Cross Country Series (XC)

The Cross Country Series offers opportunities for off-road racing.  Scoring is the same as in the Championship Series.  Points awarded to the top finishers for these designated races are used to determine overall and age-group champions for the year.  For questions concerning Cross Country Series rules or standings, contact the series coordinator. 

New for 2013: Prize amounts for the open category have been raised to $500, $400, and $300 for first, second, and third places, respectively.

Scheduled races: 

1. Apr 13. Spin in the Woods, 8k
2. May 12. Run Aware, 5k
3. Jun 7. Run with the June Bugs, 5k
4. Aug 17. Comus Run, 5k
5. Sep 21. Lake Needwood, 10k
6. Oct 6. Cross-Country on the Farm, 5k
7. Oct 19. Black Hill, 10k
8. Dec 8. Seneca Slopes, 8k

Rules

• R1.  The number, Q, of races needed to qualify for each series shall be half the number of series races actually conducted, timed, and scored, rounded up to a whole number if necessary.
• R2.  You must be an MCRRC member on the day of the race to earn Cross Country Series points for that race. Non-members are not counted in determining series points.
• R3.  Your age group for the year will be determined by your age on January first of that year. You must disclose your birthdate when registering for your first series race to be eligible for age group prizes.
• R4.  In each race, points will be awarded to the top ten males and females overall and to the top ten males and females within age groups. The first-place runner will receive ten points, the second-place runner will receive nine points, and so on down to the tenth-place runner who will receive one point.
• R5.  Your series score is the sum of your Q highest individual race point scores. Ties among point-scoring qualifiers and potential award winners shall be broken according to the tiebreaker rules below.
• R6.  At the end of the year, open and age group prizes will be awarded in male and female categories as shown in the tables below. There shall be no double awards; overall award winners do not also receive age group awards.

Tiebreaker Rules

• T1.  Head-to-head competition. The tied runners shall be scored 10-9-8-etc in EVERY race in which they ALL participated as if they were the only participants, and the total tiebreaker points shall determine rank.
• T2.  Next best. This tiebreaker score is the sum of your Q+1 highest individual race point scores, as in R5 but counting one more race. Not running a (Q+1)st race counts as -1 points. T2 is repeated with Q+2 races, Q+3 races, etc, until the tie is broken or none of the tied runners has run that many races.
• T3.  Total distance. The highest sum of the distances of all races completed, as listed on the standings page.
• T4.  Total time. The least total time in all races completed.
• T5.  If a multi-way tie is partially broken by one of these rules (including any stage of T2), any remaining subsets of tied runners shall be broken starting over at T1.