2024-25 South Dakota Changes, Clarifications & Reminders
- 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 2024-25 season is as follows:
- Morning Session = O’Gorman, Pierre T.F. Riggs, Sioux Falls Jefferson, Sioux Falls Washington, Watertown, Yankton
- Afternoon Session = Aberdeen Central, Brookings, Harrisburg, Huron, Mitchell, Sioux Falls Lincoln, Sioux Falls Roosevelt
- Random draw for the 2024-25 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.
- Reminder, 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.
- State Meet Format
- Class A: The top team from each region and the next six highest overall team scores, regardless of Region, will advance to the State Meet Team Competition.
- Class AA: Top eight team scores from State-Qualifying Meet will qualify.
- State Meet Schedule
- Team Day – Friday
- Morning Session – Class AA Team Competition
- Afternoon Session – Class A Team Competition
- Individual Day – Saturday
- Morning Session – Class AA Individual Competition
- Afternoon Session – Class A Individual Competition
- NOTE: Class A and Class AA will alternate each year as to who will go first on each day
- Team Day – Friday
- Remove All-Around in-season qualifying standards. The All-Around division at the State Meet will consist of those participants that qualified for and are entered in all four events at the State Meet.
- Failure to post the contestant number or the correct number for the contestant will result in 0.2 point deduction.
- Failure to land on any part of the bottom of the feet first would result in a voided vault. The athlete will not be allowed to attempt the same vault. If the athlete performs the same vault, the vault will be voided.
- Pay for State-Qualifying Meet judges is $150.00.
- All music recorded for performances to be used with iPod, phone auxiliary cords, etc. No CDs will be allowed.
- Winter Moratorium is in effect from December 23-26. No activities allowed during this time.
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.
- Vault judges must sit with one judge on each side of the vault or be placed a minimum of five feet apart when two judges or more are used on the same side of the vault.
