

5.      ORDER OF EVENTS AND RULES
The order of events for the finals as published in the 2003-2004 NFHS Swimming and Diving Rules Book with Ohio modifications will apply.

PRELIMINARIES AND FINALS
1.      All diving rounds shall be completed on Thursday, February 26, 2004.

2.       Preliminaries and Finals for the first five swimming events (1, 2, 3, 4, 6) for both Boys Division I and Girls Divisions I and II will be competed on Friday.  The last six swimming events (7-12), Preliminaries and Finals, will be competed on Saturday.

 

Schedule – Wednesday – 2/25

3:00 – 10:00 P.M.

Diving Warmups

7:00 P.M.

Diving Coaches may submit diving sheets

 

 

 

Schedule – Thursday – 2/26

5:45 A.M.

Swim Doors Open

6:00 – 8:45 A.M.

Swimming Warmups – All Districts

6:00 – 9:00 A.M.

Diving Warmups – Girls Division II

8:00 A.M.

Division II diving sheets due; Public Doors Open

9:00 A.M. - Noon

Diving – Preliminaries, Semis and Finals – Girls Division II

Noon

Diving Warmups – Boys Division I only

End of Diving

 

 (Noon) – 1:45 P.M.

Swimming Warmups – Northeast and Northwest Qualifiers

1:00 P.M.

Boys Division I diving sheets due

2:00 – 5:00 P.M.

Diving Preliminaries, Semis and Finals – Boys Division I

5:00 P.M.

Diving Warmups – Girls Division I only

End of Diving

 

 (5:00) – 6:45 P.M.

Swimming Warmups – Southwest and Central Qualifiers

6:00 P.M.

Girls Division I diving sheets due

7:00 – 10:00 P.M.

Diving – Preliminaries, Semis and Finals – Girls Division I

7:00 P.M.

Coaches Meeting – Swimming Entrants- Pro Football Hall of Fame

 

 

 

Schedule – Friday – 2/27

5:45 A.M.

Swim Doors Open

6:00 A.M.

Pool Opens for Warmups – Lanes 1, 2, 7 and 8 become sprint lanes at 8:30 A.M.

7:00 A.M.

Public Doors Open

9:30 A.M.

Swimming Preliminaries – Girls Division I, Girls Division II and Boys Division I

 

1.  200 Medley Relay

 

2.  200 Freestyle

 

3.  200 Individual Medley

 

4.  50 Freestyle

 

5.  100 Butterfly

1:00 – 4:00 P.M.

Building Closed

3:45 P.M.

Swim Doors Open

4:00 P.M.

Public Doors Open

4:00 – 6:00 P.M.

Swimming Warmup for Friday night finalists only

6:00 – 8:30 P.M.

Swimming Finals – Girls Division II, Girls Division I and Boys Division I

 

1.  200 Medley Relay

 

2.  200 Freestyle

 

3.  200 Individual Medley

 

4.  50 Freestyle

 

5.  100 Butterfly

8:30 – 10:30 P.M.

Swimming Warmups

 

 

 

Schedule – Saturday – 2/28

5:45 A.M.

Swim Doors Open

6:00 A.M.

Pool Opens for Warmups – Lanes 1, 2, 7 and 8 become sprint lanes at 8:30 A.M.

7:00 A.M.

Public Doors Open

9:00  – 12:30 P.M.

Swimming Preliminaries – Girls Division I, Girls Division II and Boys Division I

 

1.  100 Freestyle

 

2.  500 Freestyle

 

3.  200 Freestyle Relay

 

4.  100 Backstroke

 

5.  100 Breaststroke

 

6.  400 Freestyle Relay

1:30 – 4:00 P.M.

Building Closed

3:45

Swim Doors Open

4:00 P.M.

Public Doors Open

4:00 P.M.

Swimming Warmup for Saturday night finalists only.  Lanes 1, 2, 7 and 8 to become sprint lanes at 5:00 P.M.

6:00 P.M.

