- Welcome NCISAA Cross Country Coaches -

We hope that the following information will be useful to you. 

Full Meet Results:  2004 NCISAA State XC Championship - last updated - 10/29/04

Coaches - please email me with any input that you think might help us improve the meet in the future.  We are sincerely interested in any suggestions or observations.  Thanks for a great meet.  -Conrad Hall  mailto:conrad_hall@caryacademy.org

***Unreturned Chips:  Coaches, if you did not return all of the chips that were issued to your team in your meet packet, please mail any chips that you still have, in a padded envelope, to:  Jim Young, 7001 Rainwater Rd, Raleigh NC 27615, to avoid getting charged.  Thank you! 

Raceday Meet Packet - REVISED & EXPANDED - Word Document - last updated - 10/29/04

Raceday Meet Packet - REVISED & EXPANDED - Adobe PDF file - last updated - 10/29/04

Online NCISAA info at www.ncisaa.org ; go to sport specifics, cross country. 

NCISAA 2004 State Championship Info Packet - Word Document - last updated - 09/30/04

NCISAA 2004 State Championship Info Packet - Adobe PDF file - last updated - 09/30/04

Click here for Entry Confirmations.

2004 Final Meet Schedule:  
Course open to teams at 10:00 AM
Course Walk (optional) at 12:00 PM
Coaches Meeting at 12:15
1A/2A girls at 1:00
1A boys at 1:45
2A boys at 2:30
1A/2A Awards at approx. 3:15
3A girls at 3:15
3A boys at 4:00
3A Awards at approx. 4:45
Races will be prompt.

NCISAA Policy Explanation on combination of 1A/2A Girls race, and on the status of the 2005 1A Boys & 1A Girls races:  For 2004 the 1A/2A girls will be scored as one championship.  By NCISAA rules, eight full teams are required to have a separate championship. A minimum of five athletes is required to participate as a team.  While there are ten 1A schools entering athletes in the girls division, the 1A girls had only seven "teams" entered, and so could not qualify for a separate championship. The other three 1A schools had fewer than five athletes entered, and those athletes will compete as individuals (not as scoring teams).  The 1A boys also did not have eight "teams" this year, but, because they conducted a separate 1A Boys championship last year, they were granted a one-year grace period this year by the NCISAA to hold a separate championship.  The 1A Boys will be combined with the 2A boys in 2005 if they do not have eight full teams next year.  As a side note, the 1A girls were very close this year, as were the 1A boys, both with seven "teams" entered.  We hope that both the 1A girls and 1A boys will be able to field the required eight teams next year in order to hold separate championships for their divisions.  Below are the corresponding rules from the NCISAA Handbook: 

1.  Before the NCISAA will conduct a state play-off, eight member schools must register intent to play in the tournament.  The 40% PLUS rule determines the number of teams in a state tournament.  When the number of teams fielded in a particular sport in a particular classification exceeds 40% of the total number of schools shown for that classification, the tournament will advance to the next level (i.e., an 8 team tournament will advance to 12 teams, and a 12 team tournament will advance to 16).

 2.  If, on two consecutive years, fewer than eight teams appear at any NCISAA event, that event will be dropped from the play off calendar until sufficient interest can be demonstrated to reinstate.

Entry Confirmations:  On Saturday, October 23rd, all schools who have successfully sent in entries for the 2004 Championship Meet will be listed below.  Thank you!  (Click here to go back to General Meet Info.)

We have received meet entries for the following schools: