Where Does 2A Qualifying Stand with One Meet to Go?


Jerald Taylor, right, is one big part of the reason that 2A distance is up over last year. Photo by Alan Versaw.


The tables below will show that Class 2A has made very nice progress against last year's minimum state-qualifying marks in the last one to two weeks. A healthy share of this year's minimums are now running ahead of last year's final state-qualifying minimums, with more certain to fall this week.

As was the case with 1A, look for a surge of improved relay marks this week. There typically are not a lot of interchangeable parts on 2A rosters and qualifying relays means pulling key people out of individual events (at least for the final meet). Expect plenty of that to be happening this week.

As we await the final numbers, here is where we are with each time allowed one more meet to qualify for state. The final column shows the current minimum qualifying marks. Bolded marks are already at or above the level of last year's minimum. Distance events, in particular, seem to be running ahead of last year's schedule for Class 2A.

Boys

2A Boys 2015 4/3/2016 4/25/2016 5/8/2016
100 11.73 11.90 11.77 11.73
200 23.83 24.57 24.32 23.95
400 53.12 55.39 53.82 53.39
800 2:07.84 2:13.63 2:09.43 2:07.13
1600 4:52.05 5:02.69 4:56.84 4:50.91
3200 10:45.11 11:20.11 10:56.10 10:41.29
110H 17.44 18.68 17.71 17.40
300H 44.14 46.16 44.90 44.44
4x100 46.77 49.44 47.65 47.02
4x200 1:36.95 1:41.98 1:40.18 1:38.28
4x400 3:43.08 3:56.56 3:52.87 3:45.00
4x800 9:13.22 9:53.65 9:20.91 9:12.88
HJ 5-9 5-6 5-8 5-8
PV 10-3 8-6 10-2 10-3
LJ 19-6 18-8 19-4 19-8
TJ 39-6.5 37-8.5 39-0.5 39-7
SP 42-6 38-7.5 40-8 41-3.75
DT 131-4 116-8 120-6 125-6

Girls


2A Girls 2015 4/3/2016 4/30/2016 5/8/2016
100 13.44 13.88 13.43 13.42
200 27.69 28.50 28.05 27.66
400 1:02.20 1:05.84 1:03.17 1:02.96
800 2:31.20 2:41.30 2:35.04 2:32.34
1600 5:50.97 6:04.09 5:53.72 5:50.06
3200 13:04.58 13:48.37 13:04.21 12:51.99
100H 17.98 19.05 17.98 17.80
300H 51.64 54.81 52.30 51.83
4x100 54.05 56.71 54.30 54.30
4x200 1:54.49 2:01.07 1:55.83 1:55.21
4x400 4:28.87 4:45.86 4:33.81 4:31.96
4x800 10:55.66 13:08.18 11:39.30 11:04.71
SMR8 1:59.06 2:07.30 2:01.71 2:00.72
HJ 4-10 4-8 4-9 4-9
PV 7-3 6-0 7-2 7-5
LJ 15-4.5 14-7 15-0.5 15-2.75
TJ 32-1.25 29-9 31-2 31-5
SP 31-9.25 30-1 32-6.5 33-4.25
DT 97-0 93-8 100-2 100-3