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Re: Accepted DI Entries

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Wed May 26, 2010 10:32 pm

zipsDIGSpv wrote:We had the technical meeting today for the West Region and I asked the question if an athlete wants to continue jumping after the 12 qualifiers are determined was that possible and they said that once the 12 qualifiers are established the competition is over...This is frustrating because what if conditions are great and athletes are really jumping well and want to go after a USA qualifying mark...why not give them the opportunity to keep jumping.



Because it's a prelim round and you never keep jumping in prelims... which makes sense when finals are 2-3 days later, but does not make sense when finals are 2 weeks later.

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Re: Accepted DI Entries

Unread postby achtungpv » Wed May 26, 2010 10:54 pm

This may actually be the most boring vault competition I've ever attended. I can't wait to go tomorrow!
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Re: Accepted DI Entries

Unread postby belmore » Wed May 26, 2010 11:05 pm

This is the most anticlimatic meet ever. It should not be billed as a championship, but thats what the banner says outside the stadium. It's alot of work for..a prelim that should be held in the same venue. At some point the best athletes should be allowed to compete for a championship.
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Re: Accepted DI Entries

Unread postby achtungpv » Thu May 27, 2010 5:10 pm

Yep. That was the worst competition ever. I have no idea who actually advanced since they didn't use the side-by-side pits. Thus, you couldn't even watch the entire event. Also, just like every other UT meet this year, no performance boards. No idea if it took 12' or 14' to qualify.
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Re: Accepted DI Entries

Unread postby belmore » Thu May 27, 2010 10:02 pm

Sorry about the performance boards, there has been an issue with those. That was alot of good vaulting not to have a winner, the West is loaded
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Re: Accepted DI Entries

Unread postby achtungpv » Fri May 28, 2010 8:37 am

Seriously, if they could've kept going there would've been 4-5 over 4.30. It would've been deeper than NCAA's will be.
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