cdub1 wrote:i am kinda against that it makes it way to easy to qualify for state then
rkmt wrote:cdub1 wrote:i am kinda against that it makes it way to easy to qualify for state then
It actually won't make any difference in how easy it will be to qualify. I believe it's all in how it's reported. The qualifier lists all used to be listed in hand-held time. Previous years with the 100 meter qual time as 11.20, Guy #1 goes to a meet using a Fully Automatic Timing (FAT) system and runs 11.43. It gets converted to hand-held by subtracting .24 and reported as 11.19. Guy #2 goes to a meet using hand-held stopwatches, runs 11.18. It gets rounded up and reported as 11.20. This is because anything run with a FAT system could be reported to the hundredth, and anything run hand-held is considered slightly less accurate because of human error and was rounded up to the nearest tenth. And the .24 is supposedly the difference in a machine starting exactly with an automatic system, and the average of human reaction to start a stopwatch off of a gun.
THIS YEAR 100 meter qual is 11.44. Now all the qual times will be listed as FAT. Now Guy #1's time will be reported exactly what he ran on a FAT system 11.43. Guy #2's time will still be rounded up to the nearest tenth, and then .24 will be added on so his time will be reported as 11.44. Guy #1's reported time is still .01 under qualifying (the NEW qual standard) and .01 faster than Guy #2.
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