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What is Cross Country?
Cross Country is a team running sport that takes place from late summer through fall. Cross
Country meets are divided into boys and girls races. At the middle school level, race
distances are 2 miles while high school races are 5,000 meters (5K or 3.1 miles). The meets
are held on measured courses and are run over varied surfaces. Many cross country meets
are held on dirt or grass trails, in parks, or in large open areas near schools. Some courses
include some hills while others are flat. The Hudson High School home course is at Hudson
Springs Park and the middle school team runs at Hudson Middle School.
How is Cross Country scored?
Cross Country running is scored on a team basis from the finish of the teams first five runners.
Points are awarded to individual runners equal to the position in which they cross the finish
line (first place gets 1 point, second place gets 2 points, etc). The low score wins. In the
example below, Hudson would win the meet with 28 points.
Hudson Opponent
Runner Race Place Runner Race Place
1 2 1 1
2 3 2 4
3 6 3 5
4 8 4 7
5 9 5 12
Score: 28 Score: 29
6 10 6 13
7 11 7 14
A team’s 6th and 7th finishers can also figure in the scoring if they place ahead of other teams
top 5 finishers. When that is the case, they become “pushers” by pushing up their opponent’s
scores. In the example above, Hudson’s 6th and 7th runners finished ahead of the opponents
5th runner, helping to win the meet. If the score is tied after figuring the places of the top 5
finishers, the team with the fastest 6th runner wins the meet. The lowest possible score in a
five-to-score race is 15 (1+2+3+4+5), achieved by a team’s runners finishing in each of the
top five positions.
Cross Country is a team running sport that takes place from late summer through fall. Cross
Country meets are divided into boys and girls races. At the middle school level, race
distances are 2 miles while high school races are 5,000 meters (5K or 3.1 miles). The meets
are held on measured courses and are run over varied surfaces. Many cross country meets
are held on dirt or grass trails, in parks, or in large open areas near schools. Some courses
include some hills while others are flat. The Hudson High School home course is at Hudson
Springs Park and the middle school team runs at Hudson Middle School.
How is Cross Country scored?
Cross Country running is scored on a team basis from the finish of the teams first five runners.
Points are awarded to individual runners equal to the position in which they cross the finish
line (first place gets 1 point, second place gets 2 points, etc). The low score wins. In the
example below, Hudson would win the meet with 28 points.
Hudson Opponent
Runner Race Place Runner Race Place
1 2 1 1
2 3 2 4
3 6 3 5
4 8 4 7
5 9 5 12
Score: 28 Score: 29
6 10 6 13
7 11 7 14
A team’s 6th and 7th finishers can also figure in the scoring if they place ahead of other teams
top 5 finishers. When that is the case, they become “pushers” by pushing up their opponent’s
scores. In the example above, Hudson’s 6th and 7th runners finished ahead of the opponents
5th runner, helping to win the meet. If the score is tied after figuring the places of the top 5
finishers, the team with the fastest 6th runner wins the meet. The lowest possible score in a
five-to-score race is 15 (1+2+3+4+5), achieved by a team’s runners finishing in each of the
top five positions.
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