FACA Senior All-Star Selections

Listed below are the selections for the 2015 F.A.C.A. Cross Country Senior All Star Classic.

Main Info: There will be up to eight athletes per geographical location, per gender, that are selected for this competition. Traditionally the top 7 selections are based on the process that has been listed, and there is a certain amount of allowance utilized for the final 8th (non-scoring) position, sometimes allowing for a borderline athlete that might come from the home school of the Senior All-Star Coach.

This is a very long and tricky process which takes multiple hours in researching for all four geographical locations and both genders. Yes, sometimes there is human error, or even computer glitch, so if there is an athlete missing or there is another major issue, please contact Coach Kristin McWilliams (kristin.mcwilliams@ocps.net) and Coach Ryan Raposo (ryanraposo@gmail.com) immediately to let us know so we can fix the problem and this article.

Selection Process Notes: Please realize that these lists are put together objectively, primarily looking at the State Championship results and by comparing the four Watch Lists that were published throughout the season (Watch List 1, Watch List 2, Watch List 3, Watch List 4). And although throughout the season there are various course difficulties, different racing strategies, and a variety of other reasons, it is virtually impossible to be able to verify weekly head-to-head results and every theoretical situation for the more than hundred plus athletes listed below.

In the end, the F.A.C.A. Selection Committee does the best it can in putting together these lists in an unbiased manner and in a timely fashion, considering the amount of paperwork involved and considering how close we are to the competition. We thank everyone in advance for their understanding that certain selections are not always indisputable, but selections must still be made. If you have a suggestion on how to improve this process for the future, please let us know.

Alternates Info: If you have not been officially selected but are listed as an alternate and are interested, please make sure to let Coach McWilliams and Coach Raposo know even if you find yourself further down on the listing, and even if it appears that all 8 positions have already been selected. There have been plenty of times where a person drops out last minute, OR the 9th or 10th athlete in one geographical location has been used to fill the 7th or 8th positions on another team.

Important information pertaining to the listings below and the selection process:

For all athletes who are listed as Attending from the Selection Lists, you should have received an email from Coach McWilliams or Coach Raposo giving you your Final Instructions and competition paperwork. If you have not, please get in contact with us as soon as possible. Second, for athletes listed in the Alternates List, please email us so we can listed you as Interested! Please keep the faith that many of you WILL BE selected within the next couple of days, so make sure to be in contact with us and keep training just in case! If there is a Decline from the current top eight selections, and you are next on the list, you will be contacted to see if you still wish to compete.

Finally, and most important of all, in order to properly allow all interested athletes a fair opportunity to be able to compete, we please ask that all officially selected athletes send in their race confirmations or rejections by Friday, November 13th. Starting Saturday, if we do not have a final confirmation from those currently selected, regardless of who they are, then we will open the race selections to the alternate and/or other interested athletes. We thank everyone for their interest in the competition, their understanding of their process, and their desire to compete! Now on to the selections!

For more info pertaining to the competition, please see the end of this article.

Athletes who are Attending will be highlighted in GREEN, Maybes will be in YELLOW, Declines will be in RED, Is Interested in Orange!

Please realize this is a living article that will be updated dozens of times throughout this week. Please look at it regularly to be up to date with everything. This article was last updated on Thursday, 11/19/15 @ 11:18pm

Girls FACA Senior All-Star Selections:

East Girls Selections: - Team is Finalized!

North Girls Selections: - Team is Finalized!

West Girls Selections: - Team is Finalized!

South Girls Selections: - Team is Finalized! (1 dropout)

Boys FACA Senior All-Star Selections:

East Boys Selections: - Team is Finalized!

North Boys Selections: - Team is Finalized! (1 dropout)

West Boys Selections: - Team is Finalized!

South Boys Selections: - Team is Finalized!

Important Information for potential Senior All-Stars:

Listed below are the competition requirements as stipulated by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (F.A.C.A.) for all high school sports and their F.A.C.A. Senior All-Star games, tournaments, and competitions. If you have any questions about the information listed, please contact Coach Kristin McWilliams (kristin.mcwilliams@ocps.net), the F.A.C.A. Cross Country Chair.

Senior All-Star Selection Requirements:

1) Your high school coach must be a member of the Florida Athletic Coaches Association.
- This is a requirement set forth by the F.A.C.A. Boards of Directors. If your high school coach is a member, then you're good to go! If your high school coach is not a member, then have your high school coach sign up! If you are unsure of your coach's status, contact your high school coach directly and ask them, or contact the F.A.C.A. Executive Director: Shelton Crews (sheltoncrews@yahoo.com) and he can verify for you.

- Florida Athletic Coaches Association Website , - F.A.C.A. 2015-16 Online Membership Registration Page , - F.A.C.A. Membership Benefits Page

2) You and/or your HS coach will need to secure a $75 sponsorship fee for yourself to help cover the cost of the event.
- The $75 sponsorship fee will help cover the cost of everything that goes on with the meet (excluding your personal traveling costs); this includes: Hotel costs, the Friday night banquet, F.A.C.A. commemorative t-shirts, F.A.C.A. drawstring bags, All-Star gold medallions, and a plaque for each individual race champion.
- The sponsorship fee should try to be obtained by a team's booster club, the athlete's school, through a parent's work place, or even by a local business or local running store. All athletes that make the final selection process will receive a sponsorship donation request form to help all athletes obtain the donation fee.

Once again, after reading and understanding all of the information posted above, if you wish to Accept or Decline your participation status for this year's F.A.C.A. Senior All-Star Meet, please let us know as soon as possible. Once confirmed, participation information will be emailed out to you with all of the requirements for being able to compete. Also, In order to allow all interested athletes a fair opportunity to be able to compete, we please ask that all officially selected athletes send in their race confirmations or rejections by Friday, November 13th. Starting Saturday, if we do not have a final confirmation, then we will open the race selections to the alternate and/or other interested athletes.

If you have any questions, please ask us! Thank you!

Kristin McWilliams, F.A.C.A. Cross Country Chair - kristin.mcwilliams@ocps.net
and
Ryan Raposo, F.A.C.A. Rankings Representative - ryanraposo@gmail.com