Diving Schedule

Click Here for Practice Group Assignments

The Seton Diving Team is organized into three (3) practice groups:

  • Group 1: State Championship Team
    • Can consistently perform a full 11-dive list
    • Three (3) days in water plus two (2) dryland per week.
  • Group 2: Future State Championship Team
    • Either learning a full 11-dive list or  inconsistently performing all 11 dives in their list
    • Two (2) days in water plus two (2) dryland per week.
  • Group 3: Future Regular Season Meet Participants
    • Working to learn a 6-dive list
    • One (1) day per week in water plus two (2) dryland per week.

Dryland Practices

Dryland practices are held at our Dryland Diving Practice facility in the gym behind Renaissance Montessori School in Nokesville, VA.

ONLY come to the practice sessions to which you are assigned.  We have to keep the group to a size where they can be safely supervised.  See the practice group assignments link, above.  Look under the “Dryland Schedule” tab to your individual practice times.

The Pre-Season schedule:

    • Wednesdays – September 10 to October 29
      • 5:30-7:00 p.m. – Group 1 & Group 2 boys
      • 6:30-7:30 p.m. — Group 2 girls, Group 3, and all new divers
    • Sundays – October 12, 19, and 26 (no dryland Oct 5)
      • 3:30-5:00 p.m. — Group 1 & Group 2 boys
      • 4:30-5:30 p.m. — Group 2 girls, Group 3, and all new divers

Regular Season Dryland practices will begin on Sunday, November 9.

The Regular Season schedule:

  • Regular Season Dryland practices will begin on Sunday, November 9.
  • The regular season schedule will be posted once the Team Roster and Group size is finalized, but we will likely follow our current Sunday schedule as well as a weekday evening.

Water Practices

Water practices are held using the two diving boards at the Freedom Center in Manassas, VA.

ONLY come to the practice sessions to which you are assigned.  We only have two diving boards, so we need to manage the group size.  See the practice group assignments link, above.  Look under the “In Water Schedule” tab to your individual practice times.

The pre-season schedule:

  • Saturdays – October 4, 11, and 25th
    • 9:45-11:30 a.m.– Group 1 & 2 (in water at 10:00)
    • 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Group 3 and new divers (in water at 10:45)

Regular Season Water practices will begin on Friday, November 7.

No Friday morning diving on Black Friday (November 28).  We will have afternoon practice though.

The regular season schedule:

  • Wednesdays
    • 6:04-7:30 a.m.– Group 1 
  • Fridays
    • 6:04-7:30 a.m.– Group 1 
    • 4:15-6:00 p.m.– Group 1 
    • 5:30-7:00 p.m.– Group 2

Diving Meets

We generally have a diving meet prior to each swim meet.  All diving meets are shown on schedule under the Meet Schedule tab.

To participate in a regular season meet, a diver must be able to complete 6-dives including one required dive (called the “voluntary” dive for some reason) and five (5) others (called “optional” dives) from 4 of the 5 diving groups (forward, back, inward, twisting, reverse).

The NFHS Rules (Rule 9, Section 4, Article 6) specify that the required dive alternates weekly for league competitions, however, the NFHS rules leave it to the league to define the meaning of “week”.

On April 26, 2024, the VISAA Swim & Dive committee approved the following weekly dive rotation schedule to which we will adhere for meets hosted by Seton Diving:

Week Beginning Required Dive Group
Prior to Thanksgiving By Mutual Consent
Saturday after Thanksgiving Front Group
1st Saturday in December Back Group
2nd Saturday in December Inward Group
3rd Saturday in December Twisting Group
Christmas Break By Mutual Consent
1st Saturday in January Reverse Group
2nd Saturday in January Front Group
3th Saturday in January Back Group
4th Saturday in January Inward Group
Championship Season All Meets with 11-Dives (Rule 9, Section 4, Article 1)

For post-season championship meets, including our VCAC Conference Championship, the VISAA Division II Invitational Championship, and the VISAA State Championship, divers are required to complete 11 dives including 2 from each group.  

According to NFHS Rules (Note 2, Rule 9, Section 4, Article 6), the competing teams, by prior mutual consent, may choose to compete with 11-dives during non-championship meets.  For meets during the season where time allows, we will attempt to provide an opportunity for our divers to experience an 11-dive competition.