02/15/24 – State First Round Swimming Final Details

February 15, 2024 Athletic Department Blog Updates

The 2024 KHSAA State First Round Swimming Championships presented by UK HealthCare will be held Feb. 17 at various sites across the state. Final details are available for coaches, athletes and fans. The state instructions are available for review on the Swimming homepage at https://ly.khsaa.org/mjmq. Time Schedules for each site are also available at https://ly.khsaa.org/yzna.

STATE FIRST ROUND SITES

• Site #1 (Russell County High School, Russell Springs) *Central Time
• Site #2 (University of Louisville, Louisville) *Eastern Time
• Site #3 (Scott High School, Taylor Mill) *Eastern Time

SWIMMING HEAT SHEETS/LANE ASSIGNMENTS

• Site #1, Russell County HS
• Site #2, University of Louisville
• Site #3, Scott HS

SWIMMING WARM-UP LANE ASSIGNMENTS

• Site #1, Russell County HS 
• Site #2, University of Louisville
• Site #3, Scott HS 

TICKETS FOR SWIMMING FANS

• Everyone must enter and exit through the admission gate.
• Due to space limitations and in the interest of equity and opportunities for all fans, there are no advance sales for this event and all tickets are sold on-site.
• Each individual in line may only purchase one ticket.
• The boys’/coed and girls’ competitions will be divided into two separate ticketed event to allow for emptying of the venue and cleaning in between events.
• The price will be $16, all fees included.
• There shall be no paper tickets permitted to be sold at the walk-up gate.
  Kentucky Children’s Hospital is sponsoring FREE tickets for all children 2-and-under.
• To receive these qualifying free tickets, you must “purchase” them through khsaatickets.org even though there will be no charge.
• Each site will have box office units for ticket sales and only credit/debit cards are accepted.
• Due to space limitations, there is no re-entry for the event.
• If you leave the facility for any reason, you will be required to purchase another ticket.

FINAL SWIMMING DETAILS

• Starting block wedges will not be allowed at the first round sites.
• Warm-up/cool-down lanes will be available at each site based on availability.
• The Regional Referee will indicate when athletes are permitted in the pool. 
• Automatic qualifiers for the Final Round State Meet will be determined within each respective first round site first, followed by at-large qualifiers statewide. 
• Qualifiers for the State Finals will be released once all three sites are complete and results submitted. 

– KHSAA –

About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.