In the first edition of this new championship meet, introduced to replace the now-defunct USAG championship, Texas Woman’s dominated as expected, and Morgan Price made even more history. I’ll be doing a special, bonus mini-edition of QCC today, recapping the action as well as my continuing confusion about this competition’s whole deal.
Question: So, who’s actually eligible for this thing?
It’s so bizarre to me that we still didn’t know this before the meet, and barely know it now. They never felt like it was important information to share? The list of USAGs teams was a little clunky, sure, but I could at least explain it to others relatively easily back when I was the USAG editor. Now, we’re working with a slightly inconsistent mix of assumptions. From what we have been able to find out, it’s based on a mixture of scholarships (no more than the equivalent of six full scholarships) and the previous season’s final team rankings (No. 50 and below).
And honestly, given that this meet now isn’t affiliated with either the NCAA or USAG, who’s preventing it from allowing Fisk and Wilberforce to participate fully? Fisk would definitely have a chance to qualify for the final. I hope there’s a real reason that it’s actually impossible to include…
