So this is the first year I've been particularly interested in the ins and outs of how it all works. I've now seen why they get event specialists - I always figured that if you were *that* good in one event, you were probably pretty good in all of them. And I supposed that's true - after all, you had to be great to get to Nationals (for example) in the first place! But one of our guys placed fairly low AA, and for 5 events, his highest placement was 50-something, but for 1, he was in the top few so will get to compete in finals. I just never realized how much strengths and weaknesses come into play even at this level! (And just to kind of brag, although I had nothing to do with it, lol, our other JO guys did respectably, and our JE guy is doing great! Yay!)