I spent MANY MANY hours researching the state qualifying process from Kansas and every other state last year. The proposition I sent out to the KCA that was then sent out to coaches for a vote was Top 3 from each regional were automatic and then the next best 4 from any regional could pick up those other 4 spots. No other state in the whole country uses the process we do of top 4 places from a single meet Every state has either a qualifying process of several meets or qualifying standards.
The voting was heavily voted against by western Kansas. I did the research on the weather at all regional locations and there was nearly no difference. The western Kansas complaint is that the weather is completely different and you can't compare the two. This just simply isn't true. It's not West Vs. East. The best in the state should meet in Wichita...not the best from the west and the best from the east.
The process puts the coaches as the vote first and if it doesn't have a VERY high percentage (maybe 80%?) voting for the change then KSHSAA won't even acknowledge it. It's not directly up to KSHSAA. We can't blame KSHSAA. 3A does seem to be the worst every year as far as such a huge difference between SE Kansas and everyone else.
The Thurs / Fri difference might be because of the lack of FAT timing systems / companies that are available.
I spent MANY MANY hours researching the state qualifying process from Kansas and every other state last year. The proposition I sent out to the KCA that was then sent out to coaches for a vote was Top 3 from each regional were automatic and then the next best 4 from any regional could pick up those other 4 spots. No other state in the whole country uses the process we do of top 4 places from a single meet Every state has either a qualifying process of several meets or qualifying standards.
The voting was heavily voted against by western Kansas. I did the research on the weather at all regional locations and there was nearly no difference. The western Kansas complaint is that the weather is completely different and you can't compare the two. This just simply isn't true. It's not West Vs. East. The best in the state should meet in Wichita...not the best from the west and the best from the east.
The process puts the coaches as the vote first and if it doesn't have a VERY high percentage (maybe 80%?) voting for the change then KSHSAA won't even acknowledge it. It's not directly up to KSHSAA. We can't blame KSHSAA. 3A does seem to be the worst every year as far as such a huge difference between SE Kansas and everyone else.
The Thurs / Fri difference might be because of the lack of FAT timing systems / companies that are available.