New Middle School State Meet Entry Standards

FLYRA is proud to present the 2nd annual Florida Middle School State Cross Country Championships on November 5, 2011 at Sun and Fun Park in Lakeland, Florida-- the same course and location where the event was held last year.   As was the case last year, there will be 3 races: a boys and girls championship, and a mixed developmental race.  All races will be 3 kilometers in length. 

 

 

Individuals:

 

Because of the popularity of last years race and the concern for not wanting to exceed the number of participants that the Course can safely handle, this year any individual who wishes to run in the championship division MUST qualify in one of the qualifying meets.   No qualification is required for the developmental race.   

 

Teams: 

 

Both championship divisions will be scored for teams.  Teams MUST be composed of kids who attend the same middle school regardless of whether the team competes under the name of the school or some other nomenclature.  Teams will qualify based on their place in one of the qualifying meets set forth below. 

 

 

Basic Qualifiers:

 

Basic Qualifiers will be posted on the FLYRA website and FLRunners.com.   Generally any Conference, League, City or County Championship will serve as a qualifier-- provided the results are posted on FLRunners.com.  Additionally, Invitational Meets with 8 or more teams will be considered if a request is made to FLYRA prior to the meet and the results are posted on FLRunners.com.   Some smaller meets may be considered in geographic areas where there are otherwise no other qualifying opportunities.   Qualifying from a Basic Qualifying Meet will follow the formula:  Top 25% of Finishing Teams, and Top 10% of Finishing Individuals qualify.  Teams numbers will not be rounded up.

 

Super Qualifiers:

 

Will have a fixed number of automatice qualifying spots, Top 5 Teams and Top 15 individuals.  The purpose of the Super Qualifiers is two-fold, 1) to give an opportunity for teams and individuals throughout the State to travel to an open meet with several qualification spots available, and 2) To encourage the growth of some well run meets on good courses to attract better competition.

 

This year, Super Qualifiers will be:  FLRunners.com Invitational, Disney World Classic, Little Everglades Pre-State Invitational, and Dade County Youth Fair Meet.