2020 EBAL Swimming & Dive Championship Information
2020 EBAL Championship Information 
Varsity Swimming Trials and Finals
JV Timed Finals

• Date: May 1st / 2nd
• Location: Dougherty Valley Aquatic Center (DVAC)
  • 10550 Albion Rd. San Ramon, CA  94582
• Meet Referee: WIlliam Chong
• Meet Director: Ethan Schnell
• Site Director: Ethan Schnell
• Entries: Ethan Schnell
• Meet Flyer: [PDF]
• Meet documents: [Psych Sheet] [Trials Results] 
• Trials Meet Program: For Sale at meet
• Timeline: [Trials] [Finals]
• Meet Files: [TM Results File] [MMBkup] [Results]
• T-Shirt Image: [PDF]
• Updated: 22Oct19​

• ENTRY PROCEDURES:
  • Meeting via email sent out by April 19th, 800PM 
  • Wednesday April 15th: JV EBAL Diving at TBD 
  • Sunday April 26th: Entries Due by 500pm [TM EVENTS FILE] - R-click / save-as
    • ​Email to Ethan w/ Roster File
  • Monday April 27th: Team specific confirmations emailed to teams 
  • Tuesday April 28th: All changes to entries sent to Meet Director by 500pm
  • Wednesday April 29th: Psych Sheet posted on LIVE RESULTS
  • Thursday April 30th: Meet Program for EBAL Trials emailed to coaches
    • ​EBAL Diving Championships - TBD Time / TBD Location
  • Friday May 1st - EBAL Swim Varsity Trials at DVAC  
  • Saturday May 2nd - EBAL Swim Varsity Finals & JV Timed Finals at DVAC​ 
• TIMELINE
  • Friday - Varsity Trials only
    • Pool area opens at 900AM
      • ​TEAM AREAS MAP
    • Warm-ups open at 930AM
      • Open warm ups
    • Coaches meeting 1100AM
    • Meet Starts 1130AM
  • Saturday - Varsity Finals & JV Timed Finals
    • Pool area opens at 630AM - move team set ups to outside Facility
      • ​TEAM AREAS MAP
    • Warm-ups open at 700AM
      • Open Warm ups
    • Coaching Meeting at 830AM
    • Meet starts at 900AM
• ADMISSION FEES

ADULTS$8.00
STUDENTS / SENIORS$5.00
CHILDREN (12Y AND UNDER)$5.00
CHILDREN 4Y AND UNDER)FREE
EBAL Staff passes are NOT accepted at EBAL Championships
NCS and CIF passes to be accepted

• SCORING
  • Individual: 24, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
  • Relays: Double Individual points
• VOLUNTEER TIMER LANE ASSIGNMENTS FOR FRIDAY / SATURDAY
  • Each team will be responsible for providing 3 timers and one (1) stopwatch each day as assigned below

Ln 1 San Ramon / Monte Vista / California 
Ln 2 Amador / Foothill / Livermore
Ln 3 Granada / Dublin / Carondelet
Ln 4 DLS / San Ramon / Monte Vista
Ln 5 California / Amador / Foothill
Ln 6 Livermore / Granada / Dublin
Ln 7 Carondelet / DLS / San Ramon
Ln 8 Monte Vista / California / Amador
Ln 9 Foothill / Livermore / Granada
Ln 10 Dublin / Carondelet / DLS 

• Warm-up Pool Marshalls, one per each team
  • ​Description: Keep swimmers moving in the warm up lanes, no hanging off of the lane ropes. No blocking the walls for swimmers to do turns

FRIDAY
1100AM - 1215PM DLS / SRV
1200PM - 115PM MV / AVHS
100PM - 215PM FHS / GHS
200PM - 315PM DHS / CHS
SATURDAY
900AM - 1015AM DLS / FHS
1015AM - 1130AM CAL / SRV
1130AM - 1245PM MV / AVHS
1245PM - 200PM FHS / GHS
200PM - 315PM DHS / CHS

