Meet Information
DCIAA Cross Country City Championships
**For D.C Public Schools Only
Colmar Manor Park
3510 37th Ave, Bladensburg (or Brentwood), MD
(This address will lead you to the entrance to the park. You will make a right into the park once you see the sign. Follow the path all the way to the end and you will see the start of the race)
Saturday, October 21, 2023
**SPECTATORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CAR POOL
Meet Director:
Shanice Abrams, shanice.abrams@k12.dc.
Meet Timeline
o9:30am-10:30am Middle School teams arrive to familiarize
themselves with the course
o 10:30am- Middle School Coaches Meeting
o 11:00am-Middle School Girls
o 11:30am Middle School Boys
o 12:00pm Middle
School Awards
o 10:45am-11:15am- Elementary School teams
arrive and check in
o 12:00pm- Elementary School Coaches Meeting
o 12:00-12:15pm- Elementary Schools familiarize
themselves with the course
o 12:15pm-Elementary School Girls
o 1:00 pm- Elementary School Boys
o 1:30 pm Elementary School Awards
o 1:30 pm-1:45pm High School teams arrive to familiarize
themselves with the course
o 1:45pm- High School Coaches Meeting
o 2:00 pm- High School Girls
o 2:30 pm- High School Boys
o 3:00 pm- High School Awards
**Note: we will make every attempt to keep strictly to this schedule, but times are subject to change based on transportation needs and/or runners pacing
Registration
Coaches will only be allowed to register a maximum of 10 participants per gender on milesplit.
Only 7, of those 10, will be able to compete in the championship meet
Only 5, of those 7, will score
Teams with less than 5 participants will not be eligible for team awards, only individual awards.
Tie Breaker Procedure:
In Championship meets, a team may consist of five (5) to seven (7) participants; but only five (5) participants are allowed to score. In the event of a tie, the sixth (6th) place participant will be used to break the tie.
- If one team does not have a sixth-place finisher, the team with the six-place finisher will prevail
- If only five (5) competitors of tying teams finish the tie shall be resolved by totaling the scores of the first four finishers
Course
The length of the course shall be as follows:
Elementary School - 2 miles (3.2k)
Middle School - 2.5 miles (4.1k)
High School - 3.1 miles (5k)
Awards:
Athletes: 1 to 15 receive medals
Team Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
MEET CONDUCT
All athletes MUST be deemed eligible by the DCIAA to compete in any athletic competition. The DCIAA will adhere to NFHS Track & Field, USATF, and modified DCIAA rules, which are located in our DCIAA Handbook. As the LEA, the DCIAA is allowed to making changes to the NFHS and USATF rules. Please note that rule modifications can be made at any point during the season depending upon the safety of the coach, spectators, and athletes, this includes modifications to handbook procedures.
Uniform Rule:
All uniform rules shall be in accordance with the NFHS, USATF, and DCIAA standards. Each competitors uniform shall meet all requirements and restrictions as presented in rules 4-3-1 and 4-3-2 of the NFHS rulebook.
The competitors uniform shall be issued by the school, worn as intended by the manufacturer, and have the following restrictions:
- The uniform must be of a material and design deemed not to be objectionable or offensive by the athletics department of the issuing institution
- Each competitor shall wear a uniform bearing the school name and colors
- Any visible garment underneath the uniform top and/or bottom must be a single and solid color. If more than one visible garment is worn underneath, it must be the same color.
- The waistband of the competitor's uniform shall be worn above the hips.
- Jewelry is forbidden while an athlete is in competing in an event (this includes hair beads)
Disqualification Conduct
- Competitors are not allowed to receive any assistance while competing in an event. This assistance includes, but not limited to:
o Pacing by a teammate not in the race or persons not participating in the event (i.e running along side a competitor)
o Competitors joining hands with eachother during a race
o Coaching a competitor from a restricted area
o Using an aid during the race or trial. Aide is defined specifically as heart rate monitor, gps, pacing through a pulse or a beep and other such functions.
o And all other assistance that is defined by the LEA. Please communicate with the Meet director to receive more examples.
Any violation of the above-mentioned assistance will result in disqualification. It is the coaches responsibility to ensure the above-mentioned disqualification conduct does not occur.
All DCIAA employees shall not indulge in conduct which would incite players or spectators against the officials and/or DCIAA staff. Public criticism of coordinators, officials or players is unethical.
All Competitors who conduct themselves in an unsporting manner, who are offensive by action or language, or who are found to be in violation of honest effort, shall be warned or disqualified by the referee from the event and from the remainder of the meet.