Swim & Dive Manual Post Season Regulations

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Post Season Regulations

UIL Championship Structure

Conference 4A and below:

District Meets. District meets shall be held in districts with more than four individuals or relays in any event.

• Qualifiers to Regional. Top four individuals and relays shall qualify from district to regionals.

Qualifiers to State. The first place and second place finishers in each of four regional swimming meets and the next eight swimmers with the best regional final times overall will advance to the state meet. 

• Diving. In diving, four divers will qualify at each of four regional meets. 

Conference 5A & 6A:

District Meets. District meets shall be held in districts with more than six individuals or relays in any event.

• Qualifiers to Regional. Top six individuals and relays shall qualify from district to regionals.

Qualifiers to State. The first place and second place finishers in each of eight regional swimming meets and the next eight swimmers with the best regional final times overall will advance to the state meet. 

• Diving. In diving, three divers will qualify at each of eight regional meets.

Consolation Finals. There shall be no consolation finals in district meets.

Timing. Swimmers shall have been electronically timed unless the League office grants an exception. 

Ties. If ties occur for positions to the regional or state competitions, the times of the competitors from the district or regional preliminary competition will be considered first with the competitor with the fastest preliminary time advancing to the regional or state meet. If a tie should still exist, then decision as to which qualifier will advance will be made by a coin flip.

Entry. A competitor/team relay is officially entered when the official entry sheet is delivered to the meet director at the designated time and place. 

Entry Deadline. There shall be no substitution allowed in the individual events after the entry deadline, according to NFHS. If the individual place winner cannot compete in the next higher meet, the next place winner may be certified if time allows.

Scratches. Scratches are permitted due to academic ineligibility. If this occurs, the regional director may contact alternate qualifiers to replace individual school entries that are scratched

Entry Process

The district and regional entries shall be consistent with the UIL policy. All coaches must submit entries to the district or regional meet director no later than five days prior to the meet. Please contact the District Executive Committee Chair or meet director or regional meet director for procedures and instructions regarding district and regional entries.

• Regional meet information will be provided from a link on the UIL Website.
• Each meet director may require specific electronic files or online entry procedures and for listing names to participate on a relay.
• The UIL form is no longer required provided each coach verifies each entry with the meet director. If needed, UIL entry forms are available on the UIL website and may be used to facilitate the process.

Relay Events

In relay events, qualification is by school. Schools may change personnel on relay teams prior to the next UIL qualifying meet according to National Federation regulations.

Scoring

NFHS Rule 7-1 apply for all UIL competitions.

• Scoring at the district meet shall be to score places 1-8. Relays are scored double. 
• Scoring at the regional and state meets will be individual events: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11 for the finals and 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the consolation finals. Relays are scored double.