2021 Cross Country

When it is run

The Cross Country competition is conducted in Term 2 and Term 3 on Wednesday afternoons. Various venues are utilised which are hosted by competing schools.

SAAS Cross Country

Events are held on a Wednesday and begin at 4.30 pm

5 Race meets across Term 2

The school with the most points at the end of the 5 race meets wins the age Category Shield

SAAS Shield – Senior Boys / Senior Girls

SAAS Shield – Middle Boys / Middle Girls

SAAS Shield – Primary Boys / Primary Girls

The runners will still need to be timed and these scores submitted to SAAS with points awarded to the top 15 runners in each category.

These points will be tallied, the school with the most points at the conclusion of the 5 race meets is the winner of the SAAS Shield in that age category.

The host team is responsible to record and forward the results to SAAS leo.panzarino@saas.asn.au

Recommended Teams of 4 Runners with Unrestricted Numbers, all finishing participates score a point for their school.

Point System (Top 15 places awarded points in each Category)

1st Place = 20 Pts

2nd Place = 18 Pts

3rd Place = 16 Pts

4th Place = 14 Pts

5th Place = 13 Pts

6th Place = 12 Pts

7th Place =11 Pts

8th Place = 10 Pts

9th Place = 9 Pts

10th Place = 8 Pts

11th Place = 7 Pts

12th Place = 6 Pts

13th Place = 5 Pts

14th Place = 4 Pts

15th Place = 3 Pts

All Event Runners who finish 16th and above Score a Point for their School = 1 Pts

If there is a dead heat in any race, both runners will receive full points.

Relay is a Stand Alone Event to Conclude the Competition

Events will run Concurrently for

SENIOR (Yrs 10, 11 and 12) MIDDLE (Yrs 7, 8 and 9) Primary (Years 4-5-6)

DATES		Host Schools
JULY 29 (Term 2 Week )	Race Meet 1
AUGUST 5 (Term 2 Week )	Race Meet 2
AUGUST 12 (Term 2 Week )	Race Meet 3
AUGUST 19 (Term 2 Week )	Race Meet 4
AUGUST  (Term 2 Week )	Race Meet 5
SEPTEMBER  (Term 2 Week )	Relay – Mercedes (Separate Event)	Mercedes College