UIL has modified regional and state qualifications this season due to COVID and size restrictions. Below are 2020-2021 UIL Swimming Rules: 

District meets shall be held in districts with more than six individuals or relays entered. Only the teams and individuals qualifying through the district and regional meet are eligible to advance to the state meet.

• A maximum of the top four individuals in each event and relays shall qualify from district to regional meet.
• There shall be no consolation finals in the district meet.
• Regional and State Meets will be 1-day meets with prelims in the morning and finals in the afternoon.
• At both the regional and state meets there will be two prelim heats and two heats in the finals, a championship heat and a consolation heat.
• The first place winner in each event of eight (8) regional swimming & diving meets will advance to the State Meet. Plus, the next eight (8) swimmers with the best regional final times overall will advance to the state meet.
• If there are ties in determining the qualifier to the next meet, the times of the competitors from the preliminary competition will be considered first with the competitor with the fastest preliminary time advancing. If a tie should still exist, the decision will be made by lot.
• In diving, two divers will qualify at each of the eight regional meets to the state meet. There is no diving degree required for qualifiers into the regional and state meet.
• All 16 divers will compete in prelims and finals / consols at the state meet.
• A competitor/team relay is officially entered when the official entry sheet is delivered to the meet director at the designated time and place.
• After the entry deadline, there shall be no substitution allowed in the individual events according to NFHS. If the individual place winner cannot compete in the next higher meet, the next place winner may be certified if time allows.
• Scratches are permitted due to academic ineligibility. If this occurs, the regional director may contact alternate qualifiers to replace individual school entries that are scratched.