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2008 Cross Country Series

Posted by St Croix Track Club on Oct 02 2008 at 05:00PM PDT

The Cross Country season has started.

Race dates are: October 1, 8, 15, and 22

Elementary: 1 mile - have to be 6th grade or lower and 12 or younger before Sept. 1, 2008; JV: 2 miles - you have to be 15 or younger on Dec. 31, 2008; Open: 3.1 miles (5K) - 16 and up.

Order of events

1 mile (girls and boys run separate, girls followed by boys) 2 miles (girls and boys run together) 3.1 miles (female and male run together) - starting at 4 pm, rolling time schedule

The St. Croix Cross Country Championship will be held on October 22nd. In the Elementary division the top 5 runners score points for their school (by place number, 1st place - 1 point, 2nd place - 2 points, etc.). Team with the lowest score wins. Boys and girls score separately. Additional runners for each team will offset the score for other teams.

The inter-island cross country competition for Elementary is scheduled for November 8, 2008 at UVI in St. Thomas. The top 7 girls and boys in the series will qualify for the team to represent St. Croix.

The Virgin Islands Championship will be held on November 15, 2008. Division and distance are: U13: 1 mile, U16: 2 miles, Open: 3.1 miles (5K). Age cut off is Dec. 31, 2008.

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