Conferences are aligned by enrollment

SECTION VIII, NYSPHSAA BOYS & GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

SCHEDULE FOR 2005

Girls Coordinator: Katie Dunne              Boys & Running Coordinator: Bob Baratta   Invitationals

Conferences are aligned by enrollment. Conference quad and tri meets decide the Conference and Division Championships.  The Conference Meet format remains the same, and teams and individuals will qualify for the  Sec.8/State Qualifier Meet the as in past years. This  meet provides Open Section VIII Championships- teams and individuals, and Classification Team and Individual Champions- who are the qualifiers for the State Meet with  the new- 5-class breakdown.  .  The State Meet now has five classes. Numbers are balanced statewide, but are very skewed in our section.  State Classes-AA-FREE TO HERR;   A-CAL TO VSS;   B-SEA TO MALV;   C-WHT TO FRNDS;   D-NO ‘D’ SCHOOLS. Five classes produce a very skewed breakdown for Section VIII!

  

Qualifying – Top 6 teams and top 5 individuals not on those teams advance to Open/St Q.

, Specials cases are usually accepted to advance. Awards are on an individual and team basis.  

                                                                                                                                                            Time Schedule

SKED#	CONF	ONE	CONF	TWO	CONF	THREE	CONF	FOUR	SKED#
A-DIVs	1A	1B	2A	2B	3A	3B	4A	4B	B-DIVs
1	Free	Farm	VSC	Law	Jer	GCve	Seaf	L.V.	2
3	Mass	Bald	Herr	SS	PE	FP	Roos	Malv	4
5	Lev.Dist	Hick	Cal	GNS	NHP	IsTr	VSN	Whtl	6
7	Sys	E.Mea	JFK	GCty	LYN	Beth	NSh	OyBy	8
9	Hem	Plnvw	Elm	Hew	Ros	WHem	Manh	Crpl	10
11	Undl	PWash	Mep	Wes	GNN	Clk	Min	E.Rock	12
13	Ocns	LgBh	Carey	Sew	Wan	VSS	CSH	Frnds	14
A Divs.	numbers							B Divs.	numbers

                                                                                SCHEDULE

Sep.19, 20, M, T	Sep. 26, 27, M, T	Oct. 6, 11 Th,T*	Oct. 17, 18, M, T	Oct.24, 25, M, T
1-8-10-15	1-7-12-14	1-6-11-16	1-5-9-13	1-2-3-4
2-7-9-16	2-8-11-13	2-5-12-15	2-6-10-14	5-6-7-8
3-6-12-13	3-5-10-16	3-8-9-14	3-7-11-15	9-10-11-12
4-5-11-14	4-6-9-15	4-7-10-13	4-8-12-16	13-14-15-16

#s 15 and 16 are unassigned  *one meet day each week due to Religious  Holidays & Columbus Day

Boys and Girls teams compete on the same day, same site.  Pairings of conferences are different each week, so the day a school competes, and the schools they run with, varies each week. Schools are limited to two competitions each calendar week. Ten days of practice are required before the first meet.  Schools are responsible to complete league schedules.  We will continue our increased security, safety, and medical policies, and 4K the first 2  weeks- initiated last year. We utilize our website for results from tri/quad meets and invitation, and notices. . ADDRESS – sectionviiixctf.com. Webmaster:Bob Beer

                                                                Conferences assigned each day.

Week	9/19, 20	9/26, 27	10/6, 11	10/17, 18	10/24, 25
Day One	3 & 4	2 & 4	2 & 3	1 & 3	1 & 4
Day Two	1 & 2	1 & 3	1 & 4	2 & 4	2 & 3

All meets are at Bethpage State Park and start at 4:30 PM with a J.V. Race.  A time schedule is formulated at the mandatory coaches meeting in September, so that schools with bus problems can be accommodated.

Conference Championships:        Sat. Oct. 29th- 9:30AM, Conf.1,2;  1:15 PM Conf. 3,4 @Bethpage Park

Frosh-Soph Meet:                        Monday Oct.31- at Bethpage Park…4:00 PM

Section VIII/State Qualifier:       Sat. Nov.5th; Boys at 1:45 PM, Girls at 2:15 PM at Bethpage Park

T. Roosevelt/Clint Miller Inv:     Mon. Nov. 7th, at 4 PM… at Bethpage Park

Nassau Coaches Meet                  Sat. Oct. 15^th at Bethpage St.Park

 NYSPHSAA State Meet,            Sat. Nov. 12th, at Queensbury HS,  Section II at 9:30 AM

Federation State Meet       Sat. Nov. 19^th, Bowdoin Park, Wappingers Falls, Girls-12:15PM, Boys 1:00 PM