All those below 17th were outside the stipulated 107% qualifying marker but a decision was taken to allow all non-qualifiers to race on Sunday.

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All, however, have underperformed Marker over the past three years (see table, below).

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For the States and Tribes receiving grants today, the STEP Program is an important marker in collaboration and shared responsibility to promote educational excellence for all American Indian and Alaska Native students.

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In the previous games, much of of the story and drama revolved solely around what the Marker was capable of and what it forced people to do and this was all the games needed.

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