Mid-Season Recap: A Statistical View
Folks, there's only about a month left of the season. Just over two weeks until regionals. Let's see what everyone's been up to! How the System Works I've used my Michigan Points System (name is a work in progress) a few times before, but I'll go over it again, since it's probably new to some of y'all. The basic idea comes from the USTFCCCA , with a few tweaks to make it work better for HS rankings. Athletes get points for ranking in the top 25 in their division (20 points maximum) or for exceeding the state AQ mark (calibrated such that 20 points = average state champion mark from the past 10 seasons). This means that sometimes, more than 25 people will get points from a certain event if they've all hit the AQ. (This is already happening in the D1 boys 1600!) A few additional things to keep in mind: Because so few meets, especially early in the season, use wind gauges, I'm keeping any results that aren't blatantly incorrect. There are 200 resul