Chart of Unused Regional Entries from State Meet

Below is a chart compiled by Brent Ayer, former Head Coach at Hood and former president of the RRCA.  All research credit here goes to Mr. Ayer.

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Putting on a state meet this year presented many challenges, and finding a location with as many dates as necessary was quite the task.  Then following any other parameters set by the Armory certainly added another layer of challenges.  While the Armory may not be the greatest venue in America, it was a great place to be.  The MPSSAA could have very easily passed over the meet, but they worked hard to put on a meet.

Below is a chart, followed by individual schools, that details how many unused entries there were for each region.  Going into the meet, 14 was obviously a very small number of entries.  That possibly was limited by any number set by the Armory, but that is speculation.  In prior years, the 1A/2A meet is nowhere near the size of the 3A/4A meet, so the entries could have been distributed differently.

While it was no easy feat to pull off this meet, any unused capacity could have been redistributed to other teams that would have used seeds.  If you have entries due one week ahead of time, then you can seed then reopen entries.  Let’s take 3A Central Boys.  There were 39 unused entries with 16 teams.  Every team can now have 2 more entries.

Seeding should have been allowed at the meet.  It’s understandable as to why to ensure an even playing field, but there were individuals at their regional meet who won their heat by quite a bit, but these athletes were unable to go through to the state meet because they were unlucky.

Lastly, as a coach you got 14 free entries.  There was no top 24 with which to be concerned.  Why wouldn’t you put your kids in the regional meet?

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Total Unused Entries
MPSSAA Indoor Track Regional Championships, 2022
Region	Number	Available	Actual	Unused	% of Ents	Schools Using	%-Age Using
	of Teams	Entries	Entries	Entries	Unused	Full Allocation	Full Allocation
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1A East Boys	17	238	113	125	52.5%	2	11.8%
1A Central Boys	17	238	144	94	39.5%	5	29.4%
1A West Boys	14	196	164	32	16.3%	6	42.9%
2A East Boys	16	224	186	38	17.0%	8	50.0%
2A Central Boys	17	238	171	67	28.2%	6	35.3%
2A West Boys	15	210	168	42	20.0%	6	40.0%
3A East Boys	16	224	215	9	4.0%	11	68.8%
3A Central Boys	16	224	185	39	17.4%	7	43.8%
3A West Boys	16	224	210	14	6.3%	12	75.0%
4A East Boys	15	210	162	48	22.9%	7	46.7%
4A Central Boys	14	196	168	28	14.3%	8	57.1%
4A West Boys	18	252	219	33	13.1%	6	33.3%
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	191	2674	2105	569	21.3%	84	44.0%
	NumberÂ	Available	Actual	Unused	% of Ents
	of Teams	Entries	Entries	Entries	Unused
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1A East Girls	17	238	105	133	55.9%	2	11.8%
1A Central Girls	17	238	103	135	56.7%	3	17.6%
1A West Girls	14	196	143	53	27.0%	4	28.6%
2A East Girls	16	224	189	35	15.6%	8	50.0%
2A Central Girls	17	238	159	79	33.2%	6	35.3%
2A West Girls	15	210	153	57	27.1%	7	46.7%
3A East Girls	16	224	193	31	13.8%	6	37.5%
3A Central Girls	16	224	193	31	13.8%	6	37.5%
3A West Girls	16	224	191	33	14.7%	9	56.3%
4A East Girls	15	210	163	47	22.4%	7	46.7%
4A Central Girls	14	196	143	53	27.0%	6	42.9%
4A West GirlsÂ	18	252	216	36	14.3%	7	38.9%
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	191	2674	1951	723	27.0%	71	37.2%
Teams  with 6 or fewer entries
Team	Gender	Region	Entries
Fort Hill	Boys	1A West	2
Hancock	Boys	1A West	None	Â
Northern Garrett	Boys	1A West	2
Allegany	Boys	1A West	None	Â
Allegany	Girls	1A West	None	Â
Hancock	Girls	1A West	3
Northern Garrett	Girls	1A West	None	Â
Southern Garrett	Girls	1A West	2
Eleanor Roosevelt	Girls	4A Central	None	Â
KenwoodÂ	Girls	3A Central	1
Northeast (AA)	Girls	3A Central	2
Patapsco	Girls	3A Central	5
C.M. Wright	Boys	3A Central	4
KenwoodÂ	Boys	3A Central	6
Parkdale	Girls	4A Central	None	Â
Winters Mill	Girls	2A West	4	Â
Potomac	Girls	2A West	None	Â
Gwynn Park	Girls	2A West	None	 Â
North Hagerstown	Girls	3A West	5	Â
Long Reach	Girls	3A East	6	Â
John F. Kennedy	Boys	3A West	5	Â
Joppatown	Boys	1A Central	None	Â
National Academy	BoysÂ	1A Central	None	Entered 11	0 Competed
New Era Academy	Boys	1A Central	None	Â
Reginald Lewis	Boys	1A Central	None	Â
SEED School	Boys	1A Central	None	Â
Lake CliftonÂ	Boys	1A Central	6
Edmonson-Westside	Girls	1A Central	5
Frederick Douglass-BC	Girls	1A Central	3
Lake CliftonÂ	Girls	1A Central	3
National Academy	Girls	1A Central	None	Â
New Era Academy	Girls	1A Central	None	Â
Reginald Lewis	Girls	1A Central	None	Â
SEED School	Girls	1A Central	None	Â
Academy for Collge	Girls	1A Central	None	Â
Gwynn Park	Boys	2A West	None	Â
CMIT-North	Girls	1A East	None	Â
CMIT-South	Girls	1A East	None	Â
College Park Academy	Girls	1A East	None	Â
Croom	Girls	1A East	None	Â
International School-LP	Girls	1A East	None	Â
International School-Lr	Girls	1A East	None	Â
Kent County	Girls	1A East	None	Â
Tall Oaks	Girls	1A East	None	Â
Crisfield	Girls	1A East	6
Glen Burnie	Girls	4A East	None	Â
Glen Burnie	Boys	4A East	None	Â
Frederick	Girls	3A West	6
North Hagerstown	Girls	3A West	5
JFK	Girls	3A West	6
Westlake	Boys	2A East	None	Â
Westlake	Girls	2A East	None	Â
Wicomico	Girls	2A East	5	Â
Carver Vo Tech	Girls	2A Central	2
Chesapeake-BC	Girls	2A Central	None	Entered 4	0 Competed
Eastern Tech	Girls	2A Central	6
Lansdowne	Girls	2A Central	4
Southwestern	Girls	2A Central	None	Â
Catonsville	Boys	4A East	6
Dulaney	Girls	4A East	5
Western	Boys	4A East	None	Â
33 Programs Unrepresented at Regional Meets
Another 29 Programs Entered 6 or Fewer Athletes