Girls Swimming Championships 2003
7.0 PROTESTS
7.1 On the eve of a tournament when there is not sufficient time for normal
administrative
procedures and Board of Control hearings, if a question of interpretation of
tournament
regulations or the operation of the tournament arises, the Chairman of the CIAC
Board of
Control, the Executive Director ofCIAC, and the Chairman of the Tournament Committee
in question, in consultation with CIAC SwimmingiDiving Rules Interpreter will
make an
appropriate ad hoc decision in consideration of the best interest of the tournament
as a whole.
7.2 DECISIONS BY GAME OFFICIALS -- Protests arising from the decisions,
interpretations or
misapplication of the National Federation or CIAC game rules by officials during
the contest will not be considered. The decisions and interpretations of the
rules by the officials are final. The
record of the official scorekeeper at the conclusion of the contest is final
unless an administrative error is discovered. Such error shall be corrected
as covered by specific contest rules.
8.0 OUALIFYING
8.1 In order to qualify, individuals must be members of a team which has had
a minimum of four (4) dual meets with CIAC member schools and in addition must
meet the following minimum
standards. The last date to schedule a meet which will count toward qualifying
is Saturday, November 2, 2002. All times indicated on entry cards and forms
must show times to the
hundredths of a second. THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES PER SCHOOL PER EVENT MUST BE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL FEDERATION RULES.
8.2 Standards - ALL Divisions
200 Yd. Medley Relay Automatic
200 Yd. Freestyle 2:15.1
200 Yd. Ind. Medley 2:32.20
50 Yd. Freestyle 27:60
100 Yd. Butterfly 1:09.70
100 Yd. Freestyle 1:01:20
500 Yd. Freestyle 6:05.5
100 Yd. Backstroke 1:10.40
200 Yd. Freestyle Relay Automatic 100 Yd. Breaststroke 1:19.80
400 Yd. Freestyle Relay Automatic
Diving Score 150 > 6 dives 260> 11 dives
8.3 * Proof sheets signed by the meet referee must be available at the seed
meeting.
8.4 The best eighteen (18) performances in each swimming event at the trials
will qualify for Divisional Championships.
8.5 The best eighteen (18) performances in each event from the Division Championships
combined will qualify for the Open Championship Meet. Any of the eighteen (18)
finalists can advance either by "scratches" or better "time"
in the finals. (Alternates will be added when vacancies exist due to scratches.)
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8.6 In diving, the twenty-two (22) top divers plus any divers in the top four
(4) of each Divisional ~ Championship Meets not already included in the top
twenty-two (22) will be invited to the State Open Championship.