Notes on Cross Country Scoring:
- The first five finishers from each team score; that is, the sum total of the place numbers of the first five runners from a team is its score in a meet. The team with the lowest score wins. Should one team have five runners finish in the top five places in a given race, the resulting score for that team would be "15" (1+2+3+4+5=15), which is a perfect score in cross-country.
- The first seven finishers from each team place; that is, each of these seven may displace runners from another team, causing its score to be higher. In a dual meet, should one team have its seven runners finish in the top seven places?before any of the opponent?s five scorers finish?the resulting score of the meet would be "15-50" (8+9+10+11+12=50), which is a shutout in cross-country. (Of course, in an invitational or championship meet with many teams competing in a race, it is possible to score above "50.")
- In a dual meet, if one team captures the first three places in a race, it is mathematically impossible to lose.
- In accordance with Federation rules, a tie in team scoring will be broken by awarding the win to the team with the faster sixth finisher.