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has anyone heard about the change in the regional system in terms of the at large pool. i wanna see if people have heard what i have. let me know if youve heard anything different

i know you have to finish in the top 8 at regionals to be considered for at large bids... that's the only thing i can think of...

i read something on trackshark that mentions the new rules, sounds like its the same as last year..

top 5 are automatic in each region

6,7, 8 place are thrown into a pool.

out of the 6-8 place in each region ( 4 regions x 3 people= 12)

out of those 12, the top 8 go on based on their overall season best marks.....

tsk tsk. nobody reads the rules


After the automatic qualifiers (top five declared athletes in individual events, top three declared relays based upon regional performance) have been identified, the committee will place the next seven declared athletes/relay teams (plus ties based on place) in each event based upon regional performance into the national at-large pool. Previously, only the next three declared athletes/relay teams in each regional event advanced to the at-large pool.


now there are 28 people in the at large pool...

well professor Brian has made it pretty clear now, so does this mean more people will be heading to regionals on a whole scale this year?

In slightly simpler terms, top 5 are in like always, next 7 (so to 12th place) are now considered for the at-large pool.

Better than last year, but you're still screwed if you NH at Regionals.

rainbowgirl28 wrote:In slightly simpler terms, top 5 are in like always, next 7 (so to 12th place) are now considered for the at-large pool.

Better than last year, but you're still screwed if you NH at Regionals.

yeah, no heighting is still the ultimate fear.


but i think this idea helps slightly stronger regions have more people at nationals, therefore the competition will be better

VTechVaulter wrote:

rainbowgirl28 wrote:In slightly simpler terms, top 5 are in like always, next 7 (so to 12th place) are now considered for the at-large pool.

Better than last year, but you're still screwed if you NH at Regionals.

but i think this idea helps slightly stronger regions have more people at nationals, therefore the competition will be better

Agreed.

Hey if you no height at trials you don't go to the show either...i think its a great rule. You have to be able to jump when it counts and if you can't make it happen you don't deserve to be at nationals. Good luck everyone at regionals!

Does anyone know of a site where all the entries / qualifiers are list for each region?

Dan

track shark has the national list. you cna just look to see what rejionals

this is the MIDWEST line-up

1 Ray Scotten SR Nebraska 5.50m 04-08
2 Scott Martin JR Oklahoma 5.40m 04-22
3 Chip Heuser SO Oklahoma 5.40m 04-15
4 Sage Thames SR Texas Tech 5.40m 04-08
5 Andre Poljanec SO N. Iowa 5.40m 04-23
6 Dusty Williams JR Texas A&M 5.35m 04-06
7 Matt Adkisson JR Sam Houston St. 5.35m 05-15
8 Jarno Kivioja JR N. Iowa 5.30m 04-15
9 Derek Mackel SR New Mexico 5.30m 04-08
10 Randy Flach SR Sam Houston St. 5.30m 04-22
11 Dylan Schmidt SR Wichita St. 5.20m 04-15
12 Bobby Most SR Texas Tech 5.20m 04-15
13 Shay Collett JR TexasArlington 5.20m 05-15
14 Donovan Kilmartin JR Texas 5.20m 04-06
15 Robert Caldwell JR New Mexico 5.20m 05-13
16 Gable Baldwin JR Nebraska 5.20m 05-06
17 Trey Hardee SR Texas 5.20m 04-06
18 Patrick Southern SR Nebraska 5.06m 04-15
19 Clint Blinka SR Sam Houston St. 5.05m 05-15
20 Raven Cepeda SO N. Iowa 5.05m 04-23
21 Drew Terry SR Texas 5.05m 05-05
22 Bryce Bergman SO Kansas St. 5.05m 05-14
23 Nic Petersen JR Nebraska 5.05m 04-06
24 Beau Morris SO Wichita St. 5.05m 04-15
25 Brandon McFarling JR Texas 5.05m 04-08
26 Dmitri Kabakov FR Texas St. 5.05m 04-13
27 Tom Rusteberg SR Houston 5.05m 04-08
28 Steve Elliott JR Oral Roberts 4.90m 05-13 CC
29 Courtney Beasley FR Texas Southern 4.77m 04-30 CC

i'm gonna lace 'em up and defend the home track... good luck everyone and see you in ATX