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The Sport of Cross Country is a competitive team sport offered in the fall for students in grades 7 and 8. Teams consist of five or more runners who all race together at the same time with other teams. The top five finishers from each team are scored and their finishing places are added up for the team score.
- How do they score cross country?
- How hard is cross country?
- How many miles is a cross country meet?
- What is the lowest possible team score in cross country?
How do they score cross country?
Scoring – Races are scored by assigning a point value for the place a runner finishes in. If a runner finishes first, he/she will earn 1 point. Finishing 55th would usually earn 55 points. Cross country is similar to golf in that the lowest score wins.
How hard is cross country?
What is overlooked, however, when it comes to cross country is it is one of the hardest sports from a training standpoint, where the actual meet is more of a reward than a challenge, and that it takes a certain breed of person to run the 3.1-mile course, especially when you have to run miles and miles to get ready for ...
How many miles is a cross country meet?
Men usually race 10 km (6.2 mi) or 8 km (5.0 mi), and women usually race 6 km (3.7 mi) or 5 km (3.1 mi). Every state offers cross country as a high school sport for boys and girls.
What is the lowest possible team score in cross country?
(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 two teams tie, then the victor is decided by whose sixth runner, the first one whose score does not count, finished first.
