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Haddonfield 2008 Cross Country |
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Q. What exactly is Cross Country?A. Cross country is a sport run in middle school, high school, and college. It's basically a race where endurance and strength are just as important as speed.Q. What is the course like?A. No two courses are exactly alike. Most high school courses are 5 kilometers, or about 3.1 miles, long, although some are 2 miles. The course can be on any terrain, including grass, dirt, gravel, blacktop, and so on. It may be flat, or hilly. You might run along a stream bed, or a street.Q. How is a meet scored?A. Races are scored by adding the finishing place numbers of the first five runners on each team. The team with the lowest score wins. For example, if Team A's first five finishers come in 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th, their score is 21 (1+3+4+6+7). Team B's top five finshed 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, so their score is 34 (2+5+8+9+10).The best, or lowest, score a team can receive is 15, while the highest is 50. In most small races, such as dual or tri-meets, the entire roster from each team is permitted to run, but only the first five count in the scoring. Larger races with many schools competing usually limit the number of competitors to 7 per team. |
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