or state). Separate men’s and women’s races may have the same starting times and may be over the
same course if the meet director so chooses, provided the scoring is kept separately.
4.4.2
Regionals
(a)
Date: October 24-25.
(b)
Regional Assignments - Regional assignments, along with the most current information about region
al sites, dates and times, are posted on the NCHSAA website.
(1)
Every school qualifies teams or individuals to regional meet (up to 7 athletes per gender).
(2)
1A-7A Classifications will have three regional meets (East, Central and West). 8A will have
two regionals (East and West).
(c)
Entries: The regional directors should receive entries no later than 11:59 p.m., October 18.
(1)
Regional directors, site information and entry instructions can be found on the cross country
page of the NCHSAA website.
(2)
There is a maximum entry of seven student-athletes per school.
(3)
Late entries may be submitted to the NCHSAA and must be in by 3:00 p.m. the Monday prior
to the regional. No entries after this deadline will be accepted.
Note - Use the form on the NCHSAA website.
(d)
Race Format - Men will run the first race, followed by the women. The prescribed course distance for
both men and women is 5,000 meters.
(e)
Uniform - Each team member shall wear a uniform (jersey and trunks) that is compliant with NFHS regulations.
(1)
A competitor shall wear the assigned contestant number, when numbers are used.
(2)
For illegal uniforms, the competitor is disqualified from the event.
(f)
Coaches Meeting - Each regional site is responsible for conducting a coaches meeting prior to the
start of the race to verify entries and announce substitutions. Failure to announce substitutions at the
meeting may result in disqualification of the substitute runner.
(g)
Regional Site Determination - At the regional meet, a meeting of coaches must be held to select a site
and a director for the upcoming season.
(1)
This is a mandatory meeting that will be conducted by the current regional director.
(2)
The current director will then notify the NCHSAA office within 10 days after the completion
of the tournament, of the host school and director for the next season.
(h)
Supervision - All individuals participating in state playoff competition must be properly supervised
or will not be allowed to participate. Coaches are responsible for seeing that team members remain
at the site and are supervised at all times.
(i)
Qualifiers to State - Top 6 teams and top 7 individuals (not on those teams) from each regional ad
vance to the State Championship. In Cross Country 5 or more athletes constitute a team.
(1)
Team scores will be based on a school’s five best performers.
(2)
Number of qualifying teams from each regional will be determined by the number of teams
that participate in the regional.
(3)
In addition, the top seven individuals not on a qualifying team will advance from each region
al to the state.
(4)
A school that qualifies a team may bring any seven eligible competitors to the state meet;
however, there may be no substitutes among those who qualify as individuals.
(5)
If a school does not finish in the top 6, but qualifies at least 5 individuals, that school will also
be scored as a team for the state championship meet.
(j)
Awards - Regional champion and runner-up team plaques and awards for the top three individual
finishers will be given.
(k)
Team Scores - Team points will be decided by the position each runner attains against other teams,
not including individual runners.
NOTE: Individuals get credit for their finishes, but places are not counted against team scores.
(l)
Expenses - Each team will bear its own expenses to the regionals.
4.4.3
State Championships
(a)
Date and Site - The state championships will be held on October 31-November 1, at Ivey M. Redmon
Park in Kernersville.
(b)
Coaches Meeting -
Friday, Oct 31st @ 8:15 am (1A/3A) 1:00pm (2A/4A)
Saturday Nov. 1st @ 8:15 am (5A/7A) 1:15 pm (6A/8A)
(c)
Team Scores - Same format as regional [See Rule 4.4.2 (k)].
(d)
Awards - The winning team and individuals will be given plaques, as will the runner-up team and
individuals. Members of the winning and runner-up teams, and the individual third place finishers,
will also receive medals.
(e)
Admission [See Ticket Pricing Chart page 121]
(f)
Team Expenses - Teams will either split a share of net ticket revenue (gross ticket revenue less event
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