AIR FORCE ACADEMY — The first day of the Class 5A boys swim and dive championships was Friday.
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Boys swimming and diving’s schedule for the 2015 state meets
Below are the state meet schedules for boys swimming this season. Both the Class 5A and 4A meets run May 15-16.
To buy tickets, visit chsaa.ticketleap.com. Online ticket buyers will enter the venue 30 minutes early.
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Class 5A
Site: Air Force Academy (map)
Watch live: NFHS NetworkFriday, May 15: Swim prelims Team packets available 2 p.m. Pool doors open 2:15 p.m. Warm-up begins 2:30 p.m. On-site tickets on sale 2:30 p.m. Begin swim prelims 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16: Dive prelims/semis Pool doors open 7 a.m. Dive coaches meeting 7:15 a.m. Warm-up begins 7:30 a.m. On-site tickets on sale 7:30 a.m. Begin dive prelims 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16: Swim & dive finals Pool doors open 12:15 p.m. Warm-up begins 12:30 p.m. On-site tickets on sale 12:30 p.m. Begin finals 2 p.m. [divider]
Class 4A
Site: VMAC, Thornton (map)
Watch live: NFHS NetworkFriday, May 15: Swim prelims Team packets available 2 p.m. Pool doors open 2:15 p.m. Warm-up begins 2:30 p.m. On-site tickets on sale 2:30 p.m. Begin swim prelims 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16: Dive prelims/semis Pool doors open 7 a.m. Dive coaches meeting 7:15 a.m. Warm-up begins 7:30 a.m. On-site tickets on sale 7:30 a.m. Begin dive prelims 9 a.m. Saturday, May 16: Swim & dive finals Pool doors open 12:15 p.m. Warm-up begins 12:30 p.m. On-site tickets on sale 12:30 p.m. Begin finals 2 p.m. -
Boys swimming psych sheets for 4A and 5A state meets
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Heightened security at Air Force Academy for 5A boys swimming meet
(Kevin Carmody/CHSAANow.com) AURORA — Heightened security at the U.S. Air Force Academy will change the entrance procedures for fans planning on attending the Class 5A boys swimming and diving state meet this weekend.
The meet is Friday and Saturday at the Academy’s Cadet Natatorium.
More details, via Air Force’s athletic department:
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the US Air Force Academy has been forced to make adjustments to visitor access to the installation in accordance with NORTHCOM directives.
As a result, all visitors to the Academy for the CHSAA 5A State Boy’s Swimming Championships will be subject to search at the North Gate. Therefore, the Academy recommends that all visitors allow for additional time to gain access for the Championships.
Visitors should allow at least one hour from the time they arrive at the North Gate to gain access. Carpooling is also highly recommended.
This decision has been made to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our Airmen and event participants and your support and patience is greatly appreciated.
“With this change to the entrance procedures, we’re encouraging teams to be the first to show up around noon, and hope that fans arrive after 1:30 (in the afternoon) on Friday,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bethany Brookens.
The meet doesn’t start until 4 p.m. on Friday.
Fans planning on attending should also review the entry policy. All documents from entrants should be up-to-date, including driver’s license, registration and car insurance, when entering the base.
Anyone in the vehicle may be asked for identification. IDs for children under 16 are not required.
Directions to the Cadet Natatorium are available here.
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Behind healthy Coffman, Cherry Creek boys swimming wins inaugural Eagle Invite
(Kevin Carmody/CHSAANow.com) U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY – It was a good week to be a Cherry Creek boys swimmer.
On Tuesday, the Bruins knocked off Regis Jesuit, its longtime rival and winners of the past four Class 5A state titles, and 19 of 20 overall, in a closely contested dual meet. Cherry Creek then kept that momentum going on Saturday by earning the team title at the inaugural Eagle Invitational, hosted by Pine Creek, at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Leading the charge was senior Sam Coffman, who touched first in the 200-yard freestyle and 100 freestyle and continuing his astounding comeback from rotator cuff surgery, which robbed him of his junior season.
“He’s come back with a vengeance after missing an entire year,” 13th-year Bruins coach Chris Loftis said. “It’s been fun to watch.”
Coffman took the 200 freestyle in 1 minute, 47.76 seconds, touching more than two seconds before teammate Joe Jang. It was a much different story in the 100, when the top three swimmers finished just .03 seconds apart.
When the dust settled, Coffman had finished .01 seconds ahead of Air Academy junior Tommy Baker, with Air Academy senior Hunter Doerr an eyelash behind.
Coffman also anchored the Bruins’ winning entry in the 200 freestyle relay and almost erased a three-second deficit on the final leg of the 400 freestyle relay in a runner-up effort to Air Academy.
