Equal Cross Country Race Distances

Equal Cross Country Race Distances

To make men’s and women’s cross country race distances equal at any NCAA cross country event. Remove Section 12, Article 1b and modify Article 1a by removing “Men-” from the rule.

NEW PROPOSED LANGUAGE:

Course Lengths
ARTICLE 1.
a. The length of a Cross Country race course shall be at least 4000
meters. The distance for any championship race shall not be shorter than
8000 meters or longer than 10,000 meters.

CURRENT LANGUAGE:

Course Lengths
ARTICLE 1.
a. Men—The length of a Cross Country race course shall be at least 4000
meters. The distance for any championship race shall not be shorter than
8000 meters or longer than 10,000 meters.

b. Women—The length of a Cross Country race course shall be at least 3000
meters. The distance for any championship race shall not be shorter than
5000 meters or longer than 6000 meters