NCAA West

[player]

The last seven years the West regionals have been held in: Texas, Oregon, Texas, Texas, Arkansas, Texas, and Kansas.

I checked to see whether there was a weather delay at Oregon in 2011; there was. The others almost go without saying.

There's always California (I know, somebody has to bid).

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[26mi235]

Here is the revised West Regional schedule.

[donley2]

Wow. That is a major change. They eliminated a round in the majority of the races.

[booond]

This is the "we don't give a crap about the purpose of the meet" schedule.

[jazzcyclist]

Wow. That is a major change. They eliminated a round in the majority of the races.

It looks like they eliminated a round in all of the track events that were supposed to have two rounds at regionals.

[Cooter Brown]

The last seven years the West regionals have been held in: Texas, Oregon, Texas, Texas, Arkansas, Texas, and Kansas.

I checked to see whether there was a weather delay at Oregon in 2011; there was. The others almost go without saying.

There's always California (I know, somebody has to bid).

And in Austin yesterday, we had lightning after about 6pm and got 6" of rain overnight. Probably would've been cancelled here also.

[tandfman]

When will they ever learn? :-(

[jazzcyclist]

This is the "we don't give a crap about the purpose of the meet" schedule.

That's probably because the coaches, who I assume had to agree to this change, probably don't care about this meet, it's the bureaucrats who care.

[booond]

That's probably because the coaches, who I assume had to agree to this change, probably don't care about this meet, it's the bureaucrats who care.

It's all about cost... extra day, mo' money.

[donley2]

It seems in the women's Javelin that Avione Allgood who had a nice 58.81 at Big 12 champs is a no show.

[tandfman]

It's all about cost... extra day, mo' money.

Cost is a legitimate factor. Housing and feeding 1000 people for one day more than planned is not a trivial item. Nor is the cost of re-booking everyone's flight home. None of these costs had been budgeted by the affected institutions.

But there's another factor as well. An important reason why the meet always ends on Saturday is that some schools (most notably BYU) refuse to compete on Sundays for religious reasons.

[TWalsh]

haven't vetted the comment, but an e-mail I got said this is the seventh year in a row with a significant weather delay at the West Regional

The weather in all of California this week is mid 70's high, and mid 50's low, with some clouds. Just sayin!

[jazzcyclist]

One thing I noticed is that everything starts in the morning or early afternoon, with the last running event starting at 1:25 today and 2:30 tomorrow. Is that because bad weather is predicted for the evenings the next couple of days?

[donley2]

Is that because bad weather is predicted for the evenings the next couple of days?

For today the answer is a solid yes as the chance of rain is quite high during the afternoon/evening hours. For Saturday I am guessing they just wanted to allow themselves leeway no matter what happened weather wise by getting started early.
Hour by hour NWS forecast here http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick...stType=digital