02/09/22 – State Diving Qualifiers Announced

February 9, 2022 Swimming Blog Updates

All regional diving competitions are now complete and the 2022 KHSAA State Diving qualifiers have been determined. The State Diving event begins this Saturday, February 12th at The Falling Springs Center in Versailles. The qualifying divers have been added to the psych sheet and can be found here: https://khsaa.org/swimming/2022/22psychesheetswimming.pdf

A complete time schedule for the KHSAA State Swimming & Diving Championships Presented by UK HealthCare can be found here: https://khsaa.org/2022-state-swimming-and-diving-schedule/

DIVING STATE ENTRY FOR QUALIFIERS

• The state meet has been posted on divemeets.com and all state diving participants must log in and enter the State Meet.
• This must be completed by 11:59 pm on Thursday, February 10 or the diver will be scratched. 
• Each contestant shall submit a description of dives on divemeets.com.
• Include the number, position, degree of difficulty, and order in which dives will be attempted for all levels of competition (preliminaries through finals).

STATE DIVING DETAILS

• As a reminder, points accumulated in the Diving Meets will accrue and carry forward to the Swimming State Meet team totals.
• Tickets for the state diving event are on sale now at www.khsaatickets.org
• Saturday’s sales will begin at 9 a.m. ET for girls’ diving and at 5 p.m. for boys’ diving and each is a separate ticketed session.
• Student-athletes, coaches, and fans should be aware there will be no concessions available at Falling Springs and should plan accordingly. 

PARTICIPATING TEAMS CONFERENCE CALL

• Participating Diving coaches are invited to join the KHSAA in a conference call that will take place on Thursday, February 10th at 11:30 AM (ET).
• Participating Swimming coaches are also invited to join the KHSAA in a conference call that will take place on Monday, February 14th at 3:00 PM (ET).
• Details about joining these calls will be sent to participating coaches/athletic directors.

STATE SWIMMING DETAILS & UPDATES

• For 2022, since there are no alternates for the maximum of 40 qualifiers per event, any scratches or withdrawals for swimming events must be received by Tuesday, February 15th at 5:00 PM (EST) (medical and injury excluded per rule).
  • Email all changes for approval to sbridenbaugh@khsaa.org ​
• As a reminder, only six relay athletes shall be listed on the relay card when they are received by the school on Thursday night, during warmups, or Friday or Saturday morning before prelims.
• At state swimming, student-athletes, coaches, and fans are reminded that concessions will be provided from 10 am – 2 pm and 4 pm – 8 pm on Friday and Saturday and should plan accordingly. 

– 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 285 member schools both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 215 state championships to 51 teams and 164 individuals in 13 sports and 6 sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 106,000 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.

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