2025-26 South Dakota Changes, Clarifications & Reminders
- No speakers allowed in warm-up or competition area at meets. Host school will provide the music. Speakers may only be used in the locker room.
- All member schools will use the INSIGHT scoring program when hosting meets.
- Class AA State-Qualifying Meets will be held on Saturday of NFHS Week 31 for teams and individuals to qualify with a morning and afternoon session. A random draw, held yearly during the Gymnastics Advisory Committee Meeting, will be used to determine which teams will participate in each session.
- Random draw for the 2025-26 season is as follows:
- Morning Session = Aberdeen Central, Harrisburg, Mitchell, Pierre T.F. Riggs, Sioux Falls Lincoln, Sioux Falls Washington
- Afternoon Session = Brookings, Huron, O’Gorman, Sioux Falls Jefferson, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, Watertown, Yankton
- Random draw for the 2025-26 season is as follows:
- Adjust Modified Capital Cup format to remove the dual judging requirement for regular season meets with six or more teams. Pre-meet includes an open stretch and equipment check for 30-45 minutes and remove the “play nice” warm-up time. Move the team warm-up to a minimum of two minutes per athlete and keep the touch warm-up at one-and-a-half minutes. Region/State-Qualifying Meets will stay with dual judging and will continue with the Modified Capital Cup format.
- State-Qualifying scores remain the same as follows: Class A Vault = 8.7, Class A Floor = 8.8, Class AA Beam = 8.9 and Class AA Floor = 9.2.
- All music recorded for performances to be used with iPod, phone auxiliary cords, etc. No CDs will be allowed.
South Dakota Modifications to NFHS Rules
- Coaches have a maximum of 10 minutes (instead of five) to submit an inquiry after all scores for that team are recorded for that individual event.
