Attendance: The attendance at the spring
meeting
was 39.
Welcome: President, Rick Creed, welcomed
everyone and introduced the elected office holders; Richard
Tavarnaro, Vice
President; Terry Blish, Secretary/Treasurer; and Pete Higgins,
Training
Director.
Treasurer’s report: Terry Blish gave the
treasurer’s report. A copy of the report is available from Terry
Blish.
Old Business: A review of the State Meet
was
made and it was stated that the meet was well run and presented. Pete
Higgins, Westminster, and the Westminster swimming parents were
thanked for
providing an outstanding competition over the four days of the State
Meet.
New Business: There was a detailed
discussion of
the Diving events for the State Meet. There was serious concern
about the
qualification process, and the judging of the events. There is a
desire to
hold the 5A Diving in the morning of the 5A swimming prelims, and the
1-4A
Diving in the morning of the 1-4Aswimming prelims. There is a desire
to hold
the girls events before the boys event. If diving remains on a
separate day
and is not moved to the swimming prelims days, there is a strong
desire to
divide the competition into a 5A meet, Girls then Boys, and a 1-4A
meet, Girls
then Boys. This format would shorten the time for coaches and
athletes at the
site. There is concern that so few divers score team points in the
state
meet, when they have scored will above the 270 point level in other
invitational diving competitions. Would it be possible to designate
certain
meets as state qualifying meets and have the same judges judge at
these and
the state meet? A Diving Sub-Committee was established to look into,
review,
and make recommendations to the GHSSCA. Members are: Anna Hale
(Centennial),
Cynthia Potter (Westminster), Mark Zmuda (Lassiter), Tom Fulton
(Kell), and
Grant Segal (ADA).
Pete Higgins congratulated everyone for doing a
good job with the POP and entries this year with Team Manager,
especially the 5A schools. In an attempt to streamline the process and
to provide more information we are contemplating the follow changes.
Use a submit
form found on the web site which will provide the following information:
Submitting
coaches name
Verifying coaches
name
Date of competition
Date of submission
School name
Select the email
address for either 5A or 1-4A schools
Select a type of
submission; Proof or Actual Entry
It was agreed that we
would impose a $10.00 late fee for submissions made after five (5)
school days of the competition
It was agreed that we
ask to have the State Meet on February 18-21
in 2004 to accommodate the U.S. Nationals.
All-State Certificates: All-State
certificates
were distributed to those in attendance. If you did not get your
certificates, contact Terry Blish at Marist.
Swimmers-of-the-Year: Amanda Weir
(Brookwood)
and Wesley Flatt (Centennial) and Bryan Lundquist
(Lassiter)
were selected from the 5A meet. Katherine Bell and Elizabeth
Hill
of (Westminster) and Chris Ewald (South Forsyth) were selected
from the
1-4A meet. Congratulations to all six of these deserving athletes.
Coach-of-the-Year: In the 5A meet the
coaches
selected were Girls Team; Greg Puckett (Brookwood) and for the
Boys Team;
Rick Creed (Parkview). From the 1-4A meet the selections were
for the Girls
team; Karen Blackman (Greater Atlanta Christian); and Kris
Hunt (South
Forsyth) for the Boys team. Congratulations to all four outstanding
coaches
for their fine seasons.
Third Place Awards: Once again the
GHSSCA
provided both the individual and team third place awards for the two
State
Championship Meets
2003 Fall Meeting: The Fall meeting will
be held
at Riverwood High School on September 13, 2003 at 9:00 a.m.. Remember
that we
will have one of the mandatory rules clinics conducted by David
Neville as a
part of our fall meeting. Put this date on your calendars.
