[Mark McLeod]

• 1620 teams are showing as registered
• 16.7% ahead of last season's numbers at this same time
• 154 rookies (9.5% of teams-this number commonly ends up being close to 20% of all teams)
• 1 "new" vet
• 10 resurrected vets
• 1455 returning vets
• 40,000 students (assuming an average of 25 students per team)
• 11 events at initial capacity, 12 others with single-digit # slots remaining
• 10 countries represented - USA, Canada, Mexico, Israel, Brazil, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Turkey, Chile

These are the places leading in team registrations:

Count - Place
147 ---- CA
147 ---- MI
103 ---- NY
91 ----- MN
75 ----- WA
70 ----- TX
51 ----- PA
50 ----- FL
49 ----- Canada-ON
48 ----- NJ
46 ----- MA
46 ----- OK
46 ----- VA
40 ----- MO
38 ----- CT
38 ----- OR
37 ----- IL
37 ----- OH
35 ----- IN
31 ----- Canada-QC
30 ----- WI
28 ----- MD
27 ----- AZ
26 ----- NH
25 ----- SC
23 ----- CO
22 ----- NC
21 ----- GA
18 ----- HI
17 ----- TN
16 ----- KS
13 ----- LA
12 ----- ID
11 ----- ME
10 ----- Mexico
8 ------ AL
8 ------ DC
8 ------ MS
8 ------ UT
7 ------ AR
7 ------ Israel
7 ------ KY
6 ------ NV
4 ------ IA
4 ------ MT
4 ------ RI
4 ------ WV
3 ------ WY
2 ------ AK
2 ------ Brazil
2 ------ DE
2 ------ ND
2 ------ NM
2 ------ VT
1 ------ Australia
1 ------ Chile
1 ------ Germany
1 ------ GreatBritain
1 ------ PR
1 ------ Turkey