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Yeah, but we have to remember that is 1st place at nationals.

Just so y'all know...

The nationals set was tough but not too hard. My partners and I got 7th( ) with 22 words in 3:54.

We shouldn't have passed on one of the words, (subduction) but we did and I think that it cost us a medal. /:

scienceswimmer4 wrote:Just so y'all know...

The nationals set was tough but not too hard. My partners and I got 7th( ) with 22 words in 3:54.

We shouldn't have passed on one of the words, (subduction) but we did and I think that it cost us a medal. /:

2nd place - 24 words in 2:40. Spent over 30 seconds on one super easy word (amphibian) before passing it T_T.

Personally felt as if nationals was extremely easy in terms of word difficulty - teams preparing for this event should focus on speed rather than getting super hard words right (but maybe next year the words will get a lot harder)

scienceswimmer4, nice job to you and your team for getting 7th

Adi1008 wrote:

scienceswimmer4 wrote:Just so y'all know...

The nationals set was tough but not too hard. My partners and I got 7th( ) with 22 words in 3:54.

We shouldn't have passed on one of the words, (subduction) but we did and I think that it cost us a medal. /:

2nd place - 24 words in 2:40. Spent over 30 seconds on one super easy word (amphibian) before passing it T_T.

Personally felt as if nationals was extremely easy in terms of word difficulty - teams preparing for this event should focus on speed rather than getting super hard words right (but maybe next year the words will get a lot harder)

scienceswimmer4, nice job to you and your team for getting 7th

Scienceswimmer4: Are you sure? My teammates and I got 23 words in 2:27 and got 8th place.
I completely agree with you, Adi1008, we passed a really stupid word -.-, but the first word was also one we passed and a little unexpected imo.

aditi wrote:My teammates and I got 23 words in 2:27 and got 8th place.

It's no consolation, but that's really impressive, at any rate!

My team sucked so bad, we got 48th.... Somehow we only got 9 words and skipped easy ones such as fossil, and element.

Congratulations to everyone, you all did amazingly! My partners and I were just curious as to what some of the hardest words/words that stuck out to you guys were? But really, some of the scores you guys got were very impressive.

Scienceswimmer4: Are you sure? My teammates and I got 23 words in 2:27 and got 8th place.
I completely agree with you, Adi1008, we passed a really stupid word -.-, but the first word was also one we passed and a little unexpected imo.

Yes I'm sure. That's interesting, I wonder why..

cpweber wrote:Congratulations to everyone, you all did amazingly! My partners and I were just curious as to what some of the hardest words/words that stuck out to you guys were? But really, some of the scores you guys got were very impressive.

None of the words were really that hard, and that's why all the times and scores seem amazing. I don't really even remember any of the words except for amphibian, but you can buy the national test CD when it comes out later this year and take a look at the words

2nd place - 24 words in 2:40. Spent over 30 seconds on one super easy word (amphibian) before passing it T_T.

Personally felt as if nationals was extremely easy in terms of word difficulty - teams preparing for this event should focus on speed rather than getting super hard words right (but maybe next year the words will get a lot harder)

scienceswimmer4, nice job to you and your team for getting 7th

Thank you! 7th is great but it's a little bit hard to be happy about it when it's your last year in Div. B... We can't redeem ourselves.
And I agree. The words were fairly simple. We should have definitely focused on speed.