As if NC State wasn’t making enough noise (literally, loudest team on deck) this weekend in Austin, they certainly ended the meet on a high note. As you can view above, one by one as members of the wolfpack swam their last events, they got right back to work without even leaving the pool.
Discovering pull up on the pool deck, one of the coaches noted that the group still had their weekly pull ups to do, which were postponed from Thursday until after the meet. The wolfpack not only embraced the challenge, but inspired several other swimmers on deck to do the same, including 2012 Olympian Breeja Larson, who impressed the group by completing a 1-handed pull up.
This is an NCAA violation. Student-athletes may not be required to participate in practice activities on the same day following competition. The following bylaw governs:
17.1.7.3.2.1 Countable Athletically Related Activities Prohibited After Competition. Countable athletically related activities may not be conducted at any time (including vacation periods) following competition, except between contests, rounds or events during a multiday or multievent competition (e.g., double-headers in softball or baseball, rounds of golf in a multiday tournament).
The standard penalty is 2 for 1. Meaning each student-athlete who practiced this day will have to sit out of team practices for two days. Those student-athletes can still practice on their own voluntarily, however.
Way to call out NC State for committing an infraction SwimSwam!
That’s a nice try, but you missed the part about “except between contest, rounds, or events during a multiday or multievent competition,” which the Pro Swim Series counts as. The meet had not yet concluded, so they were “between events.”
Incorrect. The Pro Swim Series is a SERIES of competitions, Austin was the specific COMPETITION, and the bylaw speaks directly to practice after COMPETITION, not a series. A “multievent” competition referenced in the bylaw relates to tournaments in which multiple games are played (such as a Water Polo tournament, for example). This was not a multievent competition, it was a multiday competition, and the exception allows student-athletes to participate in practice activities inbetween sessions (e.g. warm-down, film review, etc.). Because the NCAA considers swimming an individual sport, it is applied to swimmers on an individual basis. As soon as each individual has completed competition, they are restricted from practicing through the end of the day. The article clearly confirms that… Read more »
Mr Compliance – you can capitalize as many words as you want, but that doesn’t make it “black and white.” Your logic doesn’t hold up to NCAA interpretations. Each race at a multi-day swim meet is an “event.” Therefore, these practices were between events.
Also – the video clearly says that the meet is not over. The end of a competition is not defined by one’s return to the bench, so-to-speak.
No need to get angry about it. It really was a good try, it’s just an incorrect interpretation.
I’m not angry, there just isn’t another way (that I know of) to emphasis words in the comments. I thought you were implying that because Austin is part of a series, the practice was permissible because it was part of a multevent competition. I do not dispute that the article indicates the meet was still finishing up, but that is not what I claimed. I agree that end of competition is not defined as one’s return to the bench, but as previously stated, in individual sports the end of competition is determined on an individual basis, not once everyone on the team is done. The article states that, “one by one as members of the wolfpack swam their last events,… Read more »
NC STATE does pull-ups for warm down…….you lose
To UBERFAN…please don’t refer to NC State as NC….two different things. As far as your comment about
polarizing, why would stories about a program that has literally exploded from one of the worst to the best
in only 7 years NOT be of interest to SwimSwam readers? They are a great group of coaches and swimmers who
work hard, perform at a high level and have fun doing it.
Is any team as polarizing to swimswam readers as NC?
Cal
Is that Breeja Larson in the black t-shirt?
It is
Good for NC State! Great enthusiasm, discipline and work ethic. Coach has them going in the right direction!
Braden – could you get us something from NC State that would help the rest of the country get our girls as strong as them? What are they doing in the weight room?! How many times a week are they lifting/dryland? How much circuit/power are they doing? What are their weight cycles? They are RIPPED and one of VERY few programs in the country that is empowering young women as a GROUP to be progress the way we would all like to. Their athletes seem to go 23 low and then down to 21… from 26/27LCM to 25low. There are some good sprinters around the country, and of course great coaches that have gotten some fast results – not to… Read more »
Hey Bob – we’ll work on it and see what we can come up with.
Pull-ups during a meet in Austin? Karlee Bispo did it first.
I like it. Good little authentic meet moment.