Swimmers and divers representing Region III schools from the Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage, the Valley and other South Central schools are set to compete in the 2018 Region III Swimming & Diving Championships scheduled for Thursday through Saturday at Homer High School.
The Kodiak Bears are the reigning team champions in both the girls and boys, winning the 2017 team titles at the regional competition in Palmer. The SoHi girls tied for second in 2017; the Kenai boys finished third.
2018 Region III Swimming & Diving Championships: Homer Pool @ Homer High School
Thursday, October 24
Diving Preliminaries begn at 5:00 p.m.
Friday, October 25
Swimming Preliminaries begin at 10:45 a.m.
Diving Semi-Finals follow the swimming prelims
Saturday, October 26
Swimming and Diving Finals begin at 11:00 a.m.
Region III Championships: Schedule of Events
Thursday October 25, 2018
2:00-3:00pm Pool open for (A) teams
3:00-4:00pm Pool open for (B) teams
3:30-4:00pm Dive coaches and judges meeting
4:00-5:00pm Female dive warm-ups
5:00-until completion Female dive prelims
After female prelims 45 minutes for male dive warm-ups
After male warm-ups Male dive prelims
Friday October 26, 2018
7:30-8:00 am Officials meeting for refs, starters, chief judges
8:00-8:30am Swim coaches and captains meeting
8:30-9:15am (B) teams warm-ups
9:15am Officials meeting
9:15-10:00am (A) teams warm-ups
10:00 Timers meeting
10:00-10:20am Pace (lane 1); Starts (2-6)
10:20-10:40am Anncmts, mascot presentations, anthem
10:45am Swimming prelims begin
After swimming prelims 1-hour female diving warm-ups
After female warm-ups Female dive semis (top 10 divers)
After female dive semis 45-minute male diving warm-ups
After male warm-ups Male dive semis (top 10 divers)
Saturday October 27, 2018
7:30-8:45am Diving warm-ups
8:00-8:30am Officials meeting for refs, starters, chief judges
8:30-8:45am Coaches and captains meeting
9:00-9:45am (A) teams warm-ups
9:45-10:30am (B) teams warm-ups
10:00am Oficials meeting
10:30am Timers meeting
10:30-10:45am Pace (lanes 1 and 6); Starts (2-5)
10:45-11:00am Announcements; anthem
11:00am Finals begin
Order of Events for Swimming & Diving Finals: Saturday
Girls competitions shall precede boys in each event:
200 Medley Relay
200 Freestyle
200 Individual Medley
50 Freestyle
Diving Finals
100 Butterfly
100 Freestyle
500 Freestyle
200 Freestyle Relay
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
400 Freestyle Relay
Region competition determines state swimming and diving qualifiers. State qualifiers will be determined and released by ASAA either late Sunday or early Monday and will be posted at asaa.org.
Qualifying Standards for ASAA State Swimming & Diving Championships
Individual Swimming Events: The first place finisher from each
conference qualifying meet is automatically qualified. each Conference’s
next top seven (7) swimmers will be considered for qualifications for the
next twelve best statewide times gaining qualification to the State Meet.
Relay Events: The first (1) place relay team from each conference
qualifying meet finals, plus the next four (4) fastest overall team times
statewide, for a total of eight (8) relay teams.
Diving Events: The top two (2) finishers from each conference qualifying
meet finals plus the next eight (8) best scores will qualify for a total of 16
divers.
Alternate/Substitution: In the event a qualified contestant is unable to
compete due to extenuating circumstances (illness, injury, and ineligibility),
it is the responsibility of the school of the indisposed contestant(s) to notify
ASAA, by the deadline on Wednesday Nov. 1 at 11:00 am. Once notified,
ASAA will invite the next athlete with the best qualifying time.
