2023 Championship

2023 WCAC

SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday, January 28th - 1:30 pm (Swim)

Wednesday, January 25th - 5:00 pm (Dive)

Meet Location (Swimming):

St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Michael P. O'Brien Athletics and Recreation Center

19050 Hill Common Drive

St. Mary's City, MD 20686

Meet Location (Diving):

Prince George’s Community College

Robert I. Bickford Natatorium

301 Largo Road, Largo, MD 20774

Ticket Information

Admission fee for the swimming event is $10 or all spectators (6 and under are free). No cash will be accepted at the door. Purchase tickets in advance or pay digitally at the door using the TicketSpicket app or use the following link.

Concessions will be available during the meet and will be CASH ONLY.

Sanctioned By:

National Federation of State High School Athletic Associations through the WCAC.

Only members of the WCAC may enter swimmers and divers in this Championship. This meet will contest National Federation of State High School Associations (Federation) Events, as provided in the Federation rules. Those events are as follows:

Men Event # Event Women Event #

1 200 Medley Relay 2

3 200 Freestyle 4

5 200 Individual Medley 6

7 50 Freestyle 8

11 100 Butterfly 12

13 100 Freestyle 14

15 500 Freestyle 16

17 200 Freestyle Relay 18

19 100 Backstroke 20

21 100 Breaststroke 22

23 400 Freestyle Relay 24

** All events will be conducted in an 8-lane, 25-yard course.

Schedule of Events - Saturday, January 28th

Warm-ups:

12:00pm - 12:30 pm (Girls);

12:30pm - 1pm (Boys);

1pm - 1:20pm Open/Sprint

Start of Competition - 1:30 pm

Diving Event:

The diving event will be contested at PGCC on Wednesday, January 25th. Warmups begin at 4 pm. It will be a 6-dive meet with the required category as forward.

MEET FORMAT:

All events will be run as a Timed Finals and the Top 16 will score points.

SCORING AND AWARDS:

• Men's and Women's events will be run and scored separately.

• Points are given through 16 places, according to the Federation Rule Book (scoring listed below).

• Team trophies will be awarded for 1st place for both Men’s and Women’s. Runner’s Up plaques will be awarded to the 2nd place teams.

• Individual medals will be awarded to competitors finishing 1st through 3rd.

• All-WCAC awards will be presented to the 1st place competitor in each individual event. If an individual wins two events, the next highest point scorer will be named All-WCAC.

• Diving results will be announced immediately after the diving session.

ELIGIBILITY:

Entries will only be accepted from teams that are members of the WCAC.

RULES AND OFFICIALS:

• Rules for competition for this meet will be those set forth in the current Federation Swimming and Diving Rules Book.

CONCESSIONS: Concessions will be available during the meet and sales will be CASH ONLY.