Tuesday is the True Team Section Meet at Elk River. Pole Vault will start at 12:00, while the rest of the events will start at 3:45. The Pole Vaulters will be the only ones that will be at the meet at noon, the rest will arrive later.
There will be a normal schedule of events, but the scoring for this meet will be different. In your normal scored meets, only the top so many will receive points. In a true team meet, everyone will get a point, no matter where they finish, unless an athlete is disqualified or does not complete/receive a mark for their event. First place will get the most points, last place the fewest. Being that there will be 9 teams in our Section, and 3 athletes per individual events, 1st place will receive 27 points, and 27th place would get 1 point. If there are only 25 individuals in an event, 1st place would still get 27 points, and the last place finisher would get 3 points.
For the four Relay events, the point total is a bit different. First place would get 36 points (9 teams, 4 individuals on each team), and second place would get 32, on down to 9th place getting 4 points. So, it becomes a fun challenge on deciding where you put athletes as well as what other teams will do with their athletes.
The winner of this meet will qualify for the True Team State Meet. No individuals will qualify from this, and this is not what determines who goes to the State meet at the end of the season. This is a different State Meet.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks
Denny
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