I think Randal has what might be close to the best of both (all) worlds. There could be a superior qualifying mark for during the season and a second level mark for the conferences. The top conference places (1 and 2) and second-level marks qualify to NC nationals - something for peakers and chasers. If more athletes are there - great - maybe give superior qualifiers a bye round.
This way the people who should be at Nationals are given the best chance to be there. And, relay meets stay, traditions/schedules are not altered, one-bad-day issue eliminated, budgets are left alone ... are there any independent schools out there? Randal Mayes wrote: > > Why not have athletes qualify by time or by finishing > in say the top one or two spots in their conference > championships. This may let more athletes into the > NCAA’s requiring either more heats or an extra > qualifying round but that seems preferable to having > them travel to an extra meet (regionals) and possibly > having to run rounds there as well. > This lowers the > risk of having a potential NCAA champion not even > qualify because of some bad luck or a bad day (because > they will probably already have a qualifier) at the > regional meet, and yet also gives athletes who are > both good competitors and peak well at the end of the > season a chance to go without having to chase some > qualifying time. > ===== > Randy Mayes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > http://mail.yahoo.com/
