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Boys D4 will very competitive next year. The top 9 teams all bring back a majority of their team. Salesian and J Serra will be favored going into the season, Xavier will also be tough to beat if...

I like to know everyone thoughts about your league duals meets and if you have changed to tri-meets or cluster meets for Track. Years ago in Cross Country we use to have league dual meets but that...

What about adding a 6th division (aka an open division). Teams from any Division could be granted in and only those would have a chance to compete at Nationals.

I agree track is different just using that as an example, but in my case for cross we get athletes from an area 7 miles long and 3 miles wide and we do not accept any transfers, much different than a...

There are so many other factors than just the population of schools. Open enrollment and private schools can have a huge advantage in all sports via recruitment. Even if they don't recruit once they...

Here is my concern.....we are less than 48 hours from our CIF championship race and want to alter a course that has been used in the past. I'm not sure of any other sport that would do this at the...

The current ranking system for "At-Large" selection works well and we are not going to change it

Never thought it was going to be changed just wanted to know other peoples thought about the system...

Scott,

Trust me, it was not taken as an attack at all.

The problem with team times is that is gives an unfair advantage to a team that has a VERY FAST frontrunner over a team that would score...

This was never an attack on rankings or even how they are done. In fact my boys last year qualified through the ranking system and was 9 points away from going to State. I completely see the need...

Well no matter if it is a committee or CIF rankings, at large bids are based on opinions of performances. If we wanted to use a performance based platform would we not say that you would have to hit...

Forgive me if there is an easy answer to this, but I have not been coaching cross country very long. I was wonder when and why the at-large bids were tied to the last 4 weeks of the rankings. I...

I have to say that I would not change places. Laguna Beach has it all, great weather, great hills and trails, and amazing kids. We see many teams coming here during the summer to run.

Let me suggest a few Nor-Cal options that meet your criteria.
1. Lowell Invitational in Golden Gate Park. Good Meet, solid competition, cool weather, fun course. No problem getting everyone in,...

Laguna Beach Boys Big Bear July 12-15th and Solvang August 11th - 18th

Nice analysis Scott! It's always nice to see some D-4 talk on here. I'm sure jealous looking at your f/s squad. Great job with them this past year. I need to figure something out up here because...

Good to see some more rankings for D-4, I was thinking about trying to rank with scoring but found it really difficult, how did you go about it.

Here’s a few observations on the Div IV boys situation (SS), for consumption by all, from the unwashed masses on the lower rungs of our XC society…

Quote Rene’s now standard disclaimer and...

Nice write up on D-4, but how do you not have Salesian at 1st or 2nd with 6 kids under 5 and 6 under 10:40. That is a pretty solid core group of kids. I am currently working on all my spread sheets...

finished results does the Trophy Invite and our league prelims and finals they are GREAT.

That sucks

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Friday A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Light west southwest wind increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as...

What is the chance of the rain course, we have had a few good showers already come through Laguna today. If we do have the rain course will it be the same as last year?

I am a strong believer that you earn a post-season berth as a team during the league competition, for cross country. Allowing teams to hit some magical time during the season would then take away...

One of things that is great about Mt Sac is so many of the top teams compete head to head, so it makes since that they should be used for rankings. It is so difficult to compare times and courses...

Thanks