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DIVING STATE QUALIFYING STANDARDS

Qualification for state diving competition will be determined through District Dive Meets.
1. Divers must complete a consideration qualifying performance to enter the District meet.
2. Divers must finish among the top 8 at the District level to compete at the State meet.

Consideration Diving Qualifications

  1. Dive Judge Panel Requirements:
    1. For state consideration qualification to occur, a panel of at least FIVE diving judges must be used, and the same judges must judge ALL ROUNDS.
    2. All diving judges must be listed by name as a part of the Performance List submission process, and each judge must be denoted by judge position as it corresponds to the diving scoresheet.
    3. At least ONE judge must be a registered MSHSAA swimming/diving official that is NOT A COACH of a team participating.
    4. The official’s registration number must be listed as a part of the Performance List submission process.
  2. Points/DD:
    1. 11-Dive Meet - 252.0 points or greater must be earned. No DD requirement.
    2. 6-Dive Meet - 200.0 points or greater / 12.0 total DD minimum (with voluntary dive DD=Assigned DD up to a maximum of 1.8)
  3. Legal:
    1. The dive list must be legal per NFHS Rule 9-4-1 (11) or 9-4-6 (6) and cover all requirements.
    2. In a 6-dive meet, the voluntary dive (Dive 1) shall be selected from the voluntary group of the week (per the schedule in the Swimming and Diving Manual).
    3. Divers may not pull six dives out of an eleven dive meet to qualify using the six-dive meet standards.
  4. The competitor must complete all dives -- NO FAILED DIVES.
  5. Additional requirements for 6-Dive meets:
    1. The five optional dives must represent all five dive groups (forward, back, reverse, inward, twist).
    2. The five optional dives may not include any base dives (Dive 101, 201, 301, 401 and 5111) ​

District diving Details

  1. Districts will use the 11-dive meet format.
  2. There will be four districts per class. Two sites in the Kansas City area and two sites in the St. Louis area.
  3. Schools will be assigned to districts based on numerical balance of participants and geographic proximity of schools.
  4. There will be approximately 16-24 participants in each district (however, this depends on total entries)
  5. MSHSAA will hire the Diving Referee for each district, who will serve as a judge as well.
  6. Each District will have a manager, who will work with a meet committee to select 4 or 6 more judges for a total of 5 (minimum) or 7 (preferred). No more than one judge may be affiliated with any school.
  7. The top eight divers at each District Meet will qualify for the State Championships (total of 32 divers in each class). 
  8. District diving will be scored as a 16-place meet, meaning cuts made to 20 for semis and to 16 for finals.