Summer Divisional and Provincial champs updates/standards

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COACH BULLETIN
May 3rd, 2022
 
In this bulletin:
  • Swim BC Divisional Swim Meets
  • Swim BC Provincial Championships

Please read to the end of this Coaches Bulletin for all the latest information from Swim BC.
 
SWIM BC DIVISIONAL SWIM MEETS
The following summarizes the format for this summer’s BC Divisional meets. The meet package will soon be available with detailed information.
 
Time Standards
The time standards will remain as the updated standards published in January 2022.
 
Dequalifying Standards
The dequalifying standard is the 2022 Summer BC Provincial Championship standard by event. There will be no limitation on the number of BC Provincial Championship standards held by a swimmer for entry into the swim meet.
 
Swimmers who have achieved the BC Provincial Championship standard may swim up to a maximum of three BC Provincial Championship qualified swims as exhibition in the preliminaries and will not be eligible to advance to finals or to earn awards.
 
Age Groups
The age groups for individual and relay events will be 12 & Under, 13 – 14, 15 & Over.
 
Entries
Swimmers will be limited to a maximum of nine individual entries.
 
Relay Events
Relay swimmers may not swim in the relay in any event that they have achieved the BC Championship qualifying time.
 
Size Management
Upon processing of the meet entries, if the timelines are not manageable, Swim BC may modify the competition by adjusting the start times and limiting individual or relay entries.
 
More Information
 
SWIM BC PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The following summarizes the format for this summer’s BC Provincial Championships. The meet package will soon be available with detailed information.
 
Time Standards
The time standards will revert to the 2021-22 standards that were first published in September 2021, with the exception of the 11 – 12 year age group. The 11 – 12 year standard sits between the first published standards and the updated standards.
 
Please note that the time standards are for entry into the swim meet and do not indicate the age group divisions within the meet.
 
Age Groups
The age groups for individual events will be 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, and 17 & Over. Relays will be swum in the 11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 17, and 18 & Over age groups.
 
Entries
Swimmers will be limited to a maximum of nine individual entries.
 
Distance Events
The 800 and 1500 Free events will be swum as timed finals with the top five swimmers from each age group (11 – 12, 13 – 14, 15 – 16, and 17 & Over) will be swimming in the finals. The final session will include one heat of each gender (five 11 – 12 plus five 13 – 14 age groups or five 15 – 16 plus five 17 & Over), depending on the day.
 
All other swimmers will swim in the preliminary session two per lane.
 
Relay Events
The top 10 seeded relays will swim in finals with all remaining relays swimming in the preliminary session. All relays must be entered with swimmers’ names and a validated entry time. Non-validated relays will be seeded as a ‘No Time’ entry.
 
Para-Swimming
Para-swimming events with more than five entries: Para-swimmers will have preliminaries and finals. Preliminaries will be swum with the able-bodied events where possible. Para-swimmers will be seeded in preliminaries according to entry times.
 
Para-swimming events with fewer than five entries: the event(s) will be para-swimmer only timed finals swum during the preliminary session.
 
Size Management
Upon processing of the meet entries, if the timelines are not manageable, Swim BC may modify the competition by adjusting the start times and limiting individual or relay entries.
 
More Information

 

Summer Divisional and Provincial champs updates.