How high do you have to aim to make the state field? This article will help answer that question.
Turning our attention now to 3A Boys, we see what it's taken to advance to state the last two years. 3A lost a few classification members (both directions) this year, which might make qualifying, at least in some events, slightly easier this spring, but the numbers you see below should still be representative of what it will take to advance to state this year.
Numbers in black represent the 2013 minimum qualifying marks. Numbers in blue represent the 2014 minimum qualifying marks. Numbers in parentheses are the counts of scratches from the actual top 18.
100 meter dash - 11.53, 11.63 (2)
200 meter dash - 23.56, 23.60 (4)
400 meter dash - 52.75, 52.62 (3)
800 meter run - 2:02.37, 2:05.04 (2)
1600 meter run - 4:41.92, 4:45.02 (0)
3200 meter run - 10:21.18, 10:22.63 (1)
110 meter hurdles - 16.62, 16.59 (2)
300 meter hurdles - 42.38, 42.44 (0)
4x100 meter relay - 45.78, 45.72 (0)
4x200 meter relay - 1:35.17, 1:35.42 (0)
4x400 meter relay - 3:39.30, 3:37.85 (0)
4x800 meter relay - 8:35.87, 8:47.86 (0)
High jump - 5-9, 5-9 (1)
Pole vault - 9-3, 10-7 (0)
Long jump - 19-6.25, 19-9 (3)
Triple jump - 40-5.5, 40-1.25 (0)
Shot put - 43-11.25, 44-2.5 (0)
Discus throw - 128-7, 132-0 (0)