Ginger Hutton has already staked out her position at the top of 1A girls for 400, 800, and 1600 meters. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Note: I ran this same article the last two weeks, but have updated it this week with a fifth column indicating where the final state-qualifying cutoff lies for 1A at the end of this past weekend's action (May 3). All the rest of the article, and how to properly read it, remains the same.
It is evident, even with a week of qualifying yet remaining, that the standards for getting into the 1A state meet are up sharply from the last two years. A majority of qualifying standards are higher than either of the last two years, and more standards will fall this week.
The idea of this article is simple: compare where we are now in 1A state qualifying to what it took to get to state in each of the last two years. For each event, the first number represents what it took to get to state in 2013, the second number what it took to get to state in 2014, and the third number (red means it's already tougher this year than last) what it currently (April 20) takes to make the cutoff for 2015. We'll do the other classifications in relatively short order following this one.
1A Girls
100 meter dash - 13.68, 13.74, 13.81, 13.75, 13.67
200 meter dash - 28.37, 28.23, 28.83, 28.47, 28.30
400 meter dash - 1:05.47, 1:05.18, 1:04.80, 1:04.52, 1:03.55
800 meter run - 2:42.70, 2:39.72, 2:43.06, 2:39.37, 2:37.46
1600 meter run - 6:10.54, 6:06.91, 6:03.51, 6:02.64, 5:59.71
3200 meter run - 13:50.19, 13:40.18, 14:17.34, 14:06.75, 13:30.40
100 meter hurdles - 18.11, 18.04, 18.87, 18.44, 18.32
300 meter hurdles - 50.76, 51.91, 53.53, 52.68, 52.56
4x100 meter relay - 55.52, 55.28, 56.37, 56.11, 55.43
4x200 meter relay - 1:57.43, 1:56.48, 1:58.01, 1:56.38, 1:55.87
4x400 meter relay - 4:35.65, 4:35.74, 4:49.22, 4:43.48, 4:33.32
4x800 meter relay - 11:43.73, 12:01.75, 12:24.18, 12:00.36, 11:40.81
800 meter sprint medley relay - 2:02.48, 2:01.48, 2:02.57, 2:01.53, 2:00.72
High jump - 4-8, 4-8.5, 4-6, 4-6, 4-8
Pole vault - 5-6, 7-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-6
Long jump - 14-7, 14-11.5, 14-9, 14-10.25, 15-3.5
Triple jump - 31-6, 31-5.5, 29-10.5, 30-6.5, 30-8.5
Shot put - 30-0, 31-6, 32-2.75, 32-2.75, 33-3.25
Discus throw - 89-10, 92-6, 96-5, 96-5, 96-5
1A Boys
100 meter dash - 11.84, 11.82, 11.90, 11.90, 11.75
200 meter dash - 24.26, 24.55, 24.34, 24.34, 23.98
400 meter dash - 54.14, 54.10, 54.89, 54.06, 53.74
800 meter run - 2:12.99, 2:10.17, 2:14.92, 2:13.15, 2:10.43
1600 meter run - 5:07.94, 4:59.94, 5:10.10, 5:03.37, 5:02.04
3200 meter run - 11:32.75, 11:36.49, 11:36.51, 11:29.34, 11:18.57
110 meter hurdles - 18.25, 18.39, 18.20, 18.20, 17.78
300 meter hurdles - 44.39, 45.89, 45.83, 45.42, 45.10
4x100 meter relay - 47.42, 47.62, 48.18, 47.54, 46.89
4x200 meter relay - 1:40.91, 1:39.56, 1:39.11, 1:38.67, 1:36.80
4x400 meter relay - 3:54.07, 3:48.45, 3:53.85, 3:49.99, 3:46.21
4x800 meter relay - 9:37.86, 9:29.18, 9:45.54, 9:38.51, 9:34.51
High jump - 5-9, 5-7, 5-8, 5-8, 5-8
Pole vault - 8-8, 7-11, not yet 10 marked athletes, 7-0, 9-0
Long jump - 18-11.5, 18-7.5, 19-3.5, 19-5.5, 19-7
Triple jump - 38-9.25, 38-2.5, 39-0, 39-0, 40-0.25
Shot put - 40-6.5, 39-10, 38-5, 38-8, 39-8
Discus throw - 123-0, 115-9, 113-11, 116-1, 117-9
