Aug. 31 Lancaster High – South Pointe Boys Cross Country Results
September 1, 2010
LHS boys lose to South Pointe – LHS: 49 – SP: 19
(For map of course & info on how cross country is scored, look at end of results)
| Place | Name | School | Time |
| 1 | Tomlin, Garrison | SP | 19:32 |
| 2 | Burn, Drew | LHS | 20:23 |
| 3 | Hunter, Michael | SP | 20:43 |
| 4 | Cranford, Michael | SP | 20:51 |
| 5 | Sacco, Chris | SP | 21:20 |
| 6 | Paxton, Gabriel | SP | 21:26 |
| 7 | Lightner, Israel | SP | 21:43 |
| 8 | Snipes, Grayson | LHS | 21:49 |
| 9 | Bridges, Loftin | SP | 21:57 |
| 10 | Bailey, Cole | LHS | 22:21 |
| 11 | Able, Austin | SP | 22:27 |
| 12 | Wooten, Will | SPC | 22:47 |
| 13 | Shrum, Jordan | LHS | 22:50 |
| 14 | Hardin, Chadwick | SP | 22:58 |
| 15 | Couch, Christian | SP | 23:47 |
| 16 | Wooten, Ben | SPC | 24:04 |
| 17 | Jones, Herbert | LHS | 25:24 |
| 18 | Bert, AJ | SP | 26:19 |
| 19 | Berry, James | SP | 26:21 |
| 20 | Jolley, Copper | SP | 26:22 |
| 21 | Benson, Mark | SP | 26:57 |
| 22 | Bailey, Adam | LHS | 27:41 |
| 23 | Shrum, Josiah | LHS | 28:06 |
| 24 | Rakrad, Brad | SP | 28:26 |
| 25 | Faris, Bobby | SP | 29:22 |
| 26 | Faile, Toby | LHS | 30:59 |
| 27 | Keenan, Caleb | LHS | 33:12 |
| 28 | Goebel, Matthew | LHS | 34:11 |
Cross Country is a 5K (3.1 mile) race through varying terrains.
Think of it as off-road track.
The Lancaster Bruins’ course starts and ends at Memorial Stadium and works its way around the North Elementary Campus and the Sports Complexes surrounding it. It’s a mix of gravel, grass and hilly terrain.
To win a Cross Country meet as a team, you calculate the score as follows.
You take the places that the top 5 runners from each school finished, and add them up.
For example, if Team A had runners finish in 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, their score for the meet would be 26. If Team B had runners finish 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th their score would be 29.
Low score wins, so Team A would win. By scoring it this way, you get a true measure of which team is actually better, not just an individual.
It becomes very important to have a “pack” of runners who can place towards the top of the meet, even if you don’t have an individual that comes in first place.
