Seeding Principals - National Tournaments
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CATEGORY |
LOCAL/REGIONAL/SECTIONAL |
NATIONAL |
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NAC DIVISION 1 |
OPEN: Within each
classification, Nat’l Senior Rolling Pts then year
or just
classification-year
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FIE Pts (min 2
placements in top 32 of Senior “A”, Grand Prix, or World
Championships), All on Natl Rolling Points, then
Classification/Year* |
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Division I National Championships
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Top 32 in Natl
Senior Rankings, then ranking within classification, then
classification/year |
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Division 1A Natl Champs |
Within each
classification, Nat’l Senior Rolling Pts then year
or just
classification and year
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Ranking within
classification; then classification/year |
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Division II, III NAC, Natl Champs |
Classification/Year |
Classification/Year |
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Veterans Combined |
Classification/Year |
Top 16 in National
Veterans Combined Rankings (Pt. Standings), then ranking
within classification, then class/year
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Veterans (age specific events) |
Classification/Year |
Top 8 in National
Age Group standings, then ranking within class, then
class/year
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Junior: NAC, Natl. Champs., JOs |
Within each
classification, Nat’l Junior ranking then year
or just
classification and year.
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Top 24 in Natl
Junior Rolling Points, then ranking within classification,
then classification/year |
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Cadet NAC, Natl Champs., JOs |
Natl Cadet ranking
within classification, then classification/year
or just
classification and year
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Top 16 in Natl
Cadet Rolling Points, then ranking within classification,
then classification/year |
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Youth 14 – NAC, Natl Champs |
Natl Youth 14
ranking within classification, then classification/year
or just
classification and year
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Top 12 in Natl
Youth14 Rolling Points, then ranking within classification,
then classification/year |
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Youth 12 NAC,
At Summer Natls |
Natl Youth 12
ranking within classification, then classification/year
or just
classification and year
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Top 8 in Natl
Youth12 Rolling Points, then ranking within classification,
then classification/year |
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Youth 10 NAC,
At Summer Natls |
Natl Youth 10
ranking within classification, then classification/year
or just
classification and year
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Top 4 in Natl
Youth10 Rolling Points, then ranking within classification,
then classification/year |
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Team Events at Summer Natls
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For the Open team event, seeding is
based on the participating fencers’ Senior national points
at the close of entries and classifications earned prior to
the summer nationals entry deadline.
For the Under-19 team event, seeding is
based on the participating fencers’ Junior national points
at the close of entries and classifications earned prior to
the summer nationals entry deadline.
Teams with the same seed value are
randomized by computer or neutral person for seeding rank
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National ranking of a fencer is
the fencer’s actual place in the National Rolling Point standings (NRPS).
The top “x refers to actual places and not number of fencers from
national standings. Current point standings can be found
here.
At National competitions
the remaining fencers on the NRPS for that category of competition
shall be seeded ahead of other fencers with the same letter
classification regardless of year associated with their
classification but after fencers with a higher letter
classification. For example, a fencer on the NRPS with a B05 will
be seeded after all “A” fencers and before other “B” classified
fencers, even those who have earned a “B” more recently. Seeding for
Division I NAC competitions is explained in Appendix N.
After seeding the ranked fencers
all other fencers holding a classification in the weapon being
fenced will be seeded according to classification, letter and year
(i.e., the year in which they last earned that letter
classification). Fencers with a “U’ have not yet earned a
classification and will be seeded after all other fencers with a
classification and distributed randomly among the other fencers with
a “U” in that weapon.
*Division I Seeding for
NAC competitions is detailed in Chapter 2.11.1 of the
Athlete
Handbook.
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