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A.P.S Swimming Carnival 2025

Wednesday 12th February

To support the Health & Physical Education program at APS, students in years 3-6 will be participating in a swimming carnival. On the day students will compete in their house groups, with a focus on fun and participation. It is also a pathway for keen swimmers to trial for the District Swimming Team. There will be freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly events for each year level. Students choose which they would like to compete in. There will also be water games and relays in the shallow pool for those students who cannot swim 50m.

Please make sure that your give permission for your child to attend via the online parent portal on compass. Additionally, please make sure you return the Swimmer Ability Pink Slip as soon as possible to the classroom teacher.

Process of District Swimming Team Selection

For those interested in the selection process for the district team please read the following:

Age Categories at District, Division, Regional and State Levels:

9/10 girls and boys (students born in 2015, 2016)
11 girls and boys (students born in 2014)
12/13 girls and boys (students born in 2013)

Qualifying:

A maximum of two girls and two boys may be entered in each age category/event
Students can only swim in two events (not including the relay)

Selection:

The team is selected based on students with the fastest swimming times from the APS swimming carnival.
At the APS Swimming carnival, students competed in their year level groups and there were multiple heats so although they may have placed and received a ribbon on the day, they may not progress to the next round. This is because it is the fastest times from the age categories not year levels. Please note the reason the APS swimming carnival is structured differently is because the focus is on fun and participation, and it allows students to swim with their peers.
Students who qualify for more than two events are given the choice as to which events they would like to compete in. Remaining spots are filled with the next fastest swimmers.
Freestyle relay teams are the top four fastest swimmers in each age category.

Please also see communication from the IDSSA regarding the Seeding System.

Dear Parents and Coaches,

Please note the seeding system we will be implementing this year for our District Swimming Championships. If your child makes their school swimming team in an event, their qualification time will be recorded and submitted. This time will determine which heat they will compete in on the day. In each event there will be 2 heats splitting the 20 swimmers from each school.

Heat 1 will be the second quickest group of 10 students based on their qualification time.

The top three placegetters will receive ribbons but will not be eligible to proceed to the Division Championships.

Heat 2 will be the 10 quickest swimmers, based on their qualification time, with the top 3 receiving ribbons and the top 2 proceeding to the Division Championships.

Please note on the day of the District Carnival, Heat 1 will be swum before Heat 2.

Kind regards,

Tim Carney