Actually, that was not the way the rotation worked.
Example:
Year #1 - D-III, D-II, D-I
Year #2 - D-II, D-I, D-III
Year #3 - D-I, D-III, D-II
Then it repeated.
As someone who has coached teams in each of the three time slots and must make the state meet an overnight trip from the far northeast, I can say that without a doubt the logistics of being in the third session are no fun at all. At least when it was rotated, you only had to come up with ways to...
In my 47 years of attending as an athlete, then spectator, then as a coach, all state qualifiers have received admission into the meet on both days, regardless of whether they moved on to the finals or not. Over the years in talking to coaches, many assumed that this was not the case, but it's...
Since team state championship trophies have been won by 1 outstanding athlete scoring in multiple events, that magical number of athletes to count as a team should be 1.