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- Oct 7, 2013
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Quick question as we're MAG newbies. Despite DS not having his best meet, he qualified to our state's All-State Team for level 4. From what was announced at state meet, this is the top 20 level 4 boys, 18 highest AA scores from ages 6, 7, and 8, then the next two highest AA scores from all ages. We were totally surprised, he got a certificate and a t-shirt, and we congratulated him and went on our merry way.
I'm pretty sure he just squeaked by "making the team", and I suspect there's some luck at play. Does every state have this? Is there some normalized selection criteria from state-to-state? I can't tell if it's the top 6 AA finishers for each of the 3 ages, or if it's really the top 18 AA scores? I love my DS dearly, but I'm skeptical whether he was really in the top 18, rather than the top 6 of his age group (his age group was a bit easier than the 6 & 7 year olds). This doesn't matter to me, but DS is babbling in excitement (it's one thing big sis can never get), and I want to make sure he's being accurate if I can... he's quite proud of himself (especially after having had 2-3 rough events), and this silly guy has grand ideas as to what this all means. I told him I'm 99% sure that it's just the awesome shirt and certificate, but he's yet to come down off cloud nine.
I can find no information anywhere, so I thought I'd check here. I'd had no idea all state team was even a thing.
We're also feeling awful that his "super awesome" older teammate who has consistently scored 3 points higher wasn't named to the team. Is this as unfair as it feels?
Thanks for any help.
I'm pretty sure he just squeaked by "making the team", and I suspect there's some luck at play. Does every state have this? Is there some normalized selection criteria from state-to-state? I can't tell if it's the top 6 AA finishers for each of the 3 ages, or if it's really the top 18 AA scores? I love my DS dearly, but I'm skeptical whether he was really in the top 18, rather than the top 6 of his age group (his age group was a bit easier than the 6 & 7 year olds). This doesn't matter to me, but DS is babbling in excitement (it's one thing big sis can never get), and I want to make sure he's being accurate if I can... he's quite proud of himself (especially after having had 2-3 rough events), and this silly guy has grand ideas as to what this all means. I told him I'm 99% sure that it's just the awesome shirt and certificate, but he's yet to come down off cloud nine.
I can find no information anywhere, so I thought I'd check here. I'd had no idea all state team was even a thing.
We're also feeling awful that his "super awesome" older teammate who has consistently scored 3 points higher wasn't named to the team. Is this as unfair as it feels?
Thanks for any help.