Attendance: We have 50 paid up members for
this year. The
attendance at this spring meeting was slim with just 23 present.
State meet structure: Much discussion
was directed to the survey
by Kevin Greaney (Woodward) as to our feelings on dividing the
state meet into two meets
(AAAA and AAA, AA, A). The survey presented at the state meet
generated a 3 to 1 ratio of
some 88 coaches in favor of this two meet structure. A lively
discussion was held with
virtually all points to be considered in this two meet format
gone over with a fine tooth
comb. A vote of the members present at the end of an hour long
discussion resulted in 12
in favor and 7 against with 4 abstaining.
A proposal to change the meet structure of the
state championship was made by Richard Tavernaro (North Cobb).
The proposed new time
structure is as follows:
11:00 AM Friday, All
swimming prelims
9:00 AM Saturday, All
Diving
3:00 PM Saturday, All
swimming finals.
This proposal also
received 12 votes in favor and 7 votes in opposition.
Both of these proposals
will be presented as the wishes of the GHSSCA to the GHSA at
their spring meeting in April.
All-State certificates: All-State
certificates were distributed to those in
attendance. If you did not get your certificates at the meeting,
contact Terry Blish at
Marist.
Diving: The question was asked if the new diving
rules for this year concerning
entering the state meet were good. The general feeling was that
the new rules did not seem
to make much difference or impact on either the size of the
contest or the conduct of the
meet. There was extended discussion about the conduct and the
judging of the diving
contest this year. There were strong feelings that no person
judging the contest should
also be coaching divers during the contest. There was concern
about having qualified
diving judges doing the judging and not swimming officials. More
attention must be given
to the proper setup and running of the scoring table. This year
the scoring table was a
disaster.
Coach-of-the-Year: Seven coaches were nominated
for Coach-of-the Year. The winners
were the coaches of both the girls and boys state champion
teams, Monica Erwin of Pope
High School and Pete Higgins of Westminster. Congratulations to
both.
Elections: Elections were held for the office of
President and Secretary/Treasurer.
The two incumbents were returned to these offices; Terry Blish
(Marist) President and
Kristina Nesbitt as our Secretary/Treasurer. Congratulations to
both.
Swimmers-of-the-Year: Julie Manitt (Walton) and
Matt Sope (Duluth) were named
Swimmer-of-the-Year. Congratulations to both of these fine
athletes.
1999 Fall Meeting: The fall meeting will be held
at Westminster Schools on September
11, 1999 in Turner Gym. Meet scheduling at 9:00 AM; business
meeting and clinic at 11:00
AM. Suggestions for clinic topics were; diving, techniques for
swimming faster, training
ideas for non-USS swimmers, and dry-land training. Communicate
your ideas on this subject.
High scoring team plaques: Each year the GHSSCA
awards plaques to the high scoring
team in each GHSA classification. The winners this year were: