Nine E8 Athletes to Compete in NCAA Diving Regionals Friday and Saturday 2/28/2013 4:45:00 PM For the first time at the NCAA Division III level, the swimming & diving championship meet will include a regional round for diving competition to select the field for the diving championship meet. There will be four regional sites hosting this weekend. The Empire 8 Athletic Conference has qualified five women's divers and four male divers for the regional meet List of Participants: 2013 NCAA Division III Diving Regaion: Region 3 (Hartwick) 2013 NCAA Division III Diving Regional: Region 4 (Ithaca & Nazareth) Eligibility: To qualify for participation in a regional meet a diver must achieve the qualifying standard at least once at a bona fide conference championship or twice (on the same board) during at any other bona fide competition and submit appropriate documentation of qualifying performances to the diving coordinator. If a diver only qualifies on one board, they may still dive both events at the regional meet. In order to be considered, a qualifying score and the dive sheet must have been submitted to the diving coordinator within 72 hours of the meet in which the score was accomplished. Competition Format: Both men and women will compete in a combined event on opposite boards. All events will be a finals-only 11-dive format (optionals first). Championship Selection and Qualification: Each regional meet will be given a fixed number of qualifiers. This number will be determined by the number of divers eligible to compete in a given region. At the end of the qualification period, all divers eligible to compete in a regional qualifier will be determined by the criteria listed above. The number of eligible divers at each region will be divided by the number of eligible divers at all regions and then multiplied by 24 to determine the ratio for the number of assigned qualification spots. Standard rounding principals will be used to transform ratios into whole numbers. Regardless of ratios, no region will have less than two male qualifiers and two female qualifiers. The qualification allocation will be posted to the NCAA website by the Wednesday prior to the regional meet. The qualifiers to the National Championships will be assigned by alternating between the highest finisher on day one and the highest finisher on day two, considering that divers already invited will be skipped. (Example with five qualifiers: 1-Winner from day one; 2-Highest finisher on day two, not already invited; 3-Highest finisher on day one, not already invited; 4-Highest finisher on day two, not already invited; 5-Highest finisher on day one, not already invited). This assures equal consideration is given to both boards. Alternates: In the event a selected student-athlete from a regional meet is unable to perform at the National Championships, an alternate will be notified to take that person’s spot. This alternate will be the next eligible athlete on that board from that region.