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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
This is from a modified manual FIM produced in 2011
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I think the OP understands the terminology now. I just want to point out something that may still be confusing to some people.
The old 2011 modified manual from FiM was how it was done in the early years of district model. At that time there were not as many district events and not as many teams. Students nominated by their teams will have their names announced at their team's first district event. There was no judging at the district events. All the DL semifinalists move on to be judged at the district championship and 6 students were selected to be finalist to compete at the world championship. The terminology was clear at that time. All nominees were semifinalists and all semifinalists were judged together at the district championship. This is very similar to regionals.
Due to the rapid growth in number of teams in Michigan, it was felt that there were too many semifinalist to be judged at district championship. FiM decided to judge students at the district events and select one or two students to move on to be judged at district championship to become finalists. Yes there was no title for these selected students. I think in Michigan they select 8 students now to be finalists.
I hope this clears up some of the confusion.