SSATIS
Cross Country Regulations
February 2008
1. Meetings should be conducted under the laws of the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) in conjunction with Athletics Australia.
2. Six races shall be held over the following distances
BOYS
Under 13 3Km
Under 14 4Km
Under 15 4Km
Under 16 5Km
Open 6Km
GIRLS
Under 13 3Km
Under 14 3Km
Under 15 3 Km
Under 16 3 Km
Open 4 Km
3. Scoring System
Boys: Unlimited entries. First 6 runners per school to finish, score. The next 6 to displace. Winning school determined by the lowest number of points.
Girls: Unlimited entries. First 4 runners per school to finish, score. The next 2 to displace. Winning school determined by the lowest number of points.
4. Aggregate points score is determined by the number of schools entered. First 4 points, second 3, third 2 and fourth 1, if 4 schools are entered. The points score for each age group will be added together to determine the winners of each of the trophies.
5.The following trophies are presented at the Cross Country Event;
Aggregate(Boys and Girls) - Schools with Yr 7 - Yr 12 students
- Age Groups Under 13 - Open
College (Boys, Girls and Co-Ed) - Schools with Yr 11 and Yr 12 students
- Age Groups Under 16 and Open
Junior (Boys, Girls and Co-Ed) - Schools with Yr 7 - Yr 10 students
- Age Groups Under 13 - Under 16
Open (Boys and Girls) - Open Age Group only
Individual trophies will be presented to the winners in each Age Group.
The order of Trophy presentation will be rotated annually to avoid any one group of trophies gaining pre-eminence.
6. Member schools which cater for only Grades 7 - 10 will be permitted to enter teams in the Open Age Group events, and thus be eligible for all trophies.
7. Athletes must compete in their school's prescribed sports uniform. Accepted school caps may be worn while competing but must be worn in the accepted manner i.e. Peak to the front. Failure to comply will result in either:
- not being allowed to compete or disqualification
If a school is unable to uniform teams/individuals in accepted school uniform for Cross Country the Chair. of SSATIS is to be notified prior to the event. Organisers will then be notified.
8. The computer scores will be accepted as the correct scores at the conclusion of the carnival.
9. The costs incurred by a school organising this carnival will be met by SSATIS. Program production costs are for paper and "in-house" photocopying.
10. Lodgements of protests.
a. Pre Race
1. Organising school appoints a neutral referee who will make decisions on any protest. A member of Athletics South Executive will be appointed this year.
b. Race