“I am at 100 percent and back to where I was before the surgery,” Coffman said. “My injury was definitely an eye opener, and it made me realize how much I missed it. It made me want swimming that much more.”
Cherry Creek, which also got an individual victory from Elliot Schwinn in the 500 free, finished the day with 430.5 team points. Air Academy, the three-time and reigning 4A state champs, finished second with 319 points, highlighted by two individual wins and victories in two relays.
Caleb Hicks (200 individual medley) Tommy Baker (50 free) registered wins for the Kadets.
“Being able to swim at this venue is a huge thing for us and our community,” Air Academy coach Scotty Newell said. “Having a timed finals and not having prelims brought them in. No one wants another two-day invite at this time of the year.”
The event also served as a dress rehearsal for the 5A boys state meet, May 15-16. It will mark the first time the U.S. Air Force Academy has hosted a state swim meet since 1996.
It’s been even a longer wait for Cherry Creek to hoist a championship trophy, all the way back to 1994 in fact.
Although the events of this week can’t hurt, Cherry Creek knows a hungry Regis team will be ready for the challenge at state.
“I definitely think this team is special,” Coffman said. “Honestly, I think we have a good chance this year, but nothing is set in stone. Regis is notorious for having great swims at state.”
Cherry Creek and Air Academy combined to win eight of the 12 events. Coffman’s future college teammate at Missouri, Kyle Goodwin of Regis, won the diving competition as he seeks his fourth consecutive state 5A crown.
Greg Shaw of Coronado won the 100 butterfly, edging Air Academy’s Caleb Hicks by .01 seconds, while Andrew Weiss of Rampart (100 breaststroke) and Gabi Sasia of Highlands Ranch (100 backstroke) also earned individual titles.
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Regis Jesuit’s Kyle Goodwin seeks first ever four-peat in boys diving
Kyle Goodwin is seeking to become the first four-time boys diving champion. (Courtesy of Cliff Lawson) Kyle Goodwin has always known how to keep his eye on the prize. After all, the three-time defending champion in boys diving from Regis Jesuit has known that high school state championships were just his starting act for a long time now.
“The point of Mile High Diving club,” which he’s been a member of since he was nine or ten, Goodwin said, “has always been about getting kids college scholarships. So I kind of knew early on that that goal was out there.”
That ambition was finally realized in October, when Goodwin selected Missouri to continue his diving career over four other power programs at California, Auburn, Texas, and Ohio State. The latter school was the eventual landing spot of Sean Moore, the last Regis diver to win the state championship (2007) until the start of Goodwin’s run of dominance as a freshman. Moore has since gone on to capture a national title with the Buckeyes.
Goodwin remembers that freshman season as the beginning of an amazing quest.
“I remember my first meet (freshman year), my coach asked me what I wanted to do while I was here,” Kyle said. “I remember telling him that a four-peat would just be so cool.
“After we won the first one, I think that was when I realized that there was a possibility.”
But now, with the boys swimming season set to start up March 5, Goodwin makes sure his sights aren’t too far ahead.
Anyone trying to get in touch with Goodwin will get the picture of an athlete making the most of his senior year. He practices with coaches and teammates, attends banquets for school, and makes sure he makes time for friends without having to worry about the extra attention that comes from chasing the first ever four-peat in Colorado boys diving history.
Goodwin insists he can make it all work though, even with a grueling training schedule that started way back when he was just 12 years old. At that time, a growth spurt of five inches forced an already nationally ranked Kyle to go back to fundamentals and completely re-learn how to dive.
Kyle Goodwin. (Ray Chen/MaxPreps.com) His struggles were profiled by our own Ryan Casey back in 2011, but Goodwin believes that age has given him a better perspective on those frustrating times.
“Now that I’m older I’ve seen some other kids go through the same thing, and it’s honestly cool to see them do it,” Goodwin said. “But for me it helped me to go back and re-learn the basics, which helped me long term. So even though it was not a pleasant experience at the time, it was a good experience.”
Kyle returns to a Regis team that brings back four of the seven returning all state swimmers at the Class 5A level; the others being Christopher Morales (senior, relays), William Pieseski (senior, relays), and Quinlan Stuart (senior, relays/100 breast). The other three are Kyle Colley (senior, relays), Eric Fuqua (senior, relays), and Hunter Fuqua (sophomore, relays), all of Cherry Creek.
Whether it’s talking about the state championships on May 15 and 16 or the direction his diving career could take at Mizzou though, Goodwin prefers to take it one day at a time.
