MARCH 9, 2006

FORTY FIVE SWIMMERS TO SWIM IN INTER SCHOOL SYNCHRO COMPETITION

FORTY FIVE SWIMMERS FROM FOUR CORPORATE AREA HIGH SCHOOLS WILL COMPETE IN THE FIRST ASAJ INTER SCHOOL TECHNICAL ROUTINE AND FIGURES SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING COMPETITION WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE NATIONAL STADIUM POOL MARCH 10-11, 2006.

THE SWIMMERS FROM WOLMERS GIRLS SCHOOL, IMMACULATE HIGH, ST. ANDREW HIGH AND CAMPION COLLEGE WILL COMPETE IN SEVEN CATEGORIES CALLED TIERS, GROUPED ACCORDING TO THE SWIMMERS AGE AND SKILL LEVELS. THE COMPETITION WILL HAVE TWO COMPONENTS; A FIGURES COMPETITION, WHICH WILL BE SWUM ON FRIDAY MARCH 10, STARTING AT 4:00 PM, AND A TECHNICAL ROUTINE COMPETITION THAT WILL BEGIN AT 9:00 AM ON SATURDAY MARCH 11.

THE FORTY-FIVE SWIMMERS WILL SWIM IN TWENTY-FOUR SOLOS, TEN DUETS AND THREE TEAM TECHNICAL ROUTINES. A TEAM ROUTINE REQUIRES AT LEAST FOUR BUT NO MORE THAN EIGHT SWIMMERS. TECHNICAL ROUTINES, NEW TO REGIONAL SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING, INCLUDES A NUMBER OF MANDATORY TECHNICAL ELEMENTS THAT MUST BE PERFORMED TO MUSIC IN THE ORDER LISTED.

THE SCORES FROM BOTH COMPETITIONS WILL BE COMBINED TO DETERMINE THE OVERALL CHAMPION IN EACH OF THE TWENTY-ONE EVENTS WHILE MEDALS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE SWIMMERS. A TROPHY WILL BE AWARDED TO THE OVERALL WINNING SCHOOL.