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DyeStat Dual Meet Championship Brackets 2021 - First-Round PairingsPublished by
Fifth DyeStat Dual Meet Championship Tournament By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor Well, it's come back around again after a year's absence. Even though the pandemic dented the 2021 spring season, there are enough data points available to evaluate and search for the best hypothetical high school dual meet teams in the United States. Building upon four previous tournaments pre-pandemic, we are rolling out a make-believe tournament, crunching the numbers with our database at Athletic.net, and scoring the matchups. In 2019, we revealed winning teams from Hopkins, Minnesota (boys) and DeSoto, Texas (girls). Here are the ground rules. - Each team that is listed in the tournament is a state champion. (In the case of California, because there was no state championship meet for the second straight year, we selected section champions). - Performances used for the tournament are from the spring season and include marks all the way through The Outdoor Nationals, presented by Nike. - Scoring is 5-3-1 for the top three placewinners in all events that both schools's states participate in, along with 5-0 for the relays (4x100 and 4x400 in all cases, and sometimes 4x800 when it makes sense). - A particular athlete can only "participate" in four events. - There are 32 teams in the bracket; 16 from West of the Mississippi River, 16 from the East. - The boys bracket will be scored by yours truly, DyeStat editor Doug Binder; the girls bracket is scored by DyeStat editor Erik Boal. Round-by-round recaps, with each matchup being analyzed, will be posted during the next week, with the winners being revealed July 22. Previous Winners 2016 - Boys: Auburn (Alabama); Girls: Miami Northwestern (Florida)
2017 - Boys: The Woodlands (Texas); Girls: Chandler (Arizona)
2018 - Boys: Hoover (Alabama); Girls: Chandler (Arizona)
2019 - Boys: Hopkins (Minnesota); Girls: DeSoto (Texas)
2021 First-Round Matchups Girls West Niwot CO vs. St. Joseph's Academy LA Boise ID vs. Fremont NE Long Beach Poly CA vs. Kennedale TX Buchanan CA vs. Oregon City OR Valor Christian CO vs. Sentinel MT Girls East Miami Northwestern FL vs. Westlake GA Mentor OH vs. Central Bucks West PA Brentwood TN vs. Lincoln Way-East IL Union Catholic NJ vs. Bangor ME Rosemount MN vs. DC Everest WI Indianapolis Cathedral IN vs. Oak Park MI St. Thomas Aquinas FL vs. Cuthbertson NC
Boys West Long Beach Wilson CA vs Rocky Mountain ID Frisco Liberty TX vs Ruston LA Elkhorn South NE vs Manhattan KS Westmoore OK vs Humble Summer Creek TX
Boys East Carrollton GA vs St. Xavier KY Neuqua Valley IL vs Rosemount MN Pickerington North OH vs Fenton MI State College Area PA vs Christian Brothers Academy NJ More news |