“I have great coaches here that I can always still learn from,” Goodwin said. “And when I get to Missouri I’m sure I’ll sit down with (head diving coach Jamie Sweeney) and see what kind of direction he has for me.”
Big things are in store for Kyle Goodwin. And we’ll certainly see him at the state championships too.
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Boys swimming preview
Class 5A
Season begins: March 5
State meet: May 15-16, Air Force Academy
Returning all-state athletes: Kyle Colley, senior, Cherry Creek, relays; Eric Fuqua, senior, Cherry Creek, relays; Hunter Fuqua, sophomore, Cherry Creek, relays; Kyle Goodwin, senior, Regis Jesuit, diving; Christopher Morales, senior, Regis Jesuit, relays; William Pieseski, senior, Regis Jesuit, relays; Quinlan Stuart, senior, Regis Jesuit, relays, 100 breast.
Class 4A
Season begins: March 5
State meet: May 15-16, VMAC (Thornton)
Returning all-state athletes: Tommy Baker, junior, Air Academy, relays; Jack Dangremond, senior, Air Academy, relays; Hunter Doerr, senior, Air Academy, relays; Daniel Graber, senior, D’Evelyn, relays/200 IM/100 breast; Caleb Hicks, junior, Air Academy, relays; Tyler Lis, senior, Silver Creek, 200 free; Michael Loyd, senior, Air Academy, relays; Alexander Moreland, senior, D’Evelyn, relays; Jack Thome, senior, Thompson Valley, 100 butterfly/100 back.
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Swim and dive committee recommends unlimited entrants from schools in individual events
(Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com) AURORA — The swimming and diving committee on Tuesday recommended that schools be allowed an unlimited number of entries into individual events at the state meets.
Currently, schools are only allowed four entrants per event, even if more hit the qualifying time. That limit is based on an NFHS rule. However, a recent interpretation allows states to form their own adoptions on the rule — which opened the door for the swimming committee’s recommendation on Tuesday.
This change will need to be approved by the Board of Directors, and at the Legislative Council in April.
“The focus of this is on high school and participants,” said Bethany Brookens, CHSAA assistant commissioner in charge of swimming and diving.
Rule 3.1.1 of the swimming rules specifically states that “each team be permitted a maximum of four entries in an individual event and one team in a relay event.” However, that rule also includes the language “unless a conference or league determines otherwise” — which has been interpreted to expand to states, as well.
If approved in April, swim teams will be allowed an unlimited number of entries into individual events — provided those swimmers meet the qualifying time, of course. Teams would still be limited to one team entry in relays.
Additionally, a team would only be permitted to advance four swimmers or divers to the finals of a given individual event. Because of that, team scoring would be unaffected.
Also unchanged is the individual limit on swimmers. They will still only be allowed to swim in two individual events and two relays at the state meet.
An independent group examined data from the 2014-15 Class 5A season and determined that roughly 20 swimmers and divers would have been added to the state meet due to the change. A total of 550 swimmers and divers participated in the 5A meet two weeks ago. It is expected that an even smaller number of athletes would be added in 4A.
One concern is that the qualification times — which are set based upon the expected number of entrants and heats per event — would be negatively affected and create a more “elite” meet. However, the committee decided that qualifying times would only be set based upon the top four finishers from a team.
The committee initially talked about the change in 2014, then revisited it with another in-depth conversation on Tuesday.
If approved, the change would go into effect during the 2015-16 season for both boys and girls.
The swimming committee also recommended that swimmers and divers compete in a minimum of four meets — exclusive of league and/or conference meets — during the regular season in order to be eligible for the state meet. That, too, needs to be approved by the Legislative Council.
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2015 boys swimming and diving state meet qualifying standards
Boys swimmers and divers qualify for the 2015 state meets by meeting the following standards during the regular season:
Class 4A Class 5A Event Yards Meters Yards Meters 200 Medley Relay 1:57.50 2:11.01 1:49.50 2:02.09 200 Freestyle 2:00.50 2:13.51 1:52.50 2:04.65 200 IM 2:15.50 2:30.54 2:08.50 2:22.76 50 Free 24.00 26.86 23.10 25.85 100 Butterfly 1:01.50 1:08.51 57.3 1:03.83 100 Free 53.8 59.77 51 56.66 500 Yard/400 Meter Free 5:33.00 4:52.37 5:09.50 4:31.74 200 Free Relay 1:42.50 1:54.39 1:37.00 1:48.25 100 Back 1:03.00 1:09.99 58.5 1:04.99 100 Breast 1:09.00 1:16.59 1:05.30 1:12.50 400 Free Relay 3:52.00 4:18.45 3:36.00 4:00.60 *Diving-6 Dives 165 (10.20) 165 (10.20) 190 (10.60) 190 (10.60) **Diving-11 Dives 270 (12.20) 270 (12.20) 310 (12.60) 310 (12.60) * – In order to qualify under the 6-dive standard, the diver must meet the qualifying standard two times during the season.
