Talk:Nationals/1997
Medal Count Margin of Error
Because Scholastic Language and Literature medals AND all Super Quiz medals are unavailable, the margin of error in a medal count is +0 to +12. Up to 3 possible additional medals in Scholastic LangLit, and up to 9 possible additional medals in Super Quiz. Madcap 19:49, 29 December 2011 (UTC)Madcap
I think this was the last year where Super Quiz was the old school style (5 question relay only, no written), which would imply no medals.
^ I think that was 1996, though. Just because they did new Super Quiz in Texas doesn't mean they did it at Nationals too, but it seems likely: State/Texas/1997#Super_Quiz_2 Madcap (talk) 07:19, 29 May 2013 (UTC)Madcap
Notable AD Alum
If you're familiar with the NY Times columnists, you will recognize the name of medallist Ross Douthat.
Ranking
Per Lebold, he was 4th overall and 3rd on Taylor. Per the other article, Magee was 5th. So, 1-3 are 2 Taylor (1 of which is Banse) and 1 not Taylor. That leaves Madrazo and Wu as the only combination that fits. I think Lebold's comment implies that Banse was overall winner, but it's not totally clear. Either way, Sadhukhan and Hassan come in under Magee.
Whoops, didn't see the OTHER article. Congrats again on an amazing find! Madcap 01:02, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Madcap
Actually, your two edits link the same source. I can't find anything saying Magee was 5th. I enjoy reading these; could you link your second source? Madcap 01:08, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Madcap
I just realized that article mentions brass and copper medals! Their specific mentions match with fourth and fifth placements on this page. Everybody down to fifth place in any one event received a medal, which is amazing! Probably better motivation for the smaller teams. Alas, good old days. Madcap 18:20, 4 April 2012 (UTC)Madcap
The Intrigue Deepens...
Email from Michael Lebold states: "I tried looking for those records a couple years ago when I found that wiki. But between me moving around and my parents moving around they must have been lost. I *think* my score was a bit over 9100, which would make Chris Banse and Eric Madrazo's scores also over 9100. IIRC, Banse was about 9200. There was one other person in that competition whose score was higher than mine, and I'd guess it was the second place guy in the Honors segment."
The math on that is a little problematic, though. Those scores would sum to about 27400, leaving about 24800 for the other 3, which seems low. Not out of the question, but it would essentially require those 3 to go up a collective 1700 points while the other 3 made no improvement (and still medalled), which seems unlikely. But very intriguing...
