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2023 Greater Metro 4A (GM4A) Conference Championship

Teams

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Team Score NISCA
1 Hickory Ridge logo Hickory Ridge 465 93.7
2 West Cabarrus logo West Cabarrus 458.5 80.3
3 Cox Mill logo Cox Mill 451.5 96.6
4 Lake Norman logo Lake Norman 318 92.3
5 South Iredell logo South Iredell 173 55.7

High point

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Name Team Class Gold Silver Bronze Score NISCA
1 Alex Garmon Hickory Ridge logo JR 4 40 129.0
2 Connor Solvason Cox Mill logo JR 2 2 40 125.0
3 Tyler Ligi Hickory Ridge logo JR 3 1 37 108.0
4 Parker Murphy Hickory Ridge logo FR 3 1 36 107.7
5 Costi Gaskey West Cabarrus logo JR 2 1 36 96.5

Performances

Officiating Staff

Head Referee: Bill Vey

Starter/Stroke & Turn Judge: Tom Donahue

Stroke & Turn Judge: Joel Johns

Stroke & Turn Judge: Christine McAlarney

Stroke & Turn Judge: Ryan Pegarsch

Stroke & Turn Judge: Tonya Lowery

*This meet will be held with an extra official in the event another official falls ill with COVID-19.

*There are multiple officials who are also certified as referees who are able to fill that position should it be needed.

Championship Protocol

This meet will be conducted under the Championship Protocol to emulate as close as an experience to Regionals that we can provide.

Championship Protocol states that if a swimmer misses their event, they are out of all their events for the remaining meet. This includes relays.

Coaches, please make sure your team is aware of this change in rules from our regular-season meets.

Admissions / Heat Sheets

This will be a digital ticket event only. No tickets will be sold at the door. You must buy your ticket online via Hickory Ridge's TicketSpicket Page: https://events.ticketspicket.com/agency/aad6ae5b-bfac-4d6b-b407-e32441c68e02.

Heat Sheets will be available for sale in the lobby for $5.00 each. Please Bring Exact Change!

Parking

Parking is available at the parking lot behind MCAC (Walton Plaza). The address is: 700E E Stonewall St, Charlotte, NC 28202

Those who attempt to park in front of the facility will be turned away and instructed to park at the 700 E Stonewall St parking lot.

Teams are welcome to use the circle in front of MCAC to drop their teams off and pick them up.

Busses should park in the 700 E Stonewall St parking lot after dropping teams off as well.

Please see "Parking Directions" attachment below to see map of where parking is/is not permitted.

Scoring

All scoring will be on a sixteen (16) place basis for Championship Meet.

  • Individual events: 20-17-16-15-14-13-12-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
  • Relay events: 40-34-32-30-28-26-24-22-18-14-12-10-8-6-4-2; only 2 relays per gender may score for each team.

Declared False Start (DFS)

Teams/Athletes MUST inform the meet referee if they will not be participating in an event before it begins. This will be recorded as a "Declared False Start" (DFS) in the meet results and the athlete(s) will remain eligible to compete in other events during the remainder of the meet.

If they do not inform the referee, they will not be eligible to swim the remainder of the meet. (See Championship Protocol Section Above)

2022-2023 Greater Metro 4A Conference Coach of the Year

The Greater Metro 4A Conference Coach of the Year as voted on by the conference coaches is:


Men's Team: Matt Krieger (Hickory Ridge)

Women's Team: Jana Mooney (Lake Norman)