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This gives swimmers opportunities to achieve or improve upon their Olympic Trials Cuts.
Hopefully, these participants have an opportunity for a post-meet demonstration event.
If the official swim season concluded one day later, one day after the second championship meet happened, then the high school swimmers and teams could have a Meta Meet that:
When the official season concludes one day after the state championships, then the swimmers and divers who are not in the Meta Meet could participate in workshops, clinics, scrimmages too.
Hold an extra, mid-day meet on Sunday, the day following the PIAA State Championships, that includes top performers from boys and girls in both AAA and AA.
The Meet Meet is a competition and the PIAA limits the number of meets for teams in a season. The PIAA limit has been 18 meets in one season. So, if a team uses all its meets, that team's swimmers would not be permitted to compete in the Meta Meet.
Make no changes to the normal PIAA state championship meets. Continue the tradition of alternating the days for the PA AAA and AA Championship Meets. The first meet happens on Wednesday and Thursday and the other is Friday and Saturday in alternate years. The proposed change happens after the conclusion of the state meets with an extra session.
In 2024, before the 2024 USA Olympic Trials and the Paris Olympics, plus in 2028, before the 2028 USA Olympic Trials and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, the meet is conducted in a 50-meter, LONG COURSE pool.
The pool at Bucknell, as well as the other possible venues can all accommodate this switch to LCM from SCY. For diving, the lane lines might need to be moved, as is the case in most high school dual meets.
The other three years, use the normal SCY format.
To get the athletes a chance to swim other events, such as the 200 fly, 400 IM, a Meta Meet then Club Meet combo experience might be even more efficient.
Trusted, I-League All-Stars could come have a reward trip to the PA Meta Meet to serve as TIMERS, OFFICIAL trainees, broadcasters, volunteer coordinators. Then after the meet, before tear-down, these I-League All-Stars would have a demo event. The demo event could be a 100-free time trial, etc.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a comprehensive list of all high school all-star games that get national coverage.
The 2023 All-American Bowl is an annual high school football all-star game that in San Antonio, Texas.
Basketball
The 2023 McDonald’s All-American Game is an annual high school basketball all-star game. McDonald’s All-American game is considered to be the most prestigious All-Star event in high school basketball. The game is for American and Canadian boys’ and girls’ high school basketball graduates. The game consists of the top players, each team plays a single exhibition game after the conclusion of the high-school basketball season, in an East vs. West format. Many of the game’s all-time greats have made an appearance over the years, including Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Kevin Garnett and Anthony Davis. The 2023 McDonald’s All-American game rosters have been revealed recently.
The Dapper Dan Roundball Classic was the first national All-Star basketball game for high school players founded by Sonny Vaccaro and his childhood friend in 1965. The game was played at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh where the best high school players from across the country were invited to compete. This game moved to Detroit, NC, Chicago and ended in 2007.
The 1990s saw Dapper Dan undergo dramatic and significant change. The club was re-christened as Dapper Dan Charities and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania was designated the primary beneficiary of the fundraising events. The money given to the Boys & Girls Clubs was earmarked for youth sports programs that would attract under-served urban youth into highly organized flag football, RBI baseball, basketball, hockey, field hockey, golf and wrestling leagues. In addition to basketball, there are also Dapper Dan all-star games for wrestling and football.
The Capital Classic high school basketball All-Star game is an annual event that features some of the best high school basketball players in the country. The game is sponsored by Under Armour Inc. and takes place at the University of Maryland’s Comcast Center1.
The Show Basketball Allstar game which has been running since 2001 and is a great tradition for high school basketball1.
Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Game high school basketball showcase at Thomas More University in Kentucky.
GEICO ESPN High School Basketball Showcase which features some of the top high school basketball teams in the country.
The former Dapper Dan Wrestling Classic is now the Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic, an annual event that pits the best wrestlers in Pennsylvania against top wrestlers from throughout the nation. The first event is the WPIAL vs. Ohio. The event is considered to be the most prestigious high school all-star wrestling meet in the country. Each year, the best wrestlers in the WPIAL match up against the best in a selected state with the main event featuring the best in Pennsylvania against the country’s best wrestlers. The event was held at AHN Arena at Peters Township High School in McMurray, Pennsylvania. Title sponsor in 2023 is United States Steel Corporation.
The 2023 NCA All-Star National Championship is a cheerleading competition that will be held in February 2023.
With many of the other post season high school All-Start events, participation is limited to the graduating seniors. Perhaps that would be a point for further discussion so as to include the best of the best and allow those in 9th, 10th and 11th grade to participate too.
With the new NIL opportunities, perhaps a showcase for the students could be established. NIL money might be able to be shared with athletes and help to finance parts of the meet's expenses.
Year | Ohio HS States at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton, Ohio | PA HS States Bucknell Univ in Lewisburg, PA |
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2017 | ? | March 15-18 |
2018 | Feb 15-17 | March 15-18 |
2019 | February 20-23 | March 13-16 |
2020 | ? | Covid |
2021 | Feb 25-27 | March 17-21 |
2022 | Feb 20-25 | March 15-19 |
2023 | Feb 21-25 | March 14-18 AA then AAA |
2024 | ? | ? |
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