Boys and Girls Cross Country (Winter Sport)
The course for cross country is two miles for both the boys and the girls. The maximum number for a team is 15.
Practices may be on school grounds or off campus. Students must be monitored at all times and the practice course must be safe from dangerous crossings and traffic.
During the race, students cannot wear any jewelry or metal clips while running. However, a runner is allowed to wear one watch. Runners must wear shirts (singlets) for practices and meets. Boys are not allowed to run shirtless, and girls are not allowed to run with just a sports bra on top.
Scoring will follow the same format as high school cross country, according to FHSAA guidelines. The top five girls teams and the top five boys teams will move on to the championships. In addition, the top three runners from the remaining teams will run in the championships.
Cross country running is scored on a team basis. Points are awarded to individual runners equal to the position in which they cross the finish line (first place gets 1 point, second place gets 2 points, etc.). Only the first 5 runners in a team are counted towards that team s score. Teams are awarded ranks based on the number of points their top 5 runners earn, with lowest being best. In the event of a tie, the visitor is decided by whose sixth runner finished first.
The lowest possible score in a five-to-score match is 15 (1+2+3+4+5), achieved by a team s runners finishing in each of the top five positions. If there is a single opposing team, then the team would have a score of 40 (6+7+8+9+10), which can be considered a sweep for the winning team. A team s sixth and seventh runners are known as pushers or displacers, as their place can count ahead of other runners. In the example above, if there are two non-scoring runners and they come in 6th and 7th overall, the opponent s score would be 50 (8+9+10+11+12). Accordingly, the official score of a forfeited dual meet is 15-50.
Teams with fewer than five runners do not earn a team score.
For the championships only, trophies will be awarded to each first place cross country team and runner-up team. The top seven girl and boy runners will receive medals.
Cross Country meets will be at GT Bray Park in Bradenton and will begin promptly at 9 am.
Saturday, December 7th
Saturday, December 14th
**All team members are responsible for their own transportation to and from the event and need to arrive at least 30 minutes ahead of time for warm up and stretches.
Practices may be on school grounds or off campus. Students must be monitored at all times and the practice course must be safe from dangerous crossings and traffic.
During the race, students cannot wear any jewelry or metal clips while running. However, a runner is allowed to wear one watch. Runners must wear shirts (singlets) for practices and meets. Boys are not allowed to run shirtless, and girls are not allowed to run with just a sports bra on top.
Scoring will follow the same format as high school cross country, according to FHSAA guidelines. The top five girls teams and the top five boys teams will move on to the championships. In addition, the top three runners from the remaining teams will run in the championships.
Cross country running is scored on a team basis. Points are awarded to individual runners equal to the position in which they cross the finish line (first place gets 1 point, second place gets 2 points, etc.). Only the first 5 runners in a team are counted towards that team s score. Teams are awarded ranks based on the number of points their top 5 runners earn, with lowest being best. In the event of a tie, the visitor is decided by whose sixth runner finished first.
The lowest possible score in a five-to-score match is 15 (1+2+3+4+5), achieved by a team s runners finishing in each of the top five positions. If there is a single opposing team, then the team would have a score of 40 (6+7+8+9+10), which can be considered a sweep for the winning team. A team s sixth and seventh runners are known as pushers or displacers, as their place can count ahead of other runners. In the example above, if there are two non-scoring runners and they come in 6th and 7th overall, the opponent s score would be 50 (8+9+10+11+12). Accordingly, the official score of a forfeited dual meet is 15-50.
Teams with fewer than five runners do not earn a team score.
For the championships only, trophies will be awarded to each first place cross country team and runner-up team. The top seven girl and boy runners will receive medals.
Cross Country meets will be at GT Bray Park in Bradenton and will begin promptly at 9 am.
Saturday, December 7th
Saturday, December 14th
**All team members are responsible for their own transportation to and from the event and need to arrive at least 30 minutes ahead of time for warm up and stretches.