BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
1. National Federation Rules.
2. The course distance shall be at least 2.5 miles and not
more than 5000 meters.
3. A cross country team shall consist of seven members for all
championship meets. In dual and triangular meets, 12 runners shall be
allowed to participate, but the best five scores will count. However, if a
tie occurs, the sixth and then the seventh runners for each team would be
included in the scoring.
4. When more than two teams run together in a non-championship
meet, the scores shall be separated and recorded as dual meet scores.
5. Visiting teams should be granted an opportunity to walk or
jog the course prior to the meet. Any questionable turns, markings, etc,
should be clarified before competition.
6. Mandating a two meet per week league schedule should be
avoided. (Oct 1994)
7. In Section XI sponsored competition, an individual
competitor may not receive points, but the school shall receive credit for the
placement.
Section XI Championships (Revised 5/22/07)
A. Division Championships - There will be three races each for
boys and girls.
RACE #1
1. The top two teams from
each league will compete. (All teams tied for first in a league will also
compete.) Approved 3/11/08
2. Individuals from teams
that did not qualify for this championship race may enter if the runner ran one
of the top fifty times in the Section on the 5K course at Sunken Meadow during
the season. Approved 3/11/08
This race will determine:
1. Division I Champions
2. Division II Champions
3. Division III Champions
4. Division IV Champions
5. Overall championship
teams (boys and girls)
RACE #2
This will include all remaining
teams.
Races #1 and #2 will determine the top 20
individual times combined overall.
RACE #3
This will include individual team
members who did not compete in Race #1 or Race #2
B. Section XI Team Championships
Only teams which have
competed on the day of the division championships qualify.