When the Spring Season began, we learned of an amendment to q former rule that had been on the books for quite awhile. Previously, athletes were only allowed to qualify for Spring States if they hit the State Standard the Friday of Penn Relays. Three years ago, that was pushed back a day, so that the Girls competition could be included as well. For the first time this year, that was pushed all the way back to the first day of the season. You could now qualify at any point. See the Standards here.
We ran the numbers to see what effect this may have had. How many athletes qualified in the new window? Check out our graph below, then dig in to the Class Rankings.
Current State Rankings
Boys Rankings | Girls Rankings |
Division 1 | Division 1 |
Division 2 | Division 2 |
For these purposes, the D1 Standard was used.
| Boys | Girls | |
| 100m | 3 Athletes | 6 Athletes |
| 200m | 13 Athletes | 9 Athletes |
| 400m | 11 Athletes | 12 Athletes |
| 800m | 0 Athletes | 4 Athletes |
| 15/1600m | 0 Athletes | 1 Athlete |
| 30/3200m | 3 Athletes | 1 Athlete |
| High Hurdles | 11 Athletes | 8 Athletes |
| 400 Hurdles | 3 Athletes | 2 Athletes |
| Steeple | 0 Athletes | 1 Athlete |
| Long Jump | 2 Athletes | 2 Athletes |
| Triple Jump | 1 Athlete | 5 Athletes |
| High Jump | 16 Athletes | 10 Athletes |
| Pole Vault | 6 Athletes | 8 Athletes |
| Shot Put | 5 Athletes | 7 Athletes |
| Discus | 8 Athletes | 5 Athletes |
| 4x100m | 2 Teams | 4 Teams |
| 4x400m | 2 Teams | 0 Teams |
| 4x800m | 0 Teams | 0 Teams |