Dive Team
Welcome to Crosspointe Cruisers Dive Team!
Crosspointe Dive competes in Division 5 of the Northern Virginia Swimming League (NVSL), a developmental league that divides the 48 member dive teams into 8 divisions of 6 comparably competitive teams.
"A" Meets
There are five regular season NVSL meets against the other teams within our division, held on Tuesday evenings at 6:00 PM at either Crosspointe's Glen Eagles Pool or the other home-team pool. Each team is permitted to send 32 divers to each meet, however, each diver must meet a basic level of skill for their age group to qualify.
"B" Meets
At Crosspointe, we are very fortunate to have other nearby NVSL teams who have many divers who aren't quite ready for the A Meets but desire an opportunity to experience the fun and excitement of a meet - and maybe compete against friends they know from school or other sports. Those meets are typically held on Thursday evenings at either Crosspointe Glen Eagles Pool or another area pool.
B Meets are open to all divers who have not yet finished in the top three places of an A meet in that season.
Divisional Championship Meet
After the end of the regular season, the individual championship meets begin. The first meet is the Divisional Championship Meet, where each team sends a maximum of 16 divers to compete for the Divisional Champion of each age group. The top 6 finishers in each event earn a plaque.
All Star Championship Meet
The top 2 finishers in the Divisional Meet for each event qualify for the All Stars Meet. At this meet, the top 2 finishers for each age group from all 8 divisions come together to award the overall All Star Champion.
Cracker Jack Meet
This meet provides developing divers an opportunity to participate in a "big" meet on the scale of Divisionals or All Stars. Divers who do not go to Divisionals or do not meet a minimum score at an A Meet qualify for the Cracker Jack Meet.
Divers whose A meet scores all fall below the qualifying score below are eligible.
FG – 67 FB – 65 JG – 99 JB – 95 IG – 136 IB – 129 SG –155 SB – 155
Wally Martin Meet
The Wally Martin Meet allows divers to compete in two different events on the same day:
- 3 Meter Springboard - For those divers that have experience on 3 Meter boards
- 1 Meter Syncro - A pair of divers (of the same gender) can compete as a team where they are judged on how well the dives were performed together as well as overall execution.
Competing in this meet requires that the diver have the required 3 Meter experience or an opportunity to practice synchronized diving with a partner.
2024 Clinic Schedule
- June 2 - Meet workers Clinic at Mantua Pool - 10:30 am
- June 2 - Judges Clinic at Mantua Pool - 10:30 am
- June 11-13 - Judges Clinic at Chesterbrook Pool - 6:30 pm
- June 19 - Judges Clinic at Sleepy Hollow Bath Pool - 6:30 pm
- June 5 or 6 - Referees Clinic at Truro Pool - 6:30 pm
- June 9 - Referees Clinic at Hamlet Pool - 2:00 pm
2024 Dive Meet Schedule
What goes on at a Dive Meet?
If you are new to diving, we encourage you to come to a meet and check out what it's all about. We understand the meet can be confusing, so here's what happens at an A meet. Some things change for B meets, and those differences will be communicated as the B meets occur.
Diver Groups
The divers are divided into age/gender groups. For each gender, the breakdown is as follows. Ages are the divers age as of June 1. Divers as old as 18 can compete regardless of when they graduated high school.
| Freshmen: Ages 10 and under | |
| Juniors: Ages 11-12 | |
| Intermediates: Ages 13-14 | |
| Seniors: Ages 15-18 |
Dives
Each age group must perform a required number of dives per meet. All age groups must perform a front dive and a back dive, followed by a number of optional dives that are the diver's choice. Additionally, Senior divers must perform an additional required dive. See the chart below for the number of dives to be completed by age group.
| Age Group | Required | Optional | Total Dives |
| Freshmen* (3 total) | 2 (front, back) | ||
| Juniors (4 total) | 2 (front, back) | ||
| Intermediates (5 total) | 2 (front, back) | ||
| Seniors (6 total) | 3 (front, back, inward) |
*Freshmen are allowed to substitute front or back fall-ins for the required dive(s)
Announcing the Dive
The announcer will announce the diver followed by the dive they are about to perform, then the degree of difficulty for that specific dive, followed by the first name of the next diver in line. Sometimes the international dive number may also be used in addition to (or instead of) the dive name. For example.
"Josh will be performing a 101c, Forward Dive Tuck, 1.2. Jack on deck"
Performing the dive
After the dive is announced, the judges will evaluate how well the diver performed the announced dive. Dives will be one of 4 positions: Front, Back, Inward or Reverse; and one of three positions: Tuck, Pike or Straight. Some twisting dives do not have a designated position, and they will be described as "Free".
Scoring the dive
The judges are looking for (among other things) grace in approach, height off the board, distance from the board, quality of the announced position, verticality of the dive and a clean entry into the water.
Judges will judge on a scale of 0 to 10. A score of 5 is considered adequate, but misses many aspects that keep it from being a very good dive. If a diver receives a "thank you diver", they failed to perform the announced dive, or the dive wasn't legal. This goes in the books as zero.
The judges are volunteer parents. If you are interested in becoming a judge, check the schedule for the available judges clinics above.
In a five judge panel, the highest and lowest scores are thrown out and the remaining three are added together, then multiplied by the degree of difficulty (DD). The scores from each dive are then summed to obtain the diver's score for that event. The diver with the highest score in his/her age group and gender wins his/her event.
What is going on at the table?
In addition to the announcer there are other important roles required for the meet to run. There are two people writing down the scores as they are read, then there are two calculators who calculate the score and a meet secretary, who is responsible for recording the results. Each score recorder and calculator are doing the same job for error-checking and redundancy.
Those working the table are volunteer parents. If you are interested in learning more about those jobs, contact one of the dive reps or sign up to volunteer at a meet. No training required.
Who wins the meet?
Recall that there are 8 different events at a meet. 4 age groups for each gender. The winner of each event earns 5 points for the team, second place earns 3, and 3rd place, 1. The team with the most points wins the meet!
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