Vermont Championship Meet Information Please Read Carefully

Vermont Principals' Association
Vermont Championship
November 1, 2003
Meet Information
Please Read Carefully

Vermont Championship Races. In 2003, there will be Championship Races for each division. Find the times on the schedule page. Teams may enter up to seven runners in the Championship Races.

Vermont Challenge Races. In order to give as many student-athletes as possible the chance to wind up their seasons with competition at the State Meet, schools may enter as many runners as they wish in the Challenge Races that precede the Championship Races for each sex. Each runner in the Challenge Races will be timed and results will be printed, but no awards will be given, and team scores will not be computed. Runners in the Challenge Race may not advance to the New England Championship as individuals, nor will they count toward team scoring.

Team Scoring--Divisions I and II different from Division III. In the Championship Races, team scores will be computed for the first five finishers in Divisions I and II and for the first four finishers in Division III.

No Changing and Shower Facilities. It is particularly difficult to provide shower and changing facilities for cross-country events in which there are hundreds of competitors, compared to sports like basketball, football, and soccer in which there are but a few dozen competitors. Furthermore, typical high school facilities are not designed to handle the burden imposed by 800 or more competitors who have just run 5,000 meters in the rain and mud. Other national-class cross-country venues that are similar to Thetford Academy's venue, such as Franklin Park in Boston and Van Cortlandt Park in New York, do not provide changing and shower facilities. It is expected that Thetford Academy will no longer provide indoor shower and changing facilities for the Vermont Championship Event.

Cancellation or Postponing of Event. The tradition in cross-country running is to conduct competitions in all kinds of weather. The Committee expects to continue to conduct the Vermont Championship Event in a variety of changing weather conditions. Conducting the event in spite of difficult weather is a part of the sport of cross-country running. It is possible that conditions could arise that would lead to the cancellation or postponing of the event. It is not likely that such a decision would be made by the Committee until the day of the event. The decision is not likely to be made in advance, the day before the event, as it is for some sports. Please be aware that it is possible that a decision to cancel or postpone the event could be made after all the competitors had arrived, just before the event was scheduled to begin. If you have questions the day of the event, call Thetford Academy at (802) 785-4805. This school phone will be staffed early in the morning on event days, especially if weather is difficult. On the day of the Championship Event, please do not call Dan Grossman at home because he will have left his home by 5:00 a.m. that day.

Results and Results Packets. Results are posted at www.Green-Mountains.com a few minutes after the end of the event. Thetford Academy also goes to go to great trouble and expense to produce complete result packets for all registered schools and for the press. The packets will be available immediately after the conclusion of the event for all schools. Thetford Academy does not mail results that have not been picked up and does not FAX results that are not picked up. Results are also posted at www.coolrunning.com within a few days after the event.