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    C-1 (potential) blowout

    Yep, yet they can spend money for "4th place" trophies for other sports.
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    Other Sports Should we do away with district track meets?

    The field events it happens quite frequently IMO. Someone can end up 3rd due to a stacked district in that event, only a few inches off of the additional mark and not go, but that distance would have placed them in the top flight at state.
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    Other Sports Should we do away with district track meets?

    However there are nine districts held on the same day all around the state. And everyone here knows what spring weather in Nebraska is like... A southeast district could have multiple pits for the jumps and be able to run them all with the wind, but a southwestern district might have different...
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    Other Sports Should we do away with district track meets?

    Whoa... Take it easy. I'm not lobbying for any of what you just said. I'm wondering out loud in this thread if there is any way to improve the qualification process. I don't think trying to find a better way to give athletes a more equal opportunity to get to state is some capitulation to the...
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    Other Sports Should we do away with district track meets?

    Biggest issue I have always had with District meets is that countless times countless athletes are given a raw deal solely because of where they live. Since Districts are drawn based on geographical proximity, You end up with several districts that are stacked in certain events. The new...
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    Other Sports Should we do away with district track meets?

    Haha. I'm with Alum-Ni. I love the single venue. But I do understand the issues that presents. Rest time, length of time for field events, etc.
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    Other Sports Should we do away with district track meets?

    Issue there is swimming conditions are as uniform as you can get. Pool is a pool. With track, running surface, throwing rings, weather can all be wildly different.
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    Other Sports Should we do away with district track meets?

    Random half-baked thought (so don't roast me to bad!) What about having an "A" and "B" standard similar to collegiate track. Make the "A" standard pretty high, average 6th place like before. The "B" standard would be lower, say - 10th place average. "A" qualifiers are in automatically, then if...
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    Other Sports Should we do away with district track meets?

    I've been wanting this discussion for quite awhile. Not necessarily eliminating district meets, but changing the qualifying procedure. Interesting though that the author makes no mention of the field events. My major concern for in-season qualifying would be the accuracy of marks in the jumps...
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