Guidelines

ST. PAUL CITY CONFERENCE: Girls' Gymnastics Guidelines

  1. The coaches meeting will be on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, at 2:45 p.m., at Johnson High School. All coaches, including any assistant coaches, must attend this meeting.

  2. Opening date for practice is Monday, November 17, 2008.

  3. All coaches are encouraged to join the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association for Girls' Sports and the St. Paul Coaches Association.

  4. National Federation Gymnastics Rules will be used for all gymnastic meets except as modified in the MSHSL Athletic Rules and Policies Manuals.

  5. All rosters are to be faxed one week before the Preview to the host school.

  6. Entries
    1. Five (5) girls may enter each event at the varsity level.
    2. Eight (8) girls may enter each event at the junior varsity level.

  7. Team score for varsity and junior varsity shall be determined based on the four (4) highest scores in each event.

  8. Warm-Up:
    1. 5:35-5:55 p.m.: home -- Bars & Floor, away -- Beam & Vault;
    2. 6:00-6:20 p.m.: home -- Beam & Vault, away -- Bars and Floor
    Touch Warm-Up: three minutes on every event starting promptly with each rotation (3 skills).

  9. Order of competition:
    • Rotation 1: home -- varsity vault; away -- junior varsity bars
    • Rotation 2: home -- junior varsity bars; away -- varsity vault
    • Rotation 3: home -- junior varsity vault; away -- varsity bars
    • Rotation 4: home -- varsity bars; away -- junior varsity vault
    • Rotation 5: home -- varsity beam; away -- junior varsity floor
    • Rotation 6: home -- junior varsity floor; away -- varsity beam
    • Rotation 7: home -- junior varsity beam; away -- varsity floor
    • Rotation 8: home -- varsity floor; away -- junior varsity beam

  10. Judges and coaches shall meet prior to the meet to discuss procedures for the meet.

  11. The floor shall be cleared of all participants prior to the meet. All gymnasts shall march in to appropriate music and both junior varsity and varsity teams shall be introduced - visiting team first.

  12. Three (3) judges will be provided for each conference meet / six (6) for quadrangulars.

  13. Each school is responsible for employing a seller/taker, two (2) scorers for both levels of competition and may hire three (3) timers/score flashers.

  14. The conference championship is determined by the dual meet results only.

  15. The HOME coach is responsible for calling in the score. Call both newspapers (St. Paul--651-228-5523; Mpls.--612-673-4447). HOME coach should contact John Vosejpka by phone (767-3490), Fax (293-5374) or E-Mail (john.vosejpka@SPPS.org) with results and overall individual winner for Web site posting. Rosters and photos should be sent to him as soon as they are available.

  16. All-Conference team will be determined using the following formula and presented at the post-season coaches meeting:
    1. Eight meets will be used to determine All-Conference honors:
      1. Preview
      2. Six dual conference meets
      3. Conference meet
    2. Each gymnast must have five scores out of eight to qualify for All-Conference.
    3. The top five All-Arounds will be pulled out of the individual events.
    4. The next five gymnasts will also be named to the All-Conference team.
    5. The next two gymnasts will be named Honorable Mention.

  17. Judge's Workshop: dates and times to be determined by individual schools.


2008-2009 CITY CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS PREVIEW

DATE: Saturday, December 6, 2008
TIME: Warmup at 9:30 a.m., march in at 11:00, meet starts at 11:15 a.m.
SITE: Highland Park High School
ADMISSION: Adults -- $5.00, students -- $3.00

  1. Varsity only--each team may enter seven participants

  2. All four events will run concurrently. The teams will comply to the following rotation (warm-up and competition)

    Stretching: 9:30-9:45 a.m.
    Teams will have ten minute rotations on each event

    TIME

    FLOOR

    BEAM

    BARS

    VAULT

    9:50-10:00

    Central

    Edison

    Como Park

    Highland

    10:00-10:10

    Edison

    Johnson

    Southwest

    Central

    10:10-10:20

    Johnson

    Como Park

    Highland

    Edison

    10:20-10:30

    Como Park

    Southwest

    Central

    Johnson

    10:30-10:40

    Southwest

    Highland

    Edison

    Como Park

    10:40-10:50

    Highland

    Central

    Johnson

    Southwest

    March in -- 11:00 a.m.

  3. There will be one judge per event - all events running concurrently.

  4. Ribbons - places 1-10 in each event and in all-around. Awards will follow competition. Gymnasts must wear warm-ups when receiving awards at the end of the meet.

  5. Each coach is responsible for faxing their line-up to the host school three days before the Preview.

  6. The host school is responsible for calling in the score.


2009 TWIN CITIES GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP

DATE: Tuesday, February 3, 2009
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
PLACE: Highland Park
ADMISSION: Adults -- $5.00, students - $3.00

  1. The first and second place teams of St. Paul with the first and second place teams of Minneapolis.

  2. All rules will be as established by the MSHSL.

  3. Only varsity teams will compete.

  4. Adequate supervision is the responsibility of each participating school.

  5. Employee passes will be honored.

  6. The home team coach is responsible for calling in the score.

  7. Medals will be awarded to the top three in each event and to the overall.

Warm-Up and Competition Schedule:

TIME

FLOOR

BEAM

BARS

VAULT

5:30-5:40

St. Paul 2

Mpls. 1

Mpls. 2

St. Paul 1

5:40-5:50

Mpls. 1

Mpls. 2

St. Paul 1

St. Paul 2

5:50-6:00

Mpls. 2

St. Paul 1

St. Paul 2

Mpls. 1

6:00-6:10

St. Paul 1

St. Paul 2

Mpls. 1

Mpls. 2

  • There will be one judge per event




    2009 JUNIOR VARSITY CONFERENCE MEET

    DATE: Friday, February 6, 2009
    TIME: 5:00 p.m.
    SITE: Como Park High School

    Stretching: 3:15-3:45
    Warm-Ups: 3:50-4:40
    March in: 4:50

    Warm-Up and Competition Schedule:

    TIME

    FLOOR

    BEAM

    BARS

    VAULT

    3:50-4:00

    Como Park

    Johnson 2

    Central

    Johnson 1

    4:00-4:10

    Highland

    Central

    Johnson 1

    Como Park

    4:10-4:20

    Central

    Johnson 1

    Johnson 2

    Highland

    4:20-4:30

    Johnson 2

    Highland

    Como Park

    Central

    4:30-4:40

    Johnson 1

    Como Park

    Highland

    Johnson 2

  • There will be one judge per event - all events running concurrently.

  • Ribbons - places 1-10 in each event and in all-around. Awards will follow competition. Gymnasts must wear warm-ups when receiving awards at the end of the meet.




    2009 VARSITY CITY CONFERENCE MEET

    DATE: Thursday, February 12, 2009
    TIME: Meet starts at 5:00 p.m.
    SITE: Johnson High School
    ADMISSION: Adults -- $5.00, students -- $3.00

    3:40-4:10 -- Open gym and stretch
    4:10-4:50 -- Warm-ups
    5:00 -- March-in, meet begins

    Warm-Up and Competition Schedule:

    TIME

    FLOOR

    BEAM

    BARS

    VAULT

    4:10-4:20

    Central

    Johnson

    Como Park

    Highland

    4:20-4:30

    Johnson

    Como Park

    Highland

    Central

    4:30-4:40

    Como Park

    Highland

    Central

    Johnson

    4:40-4:50

    Highland

    Central

    Johnson

    Como Park

  • There will be two judges per event

  • Awards: Medals - 1st-3rd place, ribbons - 4th-8th place

  • Trophy: City Conference Meet Champs