Re: Illinois 2020
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:58 am
There are only 5 trial events at state, and they're usually announced after the final weekend of regionals. I'm not sure which division you're competing in, but Geocaching is always one of them (both middle and high school). Pentathlon is also always a trial event for middle school. Then it gets a little tricky. It used to be a lot easier to predict which events would be trial events, but specifically 2 years ago the pattern just stopped. Since there will be a new flying event next year, you can probably expect that to be a trial event. With Water Quality in its second year, maybe Green Generation/Environment Chemistry could be one (both have been trial events in the past)? I noticed Sounds of Music is also in its second year, that opens the door for maybe a trajectory event to be a trial. The only other one I could think of is It's About Time since Circuit Lab is in its second year. But again, there's not really a consistent pattern anymore. This link (https://www.soinc.org/learn/trial-events) might shine light on what you could expect to see at state.musabkaz6173 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:26 am Does 12 alternates mean there will be 6 trial events at state this year? Are there any rumors on what the trial events will be? Does anyone know when trial events will be announced?
That is very odd, but I believe it. I know Scullen technically qualified for state last year but didn't take their bid. However, I was under the impression that maybe SciOly was a pilot activitiy for these schools and thus explained why they wouldn't take the bid. But this year? I was almost certain that they would maybe accept the bids this year. It's a shame because I actually think all 3 schools that qualified could do very well at state. And it seems very absurd that a regional with 9 teams competing for bids could send 8 to state. I guess we'll have to see if this rumor is true (I'm guessing you're from Metea Valley since your name is "knightmoves," so you probably know more than I do).knightmoves wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:15 am I heard a claim that the D204 schools weren't taking their state bids again. (That's Gregory, Scullen, and Granger from your list, plus Still, Hill, and Fischer who finished lower down.)
If that's true (and I don't know that it is), then there were 17 teams registered for this regional. Two did not compete, and six more teams are not being permitted to advance to state by the school district, which leaves nine teams actually competing for state bids, one of which only entered half the events. Which would leave eight state bids for effectively eight teams competing, which seems a little silly.
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