Two things;
1st- What time do we start track set up? And what time are we suppose to have access to the gym?
2nd- How are the qualifying runs going to be set up? Points or the previous weeks placement? I know there were a few issues saturday evening, I am just wondering if any set in stone decisions have been reached?
RYY
Everyone is supposed to be there for track setup at 3:30.
As far as seeding people in the qualifiers, the current scheme is:
- Sort everyone by the position they finished in the mains last week.
- For every racer who was not there last week, determine their overall ranking by their median points score. Insert these racers into the finishing order of last weeks races.
- Fill heats from the top down, attempting to keep the number of racers approximately even.
What we have been doing up until half way through the first round of qualifying last week so far this season was to just use the median points as the ordering criteria.
Both methods have their good points and their bad points; I like the current method better though, however it does involve a fair bit of extra work. These two methods are far better than previous, since nobody ever liked judgement calls, and proof of where an occasional racer finished is difficult to come by.
Tom,
Thank you for the explaination and all of your hard work.
RYY