Swimming and diving regionals—a fluid situation
Its 3:30 Thursday afternoon, another winter weather system is poised to hit our area overnight, and many people involved in high-school swimming — coaches, swimmers, parents, etc. — are in the dark.
NCHSAA regional meets for swimming and diving are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, and the NCHSAA has already canceled regionals for Class 2-A/1-A. As for those in Class 3-A and 4-A? Well, I guess they’ll have to make their last minute plans tonight. Or Friday. Or Saturday.
Do they travel on Friday for swimming? Should they even plan on competing this weekend?
I understand there are two sides to the issue — from my angle, I would like to know the plan so I can get something in the paper, just as the coaches and swimmers would like to know how they are going to spend the weekend.
From the NCHSAA’s end, it’s difficult. The decision makers can NEVER make everyone happy in these situations and people want answers now. But in the case of swimming regionals, it’s not as easy as “OK, we’ll just move them to Monday.”
The host facilities for the regionals were booked months in advance, and its possible the NCHSAA just can’t find alternate dates to move them.
What will NCHSAA officials decide? Who knows. From reading their web site, http://www.nchsaa.org, I’ll have to check back “this evening” to find out.