National Rankings
Overview
The national rankings for women's
gymnastics (and men's) are maintained on a web site
which can be accessed at Troester.com.
2008
National Rankings (as of 3/24/08) |
RQS Watch: 196.825 |
197.600 (vs. Georgia)
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197.125 (at NC State) |
196.875 (vs. Minnesota) |
196.8 (at EMU) |
196.750 (vs. MSU) - score to drop |
196.575 (at Nebraska) |
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TEAM: |
4th overall, 7th vault, 2nd (t) bars, 5th beam, 7th floor |
INDIVIDUAL: |
Lindsey Bruck - 19th (t) beam, 8th AA |
Trish Wilson - 18th (t) bars |
Kelsey Knutson - 19th (t) beam |
Kylee Botterman - 8th (t) vault |
Becky Bernard - 7th bars |
Please note: the Troester site contains
an abundance of information, including results for all
meets across the country. If you want to get into the
statistical details this is the place to go. Rankings
are provided for both teams and individuals on each
event as well as the all-around.
Calculations
For the first several weeks of the year, rankings are
done on the basis of average score. All meets for the team or
individual are averaged together.
As the season moves toward conclusion, rankings shift
to the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS). The RQS is the
ranking that really counts for something. To calculate
the RQS:
- Start with the top 6 scores
- Make sure that at least 3 of these scores are from
away meets, if not use the top 3 home scores and the
top 3 away scores.
- Drop the highest score
- Average the remaining 5 scores
Why Does it Matter
The RQS rankings are used to select teams to
participate in the Regional competition that leads to
the National Championship. Six regionals are held, two
teams from each regional advance to nationals.
The top 36 teams are seeded through the regions, three
to each regional. Each of the host teams (if qualified)
has a priority on staying in it's own regional. Generally
other seedings are intended to match teams on a 1/12/13;
2/11/14 ... 6/7/18 basis. But the pairings may not be
exact.
A team wants to be highly ranked so that it has a better
chance of beating the seeded rivals. There is always
a danger that one of the lower ranked teams will perform
well and grab a slot at the national competition.
Watching the Rankings
After getting enough scores to calculate an RQS, a team's
RQS can only rise, never fall. Because a new score can
replace a lower score, but never a higher score.
The truly obsessed can look at the scores that make
up a team's RQS and predict what is likely to happen
as the season progresses. A team with high scores at
away meets already included in their RQS is more likely
to get an increase than a team whose high scores are
at home meets.
If you want to swim around in this morass, the ranking
site listed above has all official results for all meets
in the nation.
The following example
is from March 24, 2003:
Michigan's Six Scores
for the RQS:
197.225 vs. Nebraska (March 14)
197.025 at Denver (Feb. 22)
196.775 vs. UCLA (March 7)
196.750 at Utah (Feb. 28)
196.700 at Michigan St./vs. Pitt (March 22)
196.650 vs. Northern Illinois (Feb. 14)
Five Scores Total (After
Dropping the Highest):
983.900
Divided by Five is U-M's
Regional Qualifying Score:
196.780
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