[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

I would like to point out a situation that may be appropriate for an exception, waiver, or some such act of grace. I understand that FiM teams earn qualifying points at their first 2 events, and that any points from their third event don't count. 3rd event teams are not prohibited from from receiving awards. As of now (unless I misread the FiM rules supplement) there is no award for winning a district, other than getting a lot of qualifying points.

Team 216 was a 3rd event team at the West Michigan District. They were #2 seed at WMD and won the event, earning 65 "vanishing" points in the process. Since they earned only 40 qualifying points in their first 2 events, they did not make the initial cut for State.

It would be great if there were some way for them to get a slot. Perhaps FiM didn't consider this unlikely scenario and could grant special invite...

Possibly make it the "Best of 2" type of status. Go to three events and take your two best event scores and drop the lowest?