Scoring non-college teams / clubs / professionals
Propose a rule change that all non-college / club / professional / unattached teams cannot be scored as a team against college teams if competing in college cross country meets, as follows:
Rule 7, Section 3
Team Scoring
ARTICLE 3.a. Only the first seven runners on any one collegiate team may be used in scoring places. An order for team-finish placing is established by removing all runners behind the top seven finishers on each collegiate team and all non-collegiate finishers. Those collegiate teams not finishing at least five runners likewise shall not be included in the order of team finish.
b. The score shall be determined by totaling the points (place finish) of the first five runners of each collegiate team to finish. The collegiate team scoring the lower number of points shall be the winner.
c. Although the sixth and seventh runners of a collegiate team to finish do not score points toward their team’s total, their places, if better than those of any of the first five of an opposing collegiate team, serve to increase the team score of the opponents.
d. Ties in team scoring shall be broken by comparing in order the place finish of each of the five scoring members of the tied teams. The team with the majority of winning comparisons shall be awarded the higher place.
e. Collegiate teams Teams that start at least five runners and have fewer than five runners finish the race shall be listed alphabetically at the end of the team results as Did Not Finish (DNF). Non-collegiate teams, regardless of the number of finishers, shall not be listed in the team results.
3 responses to “Scoring non-college teams / clubs / professionals”
EXCOMM VOTE TO DISTRIBUTE, Executive Committee voted to distribute the proposal to the coaching body
EXCOMM IN FAVOR, Executive Committee voted in favor (voice vote), item moves to 2018 Convention voting ballot
APPROVED, SUBMIT TO RULES COMMITTEE, 184-24 (Unit Vote)