Classification
Class "AA" - Composed of the sixteen member schools with the largest enrollment in grades 9-12 based on the Average Daily Membership from the 2000 school year.
Class "A" - All other schools.

Qualifying
No school in "A" or "AA" may compete more than six gymnasts per event during the State Meet individual competition.
AA: Gymnasts that meet the qualifying standard of 35.0 at TWO meets during the regular season, regardless of the number of teams or judges at the meet, will automatically qualify for the all-around competition at the State Meet. The 1 st and 2 nd place team from each of the 4 regions plus the next four highest team scores for a total of 12 teams will qualify for the Class "AA" State Meet; as well as, the top 12 individuals in each event with ties  plus the 5 all-around gymnasts meeting or bettering a standard of  31.0.
A: The 1 st -3 rd placed teams from each of the three regions for a total of 9 teams, the top 15 in each event, plus the top 5 all-aroundgymnasts plus any meeting or bettering the standard of 28 at the regional meet or 30 at two regular season meets  will qualify for the State meet.

Scoring
Individual Score Event Score: An individual’s event score is the score in a particular event.
All-Around Score: The scores of the four individual events are totaled.
Team Event Score: The best four individual scores for each team in each event are totaled to determine the team’s score for that event.
Team Score: The total is obtained by adding the team event scores.

Awards
Team: First and Second place teams will receive a trophy. The third through eighth place teams will receive plaques. The first through fourth place teams will receive medals.
Individual and All-Around: Class "A": Top 15 places receive a medal in all 4 events and all-around. Class "AA": Top 20 places receive a medal in all 4 events and all-around.

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