[Edxu]

My team had 20-ish people apply this year, and we're already a team of 30. We try to keep our team size around 40-45, which is a manageable size for traveling and fits our lab size.

As such, we had to cut 5-10 people.

Basically, we try to put almost all of the Grade 9's (Freshmen??) and older members on the team as a tryout to see how they do from the fall-winter pre-season, and then make cuts based on how much dedication they showed during that time.