So far i have seen multiple heats of girls 400 in 90’s, multiple heats of boys mile in high fives and sixes, multiple heats with only 4 runners from same school jogging sprint distances, etc,etc... you’ve all been there before.
It needs to happen that “varsity” or high seed heats happen first on a set time schedule and be done in 2 hours, (like state meets) and the rest run afterwards for as long as they like. Mixing every level together is wrong. It negatively affects everyone. Other spirts don’t make us watch Lower level teams compete after each quarter or half of the premier events.