It's out of 16 actually but it still rounds up to 5 dates. Assuming the Matmen Open was counted as one date (and likely he only wrestled his 3 bouts in one day) he would be fine.
I'm not positive here but I believe the PIAA started thinking about changing the weights prior to the NFHS settling on their new sets. So they just came up with a reasonable set and then once the NFHS settled they went with it.
Not sure what some of you are thinking here PIAA-wise. That 1 pound add to the first several weights was done so that it DID comply with the NFHS 13 weight set for boys.
But they do have non-even weight distribution- especially in the smaller events. Granted the Beast or Iron Man probably won't be affected because of size. But the smaller Christmas type tournies might invite 8 schools and have enough byes to cause problems.
And the point is that with a 30 minute rest this becomes less of a problem.
It definitely does make a difference early. I'm likely talking more about about events (opens) where the pigtail rounds (ch and co) are at oddball numbers due to uneven weight-size distributions. Often invites try for some round numbers of teams but even something like the EIWA in college has 17 teams and we have to schedule pigtails such as to minimize the wait time worries.
1904 (I know)
Games
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Light flyweight
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Robert Curry
United States
John Hein
United States
Gustav Thiefenthaler
Switzerland
Flyweight
details
George Mehnert
United States
Gustave Bauer
United States
William Nelson
United States
Bantamweight
details
Isidor Niflot
United States
August Wester
United States
Louis Strebler
United States
Featherweight
details
Benjamin Bradshaw
United States
Theodore McLear
United States
Charles Clapper
United States
Lightweight
details
Otto Roehm
United States
Rudolph Tesing
United States
Albert Zirkel
United States
Welterweight
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Charles Ericksen
Norway
William Beckmann
United States
Jerry Winholtz
United States
Heavyweight
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Bernhoff Hansen
Norway
Frank Kugler
Germany
Fred Warmbold
United States