We finally get some intel on Caledonia. They’re good.

What Are All These Numbers?

Girls Adjustment: -11
Boys Adjustment: -14

LINK

A few notes:

• These are for FUN. 
• These are all based on the times people have run during the season, not influenced by the past or the pre-season, not judged via any bias on my part.  If you somehow think I have it out for you, please let me assure you that is NOT the case.
• I’ve instituted the HOBBS KESSLER RULE
  • Last year, with the many dual meets and the top runners cruising through those, their average rating suffered.  To account for that, I eliminated the bottom half of a runner’s ratings.
  • This year, with less duals, still wanting to score mid-week meets, the rule still applies, but amended a bit.  I’m taking the upper 2/3 of a runner’s ratings (rounding to the nearest whole number).  So, if someone has run 5 races, I’m taking their best 3.  8 races, their best 5.
• Currently, there are about 6500 boys rated.  In a typical year, this will constitute a good 85-90% of the boys that are competing.  I’m not sure if team numbers are down, I know coaches seemed to think that was the case in the preseason. 
• The team rankings are based on a hypothetical meet between all teams in a division or in the state.
• There will be cases where Team A beats Team B in a meet, but Team B is ranked ahead of Team A.  Not all the time, but this is often because Team B was missing a runner.  Or the meet size matters, Team A has a weaker 5^th runner that doesn’t stack up as well against the entire division.
• The rankings include all the meets listed here, even the ones without links (I’ll post those this week)
• Girls Individual Rankings will be up tomorrow evening.
• These are for FUN.  If you don’t like these fun rankings, I’ll throw you in a cage with a thousand honey badgers.

DIVISION 4

DIVISION 3

DIVISION 2

DIVISION 1

BEST OF THE REST

OVERALL

A few notes:

• These are for FUN. 
• These are all based on the times people have run during the season, not influenced by the past or the pre-season, not judged via any bias on my part.  If you somehow think I have it out for you, please let me assure you that is NOT the case.
• I’ve instituted the HOBBS KESSLER RULE
  • Last year, with the many dual meets and the top runners cruising through those, their average rating suffered.  To account for that, I eliminated the bottom half of a runner’s ratings.
  • This year, with less duals, still wanting to score mid-week meets, the rule still applies, but amended a bit.  I’m taking the upper 2/3 of a runner’s ratings (rounding to the nearest whole number).  So, if someone has run 5 races, I’m taking their best 3.  8 races, their best 5.
• Currently, there are about 5500 girls rated.  In a typical year, this will constitute a good 80% of the girls that are competing.  I’m not sure if team numbers are down, I know coaches seemed to think that was the case in the preseason. 
• The team rankings are based on a hypothetical meet between all teams in a division or in the state.
• There will be cases where Team A beats Team B in a meet, but Team B is ranked ahead of Team A.  Not all the time, but this is often because Team B was missing a runner.  Or the meet size matters, Team A has a weaker 5^th runner that doesn’t stack up as well against the entire division.
• The rankings include all the meets listed here, even the ones without links (I’ll post those this week)
• Boys will be up tomorrow morning.
• These are for FUN.  If you don’t like these fun rankings, I’ll throw a toddler with pointy elbows at you.

DIVISION 4

DIVISION 3

DIVISION 2

DIVISION 1

BEST OF THE REST

OVERALL