{"id":444810,"date":"2020-08-25T09:43:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=444810"},"modified":"2020-08-25T09:43:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T16:43:50","slug":"new-york-high-school-swimming-gets-go-ahead-to-start-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/new-york-high-school-swimming-gets-go-ahead-to-start-season\/","title":{"rendered":"New York High School Swimming Gets Go-Ahead to Start Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Gov. <strong>Andrew Cuomo<\/strong> Monday allowed lower-risk sports like high school swimming to proceed as soon as mid-September.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming is categorized among the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailygazette.com\/article\/2020\/08\/24\/cuomo-some-high-school-team-sports-can-start-practicing-playing-sept-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lower- and moderate-risk sports<\/a>, along with tennis, golf, soccer, cross country and field hockey. The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) has set its soonest start date for the 2020-21 season at Sept. 21. Lower-risk sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/highschoolsports\/2020\/08\/gov-cuomo-gives-ok-for-new-york-to-start-some-hs-sports-but-football-games-on-hold.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can start official practices then<\/a>, with competition to begin soon after, if the COVID-19 conditions in the state and individual regions allows.<\/p>\n<p>Competition would have to remain local, with contests between regions barred until at least Oct. 19. The NYSPHSAA has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nysphsaa-cancels-fall-high-school-championships-drafts-condensed-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cancelled state championships in the fall to reduce travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The State has done a lot of research on how we can safely have our students participate in school sports and get the exercise they need, and the guidance we developed will allow lower-risk sports to begin practicing and playing next month,&#8221; Cuomo said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/governor-cuomo-announces-lower-risk-school-sports-all-regions-may-begin-september-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a press release<\/a>. &#8220;We are approaching youth sports as we have approached everything else in our phased reopening &#8211; teams are not allowed to compete outside a school&#8217;s region or contiguous region for the time being until we can gauge the effects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Girls high school swimming is a fall sport in New York, with boys swimming over the winter. Among the fall sports not approved to start are football and girls volleyball, plus winter sports like wrestling and hockey. Football and volleyball can begin practices Sept. 21, but there\u2019s no date for interscholastic contests to begin.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s announcement from Cuomo is intended as guidance, that bodies like the NYSPHSAA will take to refine their recommendations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Interscholastic athletic guidance released by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYGovCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYGovCuomo<\/a>. Low risk fall sports will be played starting Sept. 21; high risk can practice. Will meet w\/ Section Executive Directors &amp; COVID Task Force Tuesday to review specific guidance. Great news for student-athletes!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYSPHSAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYSPHSAA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PjHQGAK2rt\">pic.twitter.com\/PjHQGAK2rt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Robert Zayas (@RobertZayasNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertZayasNY\/status\/1297932275632480262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing this in phases,\u201d Cuomo said in a press conference. \u201cWe want to see what the effect is. We want to see how it works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>High school swimming competition in New York will proceed at a limited facility capacity of no more than 50 percent. No more than two spectators per player are allowed. Social distancing and face covering provisions will apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Gov. 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