XC (Cross Country)
Meets and Invitationals
Participation in all meets and invitationals is mandatory.
Please show up > 60 minutes before the start of your race. Assume rolling race start times if not otherwise indicated.
Required to wear MSJHS XC issued uniform.
Hydrate well starting the day before. Eat a healthy meal of about 2/3 carbs and 1/3 protein the night before and that morning.
As for meet scoring, each placement of a runner in a race adds a number of points equal to their placement to the team score. Lowest score wins. Only the first 5 runners for a school contribute to the score. However, the 6th and 7th runner still displace the other runners for their scores. Any runner after the 7th doesn't affect scoring in that race. So if we have the top 10 placements in a race, we score 15 (1+2+3+4+5) for the first 5 runners' placements. The 11th runner from another school scores 8 points for their team since our 6th and 7th runner, while not scoring for us, do move other runners up in points. Our 8th through 10th place runners don't affect scoring so the next runner gets 8 points.
Timing Schedules
MVAL Opener
3:30 - Junior Girls
3:57 - Junior Boys
4:21 - Freshman Girls
4:48 - Freshman Boys
5:12 - Sophomore Girls
5:39 - Sophomore Boys
6:03 - Senior Girls
6:30 - Senior Boys
Center Meets
• 3:30 F/S Boys
• 4:00 JV Girls
• 4:30 JV Boys
• 5:00 Varsity Girls
• 5:30 Varsity Boys
Frosh Soph Challenges
• 4:00 F/S Girls
• 4:30 F/S Boys
• 5:00 Open Girls
• 5:30 Open Boys
MVAL Finals
• 1:30 F/S Boys
• 2:00 JV Girls
• 2:30 JV Boys
• 3:00 Varsity Girls
• 3:30 Varsity Boys
Ed Sias Invitational
8:30am Community Race UNLIMITED
9:00 Boys' Frosh 7 Runner Limit
9:25 Boys' Frosh Soph 7 Runner Limit
9:50 Girls' Frosh Soph 7 Runner Limit
10:15 Boys' Varsity SMALL SCHL 7 Runner Limit
10:40 Girls' Varsity SMALL SCHL 7 Runner Limit
11:05 Boys' Varsity LARGE SCHL 7 Runner Limit
11:30 Girls' Varsity LARGE SCHL 7 Runner Limit
11:55 Boys' Junior Varsity 7 Runner Limit
12:20 Girls' Junior Varsity 7 Runner Limit
12:45 Boys' FS & JV OVERFLOW
1:10 Girls' FS & JV OVERFLOW