Page 194 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

25. SWIMMING AND DIVING – MEN'S & WOMEN'S
Section 1. Tournament Site Selection
A. Colleges or organizations wishing to host the NJCAA Championship Swimming & Diving Tournament must submit a written request
or bid to the NJCAA National Office by September 1st prior to the subsequent Annual Meeting. Bids shall be for sites three years
hence.
B. The NJCAA National Office shall place all bids before the Committee on Championship Events as provided in Article X.
Section 2. Meet/Championship Dates
The NJCAA Championship Swimming and Diving Meet shall begin the first Wednesday in March and shall be concluded the
consecutive Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
March 4-7, 2020 at Indian River State College; Fort Pierce, Fla.
March 3-6, 2021 at TBD
March 2-5, 2022 at TBD
Section 3. Tournament Host Pre-Meet Responsibilities
The Meet Director will send official entry blanks and declaration forms (Scholarship/Non-scholarship) to the interested teams and will
notify them by November 1 of the events, their order, the time schedules, limitation of competitions, the deadline for entries and any
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other pertinent meet information.
Section 4. Participation Requirements
A. Colleges are required to submit entries via Team Manager “HyTek” electronic file to the Tournament Host by Tuesday of the week
before the NJCAA National Championship Meet.
B. Colleges will be financially responsible for all entries on their official entry blank.
C. No contestant shall be permitted to enter an NJCAA Championship Swimming and Diving Meet unless accompanied by (1) a coach
or faculty member of the sending institution or (2) a designated supervisory coach or faculty member from an NJCAA member
college. Designation of a supervisory person in (2) above must be in writing. It shall bear the seal of the college and signature of the
Athletic Director and President or Dean of the sending institution. It shall be sent by certified mail to the Meet Director. All
contestants must remain under the supervision of their coach or the designated supervisory person throughout the meet and until
departure from the site.
D. Meet results must be forwarded to the coach’s representative. Failure to do so can result in an appropriate fine as per the Coaches
Association bylaws.
Section 5. Meet/Championship Events and Standards
A. All national swimming and diving entries must be registered in the national swimming and diving database.
1. All meet results must be submitted electronically to the designated database coordinator within seven calendar days upon
completion of the final day/session of the meet to be official. Results submitted past the seventh calendar day mark will not
be accepted or recognized in the national swimming and diving database.
a. Coaches are encouraged to verify all meets with a Meet Verification form signed by a meet referee.
b. Coaches are encouraged to verify all diving scores with a matching diving sheet signed by a meet referee.
c. All meets must be completed and submitted one week prior to the national meet entry date to be considered for national
meet entry.
2. Coaches must produce proof from a meet referee verifying the meet and entry time/diving score if asked by the national meet
director. If the national entry time/diving score is not provable by the meet referee, then the next provable entry time/diving
score for that athlete registered in the national database will be used. In the case that a second time is not registered in the
national database, the athlete will be removed from that event.