How do they do after yesterday's results.
It makes no sense to me.
In the east regional, for example, all three of the auto qualifiers from heat 2 are in the same heat today.
How can this be?
How do they do after yesterday's results.
It makes no sense to me.
In the east regional, for example, all three of the auto qualifiers from heat 2 are in the same heat today.
How can this be?
In heat three you also have four of the top 8 seeds from the entire east region together and almost the exact same heat as the previous day? 6 of the 9 in that heat were also together in heat 1 of the first round?
d1 volunteer coach wrote:
How do they do after yesterday's results.
It makes no sense to me.
In the east regional, for example, all three of the auto qualifiers from heat 2 are in the same heat today.
How can this be?
Step 1: Take the automatic qualifiers.
Step 2: Sort by place, then time.
Step 3: From the top, assign them to heats going 3-2-1-1-2-3, then repeat twice. Note that the fastest heat winner faces the slowest heat winner. Also note that the fastest heat winner also faces the fastest 2nd and 3rd placers.
Step 4: Take the time qualifiers.
Step 5: Sort by time.
Step 6: From the top, assign them to heats going 3-2-1-1-2-3.
It's a method. Not sure that I would do it that way.
[quote]Local Coach wrote:
In heat three you also have four of the top 8 seeds from the entire east region together and almost the exact same heat as the previous day? 6 of the 9 in that heat were also together in heat 1 of the first round?[quote]
so i guess that means heat 1 is the easy heat?
As heat 2 has 4 of the top 9 from the east region plus mcfann who if his time from swarthout was included would be the #7 seed. So you basically have 5 of the op 9 in heat 2. 4 of the top 8 in heat 3.
So who does that leave in heat 1 besides beach?
I thought heat 2 which has my guy in it was crazy but i guess heat 3 is just as bad if not worse.
to me, in the 1500 and 800s, they shouldn't go by heat time on the auto qualifiers as people aren't necessarily going by time. i'd go by seasonal best time.
additionally, i think they should use all seasonal marks for seeding even if it's after the window. I mean merber should be the #1 seed in the 1,500.
The previously mentioned method is correct... But that's what happens when athletes don't run their prelims honest. The 2nd round is seeded and purely based on first round performance (placing first, time second). The NCAA outdoor meet is set up so that the best racers advance, which is why there is such a high number of auto-qualifiers in each heat (800 - 5k).
When the 1st round is run on a basis to purely advance, then you get stacked heats and easy heats the 2nd round... pot luck basically. If you want to be in the supposed easiest heat, you gotta run your butt off on day 1.
Purdue Grad1 wrote:The previously mentioned method is correct... But that's what happens when athletes don't run their prelims honest. The 2nd round is seeded and purely based on first round performance (placing first, time second). The NCAA outdoor meet is set up so that the best racers advance, which is why there is such a high number of auto-qualifiers in each heat (800 - 5k).
When the 1st round is run on a basis to purely advance, then you get stacked heats and easy heats the 2nd round... pot luck basically. If you want to be in the supposed easiest heat, you gotta run your butt off on day 1.
That's ridiculous. The most basic rule of running heats is that you run as hard as you have to to qualify for the next round, and no harder. Running your butt off doesn't guarantee you a spot in an easy heat.
I agree with Rojo.