IHSA

Boys Gymnastics Quick Facts — 2007-08

Schools Entered
2008 Series: 57 Single Class Series
2007 Series: 59 Single Class Series
2006 Series: 61 Single Class Series
2005 Series: 55 Single Class Series
2004 Series: 54 Single Class Series
2003 Series: 50 Single Class Series
2002 Series: 56 Single Class Series
2001 Series: 55 Single Class Series
2000 Series: 48 Single Class Series
1999 Series: 48 Single Class Series
1998 Series: 53 Single Class Series
1997 Series: 55 Single Class Series
1996 Series: 58 Single Class Series
1995 Series: 55 Single Class Series
1994 Series: 53 Single Class Series
1993 Series: 56 Single Class Series
1992 Series: 58 Single Class Series
1991 Series: 55 Single Class Series
1990 Series: 58 Single Class Series
1989 Series: 61 Single Class Series
1988 Series: 64 Single Class Series
1987 Series: 65 Single Class Series

First Year of State Series:
1957-58

Levels of Competition

Sectionals: Wednesday-Saturday, April 30-May 3

State Final: Friday-Saturday, May 9-10, 2008 @ Barrington High School

Sectional to State Final Advancement:

Team: The Team which compiles the highest raw score in each Sectional Meet shall be declared the Sectional winner and shall be advanced as a "Ranked Qualifying Team" to the State Final. The three (3) teams which compile the highest raw scores in Sectional competition without winning a Sectional Meet shall also be advanced to the State Final as "At Large Qualifying Teams." If there should be a tie in raw scores for the "At Large Team" selections, all such tied teams shall be advanced to the State Final.

Individual Events/Event Qualifiers: The first five (5) places in each individual event shall advance from each Sectional to State Final competition. They shall be called "Ranked Qualifiers." In addition., the top 25 individuals with the highest scores among those who are not "Ranked Qualifiers" will advance as "At Large Qualifiers." A maximum of 50 ranked and at-large qualifiers will advance to state.

All Around Qualifiers: The top three (3) All Around individuals from each sectional shall advance as "Ranked Qualifiers." In addition, the top 15 individuals with the highest scores among those not "Ranked Qualifiers" will advance as "At-Large Qualifiers."

State Final Schedule

Friday, May 9, 2008 -Team Championship
The following events will run concurrently: Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Still Rings, Long Horse Vaulting, Horizontal Bars and Parallel Bars.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 - Individual Championship
Session No.1 @ 11:30 a.m. (Preliminaries)
Session No.2 @ 6:30 p.m. (Finals)

Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Still Rings, Long Horse Vaulting, Horizontal Bars and Parallel Bars

State Final Ticket Prices

Single-session ticket @ $6.00 child/high school student/adult

Team Scoring

Raw Score: Is determined by adding the average of the best three (3) performers from a school in each of the six (6) individual events. If a boy competing advances to the finals in an individual event, the higher of his two (2) scores in the individual event will be used to determine his team's raw score.