PART II

SIERRA NEVADA SWIMMING RULES AND REGULATIONS

SECTION 5

SENIOR COMPETITION

A. QUALIFYING

1. A swimmer will qualify for Senior or Junior-Senior competition when he has equaled or bettered the published time standard for the event.
2. A swimmer may qualify in any sanctioned meet, unsanctioned but approved meet such as school competition, in time trial, or by coach verification. For entry in championship meets, only performances in sanctioned meets and approved meets such as C.I.F. Section Championships or approved college meets are acceptable.
3. A swimmer who qualifies Senior or Junior-Senior in a specific stroke and distance will be considered qualified in the same stroke and distance in all courses.
4. A swimmer who enters a Senior meet at or better than the minimum standard shall thereafter be considered Senior class and shall not be permitted to compete in the same event in a Junior-Senior meet, even if he has not actually performed at or better than the time standard unless the meet is designated Junior-Senior+.

B. ELIGIBILITY

1. Senior Meets
   a. In three-day meets with trials and finals swimmers are eligible to enter all events in which they have equaled or bettered the listed time standards but may swim only three events per day, exclusive of relays.
   b. In two-day timed finals meets swimmers qualified under the listed time standards in one or more events on a given day may enter all other events, except the 1650 yd. or 1500 meter freestyle, on the same day. In such optional events swimmers must enter at actual meet times and must circle the times to indicate that they are not the standard or better. They may compete in only five events per day.
2. Junior-Senior Meets
   a. Swimmers are eligible to enter all events in Jr.-Sr. meets in which they have equaled or bettered the listed Jr.-Sr. time standards, but they may compete in only five events.
   b. A Jr.-Sr. swimmer shall maintain that classification for the duration of a meet. Even if he qualifies for Senior competition in a stroke and distance, he may still enter a Jr.-Sr. relay event in that stroke and distance in the same meet.
   c. Once a swimmer attains the Senior time standard in a particular event in a Jr.-Sr. meet, or any other meet, he may not enter the same event in another Jr.-Sr. meet unless the meet is designated Jr.-Sr.+.

C. CONDUCT OF MEETS

1. Senior meets and Junior-Senior meets shall offer all events that are swum in the National Championship meets. Optional events may include the 50 back, 50 breast, 50 fly, 200 medley relay and 200 free relay.
2. Senior meets, short course or long course, which are of three days duration shall be operated on the heats and finals system with consolation finals, and the championship heat may precede the consolation heat. Two-day Senior meets may be operated on the trials and finals system. Junior-Senior meets shall be operated on the timed finals system.
3. In two-day timed finals Senior meets there are no pre-entry requirements. Entries will be made and heats established on the deck at the meet. Swimmers must bring filled out entry cards to the meet.
4. Two-day Senior meets and Junior-Senior meets shall include the following suggested schedule of events.
   

   FIRST DAY

   Women - 200 yd./m. Backstroke - Men
   Women - 100 yd./m. Breaststroke - Men
   Women - 500 yd./400 m. Freestyle - Men
   Women - 100 yd./m. Butterfly - Men
   15- minute warm-up.
   Women - 1000 yd./800 m. Freestyle - Men
   (Fastest 3 heats each of women and men)
   30 minute (minimum) warm-up break.
   Women - 200 yd./m. Freestyle - Men
   Women - 400 yd./m. Individual Medley - Men
   Women - 1000 yd./800 m. Freestyle - Men (balance of heats)

   SECOND DAY

   Women - 200 yd./m. Butterfly - Men
   Women - 200 yd./m. Breaststroke - Men
   Women - 100 yd./m. Backstroke - Men
   Women - 50 yd./m. Freestyle - Men
   15 minute warm-up period.
   Women - 1650 yd./ 1 500 m. Freestyle - Men
   (fastest 3 heats each of women and men)
   30 minutes warm-up period
   Women - 100 yd./m. Freestyle - Men
   Women - 200 yd./m. Individual Medley - Men
   Women - 1650 yd./1500 m. Freestyle - Men (balance of heats)

D. AWARDS

1. In Senior meets having heats and finals, awards for finalists are optional.
2. No awards shall be given in two-day timed finals Senior meets.
3. In Jr./Sr. meets awards are optional; however, if offered, there shall be a minimum of 6 individual awards for each event and team awards are recommended.

 

 

 

 

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