So, I don't think some people actually understand the magnitude of yesterday. They ask how she did and I tell them she was amazing and got 92nd and they then say something along the lines of..."oh, well good job." Like 92nd is a bad thing. Let me break this down a bit for you....
92nd out of 228 girls in her division. She was in the top 40%. Still not impressed?
Ok, there was a grand total of 954 girls competing yesterday - that's all divisions. She was 177th overall. That's the top 18%. Better?
In her division there were 40 freshman. She was 18th overall. Once again, the top 45%.
How about this....there were 186 freshman and she was 28th overall. That's the top 15%.
But let's take this one - there are roughly 595 girls cross country teams in the lower peninsula. While a varsity team consists of 7 girls, only the top 5 scores count. So, for the sake of argument, we're going to go with 5. With all of those teams, that makes a total of 2975 girls attempting to make it to state. Only 954 girls made it. She was one of those 954. That means she beat out roughly 2020 girls to get there. How's that for impressive?
92nd out of 228 girls in her division. She was in the top 40%. Still not impressed?
Ok, there was a grand total of 954 girls competing yesterday - that's all divisions. She was 177th overall. That's the top 18%. Better?
In her division there were 40 freshman. She was 18th overall. Once again, the top 45%.
How about this....there were 186 freshman and she was 28th overall. That's the top 15%.
But let's take this one - there are roughly 595 girls cross country teams in the lower peninsula. While a varsity team consists of 7 girls, only the top 5 scores count. So, for the sake of argument, we're going to go with 5. With all of those teams, that makes a total of 2975 girls attempting to make it to state. Only 954 girls made it. She was one of those 954. That means she beat out roughly 2020 girls to get there. How's that for impressive?
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