** – In order to qualify under the 11-dive standard, the diver must meet the qualifying standard only once during the season.
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Regis Jesuit’s Goodwin, three-time diving champ, commits to Missouri
Regis Jesuit’s Kyle Goodwin. (Cliff Lawson) Regis Jesuit senior Kyle Goodwin, who has won three consecutive Class 5A individual diving championships as part of the Raiders’ swim and dive team, has committed to Missouri.
“It was a tough decision, but we think he made a good choice,” Goodwin’s mother, Lisa, wrote in an email on Wednesday night.
Last spring, Goodwin’s mark of 559.25 points in the 1-meter event was the fifth-highest in state history. It set him up with a chance to be the first boy to win four diving titles in state history.
That followed championships as a sophomore (525.05 points) and a freshman (533.25).
Former St. Mary’s Academy diver Alexa Beckwith, herself a four-time diving champion, is a freshman at Missouri this fall.
Missouri finished 16th as team at the NCAA championships last season.
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Restart procedure altered in boys lacrosse
(Mark Adams) INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Restarts by the defensive team no longer will be required to take place outside the goal area in high school boys lacrosse, so long as any player is not within 5 yards of the ball carrier.
This revision in Rule 4-22 was one of 11 changes recommended by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee at its July 21-23 meeting in Indianapolis. The committee’s recommendations were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.
On a violation by the offensive team where the defensive team is to be awarded the ball, the defensive team no longer has to restart play outside the goal area. With this revision, the defensive team could now restart play from the goal area or in the crease.
“This change will allow the defense to restart play more quickly and will keep the game moving,” said Kent Summers, director of performing arts and sports and liaison to the rules committee. “It also addresses risk minimization by maintaining the requirement for all players to be at least 5 yards from the ball carrier on the restart.”
Other changes concerned with minimizing the risk of injury include Rules 1-7-3 and 2-1-3. In Rule 1-7-3 concerning the crosse, any strings or leathers will be limited to a hanging length of 2 inches. In addition, any additional strings or laces (e.g., shooting strings, V channels) must be located within 4 inches of the top of the crosse. No more than one side-wall string on each side is allowed.
“This revision will allow the ball to become dislodged more easily, thus reducing the risk of slashes and cross-checks used to dislodge the ball,” Summers said. “This rules change will create more active play and improve passing.”
With a revision in Rule 2-1-3, a game no longer can be continued if a team has fewer than seven on-field players because of lack of available players, injuries, penalties, etc. The result of the game shall be determined by the state association or appropriate sponsoring authority.
Another change approved by the Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee involved the duties and authority of the Chief Bench Official (CBO). Rule 2-7-2 now states that the CBO “shall supervise and have complete jurisdiction over the timekeeper, penalty timekeepers, scorers, coaches, substitutes and any other persons within the bench areas, the special substitution area and the penalty box.”
This rule also will now include the procedure for the CBO to call violations and apply appropriate penalties, as well as how to inform the on-field officials when violations occur.
Following are other changes approved by the NFHS Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee (rule references are from the 2014 NFHS Boys Lacrosse Rules Book).
- Rule 1-6-2: Added the following procedure to check to make sure the ball can easily roll out of the head of the crosse – “ . . . With the ball in the crosse, horizontal to the ground at the deepest point of the pocket, tip the crosse forward 90 degrees to ensure that the ball rolls out of the top end of the head.”
- Rule 2-10-1: Balls on the bench side are needed only at the table and not along the sideline.
- Rule 3-1-2: More clearly defined when the running clock begins in those games where the score differential reaches 12 goals or more.
- Rule 5-5: A player using a crosse found to be illegal for not meeting any required specification other than a deep pocket will receive a three-minute non-releasable penalty (except hanging string length and end caps as in Rule 1-7-3). Also, any crosse ruled illegal and resulting in a three-minute penalty will remain in the table area for the remainder of the game.
- Rule 6-4: Added “with his feet no wider than shoulder-width apart” to the section on illegal offensive screening.
- Rule 6-5-2e: The 30-second penalty has been erased in situations when a goal is scored by the opponent.
- Rule 6-5-2w: “Take a dive or feigning a slash to the head or body in order to deceive the official and draw a penalty” was added to the examples of illegal procedure.
A total of 101,687 boys participated in lacrosse during the 2012-13 season according to the NFHS High School Athletics Participation Survey.