GENERAL INFORMATION:
A. Girls gymnastics is a state championship
event open to schools in all classifications.
1. Competition in all meets will be held in the
following events:
(a) Balance Beam
(b) Uneven Parallel Bars
(c) Vaulting
(d) Floor Exercise
(e) All-Around (competition in preceding four
events)
2. The order of competition will be determined
by block style.
3. Open scoring will be used.
4. Beginning and ending dates for practice and
competition can be found at the front of this
publication.
B. The GHSA gymnastics meets will be played
according to the rules published by the National
Federation of State High School Associations
with such GHSA modifications as may be found in
this section.
C. Each school desiring to participate in
gymnastics must file its intent by April 1 of
the preceding year by filing the form found on
the GHSA web site.
D. The number of gymnastic meets allowed is ten
regular-season meets plus one invitational
tournament.
1. The state elimination series does not count
in these meets.
2. An invitational tournament is defined as a
competition involving more than three teams.
3. All invitational tournaments must be approved
by the GHSA Executive Director.
4. Only two meets per week may be scheduled.
5. In accordance with GHSA By-Laws, only one
night before a school day per week may be used
for competitions beginning at 6:00 p.m. or later
6. All teams and gymnasts (except when prevented
by injury) must participate in a minimum of
three (3) GHSA sanctioned varsity meets during
the regular season in order to be eligible to
participate in the state qualifying meet.
E. There will be no interscholastic practice
and/or scrimmages.
F. All gymnastics coaches are required to attend
a GHSA rules clinic as specified in the GHSA
By-Laws.
G. Touch warm-ups are not permitted, and no
exhibitions are permitted during seasonal or
invitational meets.
H. In accordance with NFHS rule 3-2-1, the GHSA
will limit the number of participants that a
school may enter in a meet as follows:
1. For regular season meets, the limit is five
(5) partipants per event.
2. For invitational meets during the regular
season, the limit is four (4) participants per
event.
3. For post-season meets, the limit is four (4)
participants per event (including the All-Around
competition).
PRELIMINARY MEETS:
A. Preliminary (qualifying) meets will be held
April 24, 2010 at Lovett School.
B. General information, entry forms and roster
forms will be on the GHSA website.
C. Schools that do not meet the entry form
deadline will not be able to enter the
qualifying meet.
D. Schools that enter the qualifying meet, but
do not attend, will be fined by the GHSA.
STATE MEET
A. The State Meet will be held on Friday, April
30, 2010, at Westminster School.
1. The GHSA Coordinator for Gymnastics is Dr.
Lucia Norwood.
2. The admission fee for the State Meet is $7.00
for adults and $5.00 for students high school
and under for pre-sale only. If pre-sale
is not applicable, all fees at the gate will be
$7.00.
B. A spring floor will be used in the State
Meet.
C. A school must qualify at the GHSA qualifying
round to advance to the State Meet. Any school
wishing to compete in the GHSA qualifying round
must make notification of entry to the GHSA
Office by April 1 of the previous school year.
D. In all preliminary meets and the state meet,
expenses are paid from the gross gate receipts,
including the cost of officials, and the balance
is sent to the GHSA Office.
