http://www.uiltexas.org/alignments/cate ... pring-meet

Read the paragraph below "2012-2013 Spring Meet Alignments"

" ....effective for the 12-13 school year Conference A Track and Field has been split into separate divisions through the state championship event, similar to basketball and is no longer a part of the Spring Meet alignment."

If I understand it correctly it will now be a small 1a and six man meet? Or will there be a 1a meet and a seperate sixman meet?

Bud

We could have day 1 of regional track at Marfa, day 2 in Fort Davis. How about it Coach Jones?

It is split into two Class 1A divisions - identical to the two Class 1A basketball divisions - there will be some 11-man schools who are in the small school division of 1A track

That's what I thought. Makes sense.

District 9 is still stacked. Thought we might loose some of those schools. Ugh!!

Guess its the same thing different year for us.

Thanks for the link!!!

Heck yeah....we can handle the throwing events...but jumps will definitely be in FD. Talk about a home track advantage...lol.

After looking back over the link above I am more than confused now. Guess my ignorance is showing.

What is the difference between,
OFFICIAL SPRING MEET DISTRICT ALIGNMENT
and
OFFICIAL TRACK AND FIELD DISTRICT ALIGNMENT? Is this the list of who we will compete against for the run to State?

Totally lost!!

Spring Meet is tennis,golf,and academic UIL. Track is only track.

So that gets Munday and those other big schools out of our way. Lots of kids in our area will benefit from this change!!

Its a heartbreaker to get to Regionals each year and place third and loose to the bigger schools that placed 1 and 2.

Will the change also bring a new set of State records for our new division? How cool will it be for next years batch of State winners to hold the record for at least a year!

MANY THANKS!!!

i still dont understand i guess why would they put tht small 1A schools with the 6-man schools? this makes no sence if you are going to have a division of separation why wouldnt you have all 6 man against all 6 man, all 1-A against 1-A etc.
the way i understand what i have read here it would be like the small 5A with the 4As, and so on? Can someone please explain?

Politics, politics, politics. Just be glad that track is getting split like it is. 5A and down do not give a squat what happens to 6 man. The smaller A schools do not want to compete with big A, so we at least get a little break, better than what it is now. If you want an eye opening experience, got the Legislative council meeting in Austin and listen to the Athletics and Policy committees and you might gain a little insight on why things are the way they are.

http://www.drbillywilbanks.com/

Never new this guy existed in my own back yard.