Swimming Finals – Girls Division I, Girls Division II and Boys Division I

 

1.  100 Freestyle

 

2.  500 Freestyle

 

3.  200 Freestyle Relay

 

4.  100 Backstroke

 

5.  100 Breaststroke

 

6.  400 Freestyle Relay

Twenty divers will advance to the semifinals.  Sixteen divers will advance to the finals.  The semifinal round shall consist of two voluntary dives and one optional dive and the final round shall consist of one voluntary and two optional dives.

Only school-employed coaches with contestants in the tournament shall be permitted on the pool deck or swimming and diving areas during the time of the preliminaries and finals in the State Tournaments.

No swimmer, diver or school swimming team shall utilize the Branin Natatorium pool or the diving boards 30 days prior to the Boys and Girls State sponsored Swimming and Diving Tournaments, except at the discretion of the Branin Natatorium management and the appointed hours announced by the State Tournament manager specifically for swimming or diving practice.

Any violation of this regulation shall result in the disqualification of the swimmer or diver from the State sponsored Swimming and Diving Tournaments.

6.      ADMISSIONS

Spectators - $7.00 per session.  Note:  Swimming admission is sold as an All-Session ticket at $28.00 each.   Diving admission is sold separately at $7.00 each.

Coaches
Each head swimming coach will receive passes based on the following:

               1-5 qualifiers - one pass
               6-10 qualifiers - two passes
               11 or more qualifiers - three passes

A relay team counts as four qualifiers.  Any coach who is the “Board-approved” coach for more than one school will receive passes based on the formula indicated above, not on the number of schools for whom that coach is the “coach of record.”  Schools having divers will be issued one separate coaching pass which may be used for the diving event only.

Contestants
Each qualifying swimmer and diver will receive a contestant pass for the entire tournament.  Each athlete is expected to have the pass on him or her the entire time for entry into the building, as well as for use as a deck pass.

Alternate Passes - These will be sold to the Head Coach only if needed.  This will be strictly enforced by the Tournament Manager.  Alternate passes are $28.00.

7.      AWARDS
Trophies will be awarded to the championship and runner-up teams.  Medals will be awarded to the coach of the championship and runner-up teams, and for the first eight places in each event.

8.      OFFICIALS
The officials for the boys and girls state swimming and diving tournaments are selected according to procedures adopted by the Board of Control.  The assignments by District for 2003 are:
        Central/Southeast – 3
        East – 2
        Northeast – 7
        Northwest – 4
        Southwest – 9

A separate diving panel will officiate the girls and boys diving competition.

9.      EXPENSES ALLOWANCE FOR STATE TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATION
Expenses for participants and coaches in all State Tournaments will be determined according to the county in which the school is located, rather than on a mileage basis.  The travel allowance schedule per participant is as follows:

ZONE 1 -       Stark County - $17.00

ZONE 2 -       Carroll, Columbiana, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Tuscarawas and Wayne Counties - $17.00

ZONE 3 -       Ashland, Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Knox, Medina and Trumbull Counties - $24.50

ZONE 4 -       Ashtabula, Belmont, Delaware, Huron, Lake, Licking, Lorain, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble and Richland Counties - $39.50

ZONE 5 –     Crawford, Erie, Fairfield, Franklin, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Sandusky, Seneca, Union and Washington Counties - $47.00

ZONE 6 -       Adams, Allen, Athens, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Defiance, Fayette, Fulton, Gallia, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Logan, Lucas, Madison, Meigs, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Ottawa, Paulding, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Putnam, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Van Wert, Vinton, Warren, Williams, Wood and Wyandot Counties - $54.50

The expenses of a coach or school representative will be paid on the same basis as a participant.  This expense allowance does not apply to managers, trainers, etc.

10.   MEDIA CREDENTIALS
Reservations shall be submitted, in writing, to Bob Goldring at the Ohio High School Athletic Association. FAX 614-267-1677.  The deadline for submitting reservations will be 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 24, 2004.  Proper credentials must be presented for admission at the pass gate.

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