• Guidelines

    • Sr. High Boys Swimming

     

    ST. PAUL CITY CONFERENCE: Boys' Swimming Guidelines

     

    1. The boys' swimming coaches will meet on Monday, October 26, 2015, 5:30 p.m. at Humboldt H.S. All varsity coaches must attend this meeting.

       

    2. Practice will begin Monday, November 30, 2015.

       

    3. All coaches are encouraged to join the St. Paul Coaches Association and the Minnesota State Coaches Association.

       

    4. The National Federation Rule Book will be followed in the conduct of all meets.

       

    5. Dual meets:
      1. There will be an admission charge of $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students.
      2. Each school will be allowed three entries in each event and three relay teams.
      3. The visiting team (listed first on the schedule) shall have choice of odd or even lanes. Once made, this choice applies to all events on the program.
      4. At all conference dual meets, there will be two heats/events. The first heat will be a non-scoring junior varsity heat. The second heat will be the varsity heat and this will be scored. A non-scoring fourth diver for each team may be used in the diving event.
      5. The diving event will be a part of each meet. Each school will be required to provide a qualified diving judge. Each judge will score each dive.
      6. The Mercy Rule will be in effect when a dual meet score is becoming one-sided. The meet manager or meet official will inform the scorers table to list the remainder of the leading team's swimmers as exhibition to help balance the final score of the meet.
      7. The meet director shall call in the scores of all conference meets. He/She should contact Laura Ranum by phone (767-3490) or e-mail (laura.ranum@SPPS.org) with results for Website posting.
      8. There will be no programs printed for the dual meets. It will be up to the team's coaches to bring printed line-ups for their team to put at the scorers table before each dual meet.

       

    6. Conference swimming records will be established based on conference duals and the Conference Meet best times and should be set in a pool with functioning touch-pads. Any record not set with pads must be timed with three watches.

       

    7. The All-Conference team shall be named by the coaches at the end of the Conference Meet. Three swimmers shall be named in all individual events. One relay team shall be named by using the best split times for each of the relay events. All swimmers will be named to the All-Conference team based on the best time in each event. A swimmer is limited to two individual events and two relays for this honor. It is up to the discretion of the coaches to add swimmers as Honorable Mention. This will be finalized at the post-season meeting on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, at Humboldt H.S.mini-auditorium, 6:00 p.m.



    BOYS' SWIMMING PREVIEW RELAYS

    Friday, December 11, 2015
    Humboldt High School, 6:00 p.m.
    Tickets - Adults $5.00, students $3.00

     

    1. Maximum relays per team (two per event)

       

    2. Stop watch lane assignments:
      1. Lane 1 -- Humboldt/Washington
      2. Lane 2 -- Highland Park/SPA
      3. Lane 3 -- Central
      4. Lane 4 -- Johnson
      5. Lane 5 -- Como Park
      6. Lane 6 -- Harding

       

    3. All coaches will help with diving (five judges, two remaining will help at table.)

       

    4. Warm-up schedule:
      1. Divers -- 4:00-5:15
      2. General warm-up -- 5:00-5:30
      3. Coaches meeting -- 5:30
      4. Clear pool and introductions -- 5:45

       

    5. Coaches meeting at 5:30 p.m. (please bring team roster, preview swimming entry sheet and preview diving entry sheet.)

       

    6. Meet manager will be responsible for printing programs.

       

    7. Events:
      • 200-yd. Medley Relay -- 4 swimmers, each swimming 50 yards.
      • 850-yd. Freestyle Medley -- 4 swimmers, 50-100-200-500 yards.
      • 300-yd. Breast/Fly Relay -- 4 swimmers, 50-100-100-50 yards.
      • 200-yd. Backstroke Relay -- 4 swimmers, each swimming 50 yards.
      • 400-yd. Freestyle Relay -- 4 swimmers, each swimming 100 yards.
      • Diving -- Total of six dives per team.
      • 400-yd. Medley Relay -- 4 swimmers, each swimming 100 yards.
      • 200-yd. Freestyle Relay -- 4 swimmers, each swimming 50 yards.
      • 400-yd. Individual Medley Relay -- 4 swimmers, each swimming 100 yards.

     

    JUNIOR VARSITY AND VARSITY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET 

     

    DIVING

    Thursday, February 4, 2016
    Humboldt High School, 6:00 p.m. (diving warm-up at 5:00 p.m.)
    Tickets - Adults $5.00, students $3.00

     

    CONFERENCE MEET

    Friday, February 5, 2016
    St. Catherine's University, 5:30 p.m. (warm-up at 4:30 p.m.)
    Tickets - Adults $5.00, students $3.00

     

    1. A swimmer can only swim in one Conference Meet, either Junior Varsity or Varsity Conference meet -- a swimmer cannot swim in both (other than divers).

       

    2. Seeding:
      1. In order to assure seeded positions, the best competitive times of all entries must be submitted. Times shall be determined by conference meet times. Non-conference times will be accepted if the swimmer's time has been achieved in bona fide competition and signed by the meet official.
      2. The swimming coordinator will do the seeding according to the swimming rule book.
      3. All entry forms for the conference meet must be submitted to the swimming coordinator on or before 4:00 p.m. the Sunday before the Conference Meet. No entries will be accepted after that date.

       

    3. Each school may enter two (2) relay teams in each relay event (only one can score) and up to four (4) in each individual event.  Exhibition relay teams will be allowed to fill vacant lanes of varsity and junior varsity relay heats only. There will be unlimited exhibition for the 50 free style.

       

    4. The meet manager will print programs.

       

    5. Each school will be required to provide three (3) lane timers with watches and one (1) qualified diving judge for the conference meet. Timers are to be on duty throughout the entire meet.

       

    6. Awards:
      1. Medals - to each individual contestant winning first, second and third.
      2. Certificates - to each individual contestant winning fourth, fifth and sixth.
      3. Conference Plaque -- awarded to the dual meet champion and will be represented at the School Board Meeting.

       

    7. The site manager is responsible for calling in the scores.



    BOYS' TWIN CITIES SWIMMING MEET

    Wednesday, February 3, 2016
    Mpls. Southwest, 6:00 p.m
    Tickets - Adults $5.00, students $3.00

     

    1. The conference champion will represent the St. Paul Conference in the Twin Cities Meet. In case there is a tie for the Conference Championship, how the two teams did in head-to-head competition will be the first determining factor in breaking the tie. If a tie still exists the school that has not participated most recently will automatically qualify.

       

    2. Conference passes will be honored.

       

    3. The competing school will be allowed transportation expenses.

       

    4. The site manager is responsible for calling in the score.