Div 2/3 NAC question

[RITFencing]

Some of our fencers at RIT might start hitting the div 2 and 3 NACs this year, and since I never fenced them myself and am now inelligible I thought I'd look up the format. It says in the athlete's handbook that 800% are promoted from pools. Unless there's a cloning machine, that's a typo. I'm curious, though, as to whether an extra zero was added or the 1 was changed to an 8. Is it 80% promotion of 100%?

[Peach]

Eighty percent.

[RITFencing]

Thanks.

[Peach]

Uh . . . I think. It's late and I just got back from Atlanta, so I suddenly have the uneasy feeling that I don't know. Not only that, I'm not sure who I am and what state this is.

[RITFencing]

You are the Walrus (you are the egg man, coo coo cachoo), and it's a state of confusion, apparently.

EDIT: Egg woman, forgive me.

[mynameismudd]

Just wondering...how do E rated fencers qualify to fence in the Div1A mens foil? Thanks.

[RITFencing]

Easy, do well in a weak sectional qualifier.

[bigdawg2121]

As one who is too lazy to open the PDF containing the athlete's handbook I feel the need to ask whether the 80% cut applies to all Div 2/3s. I thought it was only for national championships (in which ALL events now have a cut including say a vet60 event with 5 competitors )

[RITFencing]

As someone who was not too lazy to check, div 2/3 at nationals is the same format as at a NAC, the only difference is the qualification path.

[glowstix]

i thought divII/III NAC are all 100% promotion.. it was when i went to my one and only NAC not too long ago.

[CvilleFencer]

You are the Walrus (you are the egg man, coo coo cachoo), and it's a state of confusion, apparently.

EDIT: Egg woman, forgive me.

I think thats APE man, not egg man... Not like that song suddenly makes sense or anything even if I am right. Oh, and to the best of my recolection it is 80% up.

[KD5MDK]

From the Reno NAC E Athlete Information Packet:

Division II (DV2) One round of pools; 100% promoted to simple direct elimination in which bouts are 15-touch bouts in three 3-minute segments.
Division III (DV3) One round of pools; 100% promoted to simple direct elimination in which bouts are 15-touch bouts in three 3-minute segments.

[Inquartata]

Right. The cut only applies at Nationals, not at NACs. Meanwhile the cut for Div I is 60%.

[RITFencing]

Div 1 I know, because I've fenced it. Thanks for the info on the others, though.

[Frank Pratt]

From the Reno NAC E Athlete Information Packet:

Division II (DV2) One round of pools; 100% promoted to simple direct elimination in which bouts are 15-touch bouts in three 3-minute segments.
Division III (DV3) One round of pools; 100% promoted to simple direct elimination in which bouts are 15-touch bouts in three 3-minute segments.

I think you're right. However, but the Athlete's Handbook begs to differ:

Format (NAC & Championships)
• One round of pools
• 800% promoted out of pools
• No repêchage
• DE bout format: 15 touches in three 3-minute segments. In sabre, bouts are fenced to
15 touches, with a 1-minute break when the first fencer reaches 8 touches.

Assuming "800%" means "80%," the Handbook includes NACs in the 80% rule. However, I am pretty sure the Board's ruling only changed the Div II/III championships to 80% promotion.