02/20/19 – Pannell Swim Shop/KHSAA State Swimming & Diving Championships Begin Thursday

February 20, 2019 2018-2019 News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 20, 2018

The 2019 Pannell Swim Shop/KHSAA State Swimming & Diving Championships (Feb. 21-23) begin Thursday with the boys’ and girls’ diving preliminaries at the Ralph Wright Natatorium on the University of Louisville campus. Boys’ diving prelims are slated for 12:30-3 p.m. followed by the girls’ diving prelims from 6:30-9 p.m.

This year’s event features a new format, as the entirety of the boys’ swimming and diving championship will be completed on Friday, with the girls’ swimming prelims and & finals contested on Saturday. Boys’ swimming prelims begin at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, with the diving competition opening the championship finals at 5:30 p.m. and the first swimming events at 7 p.m. Saturday’s schedule of events will follow the same timeline, with the girls’ swimming prelims starting at 10:30 a.m. The girls’ championship begins with the diving finals at 5:30 p.m., followed by the girls’ swimming finals at 7 p.m.

Tickets go on sale at 11:30 a.m. Thursday for the boys’ diving prelims and 5:30 p.m. for the girls’ diving prelims. Ticket sales will start at 9:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday morning for each day’s prelims, and 4:30 p.m. for the evening sessions.

A complete schedule of events, the official championship program, heat sheets and live scoring can be found through the links below. Official championship photos will be available within 72 hours of the event at khsaa.org.

2019 Pannell Swim Shop/KHSAA State Swimming & Diving Championships
Event Schedule – https://khsaa.org/2019-state-swimming-and-diving-event-by-event-schedule/
Championship program – https://khsaa.org/Publications/Programs/20182019/Swimming/issue1/index.html
Heat Sheets – https://khsaa.org/swimming/2019/insert2019.pdf
Live Scoring – https://khsaa.org/2019-khsaa-regionstate-entriesresults/

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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 280 member schools both public and private. The KHSAA sanctions 44 state championships in 13 sports and 5 sport-activities, licenses and trains over 4,000 officials, provides catastrophic insurance for its more than 70,000 member school student-athletes, as well as overseeing coaching education and sports safety programs.