• 2020 EBAL CHAMPIONSHIP MEET TEAM ASSIGNMENTS

 JOBSCHOOL
1Meet director, program Sat., media, entries package, set up & take downDVHS
2Water for timersDLS
3Announcer, Awards DistributionSRV
4Officials: Starter, Stroke and TurnMeet Referee
5Site directorDVHS
6Posting and RunnersCARO
7Colorado System 5/6 operatorParents (DV/MV)
8Warm up pool marshalls See above
9Entries package, Seeding, Computer and program sales Fri.DVHS
10Varsity Diving site directorAndy Goddard
11Varsity Diving DirectorAndy Goddard
12JV Diving DirectorE. Holtzheimer
13Gate (Tix sales, monitors)DVHS
14Paralympic athletes DVHS
15Head Timer both daysMVHS

• All Schools – You are responsible to clean up your area each day. There will be a clean-up break between the Breaststroke and 400 Free Relays each day to ensure team areas are clean.
• WE WILL FOLLOW THE NFSH 2019 - 2020 RULE BOOK, EXCEPTIONS BELOW
  • Rules:
    • The National Federation of State High School Association rules will govern the meet.  USA swim officials will run the meet according to these rules.  As a reminder, please note the following items:
      • Sportsmanship and proper conduct will be expected per NFHS guidelines [RULE 3-6-1A-G]
      • Swimmers must enter the water feet first prior to warming-up and cooling down.
      • NOTE:  The EBAL League Championship meet will be USA Swimming observed and the times will be submitted to Pacific Swimming for inclusion
      • Swimmers must wear either one-piece team suits or one-piece plain dark blue or black suits without any type of fasteners. Only high school swim team logos are allowed.
        • ​Branded logos must not exceed 2-1/4" square, or 2'x3' for US Flag [RULE 3-3-1/-2/-3]
      • No shaving is allowed at the pool site or in the adjoining buildings.
      • Kinesio tapes of any kind are not allowed unless swimmer has a valid doctor's note and presented to the meet referee for approval prior to competition event [RULE 3-3-4]
      • Swim caps shall be team caps or turned inside out during the competition.
      • Individual teams must provide their own lap counters.
      • Declared false starts ("DFS") must be handed to the meet referee no less than thirty (30) minutes prior to the start of that day's session to avoid penalty. A DFS event still counts as an entry for the swimmer [RULE 3-2-3]
      • As referenced in the NFHS Swimming Rules 3-2-2-3, since this is a championship meet the swimmer shall be disqualified from further competition for failing to compete in all races and heats for which he/she has qualified and/or been entered.
• Exceptions to Championships from league bylaws:
  • ​Each school will be allowed eight (8) entries per individual Varsity event and eight (8) entries per JV event with the following exception of unlimited entries in JV & Var. 50 & 100 free and Diving
  • Only four Varsity Swimmers / Divers per school are allowed to move on to Finals and score, and only four JV Swimmers / Divers per school are allowed to score in each event this includes alternates. Note, alternates count as part of the four
  • Relays: either the ‘A’ or ‘B’ relay advance on time but only one team per school is allowed to advance in to the finals. All teams will advance a legal relay to finals, swum in one heat in the finals session. Swimming scratches for Saturday must be declared on Friday within 30 minutes of the conclusion of the varsity boys 400 Free Relay
  • Changes prior to the day of the meet will be made at the discretion of the Meet Director
• GENERAL INFORMATION:
  • ​EVERYBODY MUST FOLLOW ALL PARKING SIGNS AT ALL TIMES AND PARK IN LEGAL PARKING SPOTS
  • Absolutely no meet parking in the tennis court area
  • Buses must drop off and pick up later
  • All swimmers will be INSIDE the gates on Friday for Trials
  • All swimmers will be OUTSIDE the gates on Saturday for Finals