USIAA Swimming & Diving Rules:
Scholarship and Roster Rules:
- All programs can only have a max of 45 players during the regular season; this limit is lifted to 155 players for preseason tryouts and 55 for summer practices only.
- All programs can choose whether to allow athletic scholarships or not; start-up programs are given a max of 5 years to decide whether or not to provide athletic scholarships to players.
- All D1 scholarship programs can only have a max of 14 total scholarships, and a max of 7 full scholarship players.
- All D2 scholarship programs can only have a max of 9.9 total scholarships, and a max of 6 full scholarship players.
- All D3 scholarship programs can only have a max of 8 total scholarship players.
- All D4 scholarship programs can only have a max of 15 total scholarships, and a max of 7 full scholarship players.
- All programs can only have a max of 30 players on the active roster for all regular season games.
- All programs are required to give all 15 inactive players free season tickets in the designated student sections for all home games.
- The swimming pool is fast by design, trying to give swimmers the best opportunity for a record-breaking performance:
a) The race course of an Olympic swimming pools is 50-meters long, at least 25-meters wide and is at least 2-meters (over 6 feet) deep (sometimes deeper, as "deeper = faster" because waves won't bounce off the bottom and interfere with the swimmer).
b) The pool has at least 8, 2.5-meter wide swimming lanes. Besides the pool's depth, the pool's lane ropes (also called lane lines, the thick "ropes" between each lane), the gutters, walls, and circulation system are all designed to minimize waves and turbulence.
c) The pool has starting blocks at each end. These are elevated starting platforms used by freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly swimmers. The blocks also have handles near the water for backstroke swimmers to use for their starts.
d) The pools have an automatic timing system started when the electronic signal is initiated (the swimmers here a beep) and stopped when the swimmer touches the end wall "touch pad" in their lane. This system also allows for mid-race times to be easily seen.
e) A string of flags is suspended above the pool 5-meters from the end of the pool to help keep backstroke swimmers from crashing into the wall on their turns and finishes. The lane ropes also change color at the 5-meter mark. - Swim Wear:
a) Swimmers wear suits & goggles closely regulated by FINA. Most swimmers also wear swim caps designed to help the swimmer by minimizing drag kept at the forefront.
- 5 points for 1st place.
- 4 points for 2nd place.
- 3 points for 3rd place.
- 2 points for 4th place.
- 1 point for 5th place.
- 0 points for 6th place or worse.
- All programs play a 14-invitational season (7h/7a) beginning in the second week of November and ending in the last week of February
- All non-regional games for teams are only allowed for teams that are within 700 (D1) or 500 (D2-D4) miles of the program in question.
- The D1-D4 Tournaments begin on the first week of March and ending 10 weeks later.
- To be eligible for the post season, all programs must have a minimum record of 7-7 (or 6-8 with good academic standing), and not be on probation.
Individual Swimming Events:
Freestyle Events
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Team Swimming & Diving Events:
Freestyle Events
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