The 2017 Region III Swimming & Diving Championships feature three days of competition at the Palmer Pool at Palmer High School running Thursday through Saturday, October 26-28.
Diving preliminaries begin on Thursday afternoon with the first round scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Friday’s schedule includes diving and swimming preliminaries and semi-finals.
The championship finals are scheduled for Saturday beginning at 1:00 p.m.
The Region III Swimming & Diving Championships are the qualifier for the ASAA State Swimming & Diving Championships.
Regional qualifiers are determined by:
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.
Region III Swimming & Diving Championships Schedule of Events @ Palmer Pool
Thursday, October 26th
2:00-3:30 p.m. Pool open for swim practice
3:30-4:00 Dive Coaches meeting
4:00-5:00 Female Dive warm-ups
5:00-till completed Female Dive prelims
After Female Dive prelims – one hour for Male Dive warm-ups
Male Dive prelims
Friday, October 27th
8:00-8:45 a.m. Officials Meeting – Deck Refs, Dive Judges, Starters
8:30-9:00 Swim Coaches Meeting
9:00 -9:45 Group 1 swimmers warm-ups (last 15 minutes is sprint starts)
9:45 Deck Officials Meeting
9:45 – 10:30 Group 2 swimmers warm-ups (last 15 minutes is sprint starts)
10:30 – 11:00 Announcements and mascot presentation National Anthem
11:00 Prelims Start
After Prelims – Dive Coaches meeting (If needed)
Female Diving warm-ups 1 hour
Female Diving semis (top 10 divers)
Male Diving warm-ups 1 hour
Male Diving semis (top 10 divers)
Saturday, October 28th
9:30 a.m. Deck open
10:00-11:00 Diving warm-ups
11:00-11:15 Coaches meeting
11:15-12:00 Group 2 swimming warm-ups
12:00-12:45 p.m. Group 1 swimming warm-ups
12:00-12:30 Officials meeting
12:45-1:00 Announcements
1:00 p.m. Swimming and Diving Finals with award presentations
Order of Events for Swimming & Diving Finals
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
