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<\/a>Sean O, on , said:<\/p>

\nMinnesota used to have some of (and to some extent, still does) the most stringent state qualifying standards in the country. Individually, only the top 5 from each of 8 sections qualified, regardless of whether their team qualified.
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\nI'm not the resident Minnesota historian, but over the years the individual qualifying process has expanded, first to the top 6, then 7, then 7 non-team qualifiers.
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\nHowever, team qualification has stayed the same - two teams from each of the 8 sections. There are only 2 classifications in Minnesota, so the # of runners and teams that participate at state is much lower than many other similarly sized states. (Colorado, North Carolina, and Wisconsin come to mind)
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\nThanks! Those were pretty tight standards. When I was in high school it was top 10 from each section, regardless of how many team qualifiers were in the top 10. It's nice to see that the amount of runners at State has been increasing over the years. Although only 5 places from 92 to 2011 isn't much of an improvement. The 8 individual qualifiers is very nice now, especially in section 6AA.","date_added":"Dec 10th 2013, 5:26pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":198347,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4047.jpg","pb_title":"Nelly","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4047","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/Nelly.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"3240"},"932808":{"pb_id":"50393","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"932808","comment_id":"932808","member_id":"50393","comment":"Minnesota used to have some of (and to some extent, still does) the most stringent state qualifying standards in the country. Individually, only the top 5 from each of 8 sections qualified, regardless of whether their team qualified.
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\nI'm not the resident Minnesota historian, but over the years the individual qualifying process has expanded, first to the top 6, then 7, then 7 non-team qualifiers.
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\nHowever, team qualification has stayed the same - two teams from each of the 8 sections. There are only 2 classifications in Minnesota, so the # of runners and teams that participate at state is much lower than many other similarly sized states. (Colorado, North Carolina, and Wisconsin come to mind)","date_added":"Dec 10th 2013, 4:50pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":198347,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"Sean O'Day","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=50393","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/Sean-O--39-Day.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1206410"},"932789":{"pb_id":"4047","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"932789","comment_id":"932789","member_id":"4047","comment":"

<\/a>Sean O, on , said:<\/p>

\n1992 - his first year coaching the girls at Wayzata. He offered up his shaven head as a bounty for the boys team if we could produce the school's first state championship. We delivered<\/a>, but just missed the ultimate prize - Bill Miles agreed to shaving his beard into a "W" if we placed 5 in the top 25. Our fifth was 27th.
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\nHearing about Dave's blue hair dare made me go to the basement and dig that picture up.
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\nWhat were the qualifying standards for individuals that year? I see there were only 12 individuals in the meet.","date_added":"Dec 10th 2013, 3:44pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":198347,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4047.jpg","pb_title":"Nelly","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4047","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/Nelly.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"3240"},"932713":{"pb_id":"50393","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"932713","comment_id":"932713","member_id":"50393","comment":"1992 - his first year coaching the girls at Wayzata. He offered up his shaven head as a bounty for the boys team if we could produce the school's first state championship. We delivered<\/a>, but just missed the ultimate prize - Bill Miles agreed to shaving his beard into a "W" if we placed 5 in the top 25. Our fifth was 27th.
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\nHearing about Dave's blue hair dare made me go to the basement and dig that picture up.","date_added":"Dec 10th 2013, 9:07am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":[],"can_delete":false,"item_id":198347,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"i\/no_avatar.png","pb_title":"Sean O'Day","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=50393","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/Sean-O--39-Day.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1206410"},"932588":{"pb_id":"44418","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"932588","comment_id":"932588","member_id":"44418","comment":"What bet did he lose that time?","date_added":"Dec 10th 2013, 4:03am","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"1082747","email_settings":"4294967295","email":"dbind4@aol.com","address":"DougB","gender":"u","member_id":"44418","member_name":"DougB","avatar_location":"av-44418.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-44418.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":198347,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-44418.jpg","pb_title":"DougB","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=44418","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/DougB.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"1082747"},"932567":{"pb_id":"50393","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"932567","comment_id":"932567","member_id":"50393","comment":"I can vouch for Dave honoring a bet.
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