Details for "New" Zone Team Selection Process for Air Travel Year
2014 SCS Zone Team Selection Process
SCS, this information below is how we will select our SCS Zone Team when the Zone meet requires air travel to get our team to the meet, as it does this year, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. Please take a look and let Brooke Carr, SCS Age-Group Chair, or myself, know if you have any questions. Coaches, please feel free to distribute to your parents if you think necessary.
Thanks,
Kile Zeller
SCSDD
2014 SCS Zone Team Selection Process from the SCSLSC Policies and Procedures Manual:
The South Carolina Zone Team will be selected in the following manner 8 athletes will be chosen per sex and per age group - 11-12, 13-14, 15-18 for a maximum of 48 athletes. The first 5 athletes will be chosen from that year’s short course season. The application for the short course selection will be due at the end of the second day of the SCS short state championships. The qualifying period will start on October 1st and finish after the last short course competition offered to SCS swimmers in April of the following year. Zone team members will be announced at the spring banquet. Swimmers selected in the short course season must meet the current minimum 2 AAA time standard requirement. In the event that there are not 5 qualified swimmers selected to the Zone Team during the short course period, the remaining number of swimmers will be selected during the long course qualifying period. The remaining 3 or more athletes will be chosen from that qualifying period’s long course competition that is completed before 7/4. The application deadline will be Memorial Day of that season. These swimmers will be announced by 7/10 via email. The final roster will be emailed to all teams and will be posted on the SCS website. If South Carolina Swimming is unable to field 8 swimmers with the required "AAA" minimum time standards South Carolina Swimming will choose the next top ranked applied athletes.
All selected zone swimmers will be responsible for turning in a signed continued training agreement. This agreement will require the athlete to continue the high level of training necessary to make the Zone Team until the team departs for the Zone Championship Meet. This document must be signed the swimmer, their coach, and one of the swimmers parents.
