Official State Discussion and Prediction Post

by Jarrett Felix

UPDATE: The Writers Round Table Now Includes predictions from Paul Hayes, Garrett Zatlin, Evan Hatton, Caleb Gatchell and Sean Collins! Check it out at the link below

So state's is closing in on us now and with Saturday looming, it's time to switch the conversation away from me talking and back toward's you guys talking. If all goes well with our group's schedule, tomorrow should feature a group prediction post similar to what we did for NCAA's from our writers. The link to it is below, but it likely won't become active until Wednesday night.
Writer's Round Table: State's Predictions


Here's a reminder of etrain's picks and his pre race analysis ...

800m
1600m
3200m
4x800m

And some heat sheets as a reminder ....

AA Heat Sheets
AAA Heat Sheets

Now for the prediction contest rules! Comment below by Friday morning at 8 AM to be eligible.
Large Scale Competition
Predict the top 5 finishers in each of the 4 AAA distance events. Your total score will be based on how close to the correct place you are: for example hypothetically if my top three is 1. Garrett 2. Evan 3. Sean and it actually ends up 1. Evan 2. Sean 5. Garrett, I would get one point for Evan, one point for Sean and 4 points for Garrett, giving me six points. The lowest score wins like a golf match. However, you can pick up a bonus if you correctly predict the winner (worth -3 points). Also if a runner you pick does not make it to the finals, their place is considered 13th regardless of their position. This will apply to the 3200m for anyone outside of the top 12 as well.

Small Scale Competition
We will also score each of the 8 events (4 AAA and 4 AA) in this same format to declare a winner for each event. This way if you feel more comfortable with just a specific event, you should still make your predictions for that event and get invovled!

We want to hear everyone's opinions and we want to be able to recognize those who make the correct predictions so please attach some type of name or code name so we have a way to identify you.

If you have any questions, feel free to let me know.

One last thing, I'm happy to say that barring an unexpected event, I will be in attendance for Saturday of the 2015 state championships. If you are interested in talking to me or any of the writers who end up making the trip, we will likely all be rocking the green and yellow etrain shirts I made so we should be relatively recognizable. Feel free to say hello! Always excited to hear from readers and maybe we can do some interviews or something like that.

Any questions, comments or predictions can be made in the usual way: tweet @jfetrain11 or any of the others writers, email at jarrettfelix1130@gmail.com or comment anywhere here on the blog!

And most importantly, enjoy the state championships!

-Jarrett "etrain11" Felix