Here are the track stats on the kids in question.
Listed by district and how they placed.
Then how the standard bracket would have been.
D1
Lawrence 20-10 1st
Smith 18-18
Crooks 7-3
Kennedy 11-21
D2
Harris 5-13
D3
Kemling 12-3
Kreutzer 5-27
D4
Stokes 28-16