2025 Swimming & Diving Championships Schedule

(Hosted by the GNAC at WPI)

Day 1-Day 3 (Feb. 7-9)

Hosted at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

TOURNAMENT INFO

Preview (MEN'S/WOMEN'S)

Championship History (MEN'S/WOMEN'S)

Meet Format

All three days will include trials/finals events with preliminary heats to take place during the morning session and finals to take place during the evening session [Friday prelims were added for the 2022-23 academic year (Adopted August 2022)].

Meet Management Requirements

• Electronic Timing
• Hy-Tek Meet Manager computer software

Site Specifications

To meet NCAA requirements. Diving site specs to meet NCAA requirements. Electronic timing system preferred. 

Diving Specifications

• As regulated by the NCAA, swimming & diving scores are to be combined for overall scoring. If an institution does not have diving they simply do not receive any points. (Revised November 14, 2000)
• If host facility has a 1-meter and a 3-meter board, both events shall be conducted. If the facility has only a 1-meter board, then two 1-meter events shall be conducted. (Adopted January 2013)

Meet Protocols

Entries

• Each swimmer is allowed a total of eight (8) entries with no more than four (4) being individual events. (Total of six entries moved to eight entries beginning 2023-24 season)
• Entry times must be submitted for all events including aggregate times for relays.
• Each team is allowed unlimited entries per event.
• *Over-entries: Each athlete may enter up to six (6) individual events, but must scratch the events that she does not intend to swim by the scratch deadline.
• **Late Entries are subject to a $250 fine.

Individual Events

Each official individual entrant in the GNAC Championship shall be required to have an NCAA bona fide entry time in all individual championship events. An individual swimming event must be accompanied by an entry time that is certified to be the fastest time achieved in bona fide competition by the competitor during the qualifying period (the current academic year).

Relay Events

All official relay entrants in the GNAC Championship shall be required to have either a NCAA bona fide entry time or an aggregated time. A relay swimming event must be accompanied by an entry time that is certified to be the fastest time achieved in bona fide competition by the competitor during the qualifying period.

Diving Events

All official entrants in the GNAC Championship shall be required to have an NCAA bona fide score for both the one-meter and three-meter boards for their respective entered events. The diver’s scores will be from any bona fide score, including 5 voluntary, 6 optional, or 11 dives. Divers will be entered with the swimming entries. All diving lists must be entered in addition to event entry. Entering diving lists will be based on the facility and programs they use.

*A no time/score for an entrant is allowed for any event (individual or relay) unless petitioned to The Meet Committee.

Challenges

Challenges to entered times at the championship must be made at least 24 hours prior to the first event of the first day of the meet. The meet committee shall address all challenges.

Exhibition Performances

Individuals participating as exhibition swimmers and divers must have an entry time or mark for each event entered. Once a swimmer or diver is declared as an exhibition participant, they are limited to exhibition swims/dives for the entire meet. They are required to be designated as exhibition participants by Thursday’s scratch deadline. Entered participants will continue to be scratched day by day, as is current practice. Exhibition participants are not eligible for finals and scoring points.

Meet Entry Exceptions

Coaches can request an exception for extraordinary circumstances to be reviewed by the Meet Director and the Sport Chair. Once a determination is made, the Meet Director will share it with the coaches and allow for any protests within 24 hours.

Host Responsibilities

• An ATC must be available. Given the large number of student-athletes on the deck, a second ATC will be used and paid for by the associate members. 
• The Championship Director/host institution will be responsible for establishing and communicating all entry and scratch deadlines. Entries must be submitted in Hy-Tek. The Championship Director/host institution will be responsible for sending the Hy-tek events file two (2) weeks prior to the meet.

2025 SCHEDULE & ORDER OF EVENTS

Relays

• “A” relays swim ONLY in finals for points.
• “B” and/or “C” relays are non-scoring (exhibition) and only swim in prelims
• Relay declarations must be submitted to the scoring table 10 minutes prior to the start of the relay.

Team Size

Each team is permitted to enter eighteen scoring athletes. All others must be claimed as “exhibition” prior to the Entry Deadline. Entrants participating only in diving events shall count as 1/3 of a competitor.

Scoring

Women: The top sixteen (16) finishers in trials will qualify for finals (January 2015). The scoring of place values (starting with the top-finisher) shall be:

• Individual Events: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
• Relay events: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

Men: The top eight (8) finishers in Prelims will qualify for Finals (excluding the 1000 and 1650, which is a Timed Final). The scoring of place values shall be: 

• Individual Events: 9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
• Relay events: 18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

Officials

Six (6) officials are required for this meet (Adopted Jan. 2018). Host school shall secure officials (to be paid by the Conference).

Awards

All-Conference Team

For both the Women and the Men, the top-three finishers in each event will be named to the GNAC All-Conference Team (Adopted January 2018).

ABOUT THE GREAT NORTHEAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

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