Northern Region Cross Country Championship 2026

*The coaches meeting will be held at Burke Lake 45 minutes prior to the Start of the first race.

ENTRIES: The top 4 schools from the results at the Concorde & Liberty District Championships will be granted entry into the Northern Region Championship. Each qualifying school will enter 10 members into each race in the regional tournament. Seven out of the ten entries will be considered race participants with three alternates. Entries MUST be done electronically on Milestat by 9:00pm Sunday October 26, 2025.  That will serve as your official entry. Only those team members entered on Milestat.com will be eligible for varsity regional tournament competition. In addition to team qualifiers, anyone who places in the top 15 in their district championship race will also qualify for

the Northern Region Championship.

Any questions on entries, contact Mike Kiernan (mjkiernan@fcps.edu) or Tzeitel Barcus (tabarcus@fcps.edu)

SEEDING: Teams will be placed on the starting grid with district champions in the middle lanes and move outwards . Individual qualifiers will be grouped by district and be provided a starting box on the far ends of the starting line.

DETERMINATION OF REGION CHAMPIONS:  The team with the lowest points total winner will be declared the Region Champion for the boy's and girl's race. The top 5 scores will count, in the event of a points tie the 6^th place

runner will be used as the tie breaker.

AWARDS:A trophy and 20 patches will be awarded to the first place team and a trophy will be awarded to the second place team (boys & girls).Medals awarded for top 3 finishers (boys and girls). Presentation of awards will take place at the end of the boys' race and as soon as the official meet results are available (~30 min. after the race has concluded).The coach of the year is designated to the head coach of the winning team in each of the championship races.

GENERAL:

COURSE: Course Map Linkhttp://va.milesplit.com/venues/62-burke-lake-298-mile-course

RULES: Cross Country section of the 2022 National Federation of State High School

Associations edition of Track & Field and Cross Country rules.

ADVANCEMENT: Top 3 teams per Region and top 5 individuals not on one of the qualifying teams will advance to

the VHSL State Cross Country Championships on Saturday November 7^th at Oatlands Historic House & Gardens, VA.

VHSL State Tournament Format Link:http://vhsl.org/cross-country/