The Committee understands that there are many ways to determine standings in each event. Each system has its pros and cons. Explanation of how placing and awards are determined can be found below.
- Daily Awards
- Daily individual awards - Raw scores and appropriate tiebreakers are used in determining placements in the daily events. (Highest score wins) Scores from any “Finals” match will not be included in daily individual awards.
- Daily team awards - The top 3 individual raw scores of each team are used in determining team placements. If a team has 4 members, the lowest score is dropped. If a team tie exists, only then will individual tiebreakers be used. Scores from any “Finals” match will not be included in daily team awards.
- Overall Awards (Except for Shotgun)
- Overall Individual/Team Awards are determined by adding where an individual/team ranks in each of the daily events. The lowest combined Rank Score would be the overall winner for that discipline.
- For example,
- Competitor/Team A is ranked 1st on day 1, 4th on day 2, and 5th on day 3 they would have a Rank Score Total of 10 points (1+4+5),
- Competitor/Team B is ranked 2nd on day 1, 1st on day 2, and 8th on day 3, they would have a Rank Score Total of 11 points (2+1+8).
- Competitor/Team A would be ranked 1st overall, and Competitor/Team B would be ranked 2nd overall.
- Rankings, for determining overall individual and overall team awards, are based on the Rank Score without the use of tiebreakers. If there was a 6-way tie for first, all 6 would get a 1. The next highest score would be 2. If there was a 4-way tie for third, all 4 would receive a 3, and the next highest score would get a 4 and so on. (See example below).
Competitor
Event 1 Score
Event 1 Rank
ScoreEvent 2 Score
Event 2 Rank
ScoreA
100
1
75
1
B
100
1
74
2
C
100
1
74
2
D
98
2
72
3
E
97
3
72
3
F
97
3
69
4
G
95
4
65
5
- Tiebreakers
- First tiebreaker = Total Combined Raw Score for all 3 days events.
- Second tiebreaker = Day 2 Raw Score
- Third tiebreaker = Day 1 Raw Score
- Any remaining needed tiebreakers will be determined by event management.
- Shotgun Overall Awards
- Individual/Team Overall Shotgun will be determined by adding the individual/team Raw Scores in each of the 3 events. The highest combined Raw Score would be the winner.
- Tiebreakers
- First tiebreaker = Day 2 Raw Score
- Second tiebreaker = Day 1 Raw Score
- Any remaining needed tiebreakers will be determined by event management.
- H.T. “Tom” Davison Award
- Determined by Placement Points. After overall team awards are determined, each team will be assigned a placement point. The highest total of placement points determines the state sweepstakes award.
- Placement points are used to provide equal status among the nine (9) categories of competition. Each discipline is awarded the same standing for team placements in each event. This is the same method used in other multiple event team competitions such as swimming and track & field. This permits comparison across disciplines on an equal standing for determining the H.T. “Tom” Davison Award.
- The actual point value of each team placement at the Championships is determined by the discipline/event with the highest number of registered teams. Example: if Shotgun has the greatest number of teams (21), placing points for teams in all events will be 21 points for 1st, 20 points for 2nd, 19 for 3rd, etc. Placement points are awarded after the overall team ranking is determined.