XC teams compete at SoCon championships

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XC teams compete at SoCon championships

Unread post by hapapp » Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:01 am

The men finished second and the women fourth. It seems many of our Fall season programs have struggled this year. However, the VB team did win its fourth in a row yesterday defeating UNCG in 3.

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Re: XC teams compete at SoCon championships

Unread post by McLeansvilleAppFan » Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:13 am

I assume the SoCon champs (at least, if not more) move on to another round with a NCAA regional or some such event. Is it possible that runners can qualify by doing well enough in other events?

Is it based on straight times since the lengths are standardized or is there some sort of handicap for each course that factors in both time and course difficulty to qualify.

On the SoCon website it mentions that both App and Elon both have meets next week. Why run these events if the season is essentially over after the SoCon championship, except for those that qualify?
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Re: XC teams compete at SoCon championships

Unread post by hapapp » Sun Nov 03, 2013 1:01 pm

All the SoCon teams can compete in the regionals in Charlottesville on Nov. 15. It is the same course that our high school regionals use. It is on a farm outside of C'ville.

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Unread post by McLeansvilleAppFan » Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:58 pm

hapapp wrote:All the SoCon teams can compete in the regionals in Charlottesville on Nov. 15. It is the same course that our high school regionals use. It is on a farm outside of C'ville.
That would be a lot of runners it would seem.
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Re: XC teams compete at SoCon championships

Unread post by hapapp » Sun Nov 03, 2013 6:19 pm

200+ plus runners last year at McAlpine in Charlotte.

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Unread post by McLeansvilleAppFan » Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:40 pm

hapapp wrote:200+ plus runners last year at McAlpine in Charlotte.
All at once or a staggered start in a few waves?
How many runners to a team?
Can a team send just their best runner?

Lots of questions and I demand answers. :D
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Unread post by hapapp » Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:09 pm

All at once.

A team can put up to 15 runners on the entry form but only seven can compete.

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Unread post by McLeansvilleAppFan » Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:06 pm

hapapp wrote:All at once.

A team can put up to 15 runners on the entry form but only seven can compete.
Do the other 8 just go to get in the way? Or do they take the top 7 of the possible 15 entries per school?
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Re: XC teams compete at SoCon championships

Unread post by hapapp » Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:39 pm

Usually, the coach will compete his top 7 runners. The others are essentially along for the ride. Of course, it doesn't mean the coach will put all 15 on the entry form.

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