South Dakota Changes

gymnastics

  1. To be scored and considered as a team for any competition, a team must have at least four (4) participants competing in the meet.
     
  2. Eliminate the coaches' necessity to designate at least one (1) all-around athlete.
     
  3. Class AA only: Realign regions to match the ESD and GDC conference affiliations.
    1. Region 1: Aberdeen Central/Roncalli, Brookings, Huron, Mitchell, Pierre T.F. Riggs, Watertown, Yankton/Bon Homme
    2. Region 2: RC Central, RC Stevens, SF Lincoln, SF O'Gorman, SF Roosevelt, SF Washington
       
  4. Class AA only: Eliminate the Region meet and use the Conference meet as the state qualifying meet for representation at the State Meet.  The meet will be know as Conference/State Qualifier Meet.  Qualifying standards would be as follows:  Top 12 team scores advance to the State meet.  Seven (7) gymnasts may be entered per event at the Conference/State Qualifier meet.  During actual competition, the may compete any six (6) gymnasts per event.