
September 18, 2014 |
Congratulations to Manta Rays Sydney Lofquist and Justin Hove for earning USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Honors for the 2013-2014 academic year. To earn this honor swimmers must meet the following requirements set forth by USA Swimming.
• GPA Requirement – minimum 3.5 GPA for the current
academic year.
o The Scholastic All America committee members
will calculate the GPA based on SAA methods.
o Honors, Advanced Placement, and International
Baccalaureate courses will earn one extra Grade Point.
o Grades for academic
subjects only are calculated – history/social
studies, English, mathematics, sciences, foreign languages, arts
(visual and performing), computer sciences. Grades for non-academic
courses will NOTbe calculated -band, choir,
health, driver education, physical education, and any other class
marked non-academic on a transcript.
• Pool Requirements
o Applicants must have swum a time equal to a
Junior National 2011 bonus time in any event during the SAA
qualifying period (August 16, 2014 – August 15, 2015) with
qualifying times in SWIMS. The list of times are posted on the USA
Swimming website (see links on this page) and in the USA-S Rule
Book.
o A qualifying time will be available for
selection from the SWIMS database during the application process.