District 3 Class AA Swimming Championships - Saturday, March 6 at Central York

Schedule for girls (a.m.) and boys (p.m.) sessions on Saturday, March 6 at Central York High School

Bus Schedule
There are two separate buses scheduled to transport girls and boys to and from Central York. Parent volunteers are needed to ride each bus to and from Central York High School.

Girls bus departs from McD: 7:30 a.m.
Girls bus departs from Central York: 1:30 p.m.

Boys bus departs from McD: 12:45 p.m.
Boys bus departs from Central York: 7:00 p.m.

Livestream
AA Swimming Championships at Central York High School Saturday March 6, 2021
Girls at 10:15AM
Boys at 3:45PM
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWbMrsTXX1bp0NVEWnSjZ8A/videos

Schedule at Central York
Coaches/swimmers Admitted to Central York High School
Girls 8:45 a.m.
Boys 2:15 p.m.

Warm-up
Girls 9:00 a.m.
Boys 2:30 p.m.

Officials meeting
Girls 9:30 a.m.
Boys 3:00 p.m.

Coaches meeting
Girls 9:45 a.m.
Boys 3:15 p.m.

200 Medley Relay (8)
Girls 10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Boys 3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
(includes 5 min. break)

200 Freestyle (12)
Girls 10:30 - 10:40 a.m.
Boys 4:00 - 4:15 p.m.

200 Ind. Medley (12)
Girls 10:40 - 10:50 a.m.
Boys 4:15 - 4:30 p.m.

50 Freestyle (12)
Girls 10:50 - 11:00 a.m.
Boys 4:30 - 4:40 p.m.
(includes 5 min. break)

100 Butterfly (12)
Girls 11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Boys 4:40 - 4:55 p.m.
(includes 5 min. break)

200 Freestyle Relay (8)
Girls 11:15 - 11:20 a.m.
Boys 4:55 - 5:00 p.m.

15 Minute Meet Break!!

100 Freestyle (12)
Girls 11:35 - 11:45 a.m.
Boys 5:15 - 5:30 p.m.

500 Freestyle (12)
Girls 11:45 - 12:05 p.m.
Boys 5:30 - 5:55 p.m.

100 Backstroke (12)
Girls 12:05 - 12:15 p.m.
Boys 5:55 - 6:10 p.m.

100 Breaststroke (12)
Girls 12:15 - 12:30 p.m.
Boys 6:10 - 6:25 p.m.
(includes 5 min. break)

400 Freestyle Relay (8)
Girls 12:30 - 12:40 p.m.
Boys 6:25 - 6:35 p.m.

General Information for 2021 District 3 Swimming Championship

No medals or team trophies will be presented on deck at any of this year’s District Swimming or Diving Championships. Medals will be placed in “Team Bags” and may be picked up by the coaches following competitions. Team trophies will be given to the coaches of the appropriate teams following swim competition on March 6.

Only the gender of competition will be permitted in the pool area during this year’s Championships. Each team will be limited to a maximum of two (2) coaches in the pool area during competition. Schools are encouraged to bring separate transportation for girls and boys as both pool areas and admission will be limited to the gender of competition.

There will be NO spectators permitted at this year’s District III Swimming and Diving Championships. Every effort will be made to provide “Livestream” coverage of all events.

There will be NO concessions/food available at this year’s District III Swimming and Diving Championships.

QUALIFYING & ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 2021 DISTRICT III SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

1. For this year’s Championship, there will be twelve (12) qualifiers in all AA individual events and sixteen (16) qualifiers in all AAA events.

Additionally, there will be eight (8) qualifying teams in all (AA, AAA) Relays. There are NO qualifying times for this year’s meet. We will be taking the top twelve times AA and the top sixteen (16) AAA entered for each individual event and the top eight (8) times for relays.

2. This year we will issue one (1) deck pass only for an “alternate” for all relays per gender.

3. A swimmer will be permitted to enter a maximum of four (4) events, no more than two (2) may be individual events.

4. All qualifying athletes and accompanying psych sheets will be posted at the District III Website on February 26, 2021

5. Coaches and Athletic Directors MUST be prepared to defend performances that have been submitted and posted.

6. Heat Sheets and Psych Sheets will NOT be provided to coaches this year. ALL coaches are requested to print the applicable heat and psych sheets and bring them to the Championships.

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING DISTRICT III, PIAA

1. This championship meet shall be conducted under the jurisdiction of the District III Committee of PIAA

2. National Federation Swimming & Diving Rules and PIAA modifications shall govern the conduct of the meet.

3. Points shall be awarded for twelve (12) places (“AA”) and sixteen (16) places (“AAA”):

“AA” Individual – 16, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Relays doubled (x2)

“AAA” Individual – 20, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Relays doubled (x2)

4. Medals shall be awarded to the first eight place winners. The District Committee will supply duplicate medals in the event of ties.

5. A trophy shall be awarded to the school that scores the highest number of points in each class, boys and girls.

6. PIAA scratch rule: No athlete may be scratched from the PIAA Meet after the District entry form has been submitted to PIAA headquarters unless the scratch is for illness or injury and certified by a physician. Scratches for reasons other than certified illness or injury will result in an athlete being disqualified from the PIAA Meet.

7. Student athletes must be accompanied by a school appointed and approved coach and swimmers must be wearing apparel that is specified in Rule #3, Section 3, Article 1 on page 20 of the NFHS Rules Book for Swimming.

Information Previously Published About Changes to Meet

On Tuesday, January 18, the District III committee approved several dates, formats and other considerations for winter tournaments and championships this season.

The District III Swimming and Diving Championships will be broken up into four different locations this year and three different dates. The Class AA diving championships will be on February 24 at Big Spring and the Class AAA diving championships will be on February 27 at Wilson. The Class AA swimming championships will be at Central York and the Class AAA swimming championships will be at Cumberland Valley, with both set for Saturday, March 6. The girls’ championships will be in the morning and boys will be in the afternoon (additional details about this single session format by gender yet to be announced).

The number of qualifiers will be cut down for the swimming championships for the 2020-21 Season. There will only be 12 divers by class and gender and only 12 swimmers per event by class and gender. Only eight relay teams will qualify per event, with each school permitted one alternate. The races will be conducted in several different heats, with the individual events held in three heats in four alternating lanes and the relays held in two heats with four alternating lanes.

The times below indicate the 12th fastest individual time and the 8th fastest relay time entering the District III AA Swimming Championship Meet last season. These are guidelines based on last season's entry times and should NOT be misunderstood as qualifying standards.