New venue for Southern Section swim, diving events




The CIF- Southern Section Ford Swimming and Diving Championships will have a new home and format this spring.

Riverside Aquatics Complex on the campus of Riverside Community College will serve as the event’s new host.

The facility completed a recent renovation project on campus and a joint project with the City of Riverside.

It is one of the most state-of-the-art facilities in the country.

A 65-meter facility, Riverside boasts an Olympic-style venue complete with an Olympic dive tower and two additional 25-yard pools on site.

Given the ability to host swimming and diving in one location, the CIF-SS has amended the format of the meet.

With the ability to accommodate more qualifiers and finalists, the meet will now accept 36 qualifiers into the preliminary events with the top 20 returning for consolation and final heats.

Points will be awarded for the top 20 swimmers and divers, with the top eight receiving medals.

Diving finals—last three rounds of diving—will be incorporated into the swimming event lineup.

The CIF-SS prelims and finals take place May 7-